About the KJV 1611-1769

FACTS ABOUT THE KING JAMES BIBLE
The Bible contains:
•2 Testaments
•66 books
•783,137 words
•3,116,480 letters
•39 books in the Old Testament
•27 books in the New Testament
Unique
•Unique Hebrew words: 8,674
•Unique Greek words: 5,624
•Unique English words: 12,143
Chapters and Verses
•The Bible has 1,189 Chapters
•The Bible has 31,102 verses
•The Old Testament has 929 chapters
•The Old Testament has 23,145 verses
•The New Testament has 260 chapters
•The New Testament has 7,957 verses
•Chapters were added to the Bible in 1238 by Cardinal Hugo de S. Caro.
•Verse divisions were added in the year 1551 by Robertus Stephanus.
Longest and Shortest
•Longest book: Psalms (150 chapters)
•Longest chapter: Psalm 119 (176 verses)
•Longest verse: Esther 8:9 (78 words)
•Shortest book (by number of words): 3 John
•Shortest chapter (by number of words): Psalms 117
•Shortest verse: John 11:35 (2 words: “Jesus wept”)
The Bible was written:
•over a 1500 year span (from circa 1400 B.C to A.D. 100)
•over 40 generations
•over 40 authors from many walks of life
•in different places
•at different times
•on three continents (Asia, Africa, and Europe)
•in three languages (Hebrew, Aramaic [Chaldee], and Greek)
The Old Testament contains:.
•17 Historical Books:
• Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Number, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther 
•5 Poetical Books:
• Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon 
•17 Prophetic Books:
• Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi
The New Testament contains:
• 4 Gospels: 
• Matthew, Mark, Luke, John 
• 21 Epistles: 
• Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Hebrews, James, 1 Peter, 2 Peter, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, Jude 
•The Revelation:
•Revelation