Interesting Data
Books of Old Testament - 39.
Books of New Testament - 27.
Total number of books - 66.
Chapters in Old Testament - 929.
Chapters in New Testament - 260.
Total number chapters - 1,189.
Verses in Old Testament - 33,214.
Verses in New Testament - 7,959.
Total number of verses - 41,173.
Words in Old Testament - 593,393.
Words in New Testament - 181,253.
Total number of words - 774,746.
Letters in Old Testament - 2,738,100.
Letters in New Testament - 838,380.
Total number of letters - 3,566,480.
The shortest chapter is Psalm 117.
Ezra 7:21 contains all the letters of the alphabet except
?j.? Esther 8:9 is the longest verse.
John 11:35 is the shortest verse.
There is no word more than six syllables in the Bible.
Tan, P. L. 1996, c1979. Encyclopedia of 7700 illustrations : [a treasury of illustrations, anecdotes, facts and quotations for pastors, teachers and Christian workers]. Bible Communications: Garland TX
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