History, Statistics, & Facts
Amazing Bible Facts And Statistics

BIBLE FACTS:

• The system of chapters was introduced in A.D. 1238 by Cardinal Hugo de S. Caro, while the verse notations were added in 1551 by Robertus Stephanus, after the advent of printing.  
• A Bible in the University of Gottingen is written on 2,470 palm leaves.
• According to statistics from Wycliffe International, the Society of Gideons, and the International Bible Society, the number of new Bibles that are sold, given away, or otherwise distributed in the United States is about 168,000 per day.
• The Bible can be read aloud in 70 hours.
• There are 8,674 different Hebrew words in the Bible, 5,624 different Greek words, and 12,143 different English words in the King James Version.
• A number of verses in the Bible (KJV) contain all but 1 letter of the alphabet: Ezra 7:21 contains all but the letter j; Joshua 7:24, 1 Kings 1:9, 1 Chronicles 12:40, 2 Chronicles 36:10, Ezekiel 28:13, Daniel 4:37, and Haggai 1:1 contain all but q; 2 Kings 16:15 and 1 Chronicles 4:10 contain all but z; and Galatians 1:14 contains all but k.

BIBLE STATISTICS:

• Number of books in the Bible: 66
  Chapters: 1,189
  Verses: 31,101
  Words: 783,137
  Letters: 3,566,480
• Number of promises given in the Bible: 1,260
  Commands: 6,468
  Number of questions: 3,294 
• Longest name: Mahershalalhashbaz (Isaiah 8:1)
• Longest verse: Esther 8:9 (78 words)
  Shortest verse: John 11:35 (2 words: "Jesus wept").
• Middle books: Micah and Nahum
  Middle verse: Psalm 118:8
  Middle chapter: Psalm 117
• Shortest chapter (by number of words): Psalm 117 (by number of words)
  Longest book: Psalms (150 chapters)
  Shortest book (by number of words): 3 John
  Longest chapter: Psalm 119 (176 verses)
• Number of times the word "God" appears: 3,358
  Number of times the word "Lord" appears: 7,736
  Number of different authors: 40
  Number of languages the Bible has been translated into: over 1,200