TOP 66 Most Interesting KJV Bible Facts

  1. The Holy Bible is the most influential and most popular book in history
  2. The Bible can be read aloud in 70 hours
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Number of books in the Bible: 66  (39  old testament, 27 new testament)
  6. The system of chapters was introduced in A.D. 1238 by Cardinal Hugo de S. Caro
  7. There are .. Chapters: 1,189 (929 old testament, 260 new testament)
  8. The original manuscripts did not contain the chapter and verse divisions in the numbered form familiar to modern readers.
  9. The system of using verses was introduced in 1551 by Robertus
    Stephanus
  10. Verses: 31,102 (23,145 old testament, 7,957 new testament)
  11. Words: 783,137 (602,585 old testament, 180,552 new testament)
  12. Letters: 3,116,480 (2,278,100  old testament, 838,380 new testament)
  13. Number of promises given in the Bible: 1,260
  14. Commands: 6,468
  15. Predictions: over 8,000
  16. Fulfilled prophecy: 3,268 verses
  17. Unfulfilled prophecy: 3,140
  18. Number of questions: 3,294
  19. Longest name: Mahershalalhashbaz (Isaiah 8:1) & Jonathelemrechokim (Psalms 56:1-13)
  20. Longest verse: Esther 8:9 (78 words) (Revelation 20:4)
  21. Shortest verse: John 11:35 (2 words: “Yahushua wept”).  This is the King James Bible.  Some Bibles might be Job 3:2 (Job said.) but King James has that as “Job answered” which is longer than Jesus wept. (John 11:35 is the shortest verse in the new testament)
  22. Shortest chapter (by number of words): Psalm 117 (by number of words)
  23. Longest book: Psalms (150 chapters) (Luke – new testament)
  24. Shortest book (by number of words): 3 John (Obadiah – old testament)
  25. Longest chapter: Psalm 119 (176 verses) (Luke 1- new testament)
  26. Number of times the word “God” appears: 4,094
  27. Number of times the word “Lord” appears: 6,781
  28. Number of different authors: 40
  29. The Author with the Most Books:  Moses is credited with writing the first 5 books in the Old Testament, & Paul wrote a total of 14 books in the New Testament
  30. Number of languages the Bible has been translated into: over 1,200
  31. There are about 2.5 Billion to 6 Billion copies sold
  32. Thomas Cranmer (1489-1556), Archbishop of Canterbury, reportedly memorized the entire Bible! Some historians record that it took him only three months to accomplish this amazing feat!
  33. Thomas Cranmer (1489-1556), Archbishop of Canterbury, reportedly memorized the entire Bible! Some historians record that it took him only three months to accomplish this amazing feat!
  34. The oldest MS. of the Bible in the British Museum is the “Codex Alexandrinus.” Parts of the New Testament are omitted. The “Codex Vaticanus” is the oldest in the Vatican Library at Rome.
  35. The most frequently cited old testament verse in the new testament is Psalm 110:1 YHWH said unto my master, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. – quoted 18 times Matt. 22:44, 26:64, Mark 12:36, 14:62, 16:19, Luke 20:42-43, 22:69, Acts 2:34-35, Rom. 8:34, 1 Cor. 15:25, Eph. 1:20, Col. 3:1, Heb.1:3, 13, 8:1, 10:12-13, 12:2
  36. The most mentioned men in the bible is David, mentioned 1118 times
  37. The book of Isaiah is the most old testament book referred to in the New Testament.
  38. The first human is recorded to be Adam in Genesis 2:7
  39. The oldest man is recorded to be Methuselah, son of Enoch, who lived to be 969 in Genesis 5:27
  40. Man was spoken to by a donkey,  in Numbers 22:28-30.
  41. Goliath was recorded to be the tallest man with a bed measuring 13½ feet in length and 6 feet in width in Deuteronomy 3:11. (some say he was between 10-11ft)
  42.  Samson is recorded to be the strongest man in Judges 14:6 & Judges 15:5
  43. The sun is recorded to have stood still for a whole day in Joshua 10:13.
  44. There was an army with 700 left-handed men in Judges 20:16.
  45. Absalom’s hair weighed about 6 pounds when it was cut annually, 2 Samuel 14:26.
  46. A man who had 12 fingers and 12 toes, 2 Samuel 21:20.
  47. King Solomon was the wisest person recorded that ever lived in 1 kings 3:12 & 10:24
  48. King Solomon was the richest man ever recorded in 1 Kings 10:14-29
  49. King Solomon had hundred wives and three hundred concubines in 1 Kings 11:3 (one can only assume he also had the most children because of this, but it is not recorded to my knowledge)
  50. Eglon the Moabite King, who was killed by Ehud, is recorded to be the fattest person in Judge 3:17
  51. Moses is recorded to be the meekest in Numbers 12:3
  52. Nebuchadnezzar was the proudest man recorded in Daniel 4, whom YHWH humbled.
  53. A day the sun went backward, Is Isaiah 38:8.
  54. A prostitute who was an ancestor of Christ, Matthew 1:5
  55. There are 17 historical books, 5 poetic books & 17 prophetic books in the Old Testament.
  56. There are 4 Gospels, 1 historical book, 22 letters & 1 apocalyptic book in the New Testament.
  57. Characteristics and traits of people were an important aspect of names in ancient Israel. For example the name Nabal means “senseless and fool”, and Abigail indicated that this is what her husband amounted to (1 Sam 25:25)
  58. The creation of a Sabbath Day created the first week, many nations call the 7th day of the week Sabbath to further prove this & also Genesis 2:1-3
  59. The Bible revealed that the earth was round in 1000 B.C., 2500 years before “man discovered it” for himself in 1500 by sailing around the earth. Read Isaiah 40:22, & Proverbs 8:27
  60. The Hydrological water cycle was revealed to many of the prophets before Roman engineer named Marcus Vitruvius discovered it. Read Ecclesiastes 1:6-7, Ecclesiastes 11:3, Job 26:8, Job 36:27-28, & Amos 9:6
  61. THE EARTH IS SUSPENDED IN NOTHING Job 26:7
  62. The sea has valley’s in the sea, was revealed to us in my books before Science “discovered it”, such as in Psalms 18:15, Jonah 2:6, 2 Samuel 22:16
  63. The nations were afraid of the Sun, Moon & Stars because they did not understand them & even thought them to be Gods, but YHWH reveals to Jeremiah not to worry about them in Jeremiah 10:2
  64. There are paths in the sea which Matthew Maury in the 1800’s discovered after reading Psalms 8:8.  He was an officer in the United States Navy, who believed his Bible & went out to prove this for himself. Maury wrote the first book on oceanography and became known as “the pathfinder of the seas”— “The father of modern navigation.”
  65. The ways of the stars (Pleiades, Orion, and Arcturus) was revealed to Job in Job 38:31-32. Read more about this in BibleToday.org
  66. YHWH prophesies about 150 years in advance, who by name, would conquer Babylon.