The Amazing Book!

Sitting here this morning reading my Bible I can't help but reflect on what a sure word we have in the KJV Bible. What a gift to be able to read the words of this book and know without a shadow of a doubt that these are the very Word's of God.

It's an amazing Book that is alive and becomes new to the reader with every word. 

Here are some really interesting Bible facts. Did you know.....

• The Bible can be read aloud in 70 hours.


• 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.


• 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.

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


• Predictions: over 8,000


• Fulfilled prophecy: 3,268 verses


• Unfulfilled prophecy: 3,140


• 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: 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

OLD TESTAMENT STATISTICS:

• Number of books: 39


• Chapters: 929


• Verses: 23,114


• Words: 602,585


• Letters: 2,278,100


• Middle book: Proverbs


• Middle chapter: Job 20


• Middle verses: 2 Chronicles 20:17,18


• Smallest book: Obadiah


• Shortest verse: 1 Chronicles 1:25


• Longest verse: Esther 8:9


• Longest chapter: Psalms 119


• Largest book: Psalms

NEW TESTAMENT STATISTICS:

• Number of books: 27


• Chapters: 260


• Verses: 7,957


• Words: 180,552


• Letters: 838,380


• Middle book: 2 Thessalonians


• Middle chapters: Romans 8, 9


• Middle verse: Acts 27:17


• Smallest book: 3 John


• Shortest verse: John 11:35


• Longest verse: Revelation 20:4


• Longest chapter: Luke 1


• Largest book: Luke

RANDOM FACTS: 

•  The last word in the Bible is AMEN


• About 50 Bibles are sold every minute 


• The Bible was written in three languages: Hebrew, Aramaic,
  and Koine Greek. 


• Dogs are mentioned 14 times in the Bible, and lions 55
  times, but domestic cats are not mentioned at all. 


• The Bible, the world's best-selling book, is also the
  world's most shoplifted book. 


• The word "Christian" appears only three times in
  the Bible: Acts 11:26; 26:28; 1 Peter 4:16. 


• There are 66 books in the Bible, 39 in the Old Testament and
  27 in the New Testament. 


• The 66 books of the Bible is divided into 1,189 chapters
  consisting of 31,173 verses. The Old Testament has 929 chapters, the New
  Testament 260. (King James version) 


• The King James Old Testament consist of 592,439 words
  consisting of 2,728,100 letters and the New Testament 181,253 words consisting
  of 838,380 letter (total 3,566,480 letters). 


• The longest line in the Bible is Esther 8:9 - 89 words, 425
  letters.


• The longest word in the Bible is Maher-shalal-hash-baz:
  Isaiah 8:1. 


• The longest book chapter in the Bible is Psalm 119, the
  shortest is Psalm 117. 


• There are 594 chapters before Psalm 118 and 594 chapters
  after it. 


• Psalm 118 verse 8 is in the center of the Bible: "It is
  better to trust in the Lord than put confidence in man." 


• Obadiah, with 21 verses consisting of 602 words, is the
  shortest book in the Old Testament, and the third shortest in the Bible. 


• II John has the fewest number of verses of any book in the
  Bible - it is the shortest book in the Bible. 


• III John has the fewest number of words of any book in the
  Bible. 


• Job is the oldest book written in the Bible - it was written
  by an unknown Israelite around 1500 BC. 


• Malachi, written about 400 BC, is the youngest book in the
  Old Testament. 


• James, written around 45 AD, is the oldest book in the New
  Testament. 


• Revelation, written about 95 AD, is the youngest book in the
  New Testament. 


• The verse in the exact middle of the Bible is Psalm 117:8.
  There are 594 chapters before Psalm 117 and 594 chapters after Psalm 117. 


•  Paul wrote 14 (of the
  27) books of the New Testament. 


• The word "Lord" appears 1855 times in the Bible. 


• The word "God" appears in every book except Esther
  and Song of Solomon. 


• The word "grandmother" appears in the Bible only
  once: 2 Timothy 1:5. 


• The word "eternity" is mentioned only once: Isaiah
  57:15. 


• Seven suicides are recorded in the Bible. 


• In Old Testament times the Mediterranean Sea was called the
  Great Sea. 


• There are 7 different Jeremiahs in the Bible: 1 Chronicles
  5:24; 12:4, 10, 13; 2 Kings 23:30; Jeremiah 1:1; 35:3. 


• The raven is the first bird mention in the Bible. It appears
  in Genesis 8:7, when it is sent out from the ark by Noah to see if the flood
  waters have abated. The second bird was a dove, in verse 8. 


• Almonds and pistachios are the only nuts mentioned in the
  Bible. 


• A chariot imported from Egypt cost around 600 shekels of
  silver (1 Kings 10:29). That would be about $77,000. One shekel was 4 days
  wages. 


• The word "trinity" is not mentioned in the Bible. 


• Methuselah is the oldest man on record: 969 years old
  (Genesis 5:27).

I typed this poem 14 years ago and taped it neatly in the front of my Bible. I love it and read it often.

God's Treasure

There is a treasure,
Rich beyond measure,
Offered to mortals today;
Some folks despise it,
Some criticize it,
Some would explain it away.

Some never read it,
Some never head it,
Some say "It's long had it's day";
Some people prize it,
And he who tried it,
Finds it's his comfort and stay.

God gave this treasure,
Rich beyond measure,
His Word, we call it today.
Let us believe it,
Gladly receive it,
Read, mark and learn to obey.

~A.M.N.