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The
Bible was written by inspiration by about 40 men in a period of about
1600 years dating from 1500 BC to approx. 100 AD
The
word is a lamp (Psalms 119:105) Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and
a light unto my path.
The
Bible is the word of faith. (Romans 10:8) But what saith it? The word
is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word
of faith, which we preach;
The
Bible was written as inspiration through the Holy Spirit
(2 Peter 1:21) For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
They
wrote not in human words but of a divine nature.
(1 Corinthians 2:13) Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
The
Bible contains 3,566,480 letters – KJV
773,746
words – KJV
31,102
verses – KJV
1,189
chapters – KJV
66
books
– KJV
The
Old Testament has 39 books
The
New Testament has 27 books
The
word Jehovah occurs 6,855 times
Lord
1,853 times
And
46,277 times
Reverend
(1) (Psalms 111:9)
He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name.
The book
of Esther contains 10 chapters but neither Lord, nor God will be found
in either
The middle
chapter and the shortest of the Bible is KJV (Psalms 117:1-2)
1. O praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.
2. For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the Lord endureth for ever. Praise ye the Lord.
The middle
book of the Old Testament is Proverbs
The middle
chapter of the Old Testament is Job 29
The
middle verse of the Old Testament is (2 Chronicles 20:13) And all Judah
stood before the Lord, with their little ones, their wives, and their
children.
The middle
book of the NT is II Thessalonians
The middle
chapter in the NT is Romans 131/2
The middle
verse in the NT is (Acts 17:17)
Therefore
disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons,
and in the market daily with them that met with him.
The longest
verse in the Bible contains 90 words KJV Esther 8:9
Then
were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that is,
the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written
according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants,
and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto
Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according
to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and
to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.
The
shortest verse is (John 11:35)
Jesus wept.
The longest
word in the Bible is found in (Isaiah 8:1)
Moreover
the Lord said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a
man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.
In (Ezra
7:21) there is every letter of the alphabet except "j"
And I,
even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which
are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the
law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily,
II Kings
chapter 19 and Isaiah chapter 37 are nearly identical
The KJV
was first printed in 1611.
The American
Standard in 1901.
The first
Bible printed in the US was in 1663. It was published by John Eliot the
so 
called
"Apostle to the Indians".
The first
time the Bible was ever translated was in 270 BC when the OT was translated
into Greek in Alexandria, Egypt.
THE BIBLE
IS THE ONLY BOOK THAT CAN SAVE A MANS LIFE
John 12:48
He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth
him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last
day.