This section is from the book "Facts Worth Knowing", by Robert Kemp Philip. Also available from Amazon: Inquire Within for Anything You Want to Know.
The Bible contains 3,566,480 letters; 810,697 words; 31,173 verses; 1,189 chapters; 66 books. The word and 46,227 times;the word reverend only once, which is the 9th verse of the 11 th Psalm;the word Lord 1,85" times;the middle and least chapter is the 117th Psalm; the middle verse the 8th of 118th Psalm;and the 21st verse 7th chapter of Ezra contains the alphabet. The finest chapter to read is the 2sth of Acts;the 19th chapter of second book of Kings, and the 37th chapter of Isaiah are alike. The least verse is the 33d of the 11th chapter of John; and the 8th, 15th, 21st and 31st verses of the 107th Psalm are alike. Each verse of the 13sth Psalm ends alike; there are no words or names in the Bible of more than six syllables.
 
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