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The Books of the Bible

There are 66 Books of the Bible, 39 from the Old Testament and 27 are from the New Testament.

There are also 1189 chapters in the Bible; 929 in the Old Testament and 260 in the New Testament.

The longest chapter is Psalm 119 and the shortest chapter is Psalm 117.

The longest verse is Esther 8:9 and the shortest verse is John 11:35.

Below is a list of all the Books in the Bible with the number of chapters in each listed beside.

Old Testament

Genesis - 50
Exodus - 40
Leviticus - 27
Numbers - 36
Deuteronomy - 34
Joshua - 24
Judges - 21
Ruth - 4
1 Samuel - 31
2 Samuel - 24
1 Kings - 22
2 Kings - 25
1 Chronicles - 29
2 Chronicles - 36
Ezra - 10
Nehemiah - 13
Esther - 10
Job - 42
Psalm - 150
Proverbs - 31
Ecclesiastes - 12
Song of Solomon - 8
Isaiah - 66
Jeremiah - 52
Lamentations - 5
Ezekiel - 48
Daniel - 12
Hosea - 14
Joel - 3
Amos - 9
Obadiah - 1
Jonah - 4
Micah - 7
Nahum - 3
Habakkuk - 3
Zephaniah - 3
Haggai - 2
Zechariah - 14
Malachi - 4

New Testament

Matthew - 28
Mark - 16
Luke - 24
John - 21
Acts - 28
Romans - 16
1 Corinthians - 16
2 Corinthians - 13
Galatians - 6
Ephesians - 6
Philippians - 4
Colossians - 4
1 Thessalonians - 5
2 Thessalonians - 3
1 Timothy - 6
2 Timothy - 4
Titus - 3
Philemon - 1
Hebrews - 13
James - 5
1 Peter - 5
2 Peter - 3
1 John - 5
2 John - 1
3 John - 1
Jude - 1
Revelation - 22

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