Facts- King James Bible

The Bible contains:

  • 2 Testaments
  • 66 books
  • 783,137 words
  • 3,116,480 letters
  • 39 books in the Old Testament
  • 27 books in the New Testament

Unique

  • Unique Hebrew words: 8,674
  • Unique Greek words: 5,624
  • Unique English words: 12,143

Chapters and Verses

  • The Bible has 1,189 Chapters
  • The Bible has 31,102 verses
  • The Old Testament has 929 chapters
  • The Old Testament has 23,145 verses
  • The New Testament has 260 chapters
  • The New Testament has 7,957 verses

    The Bible was written:

    • over a 1500 year span (from circa 1400 B.C to A.D. 100)
    • over 40 generations
    • over 40 authors from many walks of life
    • in different places
    • at different times
    • on three continents (Asia, Africa, and Europe)
    • in three languages (Hebrew, Aramaic [Chaldee], and Greek)

    The Old Testament contains:.

    • 17 Historical Books:
    • Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Number, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther
    • 5 Poetical Books:
    • Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon
    • 17 Prophetic Books:
    • Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi                 

      The New Testament contains:

      • 4 Gospels:
      • Matthew, Mark, Luke, John
      • 21 Epistles:
      • Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Hebrews, James, 1 Peter, 2 Peter, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, Jude
      • The Revelation:
      • Revelation                                                                                                            King James Version (KJV), also called Authorized Version or King James Bible, English translation of the Bible published in 1611 under the auspices of King James I of England. The translation had a marked influence on English literary style and was generally accepted as the standard English Bible from the mid-17th to the early 20th century.        

        Background

        The reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603) succeeded in imposing a high degree of uniformity upon the Church of England. Protestantism was reinstated as the official religion of England after the short reign of Mary I (1553–58), who had attempted to restore Roman Catholicism in the country. In 1604, soon after James’s coronation as king of England, a conference of churchmen requested that the English Bible be revised because existing translations “were corrupt and not answerable to the truth of the original.” The Great Bible that had been authorized by Henry VIII (1538) enjoyed some popularity, but its successive editions contained several inconsistencies. The Bishops’ Bible (1568) was well regarded by the clergy but failed to gain wide acceptance or the official authorization of Elizabeth. The most popular English translation was the Geneva Bible (1557; first published in England in 1576), which had been made in Geneva by English Protestants living in exile during Mary’s persecutions. Never authorized by the crown, it was particularly popular among Puritans but not among many more-conservative clergymen.        

        Preparation and early editions

        Given the perceived need for a new authorized translation, James was quick to appreciate the broader value of the proposal and at once made the project his own. By June 30, 1604, James had approved a list of 54 revisers, although extant records show that 47 scholars actually participated. They were organized into six companies, two each working separately at Westminster, Oxford, and Cambridge on sections of the Bible assigned to them. Richard Bancroft (1544–1610), archbishop of Canterbury, served as overseer and established doctrinal conventions for the translators. The new Bible was published in 1611.   Not since the Septuagint—the Greek-language version of the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) produced between the 3rd and the 2nd centuries bce—had a translation of the Bible been undertaken under royal sponsorship as a cooperative venture on so grandiose a scale. An elaborate set of rules was contrived to curb individual proclivities and to ensure the translation’s scholarly and nonpartisan character. In contrast to earlier practice, the new version was to use vulgar forms of proper names (e.g., “Jonas” or “Jonah” for the Hebrew “Yonah”), in keeping with its aim to make the Scriptures popular and familiar. The translators used not only extant English-language translations, including the partial translation by William Tyndale (c. 1490–1536), but also Jewish commentaries to guide their work. The wealth of scholarly tools available to the translators made their final choice of rendering an exercise in originality and independent judgment. For this reason, the new version was more faithful to the original languages of the Bible and more scholarly than any of its predecessors. The impact of the original Hebrew upon the revisers was so pronounced that they seem to have made a conscious effort to imitate its rhythm and style in their translation of the Hebrew Scriptures. The literary style of the English New Testament actually turned out to be superior to that of its Greek original                                                                                   

        King James Bible History


        icapshe King James Bible is a descendent of William Tyndale’s great translation of the century before. When King James commissioned his Bible he gave specific instructions to the translators to use the best from the Bishops' Bible, Tyndale's Bible, Coverdale's, Matthew's, and Geneva Bibles.
        In the preface to the 1611 authorised version the King James’s translation committees said they did not seek "to make a new translation, nor yet to make of a bad one a good one, but to make a good one better".
        What we can understand from this is when it comes to "translators" Tyndale is included among them as the original and probably the best. In the making of the King James Bible; Tyndale and the translators of the other Bibles used by the King James’ committees are all present in this great work of literature. The result leaves little doubt as to why so many people believe the King James Bible is the inspired work of God. In 1525 William Tyndale produced the first printed translation of the New Testament in English. Over the next ten years, Tyndale revised his New Testament, and embarked on a translation of the Old Testament. Tyndale made some controversial translation choices, but the merits of his work and prose style made his translation the ultimate basis for all subsequent renditions into Early Modern English including the King James Version.
        1539 - The official Great Bible with a preface picturing Henry VIII, was produced for reading aloud in churches and it used much of Tyndale's previous work. Edited and adapted by Myles Coverdale, Tyndale's New Testament and his incomplete work on the Old Testament became the basis for the Great Bible. This was the first "authorized version" issued by the Church of England during the reign of King Henry VIII.
        1560 - The Geneva Bible was published. When Mary I succeeded to the throne in 1553, she returned the Church of England to the Roman Catholic faith and many English religious reformers fled the country, some establishing an English-speaking colony at Geneva. Under the leadership of John Calvin, Geneva became the chief international centre of Reformed Protestantism and Latin biblical scholarship. These English expatriates undertook a translation that became known as the Geneva Bible. 1568 - The official Bishops' Bible was published. Soon after Elizabeth I took the throne in 1558, the flaws of both the Great Bible and the Geneva Bible became painfully apparent. In 1568, the Church of England responded with the Bishops' Bible, a revision of the Great Bible in the light of the Geneva version. While officially approved, this new version failed to displace the Geneva translation as the most popular English Bible of the age.
        1601 - A meeting of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland took place in Fife, which was attended by King James VI of Scotland. It was at this meeting that the proposal for a new translation of the Bible was first raised.
        King James I
        King James I of England (1576–1621)
        1603 - James VI of Scotland became James I, King of England.          1604 – King James I convened the Hampton Court Conference to discuss the future of the church. It was at this meeting a new English version was proposed in response to the perceived problems of earlier translations as detected by the Puritan faction of the Church of England.
        At the time the king said that he:
        "Could never yet see a Bible well translated in English; but I think that, of all, that of Geneva is the worst. I wish some special pains were taken for an uniform translation, which should be done by he best learned men in both Universities, then reviewed by the Bishops, presented to the Privy Council, lastly ratified by the Royal authority, to be read in the whole Church, and none other."            
        As a result a resolution was made:
        "That a translation be made of the whole Bible, as consonant as can be to the original Hebrew and Greek; and this to be set out and printed, without any marginal notes, and only to be used in all churches of England in time of divine service."
        King James gave the translators instructions intended to guarantee that the new version would reflect the structure of the Church of England and its beliefs about an ordained clergy. The translation was undertaken by 47 scholars, all of whom were members of the Church of England. In common with most other translations of the period, the New Testament was translated from the Textus Receptus (Received Text) series of the Greek texts. The Old Testament was translated from the Masoretic Hebrew text, while the Apocrypha were translated from the Greek Septuagint (LXX). 1608 – The main translation was completed and was submitted for editing. From January 1609, a General Committee of Review met at Stationers' Hall, London to review the completed marked texts from each of the six committees. The General Committee included John Bois, Andrew Downes and John Harmar, and others known only by their initials, including "AL" (who may be Arthur Lake), and were paid for their attendance by the Stationers' Company. John Bois prepared a note of their deliberations (in Latin) - which has partly survived in two later transcripts. Also surviving is a bound-together set of marked-up corrections to one of the forty Bishops' Bibles - covering the Old Testament and Gospels, and also a manuscript translation of the text of the Epistles, excepting those verses where no change was being recommended to the readings in the Bishops' Bible.
        Bancroft
        Archbishop Richard Bancroft
        Archbishop Richard Bancroft was the chief overseer of the authorized version of the Bible. Bancroft insisted on having a final say, making fourteen changes, of which one was the term "bishopricke" at Acts 1:20. He died at Lambeth Palace on 2 November 1610. 
        1611 – The King James Bible was published, the complete title page reading:
        "THE HOLY BIBLE, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New: Newly Translated out of the Originall tongues: & with the former Translations diligently compared and revised, by his Majesties Special Commandment. Appointed to be read in Churches. Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majestie. ANNO DOM. 1611."            

        Old Testament

        Book
        Chapters
        Verses
        Words
        1
        Genesis
        50
        1,533
        38,262
        2
        Exodus
        40
        1,213
        32,685
        3
        Leviticus
        27
        859
        24,541
        4
        Numbers
        36
        1,288
        32,896
        5
        Deuteronomy
        34
        959
        28,352
        6
        Joshua
        24
        658
        18,854
        7
        Judges
        21
        618
        18,966
        8
        Ruth
        4
        85
        2,574
        9
        1 Samuel
        31
        810
        25,048
        10
        2 Samuel
        24
        695
        20,600
        11
        1 Kings
        22
        816
        24,513
        12
        2 Kings
        25
        719
        23,517
        13
        1 Chronicles
        29
        942
        20,365
        14
        2 Chronicles
        36
        822
        26,069
        15
        Ezra
        10
        280
        7,440
        16
        Nehemiah
        13
        406
        10,480
        17
        Esther
        10
        167
        5,633
        18
        Job
        42
        1,070
        18,098
        19
        Psalms
        150
        2,461
         *42,704
        20
        Proverbs
        31
        915
        15,038
        21
        Ecclesiastes
        12
        222
        5,579
        22
        Song of Solomon
        8
        117
        2,658
        23
        Isaiah
        66
        1,292
        37,036
        24
        Jeremiah
        52
        1,364
        42,654
        25
        Lamentations
        5
        154
        3,411

        26
        Ezekiel
        48
        1,273
        39,401
        27
        Daniel
        12
        357
        11,602
        28
        Hosea
        14
        197
        5,174
        29
        Joel
        3
        73
        2,033
        30
        Amos
        9
        146
        4,216
        31
        Obadiah
        1
        21
         669
        32
        Jonah
        4
        48
        1,320
        33
        Micah
        7
        105
        3,152
        34
        Nahum
        3
        47
        1,284
        35
        Habakkuk
        3
        56
        1,475
        36
        Zephaniah
        3
        53
        1,616
        37
        Haggai
        2
        38
        1,130
        38
        Zechariah
        14
        211
        6,443
        39
        Malachi
        4
        55
         1,781
               
        New Testament
        Book
        Chapters
        Verses
        Words
        40
        Matthew
        28
        1,071
        23,343
        41
        Mark
        16
        678
        14,949
        42
        Luke
        24
        1,151
        25,640
        43
        John
        21
        879
        18,658
        44
        Acts
        28
        1,007
        24,229
        45
        Romans
        16
        433
               *9,422
        46
        1 Corinthians
        16
        437
               *9,462
        47
        2 Corinthians
        13
        257
               *6,046
        48
        Galatians
        6
        149
               *3,084
        49
        Ephesians
        6
        155
               *3,022
        50
        Philippians
        4
        104
               *2,183
        51
        Colossians
        4
        95
               *1,979
        52
        1 Thessalonians
        5
        89
               *1,837
        53
        2 Thessalonians
        3
        47
               *1,022
        54
        1 Timothy
        6
        113
               *2,244
        55
        2 Timothy
        4
        83
               *1,666
        56
        Titus
        3
        46
                  *896
        57
        Philemon
        1
        25
                  *430
        58
        Hebrews
        13
        303
               *6,897
        59
        James
        5
        108
          2,304
        60
        1 Peter
        5
        105
         2,476
        61
        2 Peter
        3
        61
         1,553
        62
        1 John
        5
        105
        2,517
        63
        2 John
        1
        13
          298
        64
        3 John
        1
        14
          294
        65
        Jude
        1
        25
           608
        66
        Revelation
        22
        404
         11,952
        66
        Bible Totals
        1,189
        31,102
        788,280

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