How many chapters are in 1 Chronicles?
1 Chronicles has 29 chapters and 942 verses. The King James Version text of 1 Chronicles runs 20,440 words, about 1 hour 26 minutes of reading at 238 words a minute. It is book 13 of the 66 books of the Bible (13th of the 39 Old Testament books) and the 18th longest by word count.
Verses in each chapter of 1 Chronicles
The longest chapter is 1 Chronicles 6 with 81 verses; the shortest is 1 Chronicles 20 with 8.
Longest and shortest verse in 1 Chronicles
Longest: 1 Chronicles 29:2, 73 words in the KJV.
Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.
Shortest: 1 Chronicles 1:1, 3 words in the KJV.
Adam, Sheth, Enosh,
How 1 Chronicles begins and ends
First verse, 1 Chronicles 1:1
Adam, Sheth, Enosh,
Adam, Seth, Enosh,
Last verse, 1 Chronicles 29:30
With all his reign and his might, and the times that went over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries.
with all his reign and his might, and the times that went over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries.
1 Chronicles in our topic collections
5 verses from 1 Chronicles appear on our Bible verse topic pages, most often in these topics:
- Bible Verses About Strength (1 from 1 Chronicles)
- Bible Verses About Gratitude (1 from 1 Chronicles)
- Bible Verses About Joy (1 from 1 Chronicles)
- Bible Verses About Thanksgiving (1 from 1 Chronicles)
- Bible Verses About Courage (1 from 1 Chronicles)
1 Chronicles: common questions
How many chapters are in the book of 1 Chronicles?
1 Chronicles has 29 chapters. The longest chapter is 1 Chronicles 6 with 81 verses; the shortest is 1 Chronicles 20 with 8.
How many verses are in 1 Chronicles?
1 Chronicles has 942 verses in the King James Version, and the same number in the World English Bible.
How long does it take to read 1 Chronicles?
About 1 hour 26 minutes at an average silent reading speed of 238 words a minute. The KJV text is 20,440 words and the World English Bible text is 19,123 words.
What is the longest verse in 1 Chronicles?
1 Chronicles 29:2 is the longest verse in 1 Chronicles, at 73 words in the King James Version. The shortest is 1 Chronicles 1:1 (3 words): "Adam, Sheth, Enosh,"
Compare all 66 books on how many books are in the Bible, see the Bible by the numbers, or work out how long it takes to read the Bible at your own pace.
Counted by Bible Says About from the full public-domain text of the King James Version (1769 edition) and the World English Bible. Verse text only: headings and psalm titles are left out. A word is a run of letters: a hyphenated name like Beer-sheba counts as two, and an apostrophe stays inside its word (LORD'S is one). Matching ignores capital letters. Data compiled 2026-10-02.