How many chapters are in 2 Chronicles?
2 Chronicles has 36 chapters and 822 verses. The King James Version text of 2 Chronicles runs 26,100 words, about 1 hour 50 minutes of reading at 238 words a minute. It is book 14 of the 66 books of the Bible (14th of the 39 Old Testament books) and the 9th longest by word count.
Verses in each chapter of 2 Chronicles
The longest chapter is 2 Chronicles 6 with 42 verses; the shortest is 2 Chronicles 27 with 9.
Longest and shortest verse in 2 Chronicles
Longest: 2 Chronicles 2:14, 80 words in the KJV.
The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father.
Shortest: 2 Chronicles 11:8, 6 words in the KJV.
And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
How 2 Chronicles begins and ends
First verse, 2 Chronicles 1:1
And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.
Solomon the son of David was firmly established in his kingdom, and Yahweh his God was with him, and made him exceedingly great.
Last verse, 2 Chronicles 36:23
Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up.
“Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, ‘Yahweh, the God of heaven, has given all the kingdoms of the earth to me; and he has commanded me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever there is among you of all his people, Yahweh his God be with him, and let him go up.’”
2 Chronicles in our topic collections
5 verses from 2 Chronicles appear on our Bible verse topic pages, most often in these topics:
- Bible Verses About Tithing (2 from 2 Chronicles)
- Bible Verses About Prayer (1 from 2 Chronicles)
- Bible Verses About Repentance (1 from 2 Chronicles)
- Bible Verses About Fasting (1 from 2 Chronicles)
- Bible Verses About Spiritual Warfare (1 from 2 Chronicles)
2 Chronicles: common questions
How many chapters are in the book of 2 Chronicles?
2 Chronicles has 36 chapters. The longest chapter is 2 Chronicles 6 with 42 verses; the shortest is 2 Chronicles 27 with 9.
How many verses are in 2 Chronicles?
2 Chronicles has 822 verses in the King James Version, and the same number in the World English Bible.
How long does it take to read 2 Chronicles?
About 1 hour 50 minutes at an average silent reading speed of 238 words a minute. The KJV text is 26,100 words and the World English Bible text is 24,386 words.
What is the longest verse in 2 Chronicles?
2 Chronicles 2:14 is the longest verse in 2 Chronicles, at 80 words in the King James Version. The shortest is 2 Chronicles 11:8 (6 words): "And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,"
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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.