How many chapters are in 2 Kings?
2 Kings has 25 chapters and 719 verses. The King James Version text of 2 Kings runs 23,565 words, about 1 hour 39 minutes of reading at 238 words a minute. It is book 12 of the 66 books of the Bible (12th of the 39 Old Testament books) and the 16th longest by word count.
Verses in each chapter of 2 Kings
The longest chapter is 2 Kings 4 with 44 verses; the shortest is 2 Kings 1 with 18.
Longest and shortest verse in 2 Kings
Longest: 2 Kings 16:15, 79 words in the KJV.
And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king’s burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall be for me to enquire by.
Shortest: 2 Kings 10:28, 7 words in the KJV.
Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.
How 2 Kings begins and ends
First verse, 2 Kings 1:1
Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.
Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.
Last verse, 2 Kings 25:30
And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.
and for his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him from the king, every day a portion, all the days of his life.
2 Kings in our topic collections
16 verses from 2 Kings appear on our Bible verse topic pages, most often in these topics:
- Bible Verses About Hospitality (10 from 2 Kings)
- Bible Verses About Anger (1 from 2 Kings)
- Bible Verses About Friendship (1 from 2 Kings)
- Bible Verses About Debt (1 from 2 Kings)
- Bible Verses About Angels (1 from 2 Kings)
- Bible Verses About Mothers (1 from 2 Kings)
- Bible Verses About Obedience (1 from 2 Kings)
2 Kings: common questions
How many chapters are in the book of 2 Kings?
2 Kings has 25 chapters. The longest chapter is 2 Kings 4 with 44 verses; the shortest is 2 Kings 1 with 18.
How many verses are in 2 Kings?
2 Kings has 719 verses in the King James Version, and the same number in the World English Bible.
How long does it take to read 2 Kings?
About 1 hour 39 minutes at an average silent reading speed of 238 words a minute. The KJV text is 23,565 words and the World English Bible text is 22,031 words.
What is the longest verse in 2 Kings?
2 Kings 16:15 is the longest verse in 2 Kings, at 79 words in the King James Version. The shortest is 2 Kings 10:28 (7 words): "Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel."
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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.