How many chapters are in Zechariah?
Zechariah has 14 chapters and 211 verses. The King James Version text of Zechariah runs 6,443 words, about 27 minutes of reading at 238 words a minute. It is book 38 of the 66 books of the Bible (38th of the 39 Old Testament books) and the 32nd longest by word count.
Verses in each chapter of Zechariah
The longest chapter is Zechariah 8 with 23 verses; the shortest is Zechariah 13 with 9.
Longest and shortest verse in Zechariah
Longest: Zechariah 14:4, 63 words in the KJV.
And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
Shortest: Zechariah 1:20, 7 words in the KJV.
And the LORD shewed me four carpenters.
How Zechariah begins and ends
First verse, Zechariah 1:1
In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,
In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, Yahweh’s word came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying,
Last verse, Zechariah 14:21
Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts.
Yes, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah will be holy to Yahweh of Armies; and all those who sacrifice will come and take of them, and cook in them. In that day there will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of Yahweh of Armies.
Zechariah in our topic collections
7 verses from Zechariah appear on our Bible verse topic pages, most often in these topics:
- Bible Verses About Widows (2 from Zechariah)
- Bible Verses About Dreams (1 from Zechariah)
- Bible Verses About Fasting (1 from Zechariah)
- Bible Verses About Christmas (1 from Zechariah)
- Bible Verses About Compassion (1 from Zechariah)
- Bible Verses About Spiritual Warfare (1 from Zechariah)
- Bible Verses About Truth (1 from Zechariah)
Zechariah: common questions
How many chapters are in the book of Zechariah?
Zechariah has 14 chapters. The longest chapter is Zechariah 8 with 23 verses; the shortest is Zechariah 13 with 9.
How many verses are in Zechariah?
Zechariah has 211 verses in the King James Version, and the same number in the World English Bible.
How long does it take to read Zechariah?
About 27 minutes at an average silent reading speed of 238 words a minute. The KJV text is 6,443 words and the World English Bible text is 5,963 words.
What is the longest verse in Zechariah?
Zechariah 14:4 is the longest verse in Zechariah, at 63 words in the King James Version. The shortest is Zechariah 1:20 (7 words): "And the LORD shewed me four carpenters."
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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.