Books of the Bible / 1 Chronicles
Random Verse from 1 Chronicles
Roll a random verse from 1 Chronicles -- 29 chapters, 942 verses -- with the same crypto-secure, unbiased draw as the main generator, scoped to just this book.
“the sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shagee the Hararite,”
1 Chronicles 11:34
World English Bible (WEB) — public domain
About 1 Chronicles (summary)
1 Chronicles is book 13 of 66 in the Protestant canon, part of the Old Testament. It runs 29 chapters and 942 verses in the World English Bible (WEB) — public domain -- both counts computed directly from this site's own copy of that data, the same pool this roller draws from, not entered by hand.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long is 1 Chronicles compared to other books of the Bible?
1 Chronicles is the 13th longest of the 66 books by verse count, with 942 verses across 29 chapters -- an average of 32.5 verses per chapter.
What translation is the text drawn from?
The World English Bible (WEB) — public domain, a public-domain English translation, so every verse can be quoted here in full without a license. The reference and wording are looked up from this site's own copy of that same text, not paraphrased.
Where does 1 Chronicles sit among the other Old Testament books?
1 Chronicles is book 13 of 39 in the Old Testament, and book 13 of 66 overall in the Protestant canon.
What books come right before and after 1 Chronicles?
2 Kings comes directly before it (25 chapters). 2 Chronicles comes directly after it (36 chapters).
How is the random verse actually chosen?
With the Web Crypto API's cryptographically-secure random number generator, picking uniformly among all 942 verses in 1 Chronicles -- not a pseudo-random Math.random() draw, and not weighted toward well-known verses, so an obscure genealogy verse has exactly the same chance of coming up as a famous one.