Books of the Bible / 1 Kings
Random Verse from 1 Kings
Roll a random verse from 1 Kings -- 22 chapters, 816 verses -- with the same crypto-secure, unbiased draw as the main generator, scoped to just this book.
“The king of Israel answered, “It is according to your saying, my lord, O king. I am yours, and all that I have.””
1 Kings 20:4
World English Bible (WEB) — public domain
About 1 Kings (summary)
1 Kings is book 11 of 66 in the Protestant canon, part of the Old Testament. It runs 22 chapters and 816 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 Kings compared to other books of the Bible?
1 Kings is the 18th longest of the 66 books by verse count, with 816 verses across 22 chapters -- an average of 37.1 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 Kings sit among the other Old Testament books?
1 Kings is book 11 of 39 in the Old Testament, and book 11 of 66 overall in the Protestant canon.
What books come right before and after 1 Kings?
2 Samuel comes directly before it (24 chapters). 2 Kings comes directly after it (25 chapters).
How is the random verse actually chosen?
With the Web Crypto API's cryptographically-secure random number generator, picking uniformly among all 816 verses in 1 Kings -- 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.