Books of the Bible / 2 Samuel
Random Verse from 2 Samuel
Roll a random verse from 2 Samuel -- 24 chapters, 695 verses -- with the same crypto-secure, unbiased draw as the main generator, scoped to just this book.
“Then they arose and went over by number: twelve for Benjamin and for Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of David’s servants.”
2 Samuel 2:15
World English Bible (WEB) — public domain
About 2 Samuel (summary)
2 Samuel is book 10 of 66 in the Protestant canon, part of the Old Testament. It runs 24 chapters and 695 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 2 Samuel compared to other books of the Bible?
2 Samuel is the 21th longest of the 66 books by verse count, with 695 verses across 24 chapters -- an average of 29 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 2 Samuel sit among the other Old Testament books?
2 Samuel is book 10 of 39 in the Old Testament, and book 10 of 66 overall in the Protestant canon.
What books come right before and after 2 Samuel?
1 Samuel comes directly before it (31 chapters). 1 Kings comes directly after it (22 chapters).
How is the random verse actually chosen?
With the Web Crypto API's cryptographically-secure random number generator, picking uniformly among all 695 verses in 2 Samuel -- 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.