2:42

You didn't find this number. It found you. Across every honest split of it, 26 books carry this number, and the heaviest word at it is Acts 2:42.

The whole time reads the same forwards and backwards.

A painting of a working man with his hands folded at a table by candlelight.

2:426 books carry this

Heaviest first: ordered by how often the rest of Scripture leans on each verse.

Acts 2:42read in NIV

And they kept their attention fixed on the Apostles' teaching and were united together in the taking of broken bread and in prayer.

1 Chronicles 2:42read in NIV

And the sons of Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel, were Mareshah, his oldest son, who was the father of Ziph and Hebron.

1 Kings 2:42read in NIV

Then the king sent for Shimei, and said to him, Did I not make you take an oath by the Lord, protesting to you and saying, Be certain that on the day when you go out from here, wherever you go, death will overtake you? and you said to me, Very well!

Ezra 2:42read in NIV

The children of the door-keepers: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, a hundred and thirty-nine.

Daniel 2:42read in NIV

And as the toes of the feet were in part of iron and in part of earth, so part of the kingdom will be strong and part of it will readily be broken.

Luke 2:42read in NIV

And when he was twelve years old, they went up, as their way was, to the feast;

24:220 books carry this

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Psalm 24:2read in NIV

For by him it was based on the seas, and made strong on the deep rivers.

Joshua 24:2read in NIV

And Joshua said to all the people, These are the words of the Lord, the God of Israel: In the past your fathers, Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor, were living on the other side of the River: and they were worshipping other gods.

Matthew 24:2read in NIV

But he, answering, said to them, See you not all these things? truly I say to you that here there will not be one stone resting on another, which will not be pulled down.

2 Kings 24:2read in NIV

And the Lord sent against him bands of the Chaldaeans and of the Edomites and of the Moabites and of the children of Ammon; sending them against Judah for its destruction, as he had said by his servants the prophets.

Leviticus 24:2read in NIV

Give orders to the children of Israel to give you clean olive oil for the light, so that a light may be burning at all times,

Genesis 24:2read in NIV

And Abraham said to his chief servant, the manager of all his property, Come now, put your hand under my leg:

Numbers 24:2read in NIV

And lifting up his eyes, he saw Israel there, with their tents in the order of their tribes: and the spirit of God came on him.

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Isaiah 24:2read in NIV

And it will be the same for the people as for the priest; for the servant as for his master; and for the woman-servant as for her owner; the same for the one offering goods for a price as for him who takes them; the same for him who gives money at interest and for him who takes it; the same for him who lets others have the use of his property as for those who make use of it.

Proverbs 24:2read in NIV

For the purposes of their hearts are destruction, and their lips are talking of trouble.

2 Chronicles 24:2read in NIV

And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord as long as Jehoiada the priest was living.

Job 24:2read in NIV

The landmarks are changed by evil men, they violently take away flocks, together with their keepers.

2 Samuel 24:2read in NIV

And the king said to Joab and the captains of the army, who were with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan as far as Beer-sheba, and have all the people numbered, so that I may be certain of the number of the people.

Jeremiah 24:2read in NIV

One basket had very good figs, like the figs which first come to growth: and the other basket had very bad figs, so bad that they were of no use for food.

Exodus 24:2read in NIV

And Moses only may come near to the Lord; but the others are not to come near, and the people may not come up with them.

Luke 24:2read in NIV

And they saw that the stone had been rolled away.

Acts 24:2read in NIV

And when he had been sent for, Tertullus, starting his statement, said, Because by you we are living in peace, and through your wisdom wrongs are put right for this nation,

1 Samuel 24:2read in NIV

Then Saul took three thousand of the best men out of all Israel, and went in search of David and his men on the rocks of the mountain goats.

1 Chronicles 24:2read in NIV

But Nadab and Abihu came to their end before their father, and had no children; so Eleazar and Ithamar did the work of priests.

Ezekiel 24:2read in NIV

Son of man, put down in writing this very day: The king of Babylon let loose the weight of his attack against Jerusalem on this very day.

Deuteronomy 24:2read in NIV

And when she has gone away from him, she may become another man's wife.

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Is 2:42 in the Bible?

Read as an address it points at chapter 2, verse 42. 26 books carry that address, and the heaviest word at it is Acts 2:42. Every book that carries it is on this page, free, in the Bible in Basic English.

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