From 9388de679ff9cc4c1bbeeceef99799c34a7ddf7b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kenneth Reitz <me@kennethreitz.org>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 15:10:07 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add support for cross-book chapter references without verses
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Handle patterns like "Hebrews 5-7" (chapter range) and "Hebrews 11"
(single chapter) that don't include verse numbers (no colon).

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 kjvstudy_org/templates/book.html | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kjvstudy_org/templates/book.html b/kjvstudy_org/templates/book.html
index c5ed66b..81c00bb 100644
--- a/kjvstudy_org/templates/book.html
+++ b/kjvstudy_org/templates/book.html
@@ -252,13 +252,29 @@ document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
                 return match;
             });
 
-            // Match standalone cross-book references outside parentheses
+            // Match standalone cross-book verse references outside parentheses (with colon)
             const standaloneCrossBookRegex = new RegExp('(' + bookPattern + ')\\s+(\\d+):(\\d+)(?:-(\\d+))?', 'gi');
             text = text.replace(standaloneCrossBookRegex, function(match, book, chapter, verseStart, verseEnd) {
                 changed = true;
                 return createVerseLink(book, chapter, verseStart, verseEnd, match);
             });
 
+            // Match cross-book chapter ranges like "Hebrews 5-7" (no colon = chapters, not verses)
+            const crossBookChapterRangeRegex = new RegExp('(' + bookPattern + ')\\s+(\\d+)-(\\d+)(?!:)', 'gi');
+            text = text.replace(crossBookChapterRangeRegex, function(match, book, chapterStart, chapterEnd) {
+                changed = true;
+                const normalizedBook = book.replace(/\s+/g, ' ');
+                return '<a href="/book/' + encodeURIComponent(normalizedBook) + '/chapter/' + chapterStart + '">' + match + '</a>';
+            });
+
+            // Match cross-book single chapter like "Hebrews 11" (no colon)
+            const crossBookChapterRegex = new RegExp('(' + bookPattern + ')\\s+(\\d+)(?![:\\d-])', 'gi');
+            text = text.replace(crossBookChapterRegex, function(match, book, chapter) {
+                changed = true;
+                const normalizedBook = book.replace(/\s+/g, ' ');
+                return '<a href="/book/' + encodeURIComponent(normalizedBook) + '/chapter/' + chapter + '">' + match + '</a>';
+            });
+
             // Match remaining standalone verse ranges like "1:1-5" not in parentheses
             text = text.replace(/(?<![>\d])(\d+):(\d+)-(\d+)(?![<\d])/g, function(match, chapter, verseStart, verseEnd) {
                 changed = true;