
Understand the KJV Bible
This podcast helps listeners understand the King James Version of the Bible. Each episode walks through one complete chapter, providing clear explanations of KJV words and verses. The goal is to make each passage easier to understand, with word-by-word and verse-by-verse teaching.
Episodes

A moral dilemma - 1 Samuel 24 (KJV) explained
Engedi, near the Dead Sea, is a place of many caves, in one of which David hid from Saul, who wanted to kill him. However, Saul chose the very same cave when he needed to do something privately. David's men urged him to take the opportunity to kill his enemy, and David was able to creep so close to Saul that, with a stroke of his knife, he cut off the fringe of Saul's robe. But would David

Close escapes at Keilah and Ziph - 1 Samuel 23 (KJV) explained
The people in Keilah should have been truly grateful to David. With his group of 600 men, he fought to save them from the Philistines, who had been robbing their supplies of food. However, when Saul threatened to surround their town with his army, they cared little about David's life. In Ziph, the inhabitants did not even need to be threatened to want to hand over David. They were glad to see

Refuge at Adullam, disaster at Nob - 1 Samuel 22 (KJV) explained
In the midst of Saul's persecution, David found a place of refuge in the cave at Adullam, and a band of men, outcasts from Israel, joined themselves with him.However, Saul's anger continued unabated, and it drove him to one of the most terrible incidents in the entire Bible. Doeg the Edomite was remorseless in hunting down the families of Israel's chief priests. The sole survivor, Abia

Episode 200: David's desperate escape - 1 Samuel 21 (KJV) explained
Welcome to our 200th Episode. During the last 5 years, we have released 200 talks covering 175 complete chapters of the King James Bible, studying each chapter verse-by-verse and word-by-word.Today we reach 1 Samuel 21, with David in a truly desperate state, fleeing from King Saul, who is determined to kill him. David first goes to Nob, the town of the priests, where he begs for bread and a sword.

A friendship and a parting - 1 Samuel 20:24-42 (KJV) explained
Jonathan tested the attitudes of his father, King Saul, towards David. Alas, the situation was much worse than Jonathan had ever imagined. An angry outburst from Saul was so violent that he almost killed Jonathan himself.So it was a sad and difficult message that Jonathan brought to David as David hid in the field. It had become plain that Saul's cruelty had, at last, forced the two friends to

Jonathan's covenant with David - 1 Samuel 20:1-23 (KJV) explained
Saul was dangerous and unpredictable - but until now, David and Jonathan believed that they were in control of the situation. Now however, after many attempts to kill David, David was at last convinced. His life was in danger; he could no longer remain with Saul.So David asked Jonathan to test Saul. It was the beginning of the month, a festive occasion in Israel, and Saul expected David to be pres

Reconciliation and assassination, lies and prophecies: surviving in Saul's palace - 1 Samuel 19 (KJV) explained
David was now son-in-law to King Saul, and one of the chief commanders in his army. It did not make his life with this unpredictable and unreliable king any easier - rather, matters grew much worse.Still for about 10 years, and with the strong support of Jonathan, Saul's eldest son, David managed to continue to serve Saul. Then, suddenly, matters grew much worse...

David in the palace of King Saul - 1 Samuel 18 (KJV) explained
When David defeated Goliath, the result was an immediate change in his life. Before, David was an unknown shepherd boy; now in towns across Israel, women sang to celebrate his victory. Before, David would occasionally go to the palace, to play on his harp to help the king, when the evil spirit troubled him. Now Saul commanded that David must work for him constantly. He became the friend of Jonatha

David and Goliath: Defeating the giant - 1 Samuel 17:31-58
David had no experience in war, but he came to the battle with a deep and mature trust in God, formed during his work as a shepherd boy on the hills near Bethlehem. There, he had defeated enemies who were stronger than him: a lion and a bear. He was confident that the God who saved him then, would defend him now.It must have been difficult to reject the sword and the armour that King Saul offered

David and Goliath: Before the fight - 1 Samuel 17:1-30 (KJV) explained
David was never intended to fight in the battle against Goliath, the champion of the Philistine army. His three eldest brothers had joined Saul's army; but David was assigned a different task: to look after the family's sheep.However, the battle was slow to begin. For 40 days, Goliath taunted Israel's army. He demanded that they must find a man who dared fight against him, massive as h

The anointing of David: shepherd and psalmist, prophet and king - 1 Samuel 16 (KJV) explained
One nation, two men anointed king.Saul is the people's choice, that is, the kind of king that the people wanted. A proud and fierce man, who battles for his authority and his country. But God's Spirit has left him, and an evil spirit troubles him.David is just a youngster, who must pass through many troubles before his rule begins - but he is God's choice, the man after God's own h

The judgment against Amalek - 1 Samuel 15 (KJV) explained
Amalek: a nation of desert robbers who attacked the weakest of Israel's people as Moses led them across the desert, and against whom God made an especially severe judgment. That judgment was not carried out until the rule of Saul, some 400 years later, by which time Amalek had become even worse, destroying and depopulating whole towns in Judah and Philistia.So God commanded Saul, as the captai

Israel's men save Jonathan from Saul - 1 Samuel 14:24-52 (KJV) explained
After Jonathan, Saul's son, had acted bravely in great faith in God to rescue Israel from certain defeat, Israel's men had to save him from his father.The problem was an unwise oath that Saul had demanded that the army should swear when they went into battle. For Jonathan, an innocent mistake - he simply tasted a little honey - developed into a life-and-death matter. Saul tried to deal wit

The Lord can save by many or by few - 1 Samuel 14:1-23 (KJV) explained
One of the greatest victories in war in the Bible was achieved by just two men: Jonathan and his armour-bearer, against a massive army of Philistines.What makes this battle astonishing is the great faith of Jonathan, the eldest son of King Saul. Saul, without faith and leading just 600 men, thought that disaster was inevitable. Jonathan however didn't think that small numbers were any limitati

Samuel's delay is Saul's weakness - 1 Samuel 13 (KJV) explained
For seven days, Saul waited at Gilgal. His enemy, the Philistines, was gathering a massive army, and Saul's men were afraid. This time, Saul had failed to gather Israel's men to defend their country, and the small group of soldiers with him were afraid. But God had promised that after 7 days, Samuel would come to offer sacrifices and to direct Saul what to do.When just 600 men remained with Saul,

Retirement in the work of God - 1 Samuel 12 (KJV) explained
Now that Saul had established his authority as king, Samuel the prophet retired. Of course, he did not retire from his calling as a prophet: he would continue to pray for the people and teach them the ways of God. He retired from his work as leader of his nation, and therefore from many of his public activities. But God would still have important work for Samuel to do.The people had been wrong to

How Saul established his authority as leader of his nation - 1 Samuel 11 (KJV) explained
After Saul became king, he simply returned to his work on his father's farm. It seemed as if nothing had happened; some doubted that he could ever achieve anything as king. But when King Nahash of Ammon threatened the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead, Saul did not hesitate.Saul's anger against this cruel enemy was as great as his zeal on behalf of Israel. He demanded that every one of Israel's men mus

Is Saul also among the prophets? - 1 Samuel 10 (KJV) explained
There needed to be a great change in the character of Saul to make him king. Saul had never even led his own family group, and certainly not a nation or its army. He needed to gain a new kind of maturity, a real zeal and passion for the people whom he would lead, and a powerful determination to act against its fierce enemies.So God needed to work powerfully in Saul's life before he ever could matc

Saul loses his donkeys, but finds himself king - 1 Samuel 9 (KJV) explained
Our first sight of Saul is full of contradictions. Here is a tall and impressive man, but yet to find his purpose in life. He is the man whom God has selected to be the people's choice for king: a powerful and fierce man who, so far, has shown no power whatever. He is not important in the army, and not even the head of his own family. He is already in his 40s, but still seems immature. And he care

Success from failure - 1 Samuel 8 (KJV) explained
Samuel ruled over Israel as its prophet-judge for many years. However, that time of righteous and good leadership would end in failure. When Samuel's sons used their power dishonestly, the elders of the nation felt they could no longer trust God to look after their nation. Instead, they wanted a powerful and fierce king to rule over them, and to lead them in their battles. In short, they wanted to

Ebenezer! The Lord answers Samuel's prayer - 1 Samuel 7 (KJV) explained
Ebenezer, or the stone of help, marked Samuel's testimony: Hitherto hath the LORD helped us. That was the name of the memorial stone that Samuel set up to commemorate a truly great deliverance. Israel's people, weak from a day of fasting and repentance, subdued the powerful army of Philistia, which had ruled over them for the last 20 years.It us not a victory brought about by military might, but r

The miracle of the return of the ark of the covenant - 1 Samuel 6 (KJV) explained
The seven months that the ark was among the Philistines, were terrible months of plague, and the crops failed. In the end, in desperation, the people pleaded with their rulers to send this most sacred object back to Israel. But how should it be returned?The magicians and priests met in council together, and gave their advice. They wanted to know whether the true God was really acting in judgment a

The ark of the covenant and the false god Dagon - 1 Samuel 5 (KJV) explained
The Philistines saw the ark of the covenant as their prize for success in battle. This gold-covered box was sacred to the God of Israel, and, defeating Israel, they believed that they had also defeated Israel's God. So, they offered the ark to their false god, called Dagon.But they had not even begun to know the power of the true God, firstly against their false gods, and then against their crops

The ark of the covenant is captured! - 1 Samuel 4 (KJV) explained
Some events change everything. Israel's defeat against the Philistines was inevitably a disaster. It became so much worse because, in a moment of great folly, they had taken into battle the ark of the covenant, their most sacred object, which symbolised God's presence among them - and their enemies had captured it.But for young Samuel, this was the fulfilment of his prophecy against the leaders of

God calls Samuel to be a prophet - 1 Samuel 3 (KJV) explained
Still a boy, Samuel did not expect to hear the call of God or to become a prophet. He saw himself as just a servant to Eli, the blind chief priest who had allowed so many wrong things to happen at God's house, the tabernacle.Yet it was Eli who first taught the young Samuel to recognise God's voice. Samuel must respond to God and recognise himself as God's servant, even as he had until now thought

A holy child, unholy priests, and the faithful priest - 1 Samuel 2:12-36 (KJV) explained
Samuel began his ministry as a child, serving at the tabernacle, the sacred tent of God that had stood in Shiloh, as the sole place of worship of the true God, for 400 years. But much was wrong with the ministry there. The priests were evil men, stealing from the people's gifts to God, and involved in sexual sin. God sent a prophet to declare his judgment against the family of the chief priests, a

Hannah's wonderful prophecy - 1 Samuel 2:1-11 (KJV) explained
In fulfilment of her vow, Hannah handed her young son Samuel over to work for God for his whole life. On that day, Hannah prayed, and as the Holy Spirit came upon her, she began to speak one of the greatest prophecies in the Bible, declaring how God would completely change her nation's situation and send his Anointed King, the Messiah.Hannah's prophecy was the inspiration behind the great song of

Hannah's great faith; Samuel, a life wholly dedicated to God - 1 Samuel 1 (KJV) explained
Hannah, a woman without children, was constantly taunted by her husband's second wife. In that situation, she began to pray and resolved that, if God gave her a son, she would dedicate him to work for God for his whole life.Such was the pious mother of Samuel the prophet, who herself, as we shall discover in chapter 2, was a prophetess.

Ruth 4 explained (KJV): The marriage of Boaz and Ruth
Living in a lawless age, Boaz cared about God's law. He arranged for Bethlehem's leaders to gather as a court of law, to decide who would redeem Elimelech's family and therefore, marry Ruth.So Ruth's marriage to Boaz became an important public occasion, at which the people acknowledged her great step of faith in joining Israel's people to revive one of its ancient families - an

Ruth 3 explained (KJV): A meeting at midnight
Desiring to become Boaz's wife, but fearful that he would never agree to marry her publicly, Ruth goes to Boaz late at night. When he wakes, she urges him to accept her as his wife, and so to have a child who will continue the family of her deceased husband. God's law has given her the right to request this from the closest relative of her late husband.However, there is a problem. Boaz exp

Ruth 2 explained (KJV): The harvest and the kindness of Boaz
Arriving in Bethlehem, Ruth decides to 'glean' for food: as a very poor person, God's law allows her to collect leftover grain from the harvest fields. By a little miracle, she chooses the field of Boaz, a relative of her deceased husband who shows her great kindness.

Ruth 1 explained (KJV): From Moab to Bethlehem
Our new season begins as we look at Ruth chapter 1. Ruth's courageous decision to come to Israel with Naomi, and to place her trust in the true and living God. Explained in clear and simple English.

Psalm 128 - Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord
Psalm 128 explained in clear, simple English using the KJV Bible. "The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life."Thank you for your support and encouragement! It has been wonderful to share these Psalm studies with you.Find some 2000 Bible study articles by Keith Simons at usefulbible.comListen to these talks or download at http

Psalm 138 - All the kings of the earth shall praise thee
Psalm 138 explained in clear, simple English using the KJV Bible. "In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul."

Psalm 109 - Hold not thy peace, O God
Psalm 109 explained in clear, simple English using the KJV Bible. "For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer."

Psalm 149 - The Lord taketh pleasure in his people
Psalm 149 explained in clear, simple English using the KJV Bible. "Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King."

Psalm 143 - Hear my prayer, O Lord
Psalm 143 explained in clear, simple English using the KJV Bible. "Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee."

Psalm 102 - Answer me speedily
Psalm 102 explained in clear, simple English using the KJV Bible. "Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come."

Psalm 120 - I am for peace
Psalm 120 explained in clear, simple English using the KJV Bible. "Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue."

Psalm 17 - Hide me under the shadow of thy wings
Psalm 17 explained in clear, simple English using the KJV Bible. "As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness."

Psalm 18 - My rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer
Psalm 18 explained in clear, simple English using the KJV Bible. "I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies."

Psalm 39 - Deliver me from all my transgressions
Psalm 39 explained in clear, simple English using the KJV Bible. "Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them."

Psalm 64 - Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer
Psalm 64 explained in clear, simple English using the KJV Bible. "The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory."

Psalm 54 - Behold, God is mine helper
Psalm 54 explained in clear, simple English using the KJV Bible. "For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies."

Psalm 150 - Praise him in the firmament of his power.
Christmas special: Psalm 150 explained in clear, simple English using the KJV Bible. "Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD."

Psalm 132 - A place for the Lord
Psalm 132 explained in clear, simple English using the KJV Bible. "For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation."

Psalm 108 - Through God we shall do valiantly
Psalm 108 explained in clear, simple English using the KJV Bible. "Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth."

Psalm 118 - This is the day which the Lord hath made
Special for the start of Advent: Psalm 118 explained in clear, simple English using the KJV Bible. "The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner."

Psalm 5 - Lead me, O Lord
Psalm 5 explained in clear, simple English using the KJV Bible. "But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee."

Psalm 21 - Most blessed for ever
Psalm 21 explained in clear, simple English using the KJV Bible. "For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved."

Psalm 20 - The name of the God of Jacob defend thee
Psalm 20 explained in clear, simple English using the KJV Bible. "Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God."

Psalm 74 - How long shall the adversary reproach?
Psalm 74 explained in clear, simple English using the KJV Bible. "For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth."

Psalm 41 - Heal my soul; for I have sinned
Psalm 41 explained in clear, simple English using the KJV Bible. "Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me."

Psalm 27: The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?
Our 150th episode! Psalm 27 explained in clear, simple English using the KJV Bible. "One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple."

Psalm 38 - Make haste to help me
Psalm 38 explained in clear, simple English using the KJV Bible. "For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God."

Psalm 119:169-176 - TAU - Let my soul live
Psalm 119:169-176 explained in clear, simple English using the KJV Bible. "I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments."

Psalm 106 - Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord?
Psalm 106 explained in clear, simple English using the KJV Bible. "Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise."

Psalm 83 - Be not still, O God
Psalm 83 explained in clear, simple English using the KJV Bible. "That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth."

Psalm 135 - I know that the Lord is great
Psalm 135 explained in clear, simple English using the KJV Bible. "Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD."

Psalm 7 - In thee do I put my trust
Psalm 7 explained in clear, simple English using the KJV Bible. "Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins."

Psalm 119:161-168 - SCHIN - Princes have persecuted me without a cause
Psalm 119:161-168 explained in clear, simple English using the KJV Bible. "Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them."

Psalm 53 - When God bringeth back the captivity of his people
Psalm 53 explained in clear, simple English using the KJV Bible. "Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad."

Psalm 60 - That thy beloved may be delivered
Psalm 60 explained in clear, simple English using the KJV Bible. "Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies."

Psalm 88 - God of my salvation
Psalm 88 explained in clear, simple English using the KJV Bible. "Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?"

Psalm 119:153-160 - RESH - Great are thy tender mercies
Psalm 119:153-160 explained in clear, simple English using the KJV Bible. "Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever."

Psalm 59 - God is my defence, and the God of my mercy
Psalm 59 explained in clear, simple English using the KJV Bible. "But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble."

Psalm 58 - Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation?
Psalm 58 explained in clear, simple English using the KJV Bible. "So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth."

Psalm 57 - In the shadow of thy wings
Psalm 57 explained in clear, simple English using the KJV Bible. "Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be above all the earth."

Psalm 119:145-152 - KOPH - Thou art near, O Lord
Psalm 119:145-152 explained in clear, simple English using the KJV Bible. "Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment."

Psalm 123 - O thou that dwellest in the heavens
Psalm 123 explained in clear, simple English using the KJV Bible. "Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us."

Psalm 115 - Not unto us, but unto thy name give glory
Psalm 115 explained in clear, simple English using the KJV Bible. "The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron."

Psalm 28 - O Lord my rock
Psalm 28 explained in clear, simple English using the KJV Bible. "The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him."

Psalm 35 - Plead my cause, O Lord
Psalm 35 explained in clear, simple English using the KJV Bible. "And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation."

Psalm 119:137-144 - TZADDI - Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it
Psalm 119:137-144 explained in clear, simple English using the KJV Bible. "Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth."

Psalm 79 - Help us, O God of our salvation
Psalm 79 explained in clear, simple English using the KJV Bible. "O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps."

Psalm 68 - The Pentecost Psalm - Let God arise
Special for Pentecost. Psalm 68 explained in clear, simple English using the KJV Bible. "Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them."

Psalm 47 - Sing praises to God, sing praises
Psalm 47 explained in clear, simple English using the KJV Bible. "God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet."

Psalm 119:129-136 - PE - The entrance of thy words giveth light
Psalm 119:129-136 explained in clear, simple English using the KJV Bible. "Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes."

Psalm 145 - David's special praise
Psalm 145 explained in clear, simple English using the KJV Bible. "The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works."

Psalm 86 - David's special prayer
Psalm 86 explained in clear, simple English using the KJV Bible. "But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth."
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