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Understand the KJV Bible

Understand the KJV Bible

Keith Simons 202 Episodes Aug 22, 2026

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.

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A moral dilemma - 1 Samuel 24 (KJV) explained
A moral dilemma - 1 Samuel 24 (KJV) explained Aug 22, 2026 00:41:27 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
Close escapes at Keilah and Ziph - 1 Samuel 23 (KJV) explained Aug 15, 2026 00:42:42 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
Refuge at Adullam, disaster at Nob - 1 Samuel 22 (KJV) explained Aug 8, 2026 00:44:15 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
Episode 200: David's desperate escape - 1 Samuel 21 (KJV) explained Aug 1, 2026 00:38:59 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
A friendship and a parting - 1 Samuel 20:24-42 (KJV) explained Jul 25, 2026 00:42:24 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
Jonathan's covenant with David - 1 Samuel 20:1-23 (KJV) explained Jul 18, 2026 00:40:35 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
Reconciliation and assassination, lies and prophecies: surviving in Saul's palace - 1 Samuel 19 (KJV) explained Jul 11, 2026 00:44:51 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
David in the palace of King Saul - 1 Samuel 18 (KJV) explained Jul 4, 2026 00:40:32 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 and Goliath: Defeating the giant - 1 Samuel 17:31-58 Jun 27, 2026 00:44:48 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 and Goliath: Before the fight - 1 Samuel 17:1-30 (KJV) explained Jun 20, 2026 00:40:54 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
The anointing of David: shepherd and psalmist, prophet and king - 1 Samuel 16 (KJV) explained Jun 13, 2026 00:40:10 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
The judgment against Amalek - 1 Samuel 15 (KJV) explained Jun 6, 2026 00:44:40 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

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