Understand the KJV Bible Podcast
1) The miracle of the return of the ark of the covenant - 1 Samuel 6 (KJV)
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...Show More
2) The ark of the covenant and the false god Dagon - 1 Samuel 5 (KJV)
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 defeate...Show More
3) The ark of the covenant is captured! - 1 Samuel 4 (KJV)
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...Show More
4) God calls Samuel to be a prophet - 1 Samuel 3 (KJV)
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...Show More
5) A holy child, unholy priests, and the faithful priest - 1 Samuel 2:12-36
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 t...Show More
6) Hannah's wonderful prophecy - 1 Samuel 2:1-11 (KJV)
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 gr...Show More
7) Hannah's great faith; Samuel, a life wholly dedicated to God - 1 Samuel 1 (KJV)
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...Show More
8) 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 ...Show More
9) 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 c...Show More
10) 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 Bo...Show More