The KJV got an excellent concordance in 1737 when Alexander Cruden, ... It remains in print today. Cruden’s tool for Bible reading was often paired with other new aids, ...

But because the KJV was so instinctively their preferred Bible, they simply equated Bible reading with reading the KJV. Protest against use of the KJV in schools was therefore taken to be a ...

Idaho in 1925 enacted a law that required all schools to read daily passages from the Bible without comment or interpretation, the session records from the time show.

This Bible, known as the King James Version (KJV), ... For a book that was published in 1611, it's amazing how influential and widely read the KJV still is today.

Melvyn Bragg branded the decline of the King James Bible in the UK “a disgrace”. The writer and broadcaster suggested that it should be reintroduced into schools and read on a monthly basis. ...

The impact of the King James Bible, which was published 400 years ago, is still being felt in the way we speak and write, says Stephen Tomkins. No other book, or indeed any piece of culture, seems ...