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The King James Version uses "king" and "kingdom" hundreds of times in translating the New Testament, even though there were no real kings at the time of Christ or now.  But the King James Version was commission by King James during a period of the powerful English monarchy, and King James promoted the divine right of kings.

The King James Version uses "king" and "kingdom" hundreds of times in translating the New Testament, even though there were no real kings at the time of Christ or now.  But the King James Version was commission by King James during a period of the powerful English monarchy, and King James promoted the divine right of kings.

The King James Version frequently and repetitively uses "and" to begin a sentence.  For example, seven straight verses -- Luke 4:11-17 -- begin with the word "and".  The King James Version also frequently uses "behold", which is poetic but seems archaic today.  One of its most common words is "spake" (archaic form of "spoke"), which it uses 644 times.

The King James Version frequently and repetitively uses "and" to begin a sentence.  For example, seven straight verses -- Luke 4:11-17 -- begin with the word "and"; ten straight verses -- Luke 4:58-67 -- also begin with the word "and", and perhaps more than half of the verses in the entire Gospel of Luke use that now-disfavored beginning.  The King James Version also frequently uses "behold", which is poetic but seems archaic today.  One of its most common words is "spake" (archaic form of "spoke"), which it uses 644 times.

The King James Version contains some arguably feminist language, such as "prophetess" (Luke 2:36) and gender neutral language for "man" (see, e.g., Luke 3:4; Luke 3:16; Mark 9:17).  Also, the KJV uses "children of God" perhaps as a gender neutral version of "Godly men," but note how neutralizing the gender has the effect of inserting a connotation of submission that might be more characteristic of Islam than Christianity.  Modern versions picked up on this, and use "children of God" far more pervasively than the KJV did.

The King James Version contains some arguably feminist language, such as "prophetess" (Luke 2:36) and gender neutral language for "man" (see, e.g., Luke 3:4; Luke 3:16; Mark 9:17).  Also, the KJV uses "children of God" perhaps as a gender neutral version of "Godly men," but note how neutralizing the gender has the effect of inserting a connotation of submission that might be more characteristic of Islam than Christianity.  Modern versions picked up on this, and use "children of God" far more pervasively than the KJV did.