Davis' pastoral application, laced with his own humor and illustrations ensure you remember the point he tackled head on as a scholar. Preface 7(1) Abbreviations 8(1) Introduction 9(6) Part 1: The Golden Age 1 Kings 1-11 Kingdom, Kingdom, Who's Got the Kingdom? (1 Kings 1) 15(10) How Can a Kingdom Be Safe? (1 Kings 2) 25(8) To Have a Hearing Heart (1 Kings 3) 33(10) The Wisdom Regime (1 Kings 4) 43(8) House Plans (1 Kings 5) 51(8) Construction Report (1 Kings 6) 59(10) Interior Decorating (1 Kings 7) 69(10) What God Has Joined Together (1 Kings 8) 79(16) Surveying the Construction (1 Kings 9) 95(6) A Light to the Nations (1 Kings 10) 101(10) You Have Left Your First Love (1 Kings 11) 111(14) Part 2: The Torn Kingdom 1 Kings 12-2 Kings 17 Kingdom Crud (1 Kings 12:1-24) 125(10) Bootleg Religion (1 Kings 12:25-33) 135(10) A Tale of Two Prophets (1 Kings 13) 145(12) The Beginning Has Been the Beginning of the End (1 Kings 14:1-20) 157(10) A Lamp in Jerusalem (1 Kings 14:21-15:24) 167(10) Evil Men in the Hand of a Good God (1 Kings 15:25-16:7) 177(8) We Three Kings (1 Kings 16:8-28) 185(10) Antichrist Casts His Shadow (1 Kings 16:29-17:1) 195(10) The Beginning of a God War (1 Kings 17:2-16) 205(12) Dare We Trust God? (1 Kings 17:17-24) 217(10) Will the Real God Please Stand Up? (1 Kings 18:1-40) 227(16) In Prayer and on the Run (1 Kings 18:41-46) 243(10) Shall the Psychotherapists Win? (1 Kings 19:1-18) 253(18) Leaving the Farm (1 Kings 19:19-21) 271(8) Getting Clear about God (1 Kings 20) 279(16) Getting Clear about God's Justice (1 Kings 21) 295(16) Getting Clear about God's Word (1 Kings 22:1-40) 311(18) The Folly and the Folly (1 Kings 22:41-53) 329(6) Subject Index 335(10) Scripture Index 345