I was 26 years old when I started out as a pastor. Yet I didn’t know the Bible that well. I had read some parts and some New Testament letters. I had never read it from cover to cover. Then at a men’s breakfast, a wise pastor and professor named Willy Muller mentioned that he had been through his Bible ten times by the time he was seventeen years of age. Right then, I knew this was a growth area for me. I started to read more earnestly and intentionally. However, one section always bugged me; 1st and 2nd Samuel followed by 1st and 2nd Kings. These books talk about Israel’s development from the judges to the monarchy. They summarize the reign of each king. I noticed many started well yet finished poorly.