The three most famous kings of the Old Testament are placed in a modern courtroom setting and their reigns are rigorously assessed. Overlying the historical unfolding, the personalities and the relationships, is the challenge of how to judge people from a different era fairly. Key theological issues are raised, one being the apparently divine sanctioning of massacres. Moral questions concerning effort and achievement, military fame and personal wealth are presented and the legal problem of where to draw the boundaries on the rules of evidence. in short, a large slice of life