Adventure 15 1 King 8-15

Challenged to read 1 Kings 8-15 http://www.esvbible.org/1+Kings+8/

How does the heightened emotion of conflict bring a sense of danger and excitement? 1 Kings appears to follow a common regal formula.
1. when a king came to reign (in Israel or Judah) in relation to another king
2. how long he reigned and in what capital
3. (for Judean kings) the name of his mother.
4. his religious policy: for the northern kings this consistently takes the form of following in "the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat."; for Judah the issue was whether the king followed Yahweh and whether or not he removed "the high places."
5. often the source for further information about the king
6. at the end, information about his death/burial and who succeeded him
(taken from How to Read the Bible Book by Book by Gordon Fee)
What do you learn about God in times of conflict?