Q. The Davidic King and his Benign Reign (11:1–9) The messianic theme reappears, having been out of sight since Isaiah 9:7; and it is taken up just at the point where it was left before, because the Davidic throne is implied in the reference to Jesse, David’s father, and the effective zeal of the Lord Almighty in the richly empowering Spirit of the Lord. 1–3a Once more the appropriateness of the arrangement of the material in this book makes itself felt. At the end of chapter 10, the axe of divine