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Yah!

David?

David.

You all right?

Yeah.

Yeah. I'm fine.

We have to
call in the soldiers!

They're not gonna
send soldiers to...

to Bethlehem to kill a lion!

This... This can't continue!

This can't continue.

20 sheep this month, 14 last.

How are we going to
kill a lion?

They will beat us for
not paying the taxes we owe.

We will all be flogged.

I-I will go to Gibeah and reason
with the tax collectors.

Father, I should be
the one to go.

David. The flock was
my responsibility.

Yes, but I am responsible
to the tax collector.

I will go and ask them
to give your brother leave

from the army so he can
come home and kill the beast.

My brother.

Well, he's clearly
more responsible than you.

No. I'm not gonna let you risk
a flogging for my failure.

I'll do it.

I admire your courage.

Less brave than bored.

If I had to spend
another moment in that village,

I'd have fed myself
to the lion.

To Gibeah, to women,
and to wine.

Hear, hear.

By the time we're done,

you won't even
feel your flogging.

Forward!

You look beautiful,
Merav.

Thank you.

Your husband will be pleased.

I only hope he's as pleasing
to you as you are to him.

I'm certain he will be.

What if he's fat as a cow
or hairy as a bear?

Mother assures me
I'll be pleased.

Mother's pleased
she arranged it.

I'm not sure your pleasure
was a consideration.

If you had your way,
you'd marry a commoner.

As long as I got to meet him
before we're married.

Pardon, my ladies.

Your father has returned
from the battlefield.

We're blessed you're back.

I hate it
when you go to battle.

Well, I'm home now.

Jonathan.

Michal. Ishbaal.

Sister.

And here's our bride.

Welcome home, Father.

The dress isn't finished.

I didn't mean for you
to see it like this.

Merav, you look beautiful...

more beautiful
than your mother, even.

I heard that.

Allow a man his indulgence when
he gives his daughter's hand.

Indulgence granted.

I understand the Philistines
made it all the way to Kadesh.

Well, we taught them a lesson.

Still, it exposes our weaknesses
at the northern borders.

We'll
speak of this later?

Soon my daughter marries
a son of Judah.

Eitan was complaining
that you're asking too much

for the bride price.

He's a rug merchant
with only half the scruples.

Look how beautiful she is.

Eitan's son is the luckiest man
on earth.

Until he meets her.

Michal.

When your sister marries
Mattiyahu,

at last, the 12 tribes of Israel
will unite.

And I'm home
with the ones I love.

What more could a man want?

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You can't afford her.

Neither can you.

Yeah, but I could
play her a song.

Yeah. I've seen you
make it work before.

Think it might work
on the tax collector?

Don't think he'll open his legs,
if that's what you're asking.

Come on.
Let's get this over with.

Make way for the queen!
Out of the way!

Make way! Make way!

All the tribes have come
to see your sister marry.

She's nervous.

She hasn't seen Mattiyahu
since they were 8 years old.

Your father and I
worked for years

to bring the tribe of Judah
into the fold.

After she's married, I'll turn
my attention to a match for you.

A match or an alliance?

Make way!

With a tongue like yours, I'm
not sure I can arrange either.

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Make way! Make way!

Our shortfall will be made up

as soon as we're able
to get back into the field...

Take him to get whipped. What?

You can't blame him for a lion!

Do you want to get flogged,
as well?

Stop. Stop!

Michal.

What's the matter?

They can't pay their taxes.

There's a lion
that kills our sheep.

He's killing all
our neighbors' sheep, as well.

Well, how can you
expect him to pay his taxes

if his flock is attacked?

A shepherd's job
is to protect his flock.

He's failed. The law is clear.

Flog him.

Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait!

Let me kill the lion instead.

If I succeed,
you forgive my father's debt

and those of our neighbors.

And if you perish, you will have
received your punishment.

Which one is Mattiyahu?

I don't think he's arrived.

I hope for your sake
that he's kind and attentive...

and taller than when he was 8.

Excuse me, my lady.

Might I speak with you
in private?

You must let me go, sir.

I have news regarding

the signing
of your marriage contract.

I'm afraid the bride price your
father is asking is too high.

Is it?

I didn't think I'd last
until I saw you again.

Mattiyahu of Judah,
you are bold.

You are beautiful.

Gosh, my mother
thinks she arranges everything,

but only God
could have arranged this.

As is custom
three days before the marriage,

I bring you the bride price
of 100 ingots of gold,

barrels of our finest olive oil,
casks of wine,

silk imported from the East.

Fine treasure, indeed,
Eitan of Judah,

although there is no bride price
on this earth

that can equal the beauty
of my daughter Merav.

Now, although,
there is something on offer

that is more precious
than all this luxury.

That is the union
of the 12 tribes of Israel.

Together we will be
a light among nations.

We have fought long
against our enemies

and sometimes
against each other.

But today
a new promise emerges,

and I pray that you have asked
the prophet for his blessing

on this marriage.

The king has chosen
to grace us with his presence.

Prophet, I come
to ask Elohim for His blessings

for the union of our tribes

and the marriage of my daughter
to a son of Judah.

I humbly ask for His favor
and His blessing on my house.

The Lord is pleased with your
victory against the Philistines,

but there is another enemy
who has done us grievous harm.

As Moses brought
our people out of Egypt,

the Amalekites
killed our women and children.

That was 10 generations ago.

Elohim, our Lord, has commanded
that, in retribution,

you destroy their men,
destroy their women,

and destroy their children.

The Amalekites
are no threat to us.

They are nothing.

Our enemies now
are the Philistines.

Do you defy Elohim's command?

I ask for His blessings
for the union of my people.

Slay the Amalekites,
and you will have it.

Samuel, I...

I am tired and...

my men are tired.

Surely it is more important that
first we unite the 12 tribes.

And then if it is still
Elohim's wish,

we then march
on the Amalekites.

You are to do it now.

Elohim has spoken.

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The Amalekites
are no threat at all.

Your daughter's wedding
is in three days.

And I'll be back in two.

Wine.

Leave us.

Rizpah.

How many times have I watched
you take our sons into battle,

not knowing
if any of you would come back?

How many years
have I raised Michal,

the daughter that you fathered
with that Kushite concubine?

And never have I protested,
not once.

It is not your place
to protest!

Marry your daughter.
Unite the tribes.

The Amalekites can wait.

The Lord commands I do it now.

The Lord?

Or Samuel?

He is a jealous, old man.

Before you were anointed,
his word was law.

And now he just tries
to wield his influence

by sending you on a needless
task in the name of Elohim.

Moses called for retribution...

Against the Amalekites
when we were at rest

from our enemies,
and we are hardly at rest.

The Philistines still breach
our northern borders at will.

Samuel is the prophet.

And you are the king.

You have given me
much to consider.

Send Rizpah back
when you leave.

I lay with her tonight.

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By my reckoning, the lion came
from the caves along the Arnon.

You see up there?

That's a direct route
to our fields.

Nice.

Thanks.

You remember Pedaiah's boys,

the twins that went missing
after the Day of Atonement?

They say the lion got them.

They've even given it a name.
Have you heard it?

No.

But I'm certain I'm about to.

Tsalmaveth.

The death shadow.

You know, you don't
have to do this, Yoab.

What, and let you
have all the glory?

Not a chance.

Men will be lifting their cups

and women their skirts
to the great lion killers.

Well, I'm not doing it
for glory.

Yeah.

Then why?

I don't know.

I just have to.

Don't. Don't.

No. Don't.

Don't. David, don't. No!

Our bronze is no match
for their Philistine iron.

Eitan of Judah brokers
Philistine weapons

to the nations of the east.

Maybe we need to trick
the Philistines

into sending us their iron.

That's a risky proposition.

Trick the Philistines.

Eitan of Judah would never agree
to deceive the Philistines

to get iron for us.

Fine.

If not the father,
then perhaps his son Mattiyahu.

After all,
he's about to marry our sister.

It would be dangerous.

Yes. Yes, it would.

But we need their iron.

Mattiyahu, yours is
the only Israelite tribe

that does business
with the Philistines.

I need your help.

Of course.

Anything.

Your tribe...
they broker Philistine weapons

to the east, yes?

I want you to divert
one shipment here to Gibeah.

The Philistines prohibit
any of our tribes

from possessing weaponry.

They have no knowledge
of our alliance yet.

I wipe out the Amalekites,

and you fortify us
against the Philistines.

Think of it as a last charge
for my daughter's hand.

Of course, my king.

Come here.

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I have to go.

No, no.

I have to...

Yes, I have to go. No.

No. I have to go.

Mnh-mnh.

Your father would kill us both
if he found me here.

You going on some errand
for him?

How do you know that?

I heard my brothers talking.

What is it?

I will tell you
when I come home

and make you my wife.

Stay.

Stay.

Okay. We leave him here,

take a position
up on that rock.

Fat little thing
was getting heavy.

So, enlighten me.

We leave this poor fellow
as bait,

and when the lion comes,

you shoot him
with your slingshot.

Yeah.

What if you miss?

I have plenty of rocks.

What if you strike him
and only make him angry?

Then we run.

That's a stupid plan.

You have a better one?

Go home?

We spotted the Amalekite
caravan at the edge of the desert.

It's a four-hour ride.

How many warriors?

100, maybe more.

Women?

Children?

At least twice as many.

Killing women and children...
that's what Amalekites do.

We are meant to be
a light among nations.

But to doubt the prophet
is to doubt the Lord.

Yeah.

We march in one hour.

You are a mighty warrior.

It will be
another great victory.

When you sleep,
what do you see?

Do you see the faces
of your loved ones?

They are no more.

I cannot remember their faces.

I...

I see the faces
of the men I've torn apart.

I hear their screams.

Is this how
I'm to be remembered,

as Saul the Butcher?

If you follow
the Lord's command...

then you are
Saul the Deliverer.

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The Philistine armory
is impressive, King Achish.

Mattiyahu.
Of course you know my nieces.

I spoil them?

How's your father?

Well. He sends his greetings.

Didn't expect
to see you so soon.

Nothing amiss, I hope.

Far from it.

We received a large order
for weapons from Moab.

I brought four chests of gold...
payment in advance.

My men brought it
to your treasury for counting.

Merav, we gather
to sanctify and purify you

before your marriage
to Mattiyahu of Judah.

May your entry
into the waters of the mikvah

strengthen you
for the journey that lies ahead.

Everything in order?

Yes, my sovereign.

Mattiyahu,
meet my general... Goliath.

By the way, congratulations

on your marriage
into the House of Saul.

Saul must be desperate.

I'm hungry.

There's bread in the satchel.

Maybe we should cook her.

The lion doesn't seem
much interested.

What was that?

I didn't hear anything.

I swear I heard something.

I heard that.

Yoab!

Yoab!

Yoab!

Yoab.

Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait.
Don't move.

He's bigger than you think.

Shh, shh, shh.

I think I got my knife in him.

You have to get out of here now.
I'm gonna finish it.

Are you mad?!

Take the low road
below the Arnon.

I am not going back on my own!

You have to
get this wound cleaned,

and there are Bedouins
in the valley.

I'm gonna kill that lion.

There's other ways
to get women.

Here. Come here.

Get up.

You have to go, get help.

Who's going to help you?

Come on. Go.

Go.

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Halt!

Halt!

Mattiyahu.

Our alliance with Judah
will be lost.

And we don't have their iron.

I told you this was a risk.

We needed weapons.

Yeah. We sent him to his death.

We have his blood on our hands.

And you would wait idly
for their next attack.

Enough.

It was my choice to send him.

The Lord's favor
is the only weapon we need.

To get it, we must
heed the word of the prophet.

We'll slay the Amalekites,
every single one...

every one.

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Archers, draw!

��

Yah!

Father.

Agag. The Amalekite king.

You are their king?

And you are Israelite scum.

Kill him.

He will be whipped
before my people

as a mark of our victory.

The prophet said
every man, woman, and child.

Prophet be damned!

Today I am the one who speaks.

��

Open the gate!

They say the pelt
would cover this floor.

And you killed it yourself?

I did.

How?

My sling.

And cleared your family's debt
in the doing.

Impressive.

Perhaps we can find something
for you here at the palace.

You are a shepherd, you say?

Yes, my queen.

Do you play the harp?

Many shepherds do.

Since I was a child.

The king finds the music
of the harp restful.

Perhaps when he returns,

we will see if your music
is of his liking.

Word of this will spread.

You will be famous.

Kneel.

Princess.

Were you not off
fighting a lion?

I was.

What happened?

I killed it.

Were you frightened?

No.

Yeah.
I was terrified.

You killed a lion alone.

Yeah.

No.

The Lord was with you.

Let's move.

Put the chargers
in the stable.

Get all the breastplates.

Where's Mattiyahu?

Father, is he with you?

Where is he?

Where is he?

Where is he?

Where is he?

Look at me!

Look at me!

Where is he?

Where is he?!

- Princess!
- It's the king!

The Amalekite scum!

The Amalekite king must die.

I spared their king as
an example to the other tribes

so they can see
what we do to our enemies.

You were to destroy them all.

You spared this king
to mark your own triumph.

Samuel...

I have listened
to your commands

all the years
I have sat on that throne

and not once
have I questioned you.

But now you sanction murder
in the name of Elohim.

In your weakness, you put
yourself above the Lord.

You are not the Lord.

I am the prophet.

And I am the king!

You do not question His will.

Then,
if He cannot be questioned...

what is His purpose?

The Lord I revere does not
slaughter women and children.

Don't you...

Don't you understand?

No.

No, I do not.

He made you in His image.

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Just as your ancestor's sword
slaughtered my people,

my sword will slaughter you.

Get him!

You defy me?

It's you who defies
the word of our Lord.

Your words.

You think I fear you?

I do not fear you.

It's not me you should fear.

It is a sign.

Elohim will tear
the kingdom of Israel from you

and choose another
in your place.

You lie.

The Lord has spoken.

He will take
the throne from you.

Who are you?

Your servant, my king.
I'm the new court harpist.

Then play.

Their soldiers are tired,

their weapons inferior,

and now Saul
has angered his prophet.

And you know this how?

I have a spy
in the House of Saul.

Rizpah.

I'm at your service,
King Achish.

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