1 00:00:19,687 --> 00:00:21,313 [Mychal] Previously on House of David... 2 00:00:21,397 --> 00:00:23,065 Master, where are we going now? 3 00:00:23,149 --> 00:00:24,358 To find a king. 4 00:00:24,442 --> 00:00:26,652 Should he anoint another, he must be slain. 5 00:00:26,736 --> 00:00:27,903 [David] Who did this? 6 00:00:27,987 --> 00:00:29,780 [Achish] Your people have a legend, do they not? 7 00:00:29,864 --> 00:00:31,782 - Giants. - [Achish] Prepare the horses. 8 00:00:31,866 --> 00:00:33,784 - [soldier] Where are we going? - To summon new gods. 9 00:00:33,868 --> 00:00:37,538 [Mirab] This royal visit is a distraction. Their king is losing his mind. 10 00:00:38,706 --> 00:00:40,082 I've got it. Leave it! 11 00:00:40,166 --> 00:00:41,584 I'm sorry, Josiah. 12 00:00:41,667 --> 00:00:44,336 - [Jonathan] Father? Father! - All is forgotten! 13 00:00:44,420 --> 00:00:45,421 David, run! 14 00:00:46,380 --> 00:00:47,381 [grunts] 15 00:00:49,967 --> 00:00:51,927 [whimpering] 16 00:00:53,721 --> 00:00:55,055 - [Samuel] Saul. - [gasps] 17 00:00:59,143 --> 00:01:00,394 [Samuel] Oh, Saul. 18 00:01:16,994 --> 00:01:18,370 Let go, Saul. 19 00:01:20,039 --> 00:01:22,833 Samuel, is it you? 20 00:01:25,002 --> 00:01:26,378 Speak with me. 21 00:01:26,462 --> 00:01:30,299 [baby babbling] 22 00:01:36,555 --> 00:01:38,098 His name shall be Jonathan. 23 00:01:38,182 --> 00:01:41,310 My son. Jonathan. 24 00:01:41,811 --> 00:01:43,395 Future king. 25 00:01:44,438 --> 00:01:45,898 He will never be king. 26 00:01:47,024 --> 00:01:48,943 - Because of you. - [Saul] No. No. 27 00:01:49,026 --> 00:01:51,904 Because of your pride. You destroyed him. 28 00:01:51,987 --> 00:01:53,697 - You destroyed us. - [grunts] 29 00:01:53,781 --> 00:01:57,576 - [screams, pants] - [Saul's spouse] Your time has passed. 30 00:01:59,829 --> 00:02:01,330 Jonathan! 31 00:02:01,914 --> 00:02:03,249 Abner! 32 00:02:03,999 --> 00:02:05,084 Joab! 33 00:02:15,094 --> 00:02:18,389 Wait. Samuel! I will make amends. 34 00:02:18,472 --> 00:02:21,809 - Wait! - [Samuel] God is not mocked. 35 00:02:21,892 --> 00:02:23,435 [screams] 36 00:02:24,019 --> 00:02:25,729 [soldiers grunting, groaning] 37 00:02:27,731 --> 00:02:29,275 [Saul grunting] 38 00:02:29,358 --> 00:02:30,401 [screams] 39 00:02:30,484 --> 00:02:31,694 [groans] 40 00:02:36,282 --> 00:02:37,533 [groans] 41 00:02:37,616 --> 00:02:39,118 Father! 42 00:02:39,201 --> 00:02:40,661 [Saul screams] 43 00:02:41,745 --> 00:02:43,747 [grunting] 44 00:02:46,709 --> 00:02:48,043 [Saul groaning] 45 00:02:53,549 --> 00:02:56,427 - No! - [panting] 46 00:03:00,556 --> 00:03:03,100 No. [panting] My son. 47 00:03:03,183 --> 00:03:06,270 No! Jonathan. Look at me! 48 00:03:07,271 --> 00:03:08,856 Would I have been a good king? 49 00:03:12,735 --> 00:03:14,820 No. My son. 50 00:03:16,947 --> 00:03:18,157 No! 51 00:03:23,162 --> 00:03:26,498 [grunting] No! 52 00:03:30,669 --> 00:03:32,463 Let go, Saul. 53 00:03:33,964 --> 00:03:36,675 Let go of what is no longer yours. 54 00:03:36,759 --> 00:03:37,760 No. 55 00:03:38,344 --> 00:03:40,095 [inhales sharply] No! 56 00:03:43,515 --> 00:03:44,516 [Saul groans] 57 00:03:45,059 --> 00:03:47,227 This is my kingdom! 58 00:03:47,811 --> 00:03:50,272 I am the king of Israel! 59 00:03:51,148 --> 00:03:52,149 [groans] 60 00:03:54,068 --> 00:03:55,861 Samuel! 61 00:03:56,362 --> 00:03:57,404 [screams] 62 00:04:06,747 --> 00:04:07,706 Saul. 63 00:04:07,790 --> 00:04:09,750 [Saul] No, please. Don't go. 64 00:04:33,232 --> 00:04:34,525 [sheep bleating] 65 00:04:35,901 --> 00:04:37,611 {\an8}[David] Be with my brother, Lord. 66 00:04:39,530 --> 00:04:40,781 {\an8}Protect him. 67 00:04:43,325 --> 00:04:44,868 {\an8}Do not take him from me. 68 00:04:46,203 --> 00:04:47,204 Please. 69 00:04:48,747 --> 00:04:50,916 Do not let him pay for my mistakes. 70 00:04:53,502 --> 00:04:54,503 [Eliab grunts] 71 00:04:55,671 --> 00:04:59,216 Nathaneel, make sure the women stay outside. 72 00:05:02,177 --> 00:05:03,595 You will hold him down. 73 00:05:04,096 --> 00:05:06,390 I want you to see the pain you have caused. 74 00:05:07,182 --> 00:05:08,183 This must be quick. 75 00:05:08,267 --> 00:05:11,103 We must sear the wound before he bleeds to death, 76 00:05:11,186 --> 00:05:12,604 and pray it lifts the fever. 77 00:05:12,688 --> 00:05:13,689 You understand? 78 00:05:15,441 --> 00:05:16,859 - All right. - [Eliab grunts] 79 00:05:17,443 --> 00:05:18,986 [groans] 80 00:05:23,782 --> 00:05:25,576 - Ready. - [Eliab inhales sharply] 81 00:05:26,493 --> 00:05:29,413 [screaming] 82 00:05:31,498 --> 00:05:33,625 - [groans] - [David whimpers, pants] 83 00:05:34,626 --> 00:05:36,211 - Strength, Son. - [Eliab pants] 84 00:05:36,295 --> 00:05:39,339 - [screaming] - [panting] 85 00:05:42,593 --> 00:05:44,928 - [David panting] - [Eliab whimpers] 86 00:05:45,763 --> 00:05:47,723 [panting] 87 00:05:49,683 --> 00:05:50,893 [David] I'm sorry. 88 00:05:52,936 --> 00:05:53,771 I'm sorry. 89 00:05:53,854 --> 00:05:55,189 [breathes heavily] 90 00:05:55,272 --> 00:05:56,774 I do not need apologies. 91 00:05:57,441 --> 00:05:58,567 Only obedience. 92 00:06:07,367 --> 00:06:08,368 [sighs] 93 00:06:12,623 --> 00:06:14,625 [lyre playing] 94 00:06:31,809 --> 00:06:33,644 - [squeaking] - [clicking tongue] 95 00:06:36,980 --> 00:06:38,398 - [rat squeaks] - [sizzles] 96 00:06:39,399 --> 00:06:40,609 Curious. 97 00:06:46,031 --> 00:06:47,032 [Abner coughs] 98 00:06:47,574 --> 00:06:49,868 - [keeper] Lord Abner. [chuckles] - Doeg. 99 00:06:50,661 --> 00:06:54,998 I am honored by your presence down here in the shadows. 100 00:06:55,082 --> 00:06:56,250 [coughing] 101 00:06:58,418 --> 00:06:59,753 [Doeg chuckles] 102 00:06:59,837 --> 00:07:04,174 When animals are your business they lose their foul smell. 103 00:07:05,759 --> 00:07:08,220 What uncleanliness is this, Doeg? 104 00:07:08,303 --> 00:07:11,598 I am no Hebrew, lord, as you know. 105 00:07:12,391 --> 00:07:14,434 And I'm a man of questions. 106 00:07:16,603 --> 00:07:18,230 I need someone followed. 107 00:07:18,313 --> 00:07:19,314 [Doeg] Mmm. 108 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:23,902 Whose footsteps do you wish me to trace? 109 00:07:24,570 --> 00:07:25,904 The seer. 110 00:07:25,988 --> 00:07:27,489 Which seer? There are many. 111 00:07:29,366 --> 00:07:30,409 Samuel. 112 00:07:32,077 --> 00:07:33,162 Samuel? 113 00:07:35,831 --> 00:07:37,082 Does he frighten you? 114 00:07:37,666 --> 00:07:38,959 Very much. 115 00:07:39,877 --> 00:07:41,670 Would you like me to kill him? 116 00:07:42,796 --> 00:07:44,298 Follow him only, 117 00:07:44,381 --> 00:07:47,676 and take note of every warrior, lord, and leader he meets. 118 00:07:48,302 --> 00:07:50,345 - Report back to me. - Mmm. 119 00:07:50,888 --> 00:07:52,014 Me only. 120 00:07:54,016 --> 00:07:55,684 Do it quietly, and at once. 121 00:07:57,311 --> 00:07:58,645 Lord Abner. 122 00:07:59,396 --> 00:08:01,190 Would it not be better 123 00:08:01,273 --> 00:08:05,652 to convince Samuel to lift the king's curse? 124 00:08:08,155 --> 00:08:09,531 What curse? 125 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:12,868 Oh, yes. Indeed. 126 00:08:13,410 --> 00:08:14,411 What curse? 127 00:08:15,787 --> 00:08:16,788 [chuckles] 128 00:08:48,237 --> 00:08:49,821 Oh, your hair. 129 00:08:52,532 --> 00:08:54,201 Come. I'll fix it. Come. 130 00:08:54,785 --> 00:08:55,786 Look at you. 131 00:08:57,412 --> 00:09:00,290 - You were up there all night. - [Samuel] I was. 132 00:09:00,374 --> 00:09:02,000 [companion] He spoke to you? 133 00:09:04,002 --> 00:09:05,170 He did. 134 00:09:06,713 --> 00:09:08,507 What the Lord asks pains you. 135 00:09:10,968 --> 00:09:15,097 "Why do you still weep for Saul when I have chosen another?" 136 00:09:15,180 --> 00:09:17,140 [sighs] 137 00:09:17,224 --> 00:09:22,646 And so the Lord asks me to commit treason. 138 00:09:23,981 --> 00:09:24,982 [chuckles] 139 00:09:26,066 --> 00:09:27,067 What? 140 00:09:27,150 --> 00:09:28,735 It's just funny. 141 00:09:29,653 --> 00:09:31,029 The Most High is funny. 142 00:09:31,113 --> 00:09:32,114 Funny? 143 00:09:32,698 --> 00:09:34,074 Saul could kill me. 144 00:09:34,700 --> 00:09:35,993 Treason? 145 00:09:36,076 --> 00:09:37,536 Treason against who? 146 00:09:37,619 --> 00:09:40,163 Does the wind on your skin commit treason 147 00:09:40,247 --> 00:09:42,291 for cooling us and not Saul? 148 00:09:42,374 --> 00:09:46,795 Does the mountain commit treason for standing taller than the great king? 149 00:09:47,504 --> 00:09:51,967 Men can play with swords and crowns and words like treason, 150 00:09:52,050 --> 00:09:54,803 but our God brings life to all. 151 00:09:54,886 --> 00:09:57,306 And he is the great author of this story. 152 00:09:57,889 --> 00:09:59,266 Let him write it. 153 00:10:09,776 --> 00:10:12,738 I think if only I had been a better father, 154 00:10:12,821 --> 00:10:16,325 then perhaps none of this would have come to pass. 155 00:10:16,408 --> 00:10:17,492 Samuel. 156 00:10:17,576 --> 00:10:20,787 Maybe the people would not have demanded a king. 157 00:10:20,871 --> 00:10:23,999 Perhaps God would've been enough for them. 158 00:10:28,128 --> 00:10:29,963 What's done is done. [chuckles] 159 00:10:30,047 --> 00:10:33,091 For Saul, and for me. 160 00:10:33,967 --> 00:10:34,968 Is it? 161 00:10:36,636 --> 00:10:37,637 For you? 162 00:10:38,805 --> 00:10:41,183 Everything we know is about to change. 163 00:10:41,266 --> 00:10:47,856 Hila, I am anointing a new king in a nation that has one, 164 00:10:47,939 --> 00:10:51,526 and a beloved one no less. 165 00:10:54,571 --> 00:10:58,158 Well, be sure to anoint a better one this time. 166 00:10:59,701 --> 00:11:00,702 Ah. 167 00:11:01,286 --> 00:11:03,872 Do you know where you're supposed to find this new king? 168 00:11:06,625 --> 00:11:07,876 I do. 169 00:11:07,959 --> 00:11:10,212 - Then why are you waiting? - Mmm. 170 00:11:10,295 --> 00:11:12,756 I've not finished my tea yet, huh. 171 00:11:14,883 --> 00:11:17,552 God is the great author of this story. 172 00:11:17,636 --> 00:11:20,639 I like that. I'm stealing it from you. 173 00:11:26,311 --> 00:11:29,022 [parent] I saw him only days ago. [sniffles] 174 00:11:30,107 --> 00:11:33,485 He was right there, just outside my window. 175 00:11:37,364 --> 00:11:38,615 My queen, 176 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:41,410 forgive me, 177 00:11:41,993 --> 00:11:44,204 but I do not understand. 178 00:11:45,539 --> 00:11:48,208 Josiah was not a soldier. 179 00:11:49,167 --> 00:11:52,254 He was gentle, caring. 180 00:11:52,879 --> 00:11:54,881 How-How could he die like this? 181 00:12:00,178 --> 00:12:05,142 The house of Saul has still many enemies. 182 00:12:06,893 --> 00:12:11,189 A veiled assassin evaded our guardsmen and attempted to kill the king, 183 00:12:12,232 --> 00:12:15,944 but your brave son jumped in front of the blow 184 00:12:16,027 --> 00:12:17,279 and spared him. 185 00:12:21,533 --> 00:12:25,620 Please, Your Grace, say this is not true. 186 00:12:27,372 --> 00:12:29,666 Why would God do this? [sniffles] 187 00:12:29,749 --> 00:12:32,419 Why would he allow something so cruel? 188 00:12:38,842 --> 00:12:40,385 I want you to have this. 189 00:12:43,221 --> 00:12:46,641 A small gesture that will never repay. 190 00:12:46,725 --> 00:12:48,768 I cannot, my queen. 191 00:12:48,852 --> 00:12:50,353 This is too sacred. 192 00:12:50,437 --> 00:12:53,440 No, no. It will better serve you than I. 193 00:12:54,608 --> 00:12:57,819 [sniffles] What is written inside? 194 00:13:00,489 --> 00:13:01,531 "I am with you. 195 00:13:03,241 --> 00:13:07,370 I will never forsake or abandon you." 196 00:13:12,250 --> 00:13:15,128 I would do anything to protect my family. 197 00:13:16,505 --> 00:13:17,506 Anything. 198 00:13:18,465 --> 00:13:23,178 So, you take this and in return... [sniffles] 199 00:13:23,261 --> 00:13:27,015 ...I will carry your suffering as if I myself was responsible for it. 200 00:13:35,524 --> 00:13:38,610 - [parent sobbing] - [breathes shakily] 201 00:13:44,658 --> 00:13:46,868 [sniffling, breathing heavily] 202 00:13:54,584 --> 00:13:57,796 Oh, did I miss a family chat? 203 00:13:58,380 --> 00:13:59,673 You all look so sour. 204 00:14:00,674 --> 00:14:02,050 [Jonathan] You didn't hear? 205 00:14:02,634 --> 00:14:05,262 Oh. Still crying over the servant boy. 206 00:14:06,012 --> 00:14:07,639 The one that Father skewered. 207 00:14:08,223 --> 00:14:09,766 You know, he may be losing his mind, 208 00:14:09,849 --> 00:14:12,561 but it seems like Father's aim is still the stuff of legends. 209 00:14:12,644 --> 00:14:15,730 - Eshbaal. - [Jonathan] Show some respect. 210 00:14:15,814 --> 00:14:18,775 Thousands of soldiers have died on the battlefield for our family. 211 00:14:18,858 --> 00:14:21,987 I don't recall you crawling into bed and salting your pillow for them. 212 00:14:22,070 --> 00:14:23,863 They died willingly, in combat. 213 00:14:23,947 --> 00:14:26,616 Yet they died just the same, so what does it matter? 214 00:14:26,700 --> 00:14:31,371 Just one more life sacrificed on the altar of our noble royal family. 215 00:14:31,454 --> 00:14:32,831 Esh, enough. 216 00:14:32,914 --> 00:14:34,624 I don't know why you are so upset. 217 00:14:35,125 --> 00:14:37,335 You know, Father's little mishap 218 00:14:37,419 --> 00:14:40,589 is the best thing that ever happened to that servant boy's family. 219 00:14:40,672 --> 00:14:43,592 From paupers to nobles overnight. 220 00:14:44,259 --> 00:14:46,720 Just one little sacrifice. 221 00:14:49,347 --> 00:14:53,685 There's a reason Father will never choose you... Brother. 222 00:14:55,353 --> 00:14:57,147 Oh, there are many reasons. 223 00:14:58,023 --> 00:14:59,441 But answer me this, Brother. 224 00:15:00,025 --> 00:15:02,611 When the king descends fully into madness, 225 00:15:03,111 --> 00:15:05,280 and you must take his crown away... 226 00:15:07,657 --> 00:15:10,368 what do you suppose he will throw at you? 227 00:15:10,452 --> 00:15:11,453 Hmm? 228 00:15:11,953 --> 00:15:12,954 [scoffs] 229 00:15:28,094 --> 00:15:29,721 [Saul] Tell me it was a nightmare. 230 00:15:30,305 --> 00:15:31,306 I... 231 00:15:32,349 --> 00:15:34,351 [breathing shakily] I... 232 00:15:35,018 --> 00:15:36,603 I would never hurt him. 233 00:15:38,563 --> 00:15:42,025 I-I didn't want to kill... 234 00:15:44,527 --> 00:15:47,280 The blame for all of this is on one, and one only. 235 00:15:48,406 --> 00:15:49,449 Samuel. 236 00:15:50,492 --> 00:15:51,618 Not you, my love. 237 00:15:57,374 --> 00:15:58,375 Better. 238 00:16:01,044 --> 00:16:02,045 That boy. 239 00:16:02,796 --> 00:16:04,047 What... 240 00:16:04,130 --> 00:16:05,173 What will we do? 241 00:16:05,674 --> 00:16:07,300 I took care of it. 242 00:16:10,261 --> 00:16:12,597 I'm going to take care of everything. 243 00:16:16,601 --> 00:16:17,602 [kisses] 244 00:16:22,899 --> 00:16:24,567 [people chattering] 245 00:16:26,403 --> 00:16:28,863 [Doeg] Greetings, priest of God. 246 00:16:29,489 --> 00:16:30,907 From the king himself. 247 00:16:32,117 --> 00:16:35,704 King Saul would like a sacrifice offered on the mount. 248 00:16:36,955 --> 00:16:37,956 Then climb it. 249 00:16:38,039 --> 00:16:39,332 [chuckles] 250 00:16:39,416 --> 00:16:42,043 I do not wish for madness and visions. 251 00:16:42,627 --> 00:16:44,838 I have heard the stories. [chuckles] 252 00:16:46,131 --> 00:16:48,967 But I would brave it for the great one. 253 00:16:49,050 --> 00:16:50,385 For Samuel. 254 00:16:50,468 --> 00:16:51,845 Samuel is not here. 255 00:16:53,138 --> 00:16:56,433 Please. I am commanded to find the seer. 256 00:16:57,350 --> 00:17:00,353 He's not long gone. He and his apprentice. 257 00:17:02,021 --> 00:17:03,022 Mmm. 258 00:17:05,024 --> 00:17:06,943 Which way did they travel? 259 00:17:14,701 --> 00:17:15,827 [coins clink] 260 00:17:22,625 --> 00:17:24,878 [apprentice] Do you know the name of the one you must anoint? 261 00:17:25,712 --> 00:17:26,880 I have asked. 262 00:17:28,465 --> 00:17:33,011 God answers only with signs and visions. 263 00:17:36,723 --> 00:17:38,224 Master, when will we return? 264 00:17:41,644 --> 00:17:42,729 Why do you ask? 265 00:17:45,148 --> 00:17:47,942 My wife is with child, in her final moon. 266 00:17:48,026 --> 00:17:49,027 Ah. 267 00:17:52,155 --> 00:17:53,156 Adina. 268 00:17:53,698 --> 00:17:56,326 - Yes. Adina. Yes. - [chuckles] 269 00:17:56,409 --> 00:17:57,744 - Your first? - My first. 270 00:17:57,827 --> 00:18:02,248 Well, I advise you to get plenty of sleep now. 271 00:18:03,041 --> 00:18:05,919 - I prophesy that you will need it, huh. - [chuckles] 272 00:18:06,002 --> 00:18:07,003 [chuckles] 273 00:18:07,670 --> 00:18:10,131 We will camp soon. 274 00:18:10,965 --> 00:18:13,176 And you will wait there until I return. 275 00:18:14,052 --> 00:18:15,595 Thank you, but I should assist you. 276 00:18:16,095 --> 00:18:17,305 Share this burden. 277 00:18:18,014 --> 00:18:19,849 No, Silas. 278 00:18:21,476 --> 00:18:25,271 This could well turn out to be more than a burden. 279 00:18:27,857 --> 00:18:30,568 Might be a sentence of death, huh. [chuckles] 280 00:18:30,652 --> 00:18:32,821 No. You think of your future. 281 00:18:35,240 --> 00:18:37,534 - You will think of your family, yes? - Yes. 282 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:45,041 [Samuel grunts] 283 00:18:48,086 --> 00:18:49,838 What will you name your child? 284 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:51,965 [Silas] I don't know yet. 285 00:18:55,593 --> 00:18:56,719 [Abner] How is he? 286 00:18:57,303 --> 00:19:00,014 [Saul's spouse] The king sleeps, mercifully. 287 00:19:05,562 --> 00:19:07,480 When were you last in Endor? 288 00:19:12,360 --> 00:19:13,570 Your mother. 289 00:19:15,071 --> 00:19:16,364 Does she still live? 290 00:19:18,324 --> 00:19:19,659 Or others like her? 291 00:19:23,538 --> 00:19:26,457 I would caution you against seeking a remedy 292 00:19:26,541 --> 00:19:28,293 that may prove worse than the illness. 293 00:19:31,129 --> 00:19:32,922 The king is losing himself. 294 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:37,093 I recognize him less and less every day. 295 00:19:37,635 --> 00:19:39,971 But you do recognize him. 296 00:19:42,640 --> 00:19:47,145 There are those within the city walls who still worship other gods, 297 00:19:47,228 --> 00:19:48,521 are there not? 298 00:19:48,605 --> 00:19:50,440 Spiritualists? Mediums? 299 00:19:51,065 --> 00:19:53,902 What you ask I've abandoned long ago. 300 00:19:55,778 --> 00:19:58,740 I see it in your eyes when you look at him. 301 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:02,368 This curse, you've seen it before. 302 00:20:04,370 --> 00:20:05,788 I have seen it before. 303 00:20:08,166 --> 00:20:09,751 That's why it terrifies me. 304 00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:17,717 Yet your mother didn't succumb to it? 305 00:20:18,885 --> 00:20:20,136 She became it. 306 00:20:22,180 --> 00:20:26,267 I'll tell you, this is a journey from which there is no return. 307 00:20:27,060 --> 00:20:30,563 There's good reason why her and her kind have been banished by the king, 308 00:20:30,647 --> 00:20:33,524 by your husband, and why God has forbidden it. 309 00:20:33,608 --> 00:20:35,652 God proclaims many things, 310 00:20:35,735 --> 00:20:37,820 or so the prophet would have us believe. 311 00:20:40,573 --> 00:20:41,658 I beg you. 312 00:20:42,700 --> 00:20:45,870 Ahinoam, I fled that life long ago. 313 00:20:46,663 --> 00:20:48,289 Do not ask this of me. 314 00:20:49,666 --> 00:20:50,750 I am not asking. 315 00:20:54,921 --> 00:20:56,923 [people chattering] 316 00:21:18,152 --> 00:21:21,072 Welcome. What can I help you find? 317 00:21:22,407 --> 00:21:26,703 We have a new shipment of cotton imported from Egypt, and silk, of course. 318 00:21:27,370 --> 00:21:29,414 We are seeking something more spiritual. 319 00:21:31,749 --> 00:21:33,292 I'm not sure I understand. 320 00:21:37,130 --> 00:21:38,131 [Abner] Hello. 321 00:21:39,132 --> 00:21:40,133 Hello, Besai. 322 00:21:42,260 --> 00:21:43,261 Abner. 323 00:21:47,223 --> 00:21:48,224 My queen. 324 00:21:49,726 --> 00:21:54,939 Yes, I am your queen, and you are a priestess of Baal. 325 00:21:56,649 --> 00:21:57,900 I need your help. 326 00:21:59,944 --> 00:22:04,282 Quite peculiar that the wife of the king who outlawed the mediums 327 00:22:04,365 --> 00:22:05,616 now seeks the help of one. 328 00:22:05,700 --> 00:22:07,243 No harm shall come to you. 329 00:22:09,245 --> 00:22:11,164 Many of my kind will beg to differ. 330 00:22:12,582 --> 00:22:13,666 And beg they did. 331 00:22:14,584 --> 00:22:15,710 Well... 332 00:22:17,962 --> 00:22:22,967 then prove we have made the wrong decision. 333 00:22:34,020 --> 00:22:36,647 [Doeg] Sir. Please. 334 00:22:37,482 --> 00:22:41,944 You wear the garments of Nob, the city of priests. 335 00:22:42,028 --> 00:22:43,237 Indeed. 336 00:22:43,321 --> 00:22:45,323 [sobbing] 337 00:22:47,075 --> 00:22:49,619 Please, pray for me. 338 00:22:50,328 --> 00:22:52,371 I have lost everything. 339 00:22:53,331 --> 00:22:54,582 [Silas] Sorry. 340 00:22:54,665 --> 00:22:57,627 I'm an apprentice to serve a priest, not a priest myself. 341 00:22:58,211 --> 00:22:59,420 An apprentice? 342 00:23:00,922 --> 00:23:04,425 Then where is your master? Please. 343 00:23:07,386 --> 00:23:08,930 The prophet meditates. 344 00:23:11,891 --> 00:23:13,434 In the hills. 345 00:23:13,518 --> 00:23:15,061 He is not to be dis... [grunts] 346 00:23:23,152 --> 00:23:25,154 [groaning] 347 00:23:41,087 --> 00:23:42,213 Who are you? 348 00:23:43,506 --> 00:23:47,635 [Doeg] The more you resist, the more pain you will suffer. 349 00:23:48,511 --> 00:23:50,888 But I am a reasonable man, 350 00:23:51,597 --> 00:23:53,099 so I offer a trade. 351 00:23:54,892 --> 00:23:58,229 I will free you once you answer this question: 352 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:00,815 where is Samuel? 353 00:24:05,570 --> 00:24:07,155 My master is not Samuel. 354 00:24:07,238 --> 00:24:08,281 [Doeg] Hmm. 355 00:24:08,364 --> 00:24:10,283 [stutters] It's true, h-he serves in Nob, 356 00:24:10,366 --> 00:24:11,742 but I do not serve him. 357 00:24:11,826 --> 00:24:14,662 Lies are my trade craft, apprentice. 358 00:24:15,246 --> 00:24:18,166 Do not play a master at his own game. 359 00:24:18,791 --> 00:24:22,253 I had no plans to do research tonight, 360 00:24:22,879 --> 00:24:26,174 but I am known for my ability to adapt. 361 00:24:27,717 --> 00:24:28,801 [sighs] 362 00:24:30,011 --> 00:24:34,140 Tell me, Silas, do you know how many bones are in an ostrich? 363 00:24:35,641 --> 00:24:37,643 [speaking Hebrew] 364 00:24:38,603 --> 00:24:39,729 Fifty-six. 365 00:24:40,354 --> 00:24:42,690 Counted them out myself. 366 00:24:43,274 --> 00:24:49,030 Ostriches are unique in that they have solid marrow throughout their leg bones. 367 00:24:50,573 --> 00:24:52,408 Ostriches cannot fly, 368 00:24:53,367 --> 00:24:57,079 but are much more valuable than birds that do. 369 00:24:57,705 --> 00:25:03,127 And this, my fellow, is a sharpened ostrich bone. 370 00:25:05,963 --> 00:25:09,133 This bone is perfect for deep cuts. 371 00:25:10,343 --> 00:25:11,344 You see? 372 00:25:12,887 --> 00:25:15,223 These bones discover things. 373 00:25:15,765 --> 00:25:17,183 You study the spirit. 374 00:25:17,266 --> 00:25:21,354 I investigate the body, and I learn so many things. 375 00:25:21,437 --> 00:25:26,025 Maybe tonight I can learn how many bones reside in the human ear. 376 00:25:26,108 --> 00:25:27,485 Wait. Wait. 377 00:25:27,985 --> 00:25:29,987 You do not know what you are doing. 378 00:25:30,488 --> 00:25:32,365 I am a servant of the Most High God. 379 00:25:34,158 --> 00:25:36,827 Do you want to... Do you want to know his wrath? 380 00:25:36,911 --> 00:25:38,412 [chuckles] 381 00:25:38,496 --> 00:25:41,457 Here is what I have been longing to say to a Hebrew, 382 00:25:41,540 --> 00:25:44,377 and now I can say it to you, apprentice priest. 383 00:25:45,169 --> 00:25:47,004 I do not serve Yahweh. 384 00:25:47,088 --> 00:25:49,298 - I serve my own interest and ambition. - [crying] 385 00:25:49,382 --> 00:25:52,802 If he is real, which is unlikely, 386 00:25:53,928 --> 00:25:55,346 I invite him. 387 00:25:56,264 --> 00:26:01,227 I invite him to show me his wrath because here is my truth. 388 00:26:01,894 --> 00:26:04,772 He does not see all, and he does not see me. 389 00:26:04,855 --> 00:26:07,858 - [panting] Please. - So, now, my captive bird, 390 00:26:07,942 --> 00:26:11,487 sing me a song and tell me where your master is, 391 00:26:11,570 --> 00:26:15,199 or my face will be the last thing you ever see. 392 00:26:17,535 --> 00:26:18,536 Hebron. 393 00:26:19,745 --> 00:26:21,289 He went to Hebron. 394 00:26:22,123 --> 00:26:24,917 That is all I know. [panting] 395 00:26:25,001 --> 00:26:27,378 Please. Please. It's all I know. 396 00:26:27,461 --> 00:26:29,755 - Let's begin. [sighs] - No. No, no! 397 00:26:33,592 --> 00:26:35,219 [Besai] Samuel is powerful. 398 00:26:36,470 --> 00:26:39,557 To break a curse by him will require ancient sorcery. 399 00:26:41,225 --> 00:26:43,144 The curse cannot be dispelled. 400 00:26:44,437 --> 00:26:45,771 It must be deflected. 401 00:26:50,609 --> 00:26:52,903 [Besai speaking foreign language] 402 00:27:04,498 --> 00:27:08,502 [speaking foreign language] 403 00:27:13,632 --> 00:27:16,886 [speaking foreign language] 404 00:27:24,852 --> 00:27:28,814 [speaking foreign language] 405 00:27:46,123 --> 00:27:47,249 What do you see? 406 00:27:49,919 --> 00:27:50,920 A lion. 407 00:27:59,678 --> 00:28:01,597 [whispering, indistinct] 408 00:28:08,396 --> 00:28:09,480 [Jonathan] Mother. 409 00:28:17,988 --> 00:28:18,989 Who was that? 410 00:28:20,241 --> 00:28:21,367 An artisan, 411 00:28:22,201 --> 00:28:24,787 - meeting to discuss work on the palace. - An artisan? 412 00:28:24,870 --> 00:28:25,996 Mmm. 413 00:28:28,749 --> 00:28:32,545 I noticed your scriptures were gone from your bedside. 414 00:28:34,088 --> 00:28:35,840 - What does it matter? - Mother. 415 00:28:43,097 --> 00:28:44,890 God rules this house. 416 00:28:45,474 --> 00:28:46,976 He will restore Father. 417 00:28:48,602 --> 00:28:50,604 We must not turn our back from him. 418 00:28:52,398 --> 00:28:55,526 King Saul of Benjamin rules this house, 419 00:28:56,110 --> 00:28:58,195 and one day you will too. 420 00:28:59,029 --> 00:29:00,239 But until then, 421 00:29:01,198 --> 00:29:03,033 you will remember who bore you. 422 00:29:28,058 --> 00:29:29,059 [grunts] 423 00:29:44,617 --> 00:29:48,537 - Samuel. The Lord's great prophet. - [Samuel] Mmm. 424 00:29:49,288 --> 00:29:51,665 While we are honored by your visit, we, uh... 425 00:29:52,166 --> 00:29:53,417 we must first ask. 426 00:29:54,001 --> 00:29:55,336 Do you come peaceably? 427 00:29:56,378 --> 00:29:57,379 Yes. 428 00:29:58,297 --> 00:30:00,424 I come to worship the Most High with you. 429 00:30:02,426 --> 00:30:03,636 Jesse. 430 00:30:05,054 --> 00:30:09,141 Send for the family of Jesse. I wish to make a sacrifice with them. 431 00:30:09,225 --> 00:30:10,643 Jesse, son of Obed? 432 00:30:10,726 --> 00:30:11,727 Yes. 433 00:30:12,978 --> 00:30:15,356 Jesse no longer sits with the elders 434 00:30:15,439 --> 00:30:18,817 since he fathered a bastard child by the daughter of an enemy. 435 00:30:23,197 --> 00:30:24,198 [chuckles] 436 00:30:26,825 --> 00:30:28,202 [chuckles] 437 00:30:29,286 --> 00:30:30,287 [speaks indistinctly] 438 00:30:32,081 --> 00:30:33,541 God is funny. 439 00:30:36,335 --> 00:30:37,503 Very well. 440 00:30:39,129 --> 00:30:40,422 Where is his home? 441 00:30:44,635 --> 00:30:45,636 Hmm? 442 00:30:48,305 --> 00:30:50,432 [soldier] The tracks lead down into the valley. 443 00:30:50,516 --> 00:30:52,685 It'll be a dangerous journey, my king. 444 00:30:53,811 --> 00:30:56,814 [Achish] My father told me many stories of giants as a boy. 445 00:30:58,732 --> 00:31:00,901 He told me they lived in a great valley. 446 00:31:03,362 --> 00:31:05,030 I wish he was here to see this. 447 00:31:06,824 --> 00:31:10,286 [soldier] We should keep moving. I have horses waiting down below. 448 00:31:17,126 --> 00:31:20,129 {\an8}[horses whinnying] 449 00:31:37,396 --> 00:31:39,773 - [horses whinnying] - Whoa. Whoa. 450 00:31:43,944 --> 00:31:45,279 Whoa. 451 00:31:45,362 --> 00:31:50,034 Lord, there is a reason none return from this place. 452 00:32:07,301 --> 00:32:10,763 The fear that you feel is the fear we seek. 453 00:32:13,140 --> 00:32:14,224 Onward. 454 00:32:16,226 --> 00:32:17,227 Yes, my king. 455 00:33:10,989 --> 00:33:12,658 [gatekeeper] Who approaches? 456 00:33:14,326 --> 00:33:17,079 Achish. Lord King of Gath. 457 00:33:17,705 --> 00:33:19,748 Prince of the Philistine Empire. 458 00:33:19,832 --> 00:33:22,835 I have come to seek an audience with the Anakim who walk among us. 459 00:33:22,918 --> 00:33:25,337 [gatekeeper] Gath was no friend of Anak. 460 00:33:31,385 --> 00:33:33,387 Yet I wish to be friends of yours. 461 00:33:34,471 --> 00:33:35,514 May I enter? 462 00:33:36,432 --> 00:33:39,393 [gatekeeper] Many enter. None return. 463 00:33:40,227 --> 00:33:42,646 The peace of my house depends on it. 464 00:33:43,772 --> 00:33:45,733 Do you still request this? 465 00:33:46,608 --> 00:33:47,651 Yes. 466 00:33:47,735 --> 00:33:49,194 [gatekeeper] Enter, Lord of Gath. 467 00:33:49,278 --> 00:33:50,654 You, and no other. 468 00:34:06,378 --> 00:34:07,671 King Achish. 469 00:34:07,755 --> 00:34:08,922 No. 470 00:34:09,006 --> 00:34:10,007 My king. 471 00:34:44,333 --> 00:34:45,584 [Jesse] My lord. 472 00:34:46,543 --> 00:34:47,753 Samuel. 473 00:34:49,254 --> 00:34:52,800 It is an honor to have you in our homestead. 474 00:34:54,218 --> 00:34:55,928 Jesse, son of Boaz. 475 00:34:56,970 --> 00:34:58,180 Why do you tremble? 476 00:35:00,182 --> 00:35:01,350 Stand up. 477 00:35:01,934 --> 00:35:03,519 Stand and look at me. 478 00:35:08,315 --> 00:35:10,692 I've come to make an offering to the Lord. 479 00:35:11,777 --> 00:35:13,654 Gather your sons. 480 00:35:14,154 --> 00:35:16,114 We will sacrifice together. 481 00:35:24,748 --> 00:35:26,416 [gatekeeper] Lord of Gath. 482 00:35:30,128 --> 00:35:31,964 How did you find this place? 483 00:35:35,008 --> 00:35:36,885 Your kind leave deep footprints. 484 00:35:38,929 --> 00:35:41,265 My seers tell me you are called Orpah. 485 00:35:42,641 --> 00:35:43,684 I am. 486 00:35:45,143 --> 00:35:47,563 Which in the old tongue is "mother of giants." 487 00:35:48,897 --> 00:35:49,940 [Orpah scoffs] 488 00:35:50,607 --> 00:35:53,026 No one speaks in the old tongue. 489 00:35:54,444 --> 00:35:56,864 It was buried long ago. 490 00:35:59,199 --> 00:36:01,952 [in foreign language] All that is lost will be remembered. 491 00:36:06,665 --> 00:36:09,960 [in English] I have come to offer an alliance between Gath and this household. 492 00:36:12,880 --> 00:36:14,464 I will speak to the father. 493 00:36:16,800 --> 00:36:19,177 Then you must speak to the gods. 494 00:36:20,554 --> 00:36:23,432 And you would not survive the conversation. 495 00:36:24,850 --> 00:36:29,146 They keep few bargains with men, be they kings or beggars. 496 00:36:29,229 --> 00:36:30,939 Speak to the gods. [chuckles] 497 00:36:31,523 --> 00:36:32,649 That's impossible. 498 00:36:34,276 --> 00:36:36,236 And yet you are here. 499 00:36:37,946 --> 00:36:40,282 Tell me, Gath Lord, 500 00:36:41,658 --> 00:36:45,495 if mighty ones of old walked the earth... 501 00:36:48,540 --> 00:36:49,917 what would you offer them? 502 00:36:52,586 --> 00:36:55,839 Speak well if you wish to leave this place alive. 503 00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:00,093 I would offer wealth, 504 00:37:01,011 --> 00:37:02,012 honor, 505 00:37:02,763 --> 00:37:03,764 worship. 506 00:37:04,556 --> 00:37:07,017 Their rightful place amongst mortals. 507 00:37:07,976 --> 00:37:10,270 But most important, 508 00:37:10,354 --> 00:37:12,105 against the children of Israel 509 00:37:12,189 --> 00:37:14,858 who drove you from your lands and into these caves... 510 00:37:19,279 --> 00:37:20,572 I offer vengeance. 511 00:37:25,369 --> 00:37:28,372 [lyre playing] 512 00:37:31,375 --> 00:37:34,836 [David singing in Hebrew] 513 00:37:53,021 --> 00:37:56,316 [singing in Hebrew] 514 00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:06,827 Father, what is this? 515 00:38:06,910 --> 00:38:09,413 The seer has gone mad. I saw it at Gilgal. 516 00:38:09,496 --> 00:38:11,039 - Hush. - [sighs] 517 00:38:16,003 --> 00:38:17,504 Why is David not here? 518 00:38:22,175 --> 00:38:25,053 Eliab. The oldest of my sons. 519 00:38:25,137 --> 00:38:26,263 [Samuel] Ah. 520 00:38:33,353 --> 00:38:38,025 Surely you are the one the Lord demands. 521 00:38:38,108 --> 00:38:42,446 Eliab, the beginning of your father's might. 522 00:38:43,822 --> 00:38:48,702 Strongest in dignity and power. 523 00:38:50,245 --> 00:38:53,540 As unrestrained as the ocean's tide. 524 00:38:58,086 --> 00:38:59,212 And yet... 525 00:39:02,174 --> 00:39:03,842 Why are you so afraid? 526 00:39:12,726 --> 00:39:14,019 Abinadab. 527 00:39:21,693 --> 00:39:22,694 Nathaneel. 528 00:39:46,051 --> 00:39:49,346 I told you. His mind is gone. 529 00:39:49,429 --> 00:39:50,430 Hush. 530 00:39:54,059 --> 00:39:55,602 I do not understand. 531 00:40:00,982 --> 00:40:03,110 Why have you disobeyed my command? 532 00:40:04,194 --> 00:40:06,404 Are there no other sons of Jesse? 533 00:40:10,659 --> 00:40:13,203 There is one more. 534 00:40:14,329 --> 00:40:17,374 The youngest of my sons. David. 535 00:40:18,208 --> 00:40:21,336 But... [sighs] ...he watches the sheep. 536 00:40:23,004 --> 00:40:24,297 Send for him. 537 00:40:30,345 --> 00:40:33,598 Avva. Go get David. Hurry. 538 00:40:34,933 --> 00:40:36,601 Yes. Sit, please. 539 00:40:37,185 --> 00:40:38,812 Break bread with us while we wait. 540 00:40:38,895 --> 00:40:40,939 No one will sit. 541 00:40:41,022 --> 00:40:42,524 No one will eat. 542 00:40:43,567 --> 00:40:46,611 We will stand until your other son is here. 543 00:40:47,612 --> 00:40:48,905 Now. 544 00:40:54,828 --> 00:40:58,039 [singing in Hebrew] 545 00:41:04,963 --> 00:41:06,256 David. 546 00:41:06,339 --> 00:41:07,591 David! 547 00:41:08,633 --> 00:41:09,634 Come! 548 00:41:14,347 --> 00:41:16,766 Your father wants you. I will watch the sheep. 549 00:41:16,850 --> 00:41:18,810 What happened? Are you safe? 550 00:41:19,394 --> 00:41:20,812 - Everything's fine. - You're all right? 551 00:41:21,396 --> 00:41:23,064 No more lion to fear. Go. 552 00:41:26,943 --> 00:41:28,236 [Samuel] Son of Boaz. 553 00:41:30,197 --> 00:41:32,908 These are the words the Lord God speaks to you. 554 00:41:34,951 --> 00:41:38,079 Why are you ashamed of what I intend to magnify? 555 00:41:39,331 --> 00:41:41,958 Why do you hide a great light? 556 00:41:43,376 --> 00:41:44,711 This is David's doing. 557 00:41:45,545 --> 00:41:47,589 What has he done to bring this upon us? 558 00:41:48,632 --> 00:41:49,799 Whatever it was, 559 00:41:50,300 --> 00:41:52,302 - can't be as bad as Agag. - [Eliab] Mmm. 560 00:41:52,385 --> 00:41:54,804 - Surely he will not be slain. - Why not? 561 00:41:54,888 --> 00:41:56,431 - [Abinadab] Because... - Because that will be madness? 562 00:41:56,514 --> 00:41:57,515 - Yes. - [Eliab] No. 563 00:41:58,558 --> 00:42:00,018 I will not allow it. 564 00:42:01,144 --> 00:42:02,479 You will not allow it? 565 00:42:03,104 --> 00:42:05,649 Brother, you will be slain as well. 566 00:42:06,233 --> 00:42:07,192 [grunts, clicks tongue] 567 00:42:13,865 --> 00:42:15,242 [Jesse] This is David. 568 00:42:16,618 --> 00:42:18,453 The youngest of my house. 569 00:42:19,246 --> 00:42:21,957 - Son of a different... - Son of your shame. 570 00:42:36,638 --> 00:42:37,639 Who are you? 571 00:42:37,722 --> 00:42:38,848 I am Samuel. 572 00:42:41,017 --> 00:42:42,602 Prophet of the Most High. 573 00:42:55,365 --> 00:42:57,409 Look at me, son of Jesse. 574 00:43:03,707 --> 00:43:04,958 [gasps] 575 00:43:07,419 --> 00:43:09,838 - [gasps, groans] - [David panting] 576 00:43:11,172 --> 00:43:13,174 [both panting] 577 00:43:15,385 --> 00:43:16,594 - [grunts] - Eliab. 578 00:43:17,387 --> 00:43:19,389 [laughing] 579 00:43:22,684 --> 00:43:24,686 [Samuel panting] 580 00:43:25,770 --> 00:43:28,773 [laughing] 581 00:43:33,570 --> 00:43:34,696 [sighs] 582 00:43:37,615 --> 00:43:40,952 [grunts] I came expecting a great warrior. 583 00:43:41,036 --> 00:43:42,454 [chuckles] 584 00:43:45,373 --> 00:43:46,583 And yet God... 585 00:43:49,169 --> 00:43:51,796 does not see what man sees. 586 00:43:51,880 --> 00:43:52,881 [breathing heavily] 587 00:43:52,964 --> 00:43:56,968 Man sees the outward appearance. 588 00:43:57,052 --> 00:44:00,972 God looks into the heart. 589 00:44:01,973 --> 00:44:03,058 [sighs] 590 00:44:03,683 --> 00:44:04,851 David, 591 00:44:05,894 --> 00:44:07,520 son of Jesse, 592 00:44:09,105 --> 00:44:10,523 simple shepherd. 593 00:44:11,900 --> 00:44:13,401 When this day is through, 594 00:44:14,944 --> 00:44:19,491 you will be something entirely new. 595 00:44:23,870 --> 00:44:25,872 [chuckling] 596 00:44:26,373 --> 00:44:28,166 Oh, God is funny. 597 00:44:29,209 --> 00:44:30,210 [chuckles] 598 00:44:33,004 --> 00:44:34,214 [breathing shakily] 599 00:44:37,675 --> 00:44:39,094 [Samuel chuckles] 600 00:44:48,144 --> 00:44:51,064 Behold, the greatest of my sons. 601 00:44:52,273 --> 00:44:55,151 [footsteps approaching] 602 00:45:06,955 --> 00:45:08,164 What is his name? 603 00:45:12,085 --> 00:45:13,294 I am Goliath. 604 00:45:23,721 --> 00:45:25,056 [Samuel sighs] 605 00:45:28,226 --> 00:45:29,936 Kneel, son of Jesse. 606 00:45:35,275 --> 00:45:36,359 David, 607 00:45:37,527 --> 00:45:39,362 least of your brothers, 608 00:45:41,322 --> 00:45:43,783 the Lord of hosts has chosen you. 609 00:45:53,001 --> 00:45:57,881 Lion of the tribe of Judah. 610 00:45:59,507 --> 00:46:02,594 Your heart seeks after God, 611 00:46:02,677 --> 00:46:07,849 and therefore he has sought after you. 612 00:46:15,565 --> 00:46:18,485 The Lord has rejected the house of Saul forever. 613 00:46:22,906 --> 00:46:23,907 Today 614 00:46:25,116 --> 00:46:28,745 he claims you as his son, 615 00:46:29,621 --> 00:46:31,331 and in your house... 616 00:46:34,250 --> 00:46:38,421 all of Israel shall be blessed. 617 00:46:41,841 --> 00:46:43,885 Rise, David. 618 00:46:45,970 --> 00:46:47,514 The Lord's anointed. 619 00:46:49,057 --> 00:46:51,893 Anointed? As what? 620 00:46:53,770 --> 00:46:54,979 King of Israel. 621 00:47:47,115 --> 00:47:48,199 Saul. 622 00:47:49,617 --> 00:47:52,245 Slayer of the Amalekites. 623 00:47:53,621 --> 00:47:57,083 Protector of all Israel. 624 00:47:59,627 --> 00:48:02,171 Giant among men, 625 00:48:02,255 --> 00:48:04,507 first king of the Promised Land, 626 00:48:05,466 --> 00:48:09,012 and wrath of God among our enemies. 627 00:48:10,972 --> 00:48:15,268 Now returns triumphant to his throne. 628 00:48:17,437 --> 00:48:23,443 Hewn from the gates of kings fallen. 629 00:48:25,778 --> 00:48:30,033 May the house of Saul endure forever! 630 00:48:30,116 --> 00:48:31,451 [all] Forever! 631 00:48:46,966 --> 00:48:48,176 My lord. 632 00:48:56,684 --> 00:48:57,894 Yes.