All language subtitles for 1995-Solomon and Sheba

My lady, you must come away from the
window.

The King's party is passing this way.

Will my father be with them?

No one must see you.

I know him only from the letters he sends.

I must set my eyes on him just once.

Which one is he?

In the blue.

Who dares assault, King Yusuf?

Go to the tower.

Get rid of the hag.

Whose daughter are you?

She's mine.

You accepted my favours and deprived me of
this.

My lord.

She's not yet a woman.

Some privacy for the new Queen of Sheba.

I'm hot and dry from travelling.

Do you not offer your king something to
drink?

Once again, you've murdered Yusuf,
my lady.

That was the moment you became a queen.

That was the moment I began to learn to be
a queen.

You're weary, your colleague.

It's hard to learn to rule a country when
I've not yet learned to live.

Yes, I know.

Your Majesty.

Strange ships have landed at the coast.

A party of men are approaching the palace.

The envoy from Jerusalem.

Is there no man here for me to speak to?

There are many men here.

But I am Nechalei, Queen of Sheba.

And you will speak to me.

I come from Solomon, King of Israel.

Son of King David.

The greatest warrior that ever lived.

There is no king greater or wiser.

Or more powerful.

And now he has built a navy to carry the
precious frankincense to the world.

That all may use it to praise their gods.

And purify their temples.

Well, such a valuable
thing cannot be left in the

hands of an insignificant
little country as your own.

My insignificant little country lives by
trade, not by war.

The frankincense is controlled by me.

Sheba sets the price,
organizes the caravans, and

supplies all those who
wish to trade with her.

We will pay you a very fair price.

We already trade with all those we wish
to.

We will supply those buyers now.

If we sell you the frankincense.

Solomon is a wise king, slow to anger.

But his arm is long enough to reach out
and crush you all.

We will fight if we have to.

Shall I tell Jerusalem you reject the
offer?

I will send Solomon the frankincense.

Good.

Our ships are ready.

No.

I will send it north by caravan,
and I will accompany it myself.

That won't be necessary.

You tell a queen her business?

They won't reach their ships alive.

No.

I'll go to Jerusalem with the incense.

Too big?

To see this greedy king for myself.

I will be back with good news before the
spring rains.

I

don't think Solomon's god is pleased to
see us.

The desert burns like summer.

The mountains burn like fire.

In Ophir, there is gold for all eternity.

Ophir.

Cradle of gold.

Ophir.

Niccoli.

I think I need to see this king without
him seeing me.

I'll stay concealed.

I won't speak.

I must see what he's all about.

I have to find a way to make this king
want to negotiate with Sheba.

And if not?

Then I have the knife.

Is that Solomon's palace?

No, that is God's palace.

Solomon lives over there.

What can you tell me of this Solomon?

He's considered the wisest man who's ever
lived.

Even a beggar can go to him for justice.

Solomon?

I'll tell you all there is to know about
him.

Three hundred wives, seven hundred
concubines.

The man has calluses and his kneecaps.

Arms!

Arms!

Arms!

Arms!

My people, the people of Judea, will
not endure any more taxation, my lord.

To support your ambitious projects.

Your cities, the temple, this palace.

But building a temple for the Ark of the
Covenant was noble.

And expensive.

It was a promise made to God.

People are saying they did not flee Egypt
to become your slaves, my lord.

And ever since your
father died, have the people

feared so much for the
unity of the kingdom?

Enough.

We will deal with all of this in due time.

Now I wish to sit in judgment for my
people.

Come forward if you seek the Lord's
justice.

These women are prostitutes, my lord.

Does that mean that they can't ask for
justice?

Continue.

My lord, this woman and I dwell in the
same house.

With pain and joy, I delivered my son one
week ago.

And three days later, she delivered hers.

But her baby died in the night.

And she arose at midnight.

And took my son.

And laid her dead child at my breast.

When I awoke in the morning to suckle my
child.

Behold, it was dead.

But when I looked well at it in the
sunlight, I knew it was not my son.

No.

The living is my son and the dead is
yours.

No, the living is mine.

Bring me the child.

Bring me the child.

There are two mothers here.

But only one child.

Bring my sword.

This is the judgment of Solomon.

I will divide this living child in two.

And give half to one and half to the
other.

I will kill him.

Give her the child.

You will have him.

For you are the true mother.

And where are you from, boy?

Sheba, sir.

Sheba?

You've seen our ships then.

They've come already.

Yes, sir.

Come closer.

Bring water.

You've traveled far.

Wash.

Now you wash.

If you would dress as a man, you must wash
as a man.

God!

Caesar!

I killed the last man who touched me.

I do not doubt that.

But it does not explain your deceit.

We come as emissaries.

From the Queen of Sheba.

Who has sent you gifts.

And are you one of these gifts?

No, my lord.

I am not.

But you are very beautiful.

In Sheba, women are honored according to
their wisdom.

Wisdom.

I see.

She's come to challenge my mind.

What's your name?

Nick Aule.

Nick Aule.

Well...

I have some roses for you, Nick Aule.

Which have been carefully made by my
wives.

Except for what?

Which was made by God.

How would you select the real one for me?

You may not smell or touch them.

Quickly now, how would you tell them
apart?

I would take them out to the fields.

And see which one the wild bees go to.

Yes.

Now you must challenge me.

It rejoices the birds.

Grieves the fish.

Embraces the dead.

Birds of Sheba eat flaxseed.

You trap your fish in flaxen nets.

Your linen shrouds.

Are also woven of flax.

Why have you been sent here, Nick Aule?

To lay various proposals before your
wisdom.

As to how we can help one another live in
peace.

His Majesty needs help from no one.

He is the Lord's chosen.

Then why do you answer for him?

If he is capable of doing everything for
himself.

The prophet Nathan is how the Lord speaks
to me.

How very convenient.

King Solomon.

King Solomon.

Word of your wisdom travels far.

As does word of your great temples which
deserve our incense.

Five hundred pounds of it await you in the
outer courtyard.

From Nikale.

The Queen of Sheba.

Well, you won the first round.

I did not guess that you were Queen.

Five hundred pounds.

This is the frank incense of Sheba.

The finest.

Conveyed here by our caravan in two
months.

Rather than on your ships.

Which will not return until year's end.

Does Sheba think that we are building a
great fleet for no reason, so that the

profit of transport can accrue solely to
you?

In return for keeping our current trade
routes.

We would be willing to grant you certain
concessions.

Ten thousand citizens have been pressed
into service to build our ships.

Another ten thousand to build the harbor.

It would be dangerous
to tell them their

sweat was wrung from
them for... concessions.

I have no desire to destroy a country's
well-being solely to enrich our own.

With all our expenses, we need the incense
trade.

Otherwise, you will have to raise taxes.

And watch Israel collapse into civil war.

I have one more gift for you.

A pretty little golden trinket.

Hardly worth a frank incense trade.

This little golden trinket is from Ophir.

Ophir has been lost for over a generation,
are you sure?

Yes, I'm sure.

We were there.

We stumbled across it in a sandstorm.

I entered one of the mine shafts.

And I found that mask.

Ophir was worked on by the Egyptians in my
father's time.

They say the desert hides a mountain of
gold.

How can a place such as this be lost?

There was an earthquake.

Mine shafts collapsed.

Many were killed.

The place was then abandoned and
forgotten.

I do remember my father speaking about it.

I know where it is.

I can take you there.

If you know where the gold of Ophir is,
why don't you take it for yourself?

I have a small kingdom.

It's rich enough to give us a good life.

But not too rich to attract the greedy.

If we had all the gold of Ophir, we'd
constantly be fighting with our neighbors.

And ourselves.

I can see you don't trust me.

I'll leave my men here in Jerusalem.

And I'll lead you there myself.

You've no reason to be afraid of me.

A lone woman.

All I want is for you to have the gold,
and leave me with frankincense.

The army needs gold.

So do the priests in the temple.

But the way south leads through Edom,
your father's old enemy Hadad,

stirring up rebellion.

Ah, Hadad.

They say he counts his followers on one
hand.

Then your spies have different information
from mine.

Only a fool would not count him dangerous.

My lord, if she is not
lying, and could lead us to

Ophir, the gold would
solve many of our problems.

But is it worth the risk?

Benaiah?

The decision is not for me to make.

But you know how much I hate the city
life.

If the gold is there, we should take it.

We'll ride tomorrow, to where the Queen of
Sheba takes us.

Have your men follow well out of sight.

When you see the time
is right, call me into

the night, and we will
make our final plans.

We are ready to leave.

Mount.

I am a queen, not one of your men.

In Sheba, you are a queen.

Here?

Here, I am still a queen.

Will your majesty be pleased to ride with
us?

Yes.

Nathan!

You've come to bless us.

The Lord God cannot smile upon this.

It is a journey of mischief.

I think of your father, and the woman
Bathsheba.

Be careful now, prophet.

You talk of my mother.

Oh yes, he loved her.

And his love for her almost brought down
his kingdom.

Well, I am not my father.

True.

But you have your father's duties,
and she...

maybe another Bathsheba.

I was born of Bathsheba and David.

But it was you who raised me.

You taught me God's law.

Father and mother both, you of all I have
left of kin.

But hear me, Nathan.

Now you must let me go.

Don't judge me too quickly, Benaiah.

I have to play the queen at times.

Look how his eyes narrow.

He's afraid of nothing, but a woman's
smile.

Are women thoughts so dangerous to the
Israelites?

We've had our reasons in the past to be
wary of them.

Especially those with a beauty like yours.

You handle him well.

Benaiah?

The horse.

You have no fear of him?

Only of kings.

Prophets.

Cordiers.

Is that why the queen of Sheba has no
husband?

I had a husband.

He cut out his heart.

Well, we all get tired of those that we
live with sooner or later.

I killed him on our wedding day.

You don't think you should have given him
a little bit more time to prove himself?

As you do, with your 300 wives.

60.

And 700 concubines?

80.

And half of those are my fathers.

Needless to say, I do not approach them.

The king inherits more than just his
throne.

Even with only...

40.

I'm surprised you still have time for
kingship.

40.

You have your duties and responsibilities
in Sheba.

And I have mine in Israel.

These women.

The wives.

The concubines.

You don't love them.

If I favor any one of them...

Well, you can imagine the trouble it
causes.

You've never loved one more than another.

You can't allow that to happen.

There's never even been one.

There's never even been one.

There was one.

She was an Egyptian princess.

I think I felt for her what...

poets write about.

What musicians sing songs about what my
father felt for my mother.

That's when I started writing.

Tell me something you wrote for her.

You ravish my heart.

My sister and bride.

Your lips taste of wild honey.

Honey and milk are under your tongue.

You are a garden enclosed.

A fountain that is sealed.

Where is she now?

She died.

Fever.

I'm sorry.

A poet should write about imaginary
lovers.

Not real ones.

Real ones die.

I've never been in love.

Someday you will.

And then you'll marry.

I can't marry one of my subjects.

Well, who will you marry then?

A king.

I'm not sure my people would let me marry
someone...

who killed one husband for his crown
already.

And did I ask you to marry me?

Wise man listens to things that are left
unsaid.

A fool hears what he wants to.

Ha!

I've just offered my prayer to the moon.

What was it?

I stand in the house of the silver
one... who passes across the sky...

into the heart of this holy house.

No man has entered.

You've not slept with a man.

Should I be ashamed?

Is it so wonderful?

Yes.

Yes, it can be.

But not without love.

Love.

But like me, you've made a choice.

You've chosen to love your crown.

Didn't you kill for it?

No.

I killed to avenge my father's murder.

The crown came after.

I never sought it.

Believe me, I never wanted my crown...

thrust upon me.

But it does not erase the stain.

What stain?

I killed my brother.

He plotted against me.

I spared him once.

And in my mercy he saw weakness.

So I ordered his death.

A terrible thing, our power.

And we who wield it...
we pay a terrible price.

Everything is ready.

Good.

Spare no one...
except the woman.

I want her alive.

She knows the weight of Ophir.

And make sure they know which one is me.

Your new king will be grateful.

And the name Hadad...

will be rewarded...

and celebrated.

I don't like the feel of this place.

She could be leading us deeper and deeper
into a trap.

No.

I remember this riverbed.

In the valley there's an oasis.

Ophir lies just beyond the next mountain.

Then another mountain.

Another one after that.

And on and on.

You must turn back, my lord.

I'll ride on ahead.

You follow on with the rest.

I can't believe my father ever got used to
this.

My lord Solomon!

My lord Solomon!

She led us into the ambush.

I caught her trying to escape with Hadad's
men.

What?

You're lying!

Cut him!

Seize her!

You brought us here to have us killed?

No.

I came to take you to Ophir.

You've got to believe me.

Most of our men were killed.

The rest are wounded.

I had nothing to do with this.

Nothing!

You're one will move the wounded to the
shade of the oasis up ahead.

Once they've been tended to, I want you to
send some men...

...beyond the mountain there to see if the
Sophia exists.

I'll send Hanani.

Soon we'll know the truth.

Until then, keep her under guard.

Anani, go beyond that mountain.

See if you can find Ophir.

Then follow our tracks.

No.

You're such a loss.

I know.

He killed his brother.

No.

He killed his brother.

Safety of the kingdom.

But I used the knife.

Not by himself.

The blood will be on his hands alone.

Behold all his vanity.

And a striving after wind.

I applied my heart to know wisdom.

And I perceive that this is also a
striving after wind.

For in much wisdom comes much discontent.

And if that increases in knowledge,
increases in sorrow as well.

I know.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Kill her.

If you don't punish her as she deserves,
you'll be known as a weak king.

You'll soon face war both inside and
outside your kingdom.

You don't kill a queen with a dagger in the
desert as you would a thief or an assassin.

You do it out in the open...

so that everyone can see.

You're ready for this?

Yourself?

With your own hand?

As king?

Thou hidest thyself in great light.

Thou hidest thyself in great darkness.

I cannot tell thy mystery.

Therefore...

I adore thee in thy mystery.

And I bless you.

You think the gods care?

Stars to turn.

Seas to raise and lower.

Doubt they really have time for me.

Why make a prayer offering then?

To let them know... that I
forgive their indifference.

That this earth...

this beauty they have made...

is in a...

I'm innocent.

I had nothing to do with this.

I want to believe you.

Then why... must you erect
a barricade in your heart?

Perhaps it's the only way that I can do...

what I might have to do.

You're fighting for your country's life.

I understand that.

You need an ally.

Someone strong...
and sympathetic...

who wants to help you.

Why would you want to help me?

If it weren't for you... I
wouldn't need your help.

We have more in common...

than you realize.

You are very beautiful.

Let me tell you what's going to happen in
Jerusalem.

He's the one who'll have to carry out his
own judgment.

He's going to run you
through... with a knife.

He's never done that before.

I'm sure you'll make an awful mess of it.

From here we'll go west to Beersheba.

And we'll add another day getting to
Jerusalem, my lord.

These men will die if they're not cared
for, Jerbo.

You go on and ride ahead.

Have the people prepare for the wounded.

Let them know that Solomon, their king,
has come.

My lord.

Go ahead.

Go.

He began this day digging in the hot sun.

He thought of everyone but yourself.

If your enemy be hungry, give him bread to
eat.

And if he be thirsty, give him water to
drink.

For you will heap coals of fire upon his
head.

For you will heap coals of fire upon his
head.

And we'll be hungry.

We'll be hungry.

We'll be hungry.

We'll be hungry.

We'll be hungry.

We'll be hungry.

We'll be hungry.

We'll be hungry.

And peace, who had only faced each other
at the ends of swords.

I knew you would understand.

Macauly, did you come here to kill me?

I came here to protect my country.

Before I knew you, I might have tried to
kill you.

But never now.

A test?

How could it be a test?

I know the answer.

Here.

My beloved is mine and I am hers.

She is the rose of Sharon.

She is the lily of the valley.

My left arm is under her head.

My right embraces her.

She is the loveliest of women.

Oh, before the dawn wind rises.

Before the shadows flee.

Return to me.

This is the end.

This is the end.

I never before...

had anything I was truly afraid to lose.

This is the end.

There is no gold.

Hanani searched for two days.

Then he didn't know where to look.

I found signs of your encampment,
but no sign of a fear.

Did you not see the ruins?

The mineshafts?

There were no ruins.

No mineshafts.

He trained in the gold mines of the
Phoenicians.

If there was gold, I would have seen it,
my lord.

They're lying to you.

Benaiah came from here.

There are strong feelings.

The people demand that justice be done.

Death to the traitor!

Put down your sword.

Your king commands it.

Silence!

Do not usurp King Solomon's judgment,
which he will pass in Jerusalem.

Then you will see the witch receive her
punishment.

main chapter!

Do not doubt me.

Hazard!

Hazard!

Hazard!

Hazard!

My lord.

Three of Solomon's soldiers left for
Ophia.

Go to the rivals.

Tell them the soldiers must not get to
Ophia alive.

Yes, my lord.

Lead on, my lord.

She's still a queen.

And if she is not captive, I have not yet
passed my judgment.

Which will be made by the coming of the
new moon.

You try to have patience, my lord.

I will do what's right!

Bring him to the jail.

She has enchanted you.

And drawn you to her pagan gods.

Long have the priests raised their voices
in condemnation.

And now I must join them in saying you
betray your god.

And I call you by the name which I have
given you.

Chetadiah.

Which means the lord's beloved.

And I say to you...

You must redeem yourself in the blood of
this heathen.

Or you...

And your mind...

Will perish...

Without fail.

This is the measure of a king.

You cannot turn your face.

You were born to this.

Nicolet.

Nicolet.

Nicolet.

My queen.

Oh, Dameron.

Have you learned anything?

Solomon, they say, is in his council
chamber taking neither food nor drink.

And praying to his god.

I fear the outcome.

We will come at midnight.

There are only seven guards.

We will overcome them.

No.

What if you don't succeed?

If I die... I need you to
carry on and rule after me.

There must be something I can do to save
you.

If I hadn't loved him... Would
things have gone differently?

You would leave with us tonight.

Let's hurry.

We must get to Ophir and back before the
new moon.

People are restless.

They are all with you, my lord.

Our agents are ready to move.

And are waiting impatiently for the day of
Solomon's judgment.

Now that it approaches, his wisdom will
not save him from destroying himself.

And all for that woman.

They have been dead two days.

They are the soldiers Solomon sent to look
for Ophir.

I've sent some men to look for Ophir.

To see if they can bring back some...

proof of your innocence.

I have not returned.

Did you come here...

To make this harder for me?

I don't want you to spend this night
alone.

I am alone anyway.

As I will be tomorrow when I face your
sword.

Will they undress me?

Will my body be displayed?

No, no one will be allowed to touch you.

I myself...

I will prepare your body for your journey
home.

And then?

And then the people's faith will be
restored.

And I will remain king.

I understand your need for ritual.

But I don't want to be your sacrificial
lamb.

I don't want to die.

The sun is risen, my lady.

You're summoned to trial.

Array her...

...as you would a bride...

...on her wedding night.

Hurry!

I do what I do in the light of day.

Not in the shadows of the dark.

Not by tricks or by plots.

You all know who this woman is.

Jeroboam says that she has twice tried to
kill me.

And though there is no proof...

...I accept... ...that it is
my duty as your king...

...to kill her.

...myself... ...with my own hands...
...so that everyone will know...

...that Israel is ruled... ...by a
strong... ...as well as a wise... ...man.

The sword.

You've nothing to say for yourself?

No proof of your innocence?

Even if I had...

...what difference would it make?

They want me dead.

I came here...

...because I heard...

...of the fairness...

...and the wisdom...

...of Solomon.

But I did not believe...

...until I stood here...
...in his council chamber.

See how she attempts
again... ...to bewitch our king.

I am ready to die... ...if
that be your judgment.

But promise me...

...that with my death...

...your quarrel with Sheba...

...is over.

And there will be no... ...war.

Now the witch is trying to make
conditions.

She tried to kill your king... ...once
with a knife... ...once in an ambush.

By God's grace...
...King Solomon survived.

But Benaiah... ...and a dozen
good men... ...lost their lives.

From their graves... ...their
tongues cry out... ...for vengeance!

Kill her!

Kill her!

Kill her!

Kill her!

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Kill her!

Kill her!

Approach me, Nicoli...

...queen of Sheba.

Kill her!

Kill her!

They say, my lady, that you have bewitched
me.

And indeed my heart unravels my mind.

For me to remain king there is no recourse
but that you must die.

And yet I cannot pronounce such a
sentence.

This is the judgment of Solomon.

Let us split the kingdom into two.

Jeroboam will rule half and I the other
half.

He will rule over the north.

And I will be content with the south,
the land of Judah.

No!

You can't give up your kingdom.

He'll destroy it.

He's not fit to rule.

I cannot pronounce the words that will
kill you.

Rather than that, I will relinquish my
crown.

No!

No!

What say you, Jeroboam?

What the king speaks is my will.

But what the people want to know is will
you take half the crown?

If... If that is what the people want.

I will not let you betray yourself for me.

Nathan, hold my robe.

Stretch it wide.

This is our kingdom.

Half.

Take it.

Before God, I ask you all, who serves us
better?

The woman or the man?

Jeroboam?

Or this queen who would die so that this
country might live?

Who?

Prophet?

Ha...

Ha...

I... Can I not say?

The man or the woman?

Who cares more for Israel?

She is a woman.

She is a woman.

The woman?

She is a woman!

She, her!

She is a woman.

Let her go free... to return
to our country... in peace.

I have no proof of your treachery.

You will not be harmed.

But you are henceforth banished from my
sight.

My queen!

King Solomon, the gold of Ophir,

seize Jeroboam, and write in your annals,
O prophet, that today we met with a true

attack on our kingdom,
and with God's help and

wisdom, our kingdom
was rewarded with peace.

That we will never again enter Sheba.

Happy are thy people.

Happy are they that stand before thee,
and hear thy wisdom.

Until

it pleases you, is

this rising like the dawn?

Bare as the moon, resplendent as the sun.

Terrible as an army of banners.

Now you're sad.

You are my true bride.

My equal.

And now I must let you go.

Your people need you.

As much as you.

No.

But you love Sheba, as I love Israel.

I feared this day would come, when I must
leave.

The only love I've ever known.

But in my heart you'll live forever.

My

beloved has gone.

And my soul veils within me.

I seek her.

I call to her and she answers.

I am sick with love.

Set a seal upon your heart, like a seal on
your arm.

For love... For love...
Is as strong as death.

That the دور...

you are my守éd.

You are my sinon 2020, as I was weak...

Do you or have any other letters condemn
you, You dove into another home,

and you were electrost And then,
if you might promise me,