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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:05,673 --> 00:00:07,133 I am black 2 00:00:07,341 --> 00:00:09,010 and beautiful. 3 00:00:09,218 --> 00:00:11,429 O daughters of Jerusalem, 4 00:00:11,637 --> 00:00:14,640 do not gaze at me because I am dark. 5 00:00:14,891 --> 00:00:18,478 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth. 6 00:00:20,146 --> 00:00:23,524 Your lips are like crimson thread, 7 00:00:23,733 --> 00:00:25,610 your breasts are like two fawns 8 00:00:25,818 --> 00:00:28,654 that feed among the lilies. 9 00:00:29,197 --> 00:00:31,699 There is no flaw in you. 10 00:02:56,969 --> 00:02:57,969 Adonijah! 11 00:02:58,012 --> 00:02:59,263 Adonijah, my brother! 12 00:03:01,432 --> 00:03:02,808 Are you hurt? 13 00:03:03,017 --> 00:03:05,478 Oh, of course not, Solomon. 14 00:03:05,686 --> 00:03:07,313 I always end a race this way. 15 00:03:07,521 --> 00:03:08,648 No, don't move. 16 00:03:08,856 --> 00:03:10,483 Let me see if you're injured. 17 00:03:10,775 --> 00:03:13,444 So, you're a physician now, too? 18 00:03:13,653 --> 00:03:15,363 Is there anything you don't know, Solomon? 19 00:03:15,571 --> 00:03:16,851 I know you're too mean to be hurt 20 00:03:16,989 --> 00:03:17,990 by such a minor accident. 21 00:03:18,199 --> 00:03:19,533 Minor accident? 22 00:03:20,785 --> 00:03:21,786 It was spectacular. 23 00:03:21,994 --> 00:03:23,162 I thought you'd been killed. 24 00:03:23,371 --> 00:03:24,431 Imagine my disappointment now, 25 00:03:24,455 --> 00:03:26,040 to see you still alive. 26 00:03:26,332 --> 00:03:28,209 Get away from me! 27 00:03:29,627 --> 00:03:31,462 I'm not hurt. 28 00:03:32,630 --> 00:03:33,923 I won, Solomon. 29 00:03:34,131 --> 00:03:35,257 Won? 30 00:03:35,466 --> 00:03:37,718 You have to cross the finish line to win. 31 00:03:38,010 --> 00:03:40,680 Look at you, you can't even walk. 32 00:03:41,889 --> 00:03:43,349 I can walk. 33 00:03:49,438 --> 00:03:51,315 Pick him up, pick him up! 34 00:03:52,483 --> 00:03:53,984 Break camp! 35 00:03:54,193 --> 00:03:54,985 The hunt is over. 36 00:03:55,194 --> 00:03:56,195 To Jerusalem! 37 00:06:09,787 --> 00:06:11,705 Are you in need of help? 38 00:06:11,914 --> 00:06:13,082 Only if you're a physician. 39 00:06:13,290 --> 00:06:14,625 Physician? 40 00:06:15,751 --> 00:06:16,502 No, no, my lord! 41 00:06:16,710 --> 00:06:18,420 Stop. Stop, stop, stop, stop. 42 00:06:20,130 --> 00:06:23,008 But my daughter is skilled in herbs. 43 00:06:23,217 --> 00:06:25,344 Many people say she has healed them. 44 00:06:27,513 --> 00:06:28,973 What is your name? 45 00:06:29,181 --> 00:06:31,433 I am Azarel ben Asaph, from Jaffa. 46 00:06:31,642 --> 00:06:33,853 I travel to Jerusalem to sell saltfish. 47 00:06:36,063 --> 00:06:37,356 This is my daughter, 48 00:06:37,565 --> 00:06:39,525 if we can be of any help, my lord. 49 00:06:41,277 --> 00:06:42,570 What is her name? 50 00:06:42,778 --> 00:06:44,613 She is called Abishag. 51 00:06:46,156 --> 00:06:47,992 And she has healing powers, you say? 52 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:50,244 Well, she has healed many in my village, my lord. 53 00:06:51,662 --> 00:06:54,039 I am Solomon, son of King David. 54 00:06:54,248 --> 00:06:57,126 This is my half-brother, also King David's son. 55 00:06:57,418 --> 00:06:59,104 If you can help him, there'll be a handsome reward, 56 00:06:59,128 --> 00:06:59,753 I can assure you. 57 00:06:59,962 --> 00:07:01,362 Oh, to aid the son of our great king 58 00:07:01,547 --> 00:07:04,049 is reward enough, my lord. 59 00:07:04,341 --> 00:07:06,385 There is an oasis just there. 60 00:07:06,594 --> 00:07:09,096 We'll test your daughter's healing powers. 61 00:07:18,731 --> 00:07:21,442 Why the fish themselves do not get sick, 62 00:07:21,734 --> 00:07:24,278 is a great mystery to me, my lord! 63 00:07:29,283 --> 00:07:30,576 Ah, ah, do not worry, 64 00:07:30,784 --> 00:07:32,202 do not worry, my lord. 65 00:07:32,411 --> 00:07:34,121 Abishag will help your brother. 66 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:38,167 My wife offers you saltfish. 67 00:07:38,459 --> 00:07:39,579 This is my business, my lord. 68 00:07:39,627 --> 00:07:40,669 Here, try it. 69 00:07:40,878 --> 00:07:42,463 I think you'll find it pleasing. 70 00:07:45,382 --> 00:07:47,676 Mmm, this is good, Azarel. 71 00:07:48,218 --> 00:07:50,018 But how can you fish if you can't abide boats? 72 00:07:50,137 --> 00:07:52,473 No, I do not fish myself, my lord. 73 00:07:52,681 --> 00:07:53,849 Never. 74 00:07:57,853 --> 00:07:59,939 I buy from the boats as they come in the evening. 75 00:08:00,147 --> 00:08:02,149 We work through the night to salt the fish. 76 00:08:02,358 --> 00:08:03,400 Through the night? 77 00:08:04,443 --> 00:08:06,153 The heat of the day, 78 00:08:06,362 --> 00:08:07,488 they must be fresh. 79 00:08:08,739 --> 00:08:10,032 Solomon! 80 00:08:11,367 --> 00:08:12,451 Adonijah! 81 00:08:14,078 --> 00:08:15,496 Are you all right? 82 00:08:15,704 --> 00:08:16,704 But your wounds!? 83 00:08:16,747 --> 00:08:18,958 Nearly painless. 84 00:08:19,249 --> 00:08:20,649 Would that I had been injured before 85 00:08:20,834 --> 00:08:24,171 were I to be touched by this woman. 86 00:08:26,256 --> 00:08:27,841 Abishag, come out. 87 00:08:29,134 --> 00:08:32,137 Have you ever seen such a creature? 88 00:08:32,429 --> 00:08:33,889 And her hands, 89 00:08:34,098 --> 00:08:35,474 they are touched by God. 90 00:08:35,683 --> 00:08:38,560 She heals just by laying on. 91 00:08:40,145 --> 00:08:42,815 Perhaps you'd like to meet her father? 92 00:08:43,107 --> 00:08:44,525 Azarel ben Asaph from Jaffa, 93 00:08:44,733 --> 00:08:47,403 meet the recently revived Adonijah from Jerusalem, 94 00:08:47,611 --> 00:08:49,697 the son of King David and Haggith. 95 00:08:49,905 --> 00:08:51,907 Sir, I'd like to buy your daughter. 96 00:08:54,118 --> 00:08:55,953 She's not for sale, my lord. 97 00:08:57,454 --> 00:08:58,831 Then I'd like to marry her. 98 00:08:59,748 --> 00:09:00,958 No, my lord. 99 00:09:01,166 --> 00:09:02,501 Hah, you?! 100 00:09:02,710 --> 00:09:04,420 Married?! Hah. 101 00:09:51,717 --> 00:09:53,177 May the King live forever. 102 00:09:53,385 --> 00:09:54,720 Your blessing, Father. 103 00:09:56,513 --> 00:09:58,348 Lord bless you and keep you. 104 00:09:58,557 --> 00:10:00,184 God make His face to shine upon you 105 00:10:00,392 --> 00:10:02,061 and be gracious to you. 106 00:10:02,352 --> 00:10:04,104 God lift up His countenance to you 107 00:10:04,313 --> 00:10:05,689 and give you peace. 108 00:10:07,232 --> 00:10:08,567 So... 109 00:10:08,776 --> 00:10:09,777 ...the hunt went well? 110 00:10:09,985 --> 00:10:11,570 No, Father. No game was seen. 111 00:10:11,779 --> 00:10:14,698 Oh. So, no tales to tell, then? 112 00:10:14,907 --> 00:10:16,408 Oh, a tale of near death to tell. 113 00:10:16,617 --> 00:10:17,659 What? 114 00:10:19,244 --> 00:10:20,287 But without the hunt? 115 00:10:20,496 --> 00:10:22,915 Adonijah challenged me to a race. 116 00:10:23,123 --> 00:10:24,208 An accident? 117 00:10:24,416 --> 00:10:25,167 He was thrown from his chariot 118 00:10:25,375 --> 00:10:26,710 when it overturned. 119 00:10:27,002 --> 00:10:28,128 Is he injured? 120 00:10:28,337 --> 00:10:29,522 That's the most interesting part. 121 00:10:29,546 --> 00:10:31,340 He was hurt, badly. 122 00:10:31,548 --> 00:10:33,133 He was cut, broken, he passed out 123 00:10:33,342 --> 00:10:35,511 and we were rushing him here to the court physicians. 124 00:10:35,803 --> 00:10:36,970 But on the way, 125 00:10:37,179 --> 00:10:39,473 we met an old merchant and his family. 126 00:10:39,765 --> 00:10:42,142 A dealer in saltfish, O Illustrious One. 127 00:10:42,351 --> 00:10:44,853 Though never have I set foot on a boat myself. 128 00:10:45,062 --> 00:10:48,607 The motion, Great One, it brings on the sickness. 129 00:10:48,816 --> 00:10:50,651 Why the fish themselves are not sick 130 00:10:50,859 --> 00:10:52,694 is a mystery to me, my lord. 131 00:10:59,409 --> 00:11:00,744 But then his daughter... 132 00:11:00,953 --> 00:11:02,204 ...a great beauty, 133 00:11:02,412 --> 00:11:03,789 took Adonijah into their tent 134 00:11:03,997 --> 00:11:06,583 and within an hour, he was nearly whole. 135 00:11:06,875 --> 00:11:08,293 An amazing cure. 136 00:11:08,502 --> 00:11:09,753 How? 137 00:11:09,962 --> 00:11:12,089 Herbs and a knowledge of nature, she says. 138 00:11:15,509 --> 00:11:17,594 Bring her to me, Solomon. 139 00:11:17,803 --> 00:11:18,883 Perhaps she can do something 140 00:11:18,971 --> 00:11:20,722 with this old body. 141 00:11:23,934 --> 00:11:25,060 I will. 142 00:11:30,691 --> 00:11:32,192 Solomon! 143 00:11:33,152 --> 00:11:34,528 Solomon, let me approach her. 144 00:11:34,736 --> 00:11:36,530 - Who? - The girl. 145 00:11:36,738 --> 00:11:38,216 The beauty you promised to our father. 146 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:39,408 You were listening? 147 00:11:39,700 --> 00:11:40,701 I must have her, Solomon, 148 00:11:40,909 --> 00:11:42,327 let me bring her to the palace. 149 00:11:42,536 --> 00:11:43,536 The king commanded me... 150 00:11:43,579 --> 00:11:45,080 A favor, I beg of you. 151 00:11:45,289 --> 00:11:46,290 Solomon? 152 00:11:47,624 --> 00:11:50,210 - Yes, all right. - Thank you, Solomon. 153 00:11:56,884 --> 00:11:57,884 Acknowledge them. 154 00:11:57,926 --> 00:11:59,261 It is you they are cheering. 155 00:12:00,679 --> 00:12:02,472 Is it wise to be seen riding together, Joab? 156 00:12:02,681 --> 00:12:04,183 What could be more natural? 157 00:12:04,391 --> 00:12:05,671 You take an interest in the army, 158 00:12:05,851 --> 00:12:07,686 so you ride with the general in command. 159 00:12:09,104 --> 00:12:11,356 - But much more important. - Yes? 160 00:12:11,899 --> 00:12:14,234 It shows that the army is behind you. 161 00:12:14,443 --> 00:12:15,694 Solomon's a weakling. 162 00:12:15,903 --> 00:12:17,654 You speak harshly of my brother? 163 00:12:17,863 --> 00:12:19,031 Half-brother. 164 00:12:19,239 --> 00:12:20,282 With him on the throne, 165 00:12:20,490 --> 00:12:21,575 this country will fall apart 166 00:12:21,783 --> 00:12:22,783 within five years. 167 00:12:22,826 --> 00:12:24,203 Or Bathsheba would rule. 168 00:12:24,411 --> 00:12:25,471 Solomon's mother is not as strong 169 00:12:25,495 --> 00:12:26,205 as she would like to think. 170 00:12:26,413 --> 00:12:28,040 Stronger than her son. 171 00:12:28,248 --> 00:12:29,458 So is my eunuch. 172 00:12:31,210 --> 00:12:32,586 What Bathsheba doesn't understand 173 00:12:32,794 --> 00:12:34,674 that Israel's strength lies in her fighting men. 174 00:12:34,755 --> 00:12:36,882 You do, so the army's behind you. 175 00:12:37,090 --> 00:12:38,634 And look at the people. They love you. 176 00:12:38,842 --> 00:12:41,386 You're their image of what a prince should be. 177 00:12:41,595 --> 00:12:43,072 And when the time comes, and I think it will not 178 00:12:43,096 --> 00:12:45,265 be long, we must strike. 179 00:12:45,474 --> 00:12:46,975 Then, the throne of Israel is yours. 180 00:12:49,353 --> 00:12:52,272 Now, where do we find this young woman you lust of? 181 00:12:54,107 --> 00:12:56,485 You wait till you see her. 182 00:12:58,320 --> 00:12:59,571 Make way! 183 00:12:59,905 --> 00:13:01,031 Make way! 184 00:13:14,670 --> 00:13:16,380 I'm Joab, general in charge 185 00:13:16,588 --> 00:13:18,090 of the armed forces of Israel. 186 00:13:18,298 --> 00:13:19,738 You are commanded to present yourself 187 00:13:19,841 --> 00:13:22,636 and your daughter at the court of King David. 188 00:13:53,125 --> 00:13:54,334 Arise. 189 00:13:55,544 --> 00:13:56,878 You are in no danger. 190 00:14:01,925 --> 00:14:03,844 I am Bathsheba, wife of King David, 191 00:14:04,052 --> 00:14:05,637 mother of Solomon. 192 00:14:05,929 --> 00:14:08,598 He tells me your daughter heals wounds. 193 00:14:10,559 --> 00:14:11,977 Is that true? 194 00:14:12,185 --> 00:14:14,438 It is quite true, my queen. 195 00:14:14,646 --> 00:14:16,273 I'm not a queen. 196 00:14:16,565 --> 00:14:18,150 He flatters me because he thinks 197 00:14:18,358 --> 00:14:20,193 it will be to his benefit. 198 00:14:24,239 --> 00:14:25,699 What's your name? 199 00:14:28,618 --> 00:14:30,912 He's Azarel ben Asaph of Jaffa, 200 00:14:31,121 --> 00:14:32,914 a seller of saltfish. 201 00:14:33,123 --> 00:14:35,083 And this is his daughter, Abishag. 202 00:14:36,084 --> 00:14:37,878 Come here, child. 203 00:14:44,217 --> 00:14:45,969 You're beautiful. 204 00:14:46,261 --> 00:14:47,929 So, you're skilled in herbs? 205 00:14:49,139 --> 00:14:51,600 I have some knowledge, your majesty. 206 00:14:51,808 --> 00:14:54,144 It is our wish that your daughter remains here 207 00:14:54,436 --> 00:14:55,937 to nurse the king. 208 00:15:00,150 --> 00:15:02,110 General Joab, 209 00:15:02,319 --> 00:15:04,363 I'm thankful for your interest 210 00:15:04,571 --> 00:15:07,115 in bringing this girl here. 211 00:15:08,825 --> 00:15:10,369 You may go now. 212 00:15:12,079 --> 00:15:13,455 As you wish. 213 00:15:18,251 --> 00:15:19,836 You may all go. 214 00:15:27,552 --> 00:15:30,263 Azarel, come here. 215 00:15:33,683 --> 00:15:36,603 What I am about to tell you is vital information, 216 00:15:36,812 --> 00:15:39,356 worth much to the king's enemies. 217 00:15:40,524 --> 00:15:41,858 You love the king? 218 00:15:42,818 --> 00:15:43,985 Israel exists only 219 00:15:44,194 --> 00:15:46,196 because of King David, 220 00:15:46,405 --> 00:15:47,948 for God loves him. 221 00:15:48,156 --> 00:15:50,867 But the king's life is drawing to its close. 222 00:15:51,159 --> 00:15:53,286 Israel is divided, 223 00:15:53,495 --> 00:15:56,415 and only King David can bring us all together. 224 00:15:58,208 --> 00:16:00,710 That's why I want your daughter to use 225 00:16:00,919 --> 00:16:02,838 all her power to bring back 226 00:16:03,046 --> 00:16:05,173 the health of King David. 227 00:16:06,883 --> 00:16:09,344 And I promise that when she will leave, 228 00:16:09,553 --> 00:16:13,098 she will take with her a dowry fit for a queen, 229 00:16:13,306 --> 00:16:16,309 and she will be as pure as she is today. 230 00:16:18,812 --> 00:16:20,397 It shall be as you wish. 231 00:16:20,605 --> 00:16:21,815 Good. 232 00:16:22,107 --> 00:16:23,900 So, my dear, we'll prepare you 233 00:16:24,109 --> 00:16:25,527 to meet the king. 234 00:17:01,605 --> 00:17:03,732 David is dying. 235 00:17:03,940 --> 00:17:06,318 Our king is dying. 236 00:17:06,526 --> 00:17:08,612 He will not survive. 237 00:17:08,820 --> 00:17:11,239 And when he dies, 238 00:17:11,490 --> 00:17:13,158 who are they going to put on the throne? 239 00:17:13,366 --> 00:17:14,743 - Solomon. - Solomon! 240 00:17:15,035 --> 00:17:16,495 And you know as well as I do, 241 00:17:16,703 --> 00:17:19,206 our kingdom will be lost with him on the throne. 242 00:17:19,414 --> 00:17:20,892 You know that's treason you're talking! 243 00:17:20,916 --> 00:17:23,251 Treason?! 244 00:17:23,460 --> 00:17:25,378 It's our duty to consider the succession. 245 00:17:25,587 --> 00:17:28,548 But it is the king's will that Solomon succeed him. 246 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:31,051 But is it God's will, Abiathar? 247 00:17:31,259 --> 00:17:33,178 Joab, God's will 248 00:17:33,386 --> 00:17:36,515 and King David's will are one and the same. 249 00:17:36,806 --> 00:17:38,534 Is it God's will that His kingdom be governed 250 00:17:38,558 --> 00:17:39,601 by a weak man, 251 00:17:39,809 --> 00:17:42,229 without ambition for himself or his people? 252 00:17:49,569 --> 00:17:51,154 Of course, as priests, 253 00:17:51,363 --> 00:17:53,406 I look to you for guidance in these matters. 254 00:17:53,615 --> 00:17:55,408 And the army? 255 00:17:55,617 --> 00:17:58,537 Well, naturally, they'll follow your lead. 256 00:17:58,745 --> 00:18:01,665 And yours, General Joab. 257 00:18:01,873 --> 00:18:04,251 Adonijah should... 258 00:18:04,793 --> 00:18:06,836 must be our new king. 259 00:18:07,837 --> 00:18:09,881 But he cannot, will not, 260 00:18:10,090 --> 00:18:12,133 unless you, his newly elected High Priest, 261 00:18:12,342 --> 00:18:14,177 anoint him. 262 00:18:14,469 --> 00:18:16,012 High Priest? 263 00:18:16,221 --> 00:18:17,305 Of course. 264 00:18:18,265 --> 00:18:19,766 Let me explain. 265 00:18:21,017 --> 00:18:22,978 It is essential that Adonijah 266 00:18:23,186 --> 00:18:25,564 be crowned before David dies... 267 00:18:41,496 --> 00:18:42,914 Abishag. 268 00:18:46,042 --> 00:18:47,168 Well, come closer. 269 00:18:47,377 --> 00:18:48,920 Come closer! 270 00:18:49,212 --> 00:18:51,506 There's no need to fear me. 271 00:18:51,715 --> 00:18:54,884 Oh, she makes me wish I were young again. 272 00:18:55,093 --> 00:18:58,096 But then, my dearest, 273 00:18:58,555 --> 00:18:59,764 so do you. 274 00:19:02,601 --> 00:19:04,269 Do you sing, child? 275 00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:07,314 A little, my Lord King. 276 00:19:08,315 --> 00:19:09,941 Play for your king. 277 00:19:45,560 --> 00:19:47,538 All is prepared for tomorrow at the Stone Zoheleth, 278 00:19:47,562 --> 00:19:48,688 near Enrogel. 279 00:19:48,897 --> 00:19:50,207 I'll send a company there with food 280 00:19:50,231 --> 00:19:52,150 and wine enough to feast a thousand. 281 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:53,485 And the priests? 282 00:19:55,028 --> 00:19:57,656 Abiathar is riding there even now. 283 00:20:01,451 --> 00:20:03,953 It has come to pass. 284 00:20:04,245 --> 00:20:06,498 In the morning, I'll spread the word 285 00:20:06,706 --> 00:20:08,792 through the marketplace. 286 00:20:08,958 --> 00:20:10,835 This time tomorrow, Adonijah, 287 00:20:11,127 --> 00:20:13,088 you will be King of Israel. 288 00:20:15,048 --> 00:20:17,008 Long live the King. 289 00:20:31,272 --> 00:20:32,482 - Joab? - My lord? 290 00:20:32,691 --> 00:20:36,027 Oh, Joab, come, come here. 291 00:20:37,487 --> 00:20:39,364 You summoned me, my lord? 292 00:20:39,572 --> 00:20:41,241 I'm troubled, Joab. 293 00:20:43,326 --> 00:20:44,994 By what? 294 00:20:45,203 --> 00:20:46,788 Memories. 295 00:20:46,996 --> 00:20:49,290 Memories trouble old men. 296 00:20:52,627 --> 00:20:55,755 Your memories should be of battles won for God, 297 00:20:56,047 --> 00:20:59,050 kingdoms established in His name. 298 00:20:59,342 --> 00:21:02,971 God's own words trouble me, Joab. 299 00:21:03,179 --> 00:21:05,932 Now, therefore, the sword shall never 300 00:21:06,141 --> 00:21:08,518 depart from this house. 301 00:21:08,727 --> 00:21:10,353 Do you remember those words? 302 00:21:10,645 --> 00:21:11,813 Yes. 303 00:21:12,021 --> 00:21:13,815 But that was a long time ago. 304 00:21:14,023 --> 00:21:17,527 You remember the rest of what God said to me? 305 00:21:17,819 --> 00:21:19,320 - No. - No? 306 00:21:19,529 --> 00:21:21,614 You were there, with me. 307 00:21:23,450 --> 00:21:26,953 So I will raise up troubles against you, 308 00:21:27,162 --> 00:21:29,873 within your own house, He said. 309 00:21:30,081 --> 00:21:32,459 Within your own house. 310 00:21:34,669 --> 00:21:38,131 Because of our conspiracy, Joab. 311 00:21:39,549 --> 00:21:42,177 That was a long time ago. 312 00:21:42,385 --> 00:21:43,385 Well... 313 00:21:43,511 --> 00:21:45,764 You paid a dear price. 314 00:21:45,972 --> 00:21:49,392 Your firstborn died. 315 00:21:49,934 --> 00:21:50,934 Bathsheba's... 316 00:21:51,102 --> 00:21:52,312 but I gave her 317 00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:55,857 another child, Solomon. 318 00:21:56,065 --> 00:21:57,776 Yes, of course. 319 00:21:57,984 --> 00:22:01,529 He will reign when I die, of course. 320 00:22:01,738 --> 00:22:04,073 Of course. 321 00:22:04,574 --> 00:22:07,202 It is God's will. 322 00:22:07,410 --> 00:22:08,495 Of course. 323 00:22:08,703 --> 00:22:10,789 God's will... 324 00:22:12,749 --> 00:22:14,751 Of course. 325 00:22:37,148 --> 00:22:39,067 Please... 326 00:22:39,275 --> 00:22:40,275 close it! 327 00:22:40,360 --> 00:22:41,360 Close! 328 00:22:41,444 --> 00:22:42,445 Close up! 329 00:22:42,654 --> 00:22:43,696 Close! 330 00:22:43,905 --> 00:22:45,323 Close up! 331 00:22:45,615 --> 00:22:46,950 Close. 332 00:22:47,158 --> 00:22:48,158 Close up. 333 00:22:48,201 --> 00:22:49,201 Hey, what's going on? 334 00:22:49,244 --> 00:22:50,244 Haven't you heard? 335 00:22:50,411 --> 00:22:51,651 They are anointing the new king, 336 00:22:51,704 --> 00:22:52,704 at the Stone Zoheleth. 337 00:22:52,789 --> 00:22:54,791 Food and drink for everyone. 338 00:22:54,999 --> 00:22:55,834 New king? 339 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:57,000 Adonijah. 340 00:22:57,252 --> 00:22:58,461 - Adonijah? - Adonijah! 341 00:22:58,670 --> 00:22:59,337 But, Solomon? 342 00:22:59,546 --> 00:23:00,880 Adonijah, I said! 343 00:23:01,089 --> 00:23:02,089 Long live the king! 344 00:23:02,215 --> 00:23:03,842 Don't you agree? 345 00:23:04,050 --> 00:23:05,176 Long live the king. 346 00:23:05,468 --> 00:23:06,261 Close up! 347 00:23:06,469 --> 00:23:08,054 Close! Close! 348 00:23:08,263 --> 00:23:09,347 Close up! 349 00:23:09,639 --> 00:23:11,224 Long live the king. 350 00:23:13,268 --> 00:23:14,394 Close it! 351 00:23:14,602 --> 00:23:15,603 Close up! 352 00:23:15,812 --> 00:23:18,565 Close, close up. 353 00:23:18,857 --> 00:23:20,275 Close. 354 00:23:20,483 --> 00:23:21,818 Close it. 355 00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:33,720 What do you have to report? 356 00:24:33,890 --> 00:24:35,224 You will be shocked to learn. 357 00:24:35,433 --> 00:24:37,018 At the Stone Zoheleth, this very moment, 358 00:24:37,226 --> 00:24:39,228 Adonijah is being anointed king. 359 00:24:39,646 --> 00:24:41,356 Abiathar and Joab anoint him. 360 00:24:41,564 --> 00:24:43,858 - Thank you. God bless you. - God go with you. 361 00:24:49,113 --> 00:24:50,907 One who was there has just ridden to tell me. 362 00:24:51,115 --> 00:24:52,742 Mother? 363 00:24:52,951 --> 00:24:55,703 They are preparing to anoint Adonijah king. 364 00:24:55,912 --> 00:24:57,038 What? 365 00:24:59,040 --> 00:25:00,625 - Who? - Joab. 366 00:25:00,833 --> 00:25:01,833 The army. 367 00:25:02,001 --> 00:25:03,201 At the altar of Stone Zoheleth. 368 00:25:03,378 --> 00:25:05,254 One who was there has just ridden to tell me. 369 00:25:05,546 --> 00:25:07,715 - And King David? - He knows nothing about it. 370 00:25:07,924 --> 00:25:09,467 They know he is too weak. 371 00:25:11,469 --> 00:25:13,137 I would never think they'd dare. 372 00:25:13,346 --> 00:25:15,223 You must see the king at once. 373 00:25:17,016 --> 00:25:19,352 Put the palace guard on full alert. 374 00:25:19,560 --> 00:25:21,187 Our lives are in danger! 375 00:25:21,479 --> 00:25:23,815 Our lives? 376 00:25:24,023 --> 00:25:25,709 Father will annul it. Just because Adonijah... 377 00:25:25,733 --> 00:25:27,735 Oh, Solomon! Stop being so naive! 378 00:25:27,944 --> 00:25:29,278 They'll cease at nothing! 379 00:25:29,487 --> 00:25:33,324 They nearly got the kingdom in their grasp. 380 00:25:33,616 --> 00:25:35,576 But not while I'm alive. 381 00:25:35,785 --> 00:25:38,705 You're going to be king in spite of yourself. 382 00:25:41,457 --> 00:25:43,084 Try to be a man! 383 00:25:52,176 --> 00:25:53,511 More... 384 00:25:57,390 --> 00:25:59,058 May the King live forever. 385 00:26:02,854 --> 00:26:05,732 So formal, my love. 386 00:26:05,940 --> 00:26:07,191 Why? 387 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:10,486 What is it now? 388 00:26:10,778 --> 00:26:13,156 It was always your promise to me 389 00:26:13,448 --> 00:26:16,659 that Solomon would be king in your place? 390 00:26:16,868 --> 00:26:19,662 Yes, I made that vow. 391 00:26:20,663 --> 00:26:22,832 Well, today your son Adonijah 392 00:26:23,416 --> 00:26:26,836 is to be anointed to be King of Israel. 393 00:26:27,045 --> 00:26:28,087 What? 394 00:26:29,005 --> 00:26:30,840 By whose authority? 395 00:26:31,049 --> 00:26:32,169 With the support of the army, 396 00:26:32,300 --> 00:26:33,968 and much of the priesthood. 397 00:26:35,803 --> 00:26:37,263 Joab? 398 00:26:37,472 --> 00:26:38,806 Even so. 399 00:26:42,018 --> 00:26:43,061 Joab. 400 00:26:43,269 --> 00:26:45,646 Joab has been loyal for 30 years! 401 00:26:45,938 --> 00:26:48,524 He betrays you at this moment. 402 00:26:48,733 --> 00:26:50,401 Nathan? Come closer! 403 00:26:52,278 --> 00:26:54,155 Is... is this all true? 404 00:26:54,363 --> 00:26:55,363 It is, my lord. 405 00:26:55,531 --> 00:26:57,200 He is to make sacrifices and Abiathar 406 00:26:57,408 --> 00:26:58,785 will pour the holy oil. 407 00:26:59,327 --> 00:27:01,207 They're traveling to the altar of Stone Zoheleth 408 00:27:01,412 --> 00:27:02,497 at this moment. 409 00:27:02,705 --> 00:27:04,707 The eyes of Israel are on you to tell them 410 00:27:04,916 --> 00:27:06,667 who shall be their king. 411 00:27:06,876 --> 00:27:08,503 I am their king. 412 00:27:11,130 --> 00:27:13,716 And as I swore to you by the Lord, 413 00:27:13,925 --> 00:27:15,927 the God of Israel, that your son, Solomon 414 00:27:16,135 --> 00:27:18,054 shall succeed me as king, 415 00:27:18,262 --> 00:27:20,264 so shall I swear today. 416 00:27:25,686 --> 00:27:26,686 Zadok? 417 00:27:26,813 --> 00:27:27,813 Does he remain loyal? 418 00:27:27,980 --> 00:27:29,649 He does, and many other priests. 419 00:27:29,857 --> 00:27:32,235 - And the palace guard. - Good. 420 00:27:35,238 --> 00:27:37,573 Nathan, take Zadok... 421 00:27:38,825 --> 00:27:40,743 ...and the other loyal priests 422 00:27:40,952 --> 00:27:42,578 and the palace guard. 423 00:27:42,787 --> 00:27:44,997 Have Solomon ride on a donkey 424 00:27:45,206 --> 00:27:46,916 from my stables, not a horse, 425 00:27:47,125 --> 00:27:48,668 on my donkey, 426 00:27:48,876 --> 00:27:50,336 and bring him down to Gihon. 427 00:27:50,545 --> 00:27:52,922 And there let Zadok anoint him 428 00:27:53,131 --> 00:27:56,092 king over all Israel. 429 00:27:56,384 --> 00:27:58,010 This is my will. 430 00:28:10,606 --> 00:28:11,983 My king. 431 00:31:10,578 --> 00:31:12,747 You are a witness to history, my wife. 432 00:31:12,955 --> 00:31:15,249 Today, God decides who is to lead His people. 433 00:31:15,458 --> 00:31:18,294 Two men are claiming the throne, but I, for one, 434 00:31:18,502 --> 00:31:20,838 will follow the choice of King David. 435 00:31:53,245 --> 00:31:54,872 Let the High Prince Adonijah 436 00:31:55,081 --> 00:31:57,500 approach to be anointed king. 437 00:31:57,708 --> 00:31:59,960 Solomon is being crowned king! 438 00:32:00,169 --> 00:32:01,170 Wait. 439 00:32:01,379 --> 00:32:02,505 Stop him! 440 00:32:05,591 --> 00:32:06,759 Stop him! 441 00:32:07,843 --> 00:32:09,220 What is the meaning of this? 442 00:32:09,428 --> 00:32:11,639 Hear me! Wait! 443 00:32:13,140 --> 00:32:14,725 Bring him forward! 444 00:32:17,645 --> 00:32:19,480 Wait! Hear me! 445 00:32:19,688 --> 00:32:22,108 I saw them leave the city! 446 00:32:22,316 --> 00:32:24,318 They are going to anoint Solomon king! 447 00:32:24,527 --> 00:32:25,528 You lie! 448 00:32:25,736 --> 00:32:26,987 It's not true! 449 00:32:27,446 --> 00:32:29,198 I am anointed by God. 450 00:32:29,407 --> 00:32:30,908 Listen, it's true! 451 00:32:31,117 --> 00:32:33,160 You can see the procession from that ridge. 452 00:32:35,246 --> 00:32:37,206 Solomon is being anointed king 453 00:32:37,415 --> 00:32:40,167 by a decree from King David himself. 454 00:32:40,376 --> 00:32:41,376 I'll show you. 455 00:32:41,502 --> 00:32:42,837 - Stop! - Come on! 456 00:32:43,045 --> 00:32:44,505 Wait! 457 00:32:44,713 --> 00:32:45,756 Stop! 458 00:32:45,965 --> 00:32:47,883 - Come! - I am your king! 459 00:32:48,092 --> 00:32:50,219 I command you to stop! 460 00:32:58,185 --> 00:32:59,562 Look! 461 00:33:00,521 --> 00:33:01,856 I told you! 462 00:33:02,731 --> 00:33:04,775 That is the palace guard. 463 00:33:04,984 --> 00:33:08,320 - And Zadok. - And Nathan the prophet. 464 00:33:08,863 --> 00:33:11,532 They would act only on the word of King David. 465 00:33:11,740 --> 00:33:13,701 We've been lied to. 466 00:33:14,034 --> 00:33:16,579 This is no king. 467 00:33:16,787 --> 00:33:19,582 Treason, that's what it is. 468 00:33:19,790 --> 00:33:21,375 I want no part of it. 469 00:33:33,929 --> 00:33:36,056 Stop! 470 00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:38,142 Wait! 471 00:33:38,350 --> 00:33:40,269 I am your king. 472 00:33:40,478 --> 00:33:42,938 Appointed by God! 473 00:33:43,230 --> 00:33:45,399 I command you to stop! 474 00:33:46,901 --> 00:33:48,569 Joab! 475 00:33:48,861 --> 00:33:50,446 Stop them! 476 00:33:50,654 --> 00:33:51,906 How? 477 00:33:52,865 --> 00:33:54,700 Use your army! 478 00:33:54,909 --> 00:33:56,744 To do what? 479 00:33:57,036 --> 00:33:59,830 The people fear God more than they do the army. 480 00:34:00,039 --> 00:34:01,832 Joab! 481 00:34:02,041 --> 00:34:03,292 We lost! 482 00:34:05,461 --> 00:34:07,796 We moved too soon. 483 00:34:08,005 --> 00:34:09,798 Bathsheba beat us. 484 00:34:10,007 --> 00:34:11,467 Too soon?! 485 00:34:11,759 --> 00:34:13,052 Lost? 486 00:34:13,260 --> 00:34:14,929 You've killed us! 487 00:34:15,888 --> 00:34:17,973 Probably. 488 00:34:18,516 --> 00:34:20,643 I think that's not the only sacrificial blood 489 00:34:20,851 --> 00:34:22,186 that will be shed this day. 490 00:34:28,275 --> 00:34:29,818 What's this? 491 00:34:30,027 --> 00:34:31,654 I will not leave this place. 492 00:34:31,862 --> 00:34:33,280 Go and tell Solomon, 493 00:34:33,489 --> 00:34:36,283 I will not leave this place till he swears 494 00:34:36,492 --> 00:34:37,910 he will not kill me. 495 00:34:38,118 --> 00:34:39,495 Adonijah, come down! 496 00:34:40,037 --> 00:34:41,580 Do as I say! 497 00:34:46,919 --> 00:34:51,006 As you wish, your Majesty. 498 00:35:04,645 --> 00:35:08,023 You have proven your courage once again, 499 00:35:08,232 --> 00:35:11,318 by delivering yourself to this court. 500 00:35:11,527 --> 00:35:13,779 As always, I serve my king. 501 00:35:13,988 --> 00:35:16,615 Not always, Joab. 502 00:35:16,907 --> 00:35:18,951 You killed Absalom, my son. 503 00:35:19,159 --> 00:35:20,595 Because he rose against you, my lord. 504 00:35:20,619 --> 00:35:22,162 I commanded he be dealt with gently, 505 00:35:22,371 --> 00:35:23,539 you struck him down. 506 00:35:23,747 --> 00:35:25,141 In a victory for your armies, my lord. 507 00:35:25,165 --> 00:35:26,625 Now you have risen against me. 508 00:35:26,834 --> 00:35:28,377 No, my lord, never! 509 00:35:29,336 --> 00:35:30,963 Against these, yes. 510 00:35:33,882 --> 00:35:35,634 But not against my king. 511 00:35:36,927 --> 00:35:39,513 Then bow to your king. 512 00:35:42,266 --> 00:35:44,351 King Solomon! 513 00:35:56,196 --> 00:35:57,323 As long as you live, Father, 514 00:35:57,531 --> 00:35:59,742 there is only one king in this land. 515 00:36:11,462 --> 00:36:14,673 The penalty for your actions... 516 00:36:14,882 --> 00:36:16,675 ...Is death. 517 00:36:18,927 --> 00:36:21,013 Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. 518 00:36:23,474 --> 00:36:26,310 My judgment is this... 519 00:36:26,518 --> 00:36:30,147 ...while I live, you live. 520 00:36:30,356 --> 00:36:31,982 When I'm dead, 521 00:36:32,191 --> 00:36:35,944 your life is in the hands of your new king. 522 00:36:36,236 --> 00:36:38,822 You're dismissed from your command. 523 00:36:39,031 --> 00:36:41,367 You're banished from Jerusalem. 524 00:36:44,953 --> 00:36:47,247 Thank you, my lord. 525 00:36:47,456 --> 00:36:50,709 As always, your judgment is full of compassion. 526 00:36:54,254 --> 00:36:56,340 Your Majesty... 527 00:36:58,217 --> 00:36:59,885 ...I meant you no harm. 528 00:37:00,094 --> 00:37:02,596 What of Adonijah, General? 529 00:37:02,888 --> 00:37:04,765 He clings to the holy altar, my lord, 530 00:37:04,973 --> 00:37:06,850 hoping for sanctuary. 531 00:37:07,142 --> 00:37:09,770 Why didn't you strike him down, General? 532 00:37:12,648 --> 00:37:14,692 He is your son, my king. 533 00:37:24,159 --> 00:37:25,953 And now... 534 00:37:26,161 --> 00:37:28,247 ...Adonijah. 535 00:37:28,455 --> 00:37:29,748 What of him? 536 00:37:33,877 --> 00:37:35,796 It is as you wish, Father. 537 00:37:36,088 --> 00:37:37,756 He's also my son, Solomon. 538 00:37:37,965 --> 00:37:40,968 I cannot be impartial in my judgment. 539 00:37:42,219 --> 00:37:44,346 It was you he sought to harm. 540 00:37:45,848 --> 00:37:48,016 You must judge him. 541 00:38:00,404 --> 00:38:02,823 He is guilty of treason. 542 00:38:12,207 --> 00:38:14,084 The penalty is death. 543 00:38:40,652 --> 00:38:42,404 I meant you no harm. 544 00:38:42,613 --> 00:38:43,655 I swear it! 545 00:38:43,864 --> 00:38:45,449 I swear it! 546 00:38:49,995 --> 00:38:51,497 I beg of you, spare me my life, 547 00:38:51,705 --> 00:38:53,707 for the love you once bore me! 548 00:38:54,917 --> 00:38:56,710 Solomon! 549 00:38:56,919 --> 00:38:58,587 Solomon! 550 00:39:09,932 --> 00:39:13,644 Our father showed mercy to Joab, 551 00:39:13,852 --> 00:39:15,896 I shall do no less for you. 552 00:39:16,188 --> 00:39:17,648 If you prove a loyal and worthy man, 553 00:39:17,856 --> 00:39:21,235 not one of your hairs shall fall to the ground. 554 00:39:21,527 --> 00:39:23,529 But if treachery is found in you... 555 00:39:26,198 --> 00:39:27,616 ...you shall die. 556 00:40:23,547 --> 00:40:24,965 My brothers... 557 00:40:25,173 --> 00:40:28,427 ...and my people, hear me. 558 00:40:28,719 --> 00:40:32,890 I had planned to build a house of rest 559 00:40:33,098 --> 00:40:36,685 for the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord. 560 00:40:36,977 --> 00:40:38,770 But God said to me, 561 00:40:39,021 --> 00:40:42,190 You shall not build a house for My name, 562 00:40:42,399 --> 00:40:46,153 for you are a warrior, you have shed blood. 563 00:40:46,361 --> 00:40:49,907 It is your son, Solomon, 564 00:40:50,198 --> 00:40:53,702 who shall build My house and My courts. 565 00:40:55,495 --> 00:40:58,916 Solomon, my son, 566 00:40:59,458 --> 00:41:01,168 know the God of your father, 567 00:41:01,376 --> 00:41:03,462 and serve him well, 568 00:41:03,670 --> 00:41:06,340 with a single mind and willing heart. 569 00:41:06,548 --> 00:41:08,842 For the Lord has chosen you 570 00:41:09,051 --> 00:41:11,386 to build a house... 571 00:41:11,678 --> 00:41:13,347 ...as a sanctuary. 572 00:41:14,348 --> 00:41:16,141 Be strong, and obey. 573 00:41:32,616 --> 00:41:35,744 These are the plans... 574 00:41:36,036 --> 00:41:37,704 ...for the vestibules, 575 00:41:37,913 --> 00:41:40,040 treasuries, upper rooms 576 00:41:40,248 --> 00:41:41,708 and inner chambers, 577 00:41:41,917 --> 00:41:44,127 and all that God wishes 578 00:41:44,670 --> 00:41:47,297 for His house, as given to me. 579 00:41:52,177 --> 00:41:53,845 My son... 580 00:41:54,054 --> 00:41:56,598 is young and inexperienced, 581 00:41:56,807 --> 00:41:58,934 his task is great. 582 00:41:59,476 --> 00:42:00,936 As this... 583 00:42:01,144 --> 00:42:02,604 shall not be a temple for mortals, 584 00:42:02,813 --> 00:42:04,439 but for the Lord. 585 00:42:05,399 --> 00:42:06,733 But I have provided, 586 00:42:06,942 --> 00:42:08,193 as far as I was able. 587 00:42:10,195 --> 00:42:11,530 Bring in... 588 00:42:33,343 --> 00:42:34,343 Of my God, 589 00:42:34,469 --> 00:42:36,680 I give to my God. 590 00:42:36,888 --> 00:42:37,888 And I ask you 591 00:42:38,056 --> 00:42:39,933 to do the same. 592 00:42:40,225 --> 00:42:43,687 For this shall be the house of the Lord. 593 00:42:43,979 --> 00:42:46,023 Bless the Lord, our God. 594 00:42:46,231 --> 00:42:48,817 Bless the Lord, our God. 595 00:42:54,990 --> 00:42:56,241 Solomon, Solomon. 596 00:42:56,450 --> 00:42:57,450 Remember, Solomon, 597 00:42:57,909 --> 00:43:01,079 a king must be strong. 598 00:43:01,288 --> 00:43:02,539 And if someone bars your way, 599 00:43:02,748 --> 00:43:04,624 he threatens not just you, 600 00:43:04,833 --> 00:43:05,852 but the good of the kingdom 601 00:43:05,876 --> 00:43:07,127 as a whole. 602 00:43:07,335 --> 00:43:08,795 You must cut him down, 603 00:43:09,004 --> 00:43:10,088 like wheat. 604 00:43:10,297 --> 00:43:11,297 Can you do that? 605 00:43:13,341 --> 00:43:14,593 I can, Father. 606 00:43:14,801 --> 00:43:17,054 I should never have granted the life 607 00:43:17,262 --> 00:43:18,680 of Joab. 608 00:43:19,222 --> 00:43:20,222 He served me well, 609 00:43:20,390 --> 00:43:22,267 but he has served you badly. 610 00:43:22,476 --> 00:43:23,476 When I'm dead, kill him. 611 00:43:23,560 --> 00:43:25,187 Just kill him. Kill him. 612 00:43:26,938 --> 00:43:28,231 If he plots with Adonijah, 613 00:43:28,440 --> 00:43:29,649 kill them both. 614 00:43:29,858 --> 00:43:31,068 Kill them. 615 00:43:32,277 --> 00:43:33,862 You must now be king, 616 00:43:34,071 --> 00:43:35,238 Solomon. 617 00:43:38,158 --> 00:43:39,993 King! 618 00:44:10,232 --> 00:44:11,650 King Solomon! 619 00:44:11,858 --> 00:44:13,527 King Solomon! 620 00:44:13,735 --> 00:44:15,028 King Solomon! 621 00:44:15,278 --> 00:44:16,696 King Solomon! 622 00:44:17,072 --> 00:44:18,448 King Solomon! 623 00:44:18,657 --> 00:44:20,325 King Solomon! 624 00:44:20,534 --> 00:44:21,993 King Solomon! 625 00:44:22,285 --> 00:44:24,037 King Solomon! 626 00:44:24,246 --> 00:44:25,747 King Solomon! 627 00:44:25,956 --> 00:44:27,707 King Solomon! 628 00:44:27,916 --> 00:44:29,167 King Solomon! 629 00:44:29,626 --> 00:44:31,294 King Solomon! 630 00:44:31,503 --> 00:44:32,879 King Solomon! 631 00:44:33,088 --> 00:44:34,965 King Solomon! 632 00:44:39,177 --> 00:44:40,720 Abiathar! 633 00:44:42,013 --> 00:44:43,098 Joab! 634 00:44:43,306 --> 00:44:45,684 So, this is what you do in exile? 635 00:44:46,893 --> 00:44:48,812 Yes, I've become a farmer. 636 00:44:50,355 --> 00:44:53,108 Long live our glorious king! 637 00:44:53,400 --> 00:44:55,777 May he reign for at least another day! 638 00:44:57,571 --> 00:44:59,406 Come! 639 00:44:59,614 --> 00:45:01,074 Let me offer you some wine. 640 00:45:01,283 --> 00:45:02,284 Good. 641 00:45:05,662 --> 00:45:08,290 There's talk of Solomon building a temple. 642 00:45:09,583 --> 00:45:11,042 I've heard so. 643 00:45:11,334 --> 00:45:12,574 I should preside as High Priest 644 00:45:12,669 --> 00:45:14,671 when it's finished. 645 00:45:14,880 --> 00:45:16,756 - You may yet. - How? 646 00:45:16,965 --> 00:45:18,245 Solomon put that ancient fossil, 647 00:45:18,425 --> 00:45:20,051 Zadok, in my place. 648 00:45:21,970 --> 00:45:24,055 Well, we simply struck too soon. 649 00:45:24,264 --> 00:45:25,599 We should have known 650 00:45:25,807 --> 00:45:28,351 while David is still alive. 651 00:45:28,810 --> 00:45:30,854 But our time will come 652 00:45:31,062 --> 00:45:32,731 the moment he dies. 653 00:45:35,609 --> 00:45:37,611 Solomon, a king. 654 00:45:39,487 --> 00:45:40,238 If I had been in his place, 655 00:45:40,447 --> 00:45:42,532 we'd both be dead men. 656 00:45:42,741 --> 00:45:45,076 And who will you put in Solomon's place? 657 00:45:46,703 --> 00:45:48,788 Adonijah, of course. 658 00:45:48,997 --> 00:45:50,248 Adonijah? 659 00:45:51,917 --> 00:45:53,460 I thought you despised his cowardice 660 00:45:53,668 --> 00:45:55,378 at the altar. 661 00:45:55,587 --> 00:45:58,298 Even cowards can be useful at the right moment. 662 00:46:02,719 --> 00:46:04,971 Did you tell yourself a joke? 663 00:46:05,180 --> 00:46:06,765 For some reason, 664 00:46:06,973 --> 00:46:08,058 a song keeps coming 665 00:46:08,266 --> 00:46:09,559 into my head. 666 00:46:09,768 --> 00:46:10,894 - A song? - Yes. 667 00:46:11,102 --> 00:46:13,146 You remember I once wrote a song 668 00:46:13,438 --> 00:46:15,315 for the Lord on the day we were delivered 669 00:46:15,523 --> 00:46:16,523 from Saul? 670 00:46:16,650 --> 00:46:19,361 Of course, everyone knows it. 671 00:46:19,653 --> 00:46:21,112 For the waves of death 672 00:46:21,321 --> 00:46:23,240 encompassed me, 673 00:46:23,531 --> 00:46:25,909 the torrents of perdition assailed me, 674 00:46:26,117 --> 00:46:28,870 the cords of Sheol entangled me, 675 00:46:29,079 --> 00:46:30,288 the snares of death 676 00:46:30,497 --> 00:46:32,540 confronted me. 677 00:46:33,583 --> 00:46:36,211 - So? - We're so dramatic! 678 00:46:36,753 --> 00:46:39,965 Torrents, snares, waves. 679 00:46:40,173 --> 00:46:42,425 Death is not like that 680 00:46:42,634 --> 00:46:44,261 at all. 681 00:46:44,552 --> 00:46:46,930 It was when we were young. 682 00:46:47,222 --> 00:46:48,598 Yes, 683 00:46:48,807 --> 00:46:50,600 but now, it's whispers, 684 00:46:50,809 --> 00:46:52,394 not waves. 685 00:46:52,602 --> 00:46:53,770 Soft currents, 686 00:46:53,979 --> 00:46:55,981 not torrents. 687 00:46:56,273 --> 00:46:59,276 And very visible inclines, 688 00:46:59,484 --> 00:47:01,319 not snares. 689 00:47:02,654 --> 00:47:05,323 Don't talk about death. 690 00:47:05,615 --> 00:47:07,409 The decree from of old is, 691 00:47:07,617 --> 00:47:08,994 thou must surely die! 692 00:47:09,286 --> 00:47:13,206 And kings surely must have many wives, 693 00:47:13,415 --> 00:47:16,418 but we must not talk about them. 694 00:47:16,626 --> 00:47:19,838 Like flourishing leaves on a spreading tree 695 00:47:20,130 --> 00:47:22,048 which sheds some, and... 696 00:47:22,257 --> 00:47:24,718 puts forth others, 697 00:47:25,010 --> 00:47:27,470 so are the generations of flesh and blood. 698 00:47:27,679 --> 00:47:29,848 One dies, another is born. 699 00:47:30,140 --> 00:47:32,058 Every new creature decays 700 00:47:32,267 --> 00:47:33,977 and ceases to exist. 701 00:47:34,185 --> 00:47:36,521 Talk of death to your other wives. 702 00:47:36,813 --> 00:47:38,857 I'm only interested in... 703 00:47:39,065 --> 00:47:40,650 your beauty, 704 00:47:40,859 --> 00:47:41,859 and your wealth. 705 00:47:45,322 --> 00:47:47,324 Bathsheba, 706 00:47:47,532 --> 00:47:50,285 do you know what I fear from death... 707 00:47:50,827 --> 00:47:52,078 most of all? 708 00:47:53,538 --> 00:47:54,706 What? 709 00:47:56,291 --> 00:47:58,209 The absence of you. 710 00:50:05,211 --> 00:50:06,713 You'll never have her now. 711 00:50:06,921 --> 00:50:08,631 Joab. 712 00:50:08,840 --> 00:50:10,258 She has status now. 713 00:50:10,550 --> 00:50:11,670 She is no longer the daughter 714 00:50:11,759 --> 00:50:14,304 of a simple salt fish dealer. 715 00:50:14,512 --> 00:50:16,222 She was the favorite of our greatest king. 716 00:50:16,431 --> 00:50:17,765 I know this, I know this. 717 00:50:17,974 --> 00:50:19,368 And when she's passed along to Solomon, 718 00:50:19,392 --> 00:50:20,602 he'll have her. 719 00:50:20,810 --> 00:50:22,353 Give me peace, Joab. 720 00:50:36,993 --> 00:50:38,203 What do you want me to do? 721 00:50:38,411 --> 00:50:39,913 I want you to be king! 722 00:50:40,121 --> 00:50:41,121 Solomon is king! 723 00:50:41,247 --> 00:50:42,373 Well. 724 00:50:44,000 --> 00:50:45,376 Only till you wrenched 725 00:50:45,585 --> 00:50:47,837 the crown from his feeble grasp. 726 00:50:52,258 --> 00:50:53,551 David is dead. 727 00:50:53,760 --> 00:50:56,095 That leaves only one power in the palace. 728 00:50:57,222 --> 00:50:58,431 Bathsheba. 729 00:50:59,182 --> 00:51:00,517 Bathsheba. 730 00:51:04,854 --> 00:51:06,174 But first, we must show the people 731 00:51:06,356 --> 00:51:08,942 that she no longer has a firm hand on the throne. 732 00:51:11,486 --> 00:51:12,695 How? 733 00:51:19,786 --> 00:51:21,496 If you could take Abishag, 734 00:51:21,704 --> 00:51:23,081 David's favorite, 735 00:51:23,289 --> 00:51:25,875 from under the nose of the new king, 736 00:51:26,084 --> 00:51:27,669 it would show you're still in the fight. 737 00:51:27,877 --> 00:51:29,128 The people would notice. 738 00:51:29,337 --> 00:51:31,214 She wants me. 739 00:51:31,756 --> 00:51:34,175 I know she does. 740 00:51:34,384 --> 00:51:35,176 Of course, she does, 741 00:51:35,385 --> 00:51:36,803 anyone can see that. 742 00:51:37,762 --> 00:51:39,389 How should we do it? 743 00:51:41,057 --> 00:51:42,141 Simple. 744 00:51:42,350 --> 00:51:44,310 Just ask. 745 00:51:44,602 --> 00:51:45,770 Ask? 746 00:51:45,979 --> 00:51:47,146 Demand. 747 00:51:48,940 --> 00:51:50,483 He'll want to placate you. 748 00:51:50,692 --> 00:51:52,527 Solomon's weak, 749 00:51:52,819 --> 00:51:53,819 showing you his mercy, 750 00:51:53,987 --> 00:51:56,030 so that you will join his allies. 751 00:51:57,156 --> 00:51:58,449 And soon you will have... 752 00:51:58,658 --> 00:52:00,493 Abishag! 753 00:52:07,083 --> 00:52:08,710 ...the throne. 754 00:53:23,284 --> 00:53:25,870 Thank you for granting me this audience. 755 00:53:27,413 --> 00:53:29,582 Do you come in peace? 756 00:53:29,957 --> 00:53:31,125 In peace. 757 00:53:33,252 --> 00:53:35,421 May I speak openly with you? 758 00:53:35,630 --> 00:53:36,881 Go on. 759 00:53:38,049 --> 00:53:39,258 You know, 760 00:53:39,467 --> 00:53:40,635 you know 761 00:53:40,843 --> 00:53:42,512 the kingdom was mine. 762 00:53:42,804 --> 00:53:45,932 And all of Israel expected me to reign. 763 00:53:50,728 --> 00:53:52,939 But things change. 764 00:53:53,147 --> 00:53:55,566 And the kingdom has fallen to my brother. 765 00:53:55,858 --> 00:53:57,360 For it was his, 766 00:53:57,568 --> 00:53:59,112 from the Lord. 767 00:54:03,282 --> 00:54:04,325 So now, 768 00:54:04,534 --> 00:54:06,869 I have one request to make of you. 769 00:54:07,870 --> 00:54:10,415 Please do not refuse me. 770 00:54:10,623 --> 00:54:11,791 Go on. 771 00:54:13,334 --> 00:54:15,336 Please ask Solomon... 772 00:54:16,587 --> 00:54:18,339 King Solomon, 773 00:54:18,548 --> 00:54:20,508 for he will not refuse you, 774 00:54:22,552 --> 00:54:25,346 to give me Abishag as my wife. 775 00:54:30,226 --> 00:54:31,561 Men. 776 00:54:35,773 --> 00:54:37,734 This is all you want? 777 00:54:41,946 --> 00:54:43,781 Very well. 778 00:54:43,990 --> 00:54:46,117 I will speak to the King. 779 00:54:48,327 --> 00:54:49,871 Adonijah, 780 00:54:51,038 --> 00:54:52,498 the kingdom 781 00:54:52,707 --> 00:54:54,542 was never yours. 782 00:54:56,502 --> 00:54:58,463 It was always, 783 00:54:58,671 --> 00:55:01,174 and will always be... 784 00:55:01,382 --> 00:55:02,592 ...mine. 785 00:55:26,449 --> 00:55:28,409 God of my father, 786 00:55:28,618 --> 00:55:31,078 and my father's father, 787 00:55:31,287 --> 00:55:32,997 give me strength and courage 788 00:55:33,206 --> 00:55:36,125 that I may be worthy of this honorable duty, 789 00:55:36,417 --> 00:55:38,085 and serve you well. 790 00:55:39,587 --> 00:55:41,005 For I am weak... 791 00:55:47,094 --> 00:55:48,971 ...and fearful. 792 00:56:29,303 --> 00:56:30,847 Forgive me, father. 793 00:56:31,889 --> 00:56:33,933 I do not deserve your throne, 794 00:56:35,184 --> 00:56:37,103 but now I must be king, 795 00:56:37,311 --> 00:56:39,272 as you commanded. 796 00:56:51,492 --> 00:56:54,412 May the King live forever! 797 00:56:54,704 --> 00:56:56,247 Oh, mother! 798 00:56:59,166 --> 00:57:00,418 Please take... 799 00:57:01,711 --> 00:57:03,838 bring a chair for my mother! 800 00:57:08,050 --> 00:57:09,844 The ruler of Israel 801 00:57:10,052 --> 00:57:11,052 bows to no one, 802 00:57:11,178 --> 00:57:12,305 Solomon. 803 00:57:12,555 --> 00:57:14,432 Yes, I can see that. 804 00:57:18,853 --> 00:57:20,438 Come, mother. Don't be humble, 805 00:57:20,646 --> 00:57:22,690 take your rightful place. 806 00:57:39,206 --> 00:57:41,250 Thank you for putting me here, mother. 807 00:57:41,459 --> 00:57:43,336 I didn't put you here, Solomon. 808 00:57:43,544 --> 00:57:45,463 Of course, you did. 809 00:57:46,756 --> 00:57:47,840 But now that I am here, 810 00:57:48,049 --> 00:57:50,593 I will deserve it. 811 00:57:50,885 --> 00:57:52,136 By God and all His glory, 812 00:57:52,345 --> 00:57:55,222 I will fulfill the destiny of Israel. 813 00:57:57,058 --> 00:57:59,560 I have a request to make. 814 00:57:59,769 --> 00:58:02,229 Do not refuse me. 815 00:58:02,772 --> 00:58:04,106 Make your request, my mother, 816 00:58:04,315 --> 00:58:07,068 for you know that I will not refuse you. 817 00:58:11,447 --> 00:58:12,448 Give Abishag 818 00:58:12,657 --> 00:58:14,784 to your brother 819 00:58:15,034 --> 00:58:16,661 as his wife. 820 00:58:20,039 --> 00:58:21,832 And why do you ask this 821 00:58:22,041 --> 00:58:23,501 for Adonijah? 822 00:58:24,460 --> 00:58:26,337 Because he came, 823 00:58:26,545 --> 00:58:28,381 as a request. 824 00:58:28,589 --> 00:58:29,757 I tell you, 825 00:58:30,049 --> 00:58:32,176 so you may know his mind. 826 00:58:33,427 --> 00:58:34,845 His mind is to have 827 00:58:35,054 --> 00:58:36,430 the throne. 828 00:58:39,433 --> 00:58:41,435 Good, my son. 829 00:58:41,727 --> 00:58:43,813 And so, he begins again. 830 00:58:44,772 --> 00:58:47,191 First, he asks for this maiden, 831 00:58:47,400 --> 00:58:49,777 then next, he will ask for the kingdom! 832 00:58:50,069 --> 00:58:52,446 For he knows that any show of weakness on my part 833 00:58:52,655 --> 00:58:54,991 will be a demonstration of his power. 834 00:58:55,282 --> 00:58:56,701 Joab is near to that. 835 00:58:56,909 --> 00:58:58,703 Now, therefore, as the Lord lives 836 00:58:58,911 --> 00:58:59,911 who has established me 837 00:58:59,996 --> 00:59:01,580 and placed me on this throne 838 00:59:01,789 --> 00:59:03,916 of my father, David. 839 00:59:08,421 --> 00:59:10,297 Today, 840 00:59:10,506 --> 00:59:13,300 Adonijah and Joab... 841 00:59:13,509 --> 00:59:14,802 ...must die! 842 00:59:19,932 --> 00:59:21,559 Hey! 843 00:59:21,767 --> 00:59:23,019 Come back! 844 00:59:55,968 --> 00:59:57,178 Out of my way! 845 00:59:57,386 --> 00:59:58,888 Out of my way! 846 00:59:59,096 --> 01:00:00,181 Move aside! 847 01:00:21,911 --> 01:00:23,037 Traitor! 848 01:00:24,038 --> 01:00:25,581 Get him! 849 01:00:35,007 --> 01:00:38,344 I was to be king. 850 01:00:38,552 --> 01:00:41,097 But you die as a traitor. 851 01:01:27,434 --> 01:01:29,353 I ordered you to kill him! 852 01:01:29,645 --> 01:01:30,813 But my Lord King, 853 01:01:31,021 --> 01:01:32,148 he's taken sanctuary! 854 01:01:32,356 --> 01:01:33,667 Even now, he's in the Holy Tabernacle 855 01:01:33,691 --> 01:01:35,442 clinging to the altar! 856 01:01:41,365 --> 01:01:42,366 I don't care 857 01:01:42,575 --> 01:01:44,368 where he is! 858 01:01:45,452 --> 01:01:48,497 Strike him down! 859 01:01:59,008 --> 01:02:00,926 Joab? 860 01:02:01,135 --> 01:02:03,095 It's by command of the king. 861 01:02:04,221 --> 01:02:05,598 You are to die. 862 01:02:09,560 --> 01:02:12,354 The king commands you come out, Joab. 863 01:02:12,563 --> 01:02:13,647 No. 864 01:02:14,982 --> 01:02:16,233 I'll die here. 865 01:02:16,442 --> 01:02:18,194 I beg you, don't make me Kill you there. 866 01:02:18,485 --> 01:02:19,695 I would commit sacrilege. 867 01:02:19,904 --> 01:02:21,739 Which you cannot... 868 01:02:21,989 --> 01:02:23,949 dare not, Benaiah. 869 01:02:27,453 --> 01:02:29,121 I'm not ready to die. 870 01:02:30,956 --> 01:02:33,500 Listen to me! 871 01:02:33,792 --> 01:02:35,562 You know as well as I, there's not a man in Israel 872 01:02:35,586 --> 01:02:38,714 fit to rule in the place of King David. 873 01:02:39,006 --> 01:02:40,758 Did you think I believed Adonijah 874 01:02:40,966 --> 01:02:42,760 could truly be a king?! 875 01:02:42,968 --> 01:02:44,595 He was but a pawn. 876 01:02:44,887 --> 01:02:46,639 The people's favorite, oh, yes, 877 01:02:46,847 --> 01:02:48,807 but ruler of Israel? 878 01:02:50,851 --> 01:02:52,102 And Solomon, 879 01:02:52,311 --> 01:02:54,188 that weakling? 880 01:02:54,480 --> 01:02:57,233 To rule over God's chosen people? 881 01:02:57,441 --> 01:02:58,484 No! 882 01:03:01,695 --> 01:03:02,947 Benaiah, 883 01:03:04,490 --> 01:03:06,533 the only real power to rule 884 01:03:07,826 --> 01:03:09,662 lies in the army. 885 01:03:09,870 --> 01:03:12,248 Only the army can save our nation. 886 01:03:12,456 --> 01:03:15,042 Let Solomon remain King, yes, 887 01:03:15,334 --> 01:03:18,087 but grant me my life, 888 01:03:18,295 --> 01:03:20,589 and together we will have the power. 889 01:03:22,216 --> 01:03:24,843 Israel needs the army, the army needs me. 890 01:03:25,052 --> 01:03:26,262 You... 891 01:03:26,470 --> 01:03:28,055 ...and me. 892 01:03:28,347 --> 01:03:29,390 Together, Benaiah, 893 01:03:29,598 --> 01:03:30,724 we will be the real power 894 01:03:30,933 --> 01:03:32,643 to guarantee Israel's glory. 895 01:03:32,851 --> 01:03:33,936 God's glory! 896 01:03:34,228 --> 01:03:35,521 But the King has commanded! 897 01:03:35,729 --> 01:03:37,815 Bathsheba has commanded! 898 01:03:38,023 --> 01:03:40,276 Solomon is too weak! 899 01:03:40,567 --> 01:03:42,903 You know I'm right, Benaiah! 900 01:03:43,988 --> 01:03:45,990 Is the mother's command 901 01:03:46,198 --> 01:03:48,492 greater than the will of God? 902 01:03:51,578 --> 01:03:53,163 Well, my friend, 903 01:03:54,290 --> 01:03:55,958 will you obey the king, 904 01:03:57,876 --> 01:03:59,878 the king's mother, 905 01:04:00,170 --> 01:04:02,089 or your God? 906 01:04:33,203 --> 01:04:34,413 Aarrgh! 907 01:04:50,429 --> 01:04:52,097 Mighty King. 908 01:04:53,557 --> 01:04:55,642 I thank you for your kindnesses to us 909 01:04:55,851 --> 01:04:57,519 and to our daughter. 910 01:04:57,728 --> 01:04:58,937 And what... 911 01:04:59,146 --> 01:05:01,273 I buy a good pearl when I can, 912 01:05:01,482 --> 01:05:03,609 for my daughter's future, you understand. 913 01:05:04,818 --> 01:05:06,695 But your bounty 914 01:05:06,904 --> 01:05:08,864 has far outshone their worth. 915 01:05:11,700 --> 01:05:12,951 Perhaps, they could be used 916 01:05:13,160 --> 01:05:14,953 in the temple. 917 01:05:15,162 --> 01:05:17,164 They're poor things, I know, 918 01:05:17,373 --> 01:05:18,874 but I give them to you. 919 01:05:23,253 --> 01:05:24,880 To you, Solomon, 920 01:05:25,089 --> 01:05:27,591 and to the great God we all serve, 921 01:05:27,883 --> 01:05:29,885 the God of Israel. 922 01:05:30,094 --> 01:05:32,346 I accept them with pleasure. 923 01:05:32,554 --> 01:05:34,765 And may God keep you all in His hands. 924 01:05:47,444 --> 01:05:48,444 We go! 925 01:06:37,453 --> 01:06:39,264 Now, will I prepare to build Your temple, Lord, 926 01:06:39,288 --> 01:06:41,248 here at the altar of Gibeon. 927 01:06:41,457 --> 01:06:43,667 I'll make sacrifices, 928 01:06:43,959 --> 01:06:45,544 cleanse my heart, 929 01:06:46,503 --> 01:06:47,796 and listen. 930 01:07:33,717 --> 01:07:35,385 Solomon. 931 01:07:35,594 --> 01:07:37,095 Enter, Solomon. 932 01:08:33,277 --> 01:08:35,737 Ask what you will of Me, Solomon. 933 01:08:38,907 --> 01:08:41,910 I'm only as a child, my Lord. 934 01:08:42,119 --> 01:08:44,830 I do not know how to go out or come in. 935 01:08:47,749 --> 01:08:49,876 Grant me the wisdom and knowledge 936 01:08:50,085 --> 01:08:51,086 to righteously rule 937 01:08:51,295 --> 01:08:53,046 this great people of yours. 938 01:08:54,881 --> 01:08:56,550 Because you have not asked for riches, 939 01:08:56,758 --> 01:08:59,344 or long life, or the lives of your enemies, 940 01:08:59,553 --> 01:09:00,971 I give you the wisdom of a clear 941 01:09:01,179 --> 01:09:02,639 and discerning mind. 942 01:09:02,848 --> 01:09:04,474 But you must walk in My ways, 943 01:09:04,683 --> 01:09:05,767 keeping My statutes 944 01:09:05,976 --> 01:09:08,437 and My commandments. 945 01:09:31,501 --> 01:09:33,003 This skirmish was simply a patrol 946 01:09:33,211 --> 01:09:34,546 to test our strength. 947 01:09:34,755 --> 01:09:36,632 Our scouts confirm massed forces 948 01:09:36,840 --> 01:09:38,800 just inside the Egyptian border, 949 01:09:39,092 --> 01:09:40,927 which can mean only one thing. 950 01:09:41,136 --> 01:09:42,387 The new pharaoh, Shishak, 951 01:09:42,596 --> 01:09:43,764 prepares to invade. 952 01:09:44,056 --> 01:09:45,140 Well, 953 01:09:45,349 --> 01:09:47,768 if we do have a war on our hands. 954 01:09:48,685 --> 01:09:50,479 God be with us. 955 01:09:53,398 --> 01:09:54,524 Jerusalem, 956 01:09:55,651 --> 01:09:56,818 the Egyptian border, 957 01:09:57,027 --> 01:09:58,528 Tyre. 958 01:09:58,737 --> 01:10:00,739 General Benaiah, I want officers to ride 959 01:10:00,947 --> 01:10:02,908 to every city in Israel measuring the distance 960 01:10:03,116 --> 01:10:04,743 and the number of days it takes. 961 01:10:04,951 --> 01:10:07,055 And I want to know the strength of our army in each city, 962 01:10:07,079 --> 01:10:09,873 foot soldiers, cavalry, charioteers. 963 01:10:10,165 --> 01:10:11,708 If we must fight, 964 01:10:11,917 --> 01:10:14,211 I want to know what chance we have. 965 01:10:17,923 --> 01:10:20,509 By royal decree, from today, 966 01:10:20,801 --> 01:10:22,641 the Kingdom of Israel and Judah will be divided 967 01:10:22,803 --> 01:10:25,305 into 12 provinces. 968 01:10:25,555 --> 01:10:27,557 I will appoint a governor over each, 969 01:10:27,766 --> 01:10:31,186 who will be responsible directly to me, 970 01:10:31,395 --> 01:10:33,021 who will administer law and order, 971 01:10:33,230 --> 01:10:36,733 and who will oversee the collection of taxes... 972 01:10:39,653 --> 01:10:41,113 ...which from today 973 01:10:41,321 --> 01:10:43,115 will be increased 974 01:10:43,407 --> 01:10:44,866 by one-tenth. 975 01:11:02,342 --> 01:11:04,010 Very impressive, General Benaiah. 976 01:11:04,302 --> 01:11:05,721 Yes, but they are few compared 977 01:11:05,929 --> 01:11:06,930 to the legions of Egypt. 978 01:11:07,139 --> 01:11:08,390 If they invade, 979 01:11:08,598 --> 01:11:10,934 there'll be many widows in Israel. 980 01:11:11,226 --> 01:11:12,602 When the Egyptians advance, 981 01:11:12,811 --> 01:11:14,521 fall back before them. Don't fight! 982 01:11:14,730 --> 01:11:16,898 Let thirst and the desert do our fighting for us. 983 01:11:17,274 --> 01:11:18,942 We can only fall back so far, my lord, 984 01:11:19,151 --> 01:11:20,151 before we must fight. 985 01:11:20,277 --> 01:11:21,987 Happily we won't have to. 986 01:11:22,195 --> 01:11:23,256 Your king is to be married, 987 01:11:23,280 --> 01:11:24,656 Benaiah! 988 01:11:24,865 --> 01:11:25,907 A wedding! 989 01:11:26,116 --> 01:11:26,908 I'm arranging to marry 990 01:11:27,117 --> 01:11:28,577 the daughter of the pharaoh! 991 01:11:28,869 --> 01:11:30,912 Let's hope she isn't ugly. 992 01:12:00,317 --> 01:12:01,693 No war! 993 01:12:01,902 --> 01:12:04,070 Peace through marriage! 994 01:12:04,279 --> 01:12:06,907 Our king is a brilliant statesman! 995 01:12:07,199 --> 01:12:09,993 Long live the King! 996 01:12:10,202 --> 01:12:12,788 Long live Solomon! 997 01:12:12,996 --> 01:12:14,748 Long live Solomon! 998 01:14:21,708 --> 01:14:23,460 Ah, Nathan! 999 01:14:23,668 --> 01:14:24,336 So, 1000 01:14:24,544 --> 01:14:26,463 how is married life? 1001 01:14:26,671 --> 01:14:28,381 Very pleasant. 1002 01:14:28,590 --> 01:14:30,550 Very pleasant, indeed. 1003 01:14:32,636 --> 01:14:35,263 The pleasures of the body are not to be missed, Nathan. 1004 01:14:35,472 --> 01:14:36,598 I have chosen to concentrate 1005 01:14:36,806 --> 01:14:38,850 on God's love, my lord. 1006 01:14:39,100 --> 01:14:40,393 Do you really think He meant you 1007 01:14:40,602 --> 01:14:42,729 to deny yourself, Nathan? 1008 01:14:42,938 --> 01:14:45,357 He made us this way, did He not? 1009 01:14:45,899 --> 01:14:47,108 Why would He not want us 1010 01:14:47,317 --> 01:14:49,152 to taste of the fruit? 1011 01:14:49,361 --> 01:14:51,237 God put many things on Earth 1012 01:14:51,446 --> 01:14:53,031 we are not to taste, my lord. 1013 01:14:53,239 --> 01:14:54,532 If it were not so, 1014 01:14:54,741 --> 01:14:56,660 we would not have a free will, 1015 01:14:56,868 --> 01:14:58,703 and He would not be God, 1016 01:14:58,995 --> 01:15:01,498 but simply the creator of blind animals. 1017 01:15:01,706 --> 01:15:03,917 But I have tasted. 1018 01:15:04,125 --> 01:15:05,794 And I like it. 1019 01:15:07,045 --> 01:15:08,213 You are allowed, 1020 01:15:08,421 --> 01:15:10,090 even required, my lord. 1021 01:15:10,298 --> 01:15:12,342 But I warn you, 1022 01:15:12,550 --> 01:15:14,678 be careful not to give yourself 1023 01:15:14,970 --> 01:15:16,513 to any woman, 1024 01:15:16,721 --> 01:15:19,224 so that she gains mastery 1025 01:15:19,432 --> 01:15:20,432 over your strength. 1026 01:15:21,059 --> 01:15:22,894 It may be too late, Nathan. 1027 01:15:23,103 --> 01:15:24,854 I'm exhausted! 1028 01:15:29,192 --> 01:15:30,193 But I have a matter 1029 01:15:30,402 --> 01:15:31,569 of some concern. 1030 01:15:32,654 --> 01:15:34,698 - Speak. - It is rumored 1031 01:15:34,990 --> 01:15:36,700 that you're allowing your Egyptian wife 1032 01:15:36,908 --> 01:15:38,243 to build a temple to Amon Ra. 1033 01:15:38,451 --> 01:15:40,495 I had to, of course. 1034 01:15:40,787 --> 01:15:42,787 It's a political marriage. It's part of the treaty. 1035 01:15:42,872 --> 01:15:45,417 I'm not going to war over one woman's temple 1036 01:15:45,625 --> 01:15:46,625 to a foreign god! 1037 01:15:46,668 --> 01:15:48,378 It's against God's law. 1038 01:15:48,628 --> 01:15:51,131 Does God want war, Nathan? 1039 01:15:51,339 --> 01:15:52,339 I think not. 1040 01:15:52,424 --> 01:15:53,758 What of your other wives? 1041 01:15:54,009 --> 01:15:55,260 I haven't got any other wives. 1042 01:15:55,468 --> 01:15:57,137 You may eventually have many wives. 1043 01:15:57,345 --> 01:15:58,656 You grant the same to all of them? 1044 01:15:58,680 --> 01:15:59,681 Nathan! 1045 01:15:59,889 --> 01:16:01,158 The thought of having many wives 1046 01:16:01,182 --> 01:16:02,642 is too terrifying to contemplate. 1047 01:16:02,851 --> 01:16:05,061 I can barely satisfy this one. 1048 01:16:10,900 --> 01:16:11,985 Nathan. 1049 01:16:12,193 --> 01:16:14,529 I worship the one true god. 1050 01:16:16,740 --> 01:16:17,740 He will understand 1051 01:16:17,866 --> 01:16:19,868 even if you will not. 1052 01:16:21,911 --> 01:16:23,163 The King must be aware 1053 01:16:23,371 --> 01:16:24,956 that any child from the daughter 1054 01:16:25,165 --> 01:16:26,416 of the Pharaoh of Egypt 1055 01:16:26,624 --> 01:16:28,168 cannot inherit the thrones 1056 01:16:28,376 --> 01:16:30,253 of Israel and Judah. 1057 01:16:31,838 --> 01:16:33,798 I am perfectly aware 1058 01:16:34,007 --> 01:16:36,009 of that, Zadok. 1059 01:16:36,551 --> 01:16:38,303 But the council must also be aware 1060 01:16:38,511 --> 01:16:40,638 that there are other reasons for marriage 1061 01:16:40,847 --> 01:16:42,265 than just the begetting of heirs. 1062 01:16:42,474 --> 01:16:43,714 I married the pharaoh's daughter 1063 01:16:43,892 --> 01:16:45,351 to avert war and bloodshed. 1064 01:16:45,560 --> 01:16:46,895 - But my lord... - Zadok, 1065 01:16:47,187 --> 01:16:48,855 in future, 1066 01:16:49,064 --> 01:16:50,231 be advised that I will marry 1067 01:16:50,440 --> 01:16:51,649 to consolidate my lands 1068 01:16:51,858 --> 01:16:53,943 and to promote trade. 1069 01:16:54,235 --> 01:16:55,779 I will marry to insure peace 1070 01:16:55,987 --> 01:16:56,988 with my allies, 1071 01:16:57,197 --> 01:16:59,157 to discomfort my enemies, 1072 01:16:59,449 --> 01:17:02,160 and to please myself. 1073 01:17:02,368 --> 01:17:04,621 And I assure you, 1074 01:17:04,913 --> 01:17:06,748 that I will marry to beget heirs 1075 01:17:06,956 --> 01:17:08,124 to the throne 1076 01:17:09,375 --> 01:17:10,919 when I am ready! 1077 01:18:49,767 --> 01:18:51,102 Is it always like this? 1078 01:18:51,311 --> 01:18:53,062 Oh, I find fathers always survive 1079 01:18:53,271 --> 01:18:54,564 the ordeal. 1080 01:19:11,331 --> 01:19:13,082 A boy! 1081 01:19:18,087 --> 01:19:20,840 A fine Jewish boy. 1082 01:19:21,132 --> 01:19:22,634 I shall call him Rehoboam, 1083 01:19:22,842 --> 01:19:25,136 as a sign that the people of Israel shall multiply. 1084 01:19:25,345 --> 01:19:26,971 Mother, 1085 01:19:27,180 --> 01:19:29,182 meet the heir to the throne of David. 1086 01:19:33,061 --> 01:19:34,562 A boy! 1087 01:19:34,854 --> 01:19:36,814 A boy! 1088 01:19:37,023 --> 01:19:38,524 The King has a boy! 1089 01:19:49,786 --> 01:19:51,066 The purchaser of the horse claims 1090 01:19:51,162 --> 01:19:52,997 he was not told of the vicious nature 1091 01:19:53,206 --> 01:19:54,624 of the beast. 1092 01:19:54,874 --> 01:19:56,459 Yet in the terms of the contract, 1093 01:19:56,668 --> 01:19:58,461 he was perfectly at liberty to try the animal 1094 01:19:58,670 --> 01:19:59,420 before offering payment, 1095 01:19:59,629 --> 01:20:01,464 or accepting delivery. 1096 01:20:01,673 --> 01:20:04,050 The seller has the right to remain silent 1097 01:20:04,259 --> 01:20:06,844 and let the buyer find any fault he can. 1098 01:20:07,053 --> 01:20:08,263 It is the buyer's fault 1099 01:20:08,471 --> 01:20:10,348 if he does not do so. 1100 01:20:12,141 --> 01:20:14,978 The buyer must pay full price. 1101 01:20:15,186 --> 01:20:17,230 - Thank you, my lord. - Thank you, my king. 1102 01:20:21,067 --> 01:20:23,528 Zadok, why are there so many people here today? 1103 01:20:23,736 --> 01:20:24,904 There is great interest 1104 01:20:25,113 --> 01:20:27,323 in the next case, my lord. 1105 01:20:27,532 --> 01:20:29,617 It came before the Provincial Governor 1106 01:20:29,826 --> 01:20:30,994 of Gilead. 1107 01:20:31,202 --> 01:20:32,662 Old Bengeber? 1108 01:20:34,080 --> 01:20:35,581 The facts are simple, 1109 01:20:35,790 --> 01:20:37,625 but the case, very complex. 1110 01:20:37,834 --> 01:20:40,670 Your judgment is eagerly awaited. 1111 01:20:48,886 --> 01:20:50,179 My Lord King, 1112 01:20:50,388 --> 01:20:52,682 the facts of this case 1113 01:20:52,890 --> 01:20:54,267 are well established, 1114 01:20:54,475 --> 01:20:55,977 and are not in dispute. 1115 01:20:56,269 --> 01:20:58,813 The two petitioners share a house 1116 01:20:59,022 --> 01:21:01,024 on the outskirts of Gilead, 1117 01:21:01,232 --> 01:21:02,608 where they ply their trade 1118 01:21:02,817 --> 01:21:04,444 as prostitutes. 1119 01:21:04,986 --> 01:21:06,779 Some six months ago, 1120 01:21:06,988 --> 01:21:09,240 one gave birth, 1121 01:21:09,449 --> 01:21:10,658 and shortly thereafter, 1122 01:21:10,867 --> 01:21:13,077 the second did likewise. 1123 01:21:13,286 --> 01:21:16,956 Both had boy children. 1124 01:21:17,165 --> 01:21:19,417 This dispute arose 1125 01:21:19,709 --> 01:21:22,086 after one of the babies died. 1126 01:21:23,546 --> 01:21:25,465 You may each state your case. 1127 01:21:25,673 --> 01:21:27,633 You go first, you lying cow. 1128 01:21:27,925 --> 01:21:29,927 Then I'll tell the truth. 1129 01:21:33,014 --> 01:21:34,807 Well, 1130 01:21:35,099 --> 01:21:37,393 we each have our own room. 1131 01:21:40,271 --> 01:21:42,815 Are you a citizen of this country? 1132 01:21:44,025 --> 01:21:45,735 Yet you show no respect 1133 01:21:45,943 --> 01:21:47,278 to your king? 1134 01:21:50,615 --> 01:21:52,700 Now, rise. 1135 01:21:52,909 --> 01:21:54,243 State your name and the facts 1136 01:21:54,452 --> 01:21:55,870 as you see them. 1137 01:21:58,122 --> 01:21:59,665 My name is Basemabh. 1138 01:22:01,584 --> 01:22:04,003 It was just us in the house. 1139 01:22:04,962 --> 01:22:06,756 Us and our babies. 1140 01:22:08,257 --> 01:22:11,094 I'd gone to bed with little Joachim. 1141 01:22:12,387 --> 01:22:14,305 - That's his name. - Michael! 1142 01:22:14,514 --> 01:22:16,849 - Michael is his name! - Silence! 1143 01:22:21,145 --> 01:22:23,398 Me and Joachim 1144 01:22:23,606 --> 01:22:24,899 went to sleep. 1145 01:22:27,276 --> 01:22:30,446 And I'd given him a good meal, 1146 01:22:30,655 --> 01:22:33,408 and he was a happy little baby. 1147 01:22:33,658 --> 01:22:36,869 Well, that pig must have rolled on her baby 1148 01:22:37,078 --> 01:22:38,788 and killed him, 1149 01:22:39,038 --> 01:22:40,081 because when I woke up, 1150 01:22:40,289 --> 01:22:43,084 there was her baby beside me, 1151 01:22:43,376 --> 01:22:45,086 dead, 1152 01:22:45,294 --> 01:22:46,879 and my Joachim was gone. 1153 01:22:47,088 --> 01:22:48,589 - Liar! - Silence! 1154 01:22:48,798 --> 01:22:50,550 A mother knows her own baby! 1155 01:22:50,758 --> 01:22:51,843 That is my baby! 1156 01:22:52,051 --> 01:22:53,886 Silence! 1157 01:22:54,095 --> 01:22:56,305 I'd pick him out from a thousand! 1158 01:23:29,005 --> 01:23:30,590 What is your name? 1159 01:23:30,798 --> 01:23:32,550 Hannah, my lord. 1160 01:23:34,218 --> 01:23:36,220 Tell your story, Hannah. 1161 01:23:36,429 --> 01:23:37,805 It's a pack of lies! 1162 01:23:38,014 --> 01:23:40,391 She's clumsy enough to smother her own child, 1163 01:23:40,600 --> 01:23:43,019 and thinks she can get away with claiming mine! 1164 01:23:43,311 --> 01:23:45,188 That's my Michael! 1165 01:23:45,396 --> 01:23:46,814 And no woman, 1166 01:23:47,106 --> 01:23:48,399 or man 1167 01:23:48,608 --> 01:23:49,734 on earth 1168 01:23:49,942 --> 01:23:52,653 is going to take him away from me, 1169 01:23:52,862 --> 01:23:54,947 Your Majesty. 1170 01:23:55,239 --> 01:23:58,284 That is for the King to decide. 1171 01:24:06,751 --> 01:24:08,669 Was no midwife present? 1172 01:24:08,878 --> 01:24:10,254 No, my lord. 1173 01:24:14,717 --> 01:24:16,677 Lay the child on that table. 1174 01:24:20,431 --> 01:24:22,350 My judgment is this, 1175 01:24:23,935 --> 01:24:26,103 since both women claim the living child 1176 01:24:26,312 --> 01:24:28,314 and neither claim the dead child, 1177 01:24:28,523 --> 01:24:29,523 it is therefore fair 1178 01:24:29,649 --> 01:24:30,649 that they should share 1179 01:24:30,775 --> 01:24:33,152 the living child. 1180 01:24:33,402 --> 01:24:35,696 So, I will cut the child in half. 1181 01:24:44,205 --> 01:24:45,915 Spare my baby! 1182 01:24:47,583 --> 01:24:49,043 Don't kill him! 1183 01:24:54,340 --> 01:24:55,716 She can have him. 1184 01:25:10,147 --> 01:25:11,857 God bless this child... 1185 01:25:12,066 --> 01:25:13,693 God bless this child. 1186 01:25:13,901 --> 01:25:15,152 ...and his children's children. 1187 01:25:15,361 --> 01:25:17,655 And his children's children. 1188 01:25:20,741 --> 01:25:22,577 And most of all, 1189 01:25:25,871 --> 01:25:27,707 his true mother. 1190 01:25:45,975 --> 01:25:48,185 Solomon! Solomon! 1191 01:25:48,394 --> 01:25:50,021 Solomon! Solomon! 1192 01:25:50,229 --> 01:25:52,398 Solomon! Solomon! 1193 01:25:52,607 --> 01:25:54,734 Solomon! Solomon! 1194 01:25:54,942 --> 01:25:56,944 Solomon! Solomon! 1195 01:25:57,153 --> 01:25:59,488 Solomon! Solomon! 1196 01:25:59,697 --> 01:26:01,490 Solomon! Solomon! 1197 01:26:01,699 --> 01:26:03,826 Solomon! Solomon! 1198 01:26:04,035 --> 01:26:06,037 Solomon! Solomon! 1199 01:26:22,970 --> 01:26:24,722 He spoke to the crowd and said, 1200 01:26:24,930 --> 01:26:25,930 "It is my judgment 1201 01:26:26,098 --> 01:26:27,098 that both women 1202 01:26:27,141 --> 01:26:28,267 should share the child." 1203 01:26:28,476 --> 01:26:30,061 This is not wise. 1204 01:26:30,269 --> 01:26:31,604 A child cannot have two mothers. 1205 01:26:31,812 --> 01:26:33,439 They will fight and ruin its childhood. 1206 01:26:33,648 --> 01:26:34,649 He took the baby, 1207 01:26:34,857 --> 01:26:36,108 laid it on a table, 1208 01:26:36,400 --> 01:26:38,819 drew a sword from a nearby soldier 1209 01:26:39,028 --> 01:26:40,655 and what do you think he did? 1210 01:26:40,946 --> 01:26:42,323 I don't know. 1211 01:26:42,531 --> 01:26:43,741 Killed one of the mothers? 1212 01:26:43,949 --> 01:26:45,743 He raised the sword over the baby 1213 01:26:45,951 --> 01:26:48,579 and declared he was going to cut it in half! 1214 01:26:48,871 --> 01:26:50,414 Brilliant! 1215 01:26:50,623 --> 01:26:52,063 When the real mother saw he was going 1216 01:26:52,249 --> 01:26:54,293 to kill the baby, she ran forward... 1217 01:26:54,502 --> 01:26:56,587 And screamed for the baby to be saved... 1218 01:26:56,796 --> 01:26:59,757 Even if it meant giving the baby to the other woman! 1219 01:26:59,965 --> 01:27:01,759 Exactly, my queen! 1220 01:27:04,428 --> 01:27:05,888 Brilliant! 1221 01:27:18,150 --> 01:27:20,820 Back to work. Back to work. 1222 01:27:21,028 --> 01:27:24,156 Who is the idiot who is stopping the men from working...? 1223 01:27:26,283 --> 01:27:28,077 Rehoboam, my son... 1224 01:27:28,327 --> 01:27:30,931 ...I want you to meet the man who is in charge of all the building... 1225 01:27:30,955 --> 01:27:32,998 ...of this magnificent temple to God. 1226 01:27:33,249 --> 01:27:35,793 The finest architect in the world: 1227 01:27:36,127 --> 01:27:38,045 Hiram of Naphtali. 1228 01:27:38,254 --> 01:27:40,506 Say, "Rise Hiram of Naphtali.” 1229 01:27:40,715 --> 01:27:44,552 Rise, Hiram of Naphtali. 1230 01:27:44,760 --> 01:27:46,387 Accept the apology of the idiot... 1231 01:27:46,595 --> 01:27:48,431 ...who is stopping your men from working. 1232 01:27:48,639 --> 01:27:50,850 Back to work, back to work, the idiot is leaving. 1233 01:27:59,525 --> 01:28:01,944 I am very sorry, Your Majesty. 1234 01:28:02,153 --> 01:28:03,988 It is I who should apologize. 1235 01:28:04,196 --> 01:28:05,614 I was having too much fun. 1236 01:28:05,823 --> 01:28:08,743 Kings are not supposed to have fun. 1237 01:28:08,951 --> 01:28:11,328 - All goes well? - Yes, Your Majesty. 1238 01:28:11,537 --> 01:28:14,039 My men work hard and your people learn fast. 1239 01:28:14,248 --> 01:28:15,808 In a year or so, I shall be able to send 1240 01:28:15,958 --> 01:28:16,998 some of my foremen home... 1241 01:28:17,126 --> 01:28:19,044 ...and they can be replaced by your men. 1242 01:28:19,253 --> 01:28:21,255 - Excellent. - Some water? 1243 01:28:21,464 --> 01:28:23,257 Yes, thank you. 1244 01:28:31,265 --> 01:28:34,602 Your Majesty, may I be permitted a question? 1245 01:28:34,810 --> 01:28:36,270 Of course. 1246 01:28:36,479 --> 01:28:39,940 This temple, it will really be for God? 1247 01:28:40,191 --> 01:28:41,609 God will live there? 1248 01:28:41,859 --> 01:28:43,652 Yes, Hiram, God will live there. 1249 01:28:43,861 --> 01:28:46,781 But can God live on earth? 1250 01:28:48,491 --> 01:28:51,410 That's an interesting question, Hiram. 1251 01:28:51,619 --> 01:28:53,788 "Can God live on earth?" 1252 01:28:54,580 --> 01:28:56,499 Well, even Heaven cannot contain God... 1253 01:28:56,707 --> 01:28:59,251 ...much less this house that you are building. 1254 01:28:59,460 --> 01:29:01,462 But God said, "My name shall be there... 1255 01:29:01,712 --> 01:29:03,297 ...that you may heed the prayer 1256 01:29:03,506 --> 01:29:05,925 your servant prays towards this place." 1257 01:29:06,217 --> 01:29:10,012 I believe God wants us to have a place to look towards. 1258 01:29:10,221 --> 01:29:13,516 A place where we know he hears our prayers... 1259 01:29:14,308 --> 01:29:16,352 So you must do your best work, Hiram. 1260 01:29:16,602 --> 01:29:18,354 God said this house shall stand forever. 1261 01:29:18,562 --> 01:29:19,939 - Forever? - Forever. 1262 01:29:20,147 --> 01:29:23,359 I shall try my best, Your Majesty. 1263 01:29:26,737 --> 01:29:29,865 Who will oversee the men of Israel once your men are departed, Hiram? 1264 01:29:30,115 --> 01:29:32,243 Why, I shall, Your Majesty. 1265 01:29:32,451 --> 01:29:34,995 Men of Israel don't work well under foreign leadership. 1266 01:29:35,204 --> 01:29:37,414 Don't be offended. They're a difficult bunch. 1267 01:29:37,623 --> 01:29:41,043 Do you have an Israeli working for you who is industrious and able? 1268 01:29:41,252 --> 01:29:42,545 One you can trust? 1269 01:29:43,754 --> 01:29:45,548 Jeroboam. 1270 01:29:46,048 --> 01:29:47,716 Jeroboam! 1271 01:29:51,804 --> 01:29:53,264 Rise. 1272 01:29:54,723 --> 01:29:56,684 Hiram of Naphtali says that you're clever... 1273 01:29:56,892 --> 01:29:59,270 ...hard-working and able to lead men. 1274 01:29:59,895 --> 01:30:02,731 - This is true, Hiram? - It is, Your Majesty. 1275 01:30:02,982 --> 01:30:04,692 I'm going to take his recommendation... 1276 01:30:04,900 --> 01:30:06,902 ...and put you in charge of all of the laborers, 1277 01:30:07,111 --> 01:30:08,279 starting today. 1278 01:30:08,779 --> 01:30:12,199 - Yes, Your Majesty. - Make sure they work hard. 1279 01:30:14,994 --> 01:30:17,496 This is God's house you're building. 1280 01:30:18,289 --> 01:30:19,766 The temple will need musicians, of course. 1281 01:30:19,790 --> 01:30:20,499 Yes, my lord. 1282 01:30:20,708 --> 01:30:22,877 And I want only the very best, the most skilled. 1283 01:30:23,085 --> 01:30:24,771 I want the men who make the instruments, too. 1284 01:30:24,795 --> 01:30:25,254 Yes, my lord. 1285 01:30:25,462 --> 01:30:29,049 It will also be a school where all the arts and sciences are taught. 1286 01:30:30,551 --> 01:30:32,845 My children. 1287 01:30:41,020 --> 01:30:42,938 Enough. Enough. 1288 01:30:43,188 --> 01:30:46,525 Come and show your father what you have learned. 1289 01:30:48,193 --> 01:30:49,945 Come on. 1290 01:31:01,624 --> 01:31:03,250 Turn. 1291 01:31:21,310 --> 01:31:23,145 Every one of my wives... 1292 01:31:26,440 --> 01:31:28,817 Every one of them says that you are an old lizard... 1293 01:31:29,026 --> 01:31:31,153 ...and you're not putting their child in the front row 1294 01:31:31,362 --> 01:31:32,881 or heeding their child's particular talents... 1295 01:31:32,905 --> 01:31:34,740 Silence. Watch the dance. 1296 01:31:39,912 --> 01:31:41,622 Wives. 1297 01:31:41,830 --> 01:31:43,624 I wish I could cut some of them in half. 1298 01:31:43,874 --> 01:31:46,043 You're a fool to have so many wives. 1299 01:31:46,251 --> 01:31:48,212 I ike women, Mother. 1300 01:31:48,420 --> 01:31:51,507 Moses said a man shouldn't acquire many wives... 1301 01:31:51,757 --> 01:31:53,509 ...or else his heart turns away. 1302 01:31:53,717 --> 01:31:56,553 But I'm not a man. I'm a king. 1303 01:31:56,762 --> 01:31:59,473 Moses was talking about a king. 1304 01:31:59,932 --> 01:32:01,684 No, keep together. 1305 01:32:01,934 --> 01:32:04,395 No, no, no. The left foot. 1306 01:32:04,603 --> 01:32:06,438 I've told you and told you and told you. 1307 01:32:06,647 --> 01:32:11,819 You do not go beyond that circle before you start to turn. 1308 01:32:15,990 --> 01:32:17,491 Oh, no. 1309 01:32:18,575 --> 01:32:20,786 - The queen. - Oh, no. 1310 01:32:23,205 --> 01:32:25,207 - What is she doing? - Mother. 1311 01:32:26,834 --> 01:32:29,503 - Mother. - What's wrong with her? 1312 01:32:39,179 --> 01:32:41,807 David, my love? 1313 01:32:42,891 --> 01:32:44,727 No, Mother. 1314 01:32:45,144 --> 01:32:48,063 It's your son, Solomon. 1315 01:32:49,606 --> 01:32:51,734 Of course. 1316 01:32:53,110 --> 01:32:57,406 My mind is wandering... 1317 01:32:59,074 --> 01:33:02,161 ...ahead of my body. 1318 01:33:04,163 --> 01:33:06,290 Solomon... 1319 01:33:06,498 --> 01:33:12,588 ...do you remember the psalm David wrote... 1320 01:33:12,796 --> 01:33:15,758 ...after he sinned with me? 1321 01:33:17,301 --> 01:33:19,970 Do good to Zion... 1322 01:33:20,804 --> 01:33:23,974 ...In your good pleasure. 1323 01:33:25,017 --> 01:33:28,604 And rebuild the walls of Jerusalem... 1324 01:33:29,480 --> 01:33:33,317 ...and then you will delight in the right sacrifices... 1325 01:33:33,525 --> 01:33:35,736 ...burnt offerings. 1326 01:33:36,445 --> 01:33:40,199 Then bulls will be offered on your altar. 1327 01:33:41,366 --> 01:33:46,872 Bulls will be offered on your altar... 1328 01:33:47,498 --> 01:33:49,458 ...Solomon. 1329 01:35:51,788 --> 01:35:52,998 Who's there? 1330 01:35:58,712 --> 01:36:00,422 Can I help, Your Majesty? 1331 01:36:02,591 --> 01:36:04,051 Did you see me fall? 1332 01:36:04,301 --> 01:36:07,471 Fall? No. No, of course not, Your Majesty. 1333 01:36:07,971 --> 01:36:10,933 Of course you saw me fall, but your diplomacy is appreciated. 1334 01:36:11,141 --> 01:36:12,434 Who are you? 1335 01:36:12,643 --> 01:36:14,228 Jeroboam, Your Majesty. 1336 01:36:14,436 --> 01:36:16,271 - You appointed me over... - Yes, I remember. 1337 01:36:16,521 --> 01:36:18,106 Over the laborers. 1338 01:36:18,690 --> 01:36:20,234 Come and help me. 1339 01:36:21,944 --> 01:36:24,863 - Is it permitted? - Of course it isn't permitted. 1340 01:36:25,072 --> 01:36:27,157 If the priests catch us, they'll stone us both. 1341 01:36:27,366 --> 01:36:29,243 Now get in here. 1342 01:36:34,331 --> 01:36:35,540 Now come and boost me up. 1343 01:36:35,791 --> 01:36:38,418 I want to polish the eyes of the cherubim. 1344 01:36:40,545 --> 01:36:43,757 Jeroboam, if the king wishes to polish the eyes of the cherubim... 1345 01:36:43,966 --> 01:36:45,133 ...you don't question him. 1346 01:36:45,384 --> 01:36:47,719 You help him polish the eyes of the cherubim, right? 1347 01:36:47,928 --> 01:36:50,264 - Yes, of course, Your Majesty. - Come on. 1348 01:36:50,973 --> 01:36:52,432 Come on. 1349 01:36:54,309 --> 01:37:00,440 It is one of the duties of the king to polish the eyes of the cherubim. 1350 01:37:00,649 --> 01:37:02,025 Give me your arm. 1351 01:37:02,234 --> 01:37:04,444 - Didn't you know that? - No, Your Majesty. 1352 01:37:04,653 --> 01:37:07,281 Oh, yes. A solemn duty. 1353 01:37:07,781 --> 01:37:10,284 Then why do you have to sneak past the priests to do it? 1354 01:37:19,376 --> 01:37:21,962 Your king is crazy, Jeroboam. 1355 01:37:22,170 --> 01:37:24,506 But only you know this. 1356 01:37:25,841 --> 01:37:28,510 Guard the secret with your life. 1357 01:37:28,927 --> 01:37:30,929 I'm afraid it's too late, Your Majesty. 1358 01:37:31,138 --> 01:37:32,347 The secret's out. 1359 01:38:56,932 --> 01:38:58,517 Arise, O Lord. 1360 01:38:58,725 --> 01:39:01,103 Let your enemies be scattered. 1361 01:39:01,311 --> 01:39:05,690 Let those that hate thee flee from before thee. 1362 01:40:06,751 --> 01:40:09,504 Praise the Lord God of Israel. 1363 01:40:10,547 --> 01:40:13,967 He has kept all his promises made to the king, my father. 1364 01:40:14,718 --> 01:40:18,847 And I in turn have kept my vows both to God... 1365 01:40:19,097 --> 01:40:21,183 ...and to my father. 1366 01:40:21,683 --> 01:40:26,438 The people of Israel have built this temple... 1367 01:40:27,105 --> 01:40:31,526 ...as a dwelling place for the god most high... 1368 01:40:31,776 --> 01:40:38,158 ...and as a resting place for this Holy Ark of the Covenant. 1369 01:40:38,617 --> 01:40:43,830 It is fitting that the laws given to Moses by the Lord God himself... 1370 01:40:44,289 --> 01:40:47,667 ...should be kept forever in His house. 1371 01:40:47,876 --> 01:40:52,839 Grant, Lord God, that we keep your laws... 1372 01:40:53,089 --> 01:40:56,176 ...and please you in all that we do... 1373 01:40:56,384 --> 01:41:01,306 ...both from this day and forever more. 1374 01:41:01,932 --> 01:41:07,020 I pray you, look kindly on this place... 1375 01:41:07,229 --> 01:41:10,065 ...and make it a house of prayer... 1376 01:41:11,107 --> 01:41:17,405 ...for all nations and all peoples. 1377 01:43:02,594 --> 01:43:04,554 Why downcast? 1378 01:43:05,013 --> 01:43:07,265 And on this, of all days. 1379 01:43:08,892 --> 01:43:10,894 It is not easy to put into words, Jeroboam. 1380 01:43:12,729 --> 01:43:15,857 If Solomon can't, no one can. 1381 01:43:17,942 --> 01:43:19,861 Seven years. 1382 01:43:20,070 --> 01:43:25,784 Seven years with one object, one ambition, one dream. 1383 01:43:26,534 --> 01:43:28,453 Now it is finished. 1384 01:43:29,329 --> 01:43:31,164 What else is there for me to do? 1385 01:43:33,124 --> 01:43:36,169 I have not the wisdom to answer such a question. 1386 01:43:39,005 --> 01:43:43,927 But my answer would be to continue to serve God. 1387 01:43:59,192 --> 01:44:01,820 I told you, he has 16 wives. 1388 01:44:37,814 --> 01:44:40,483 Long live King Solomon. 1389 01:44:46,030 --> 01:44:49,451 - Abishag. - Come, let's get some food. 1390 01:44:50,160 --> 01:44:51,911 Abishag. 1391 01:44:53,037 --> 01:44:54,414 My lord king. 1392 01:44:54,873 --> 01:44:56,166 I don't believe it. 1393 01:44:56,416 --> 01:45:00,003 Please. I'd rather no one knew who I was. 1394 01:45:00,712 --> 01:45:03,506 - How are you? - Well, my lord. 1395 01:45:04,007 --> 01:45:06,342 And your parents? Are they here? 1396 01:45:06,551 --> 01:45:08,303 Of course. 1397 01:45:08,511 --> 01:45:09,971 The whole world is here. 1398 01:45:10,180 --> 01:45:12,307 Nothing would keep my father away. 1399 01:45:12,515 --> 01:45:15,894 My husband, my two children. We are all here. 1400 01:45:16,102 --> 01:45:17,854 You are married? 1401 01:45:18,521 --> 01:45:19,814 How wonderful. 1402 01:45:20,565 --> 01:45:22,817 Would you honor us with your presence? 1403 01:45:23,276 --> 01:45:25,403 Nothing would give me more pleasure. 1404 01:45:25,612 --> 01:45:28,740 - Where's your tent? - Here. 1405 01:45:39,083 --> 01:45:41,795 Oh, these are fine children. 1406 01:45:42,420 --> 01:45:44,172 They're a credit to you both. 1407 01:45:46,883 --> 01:45:49,719 I'd love to give them something, but I brought nothing with me. 1408 01:45:49,928 --> 01:45:51,554 Nothing, great one? 1409 01:45:51,763 --> 01:45:54,349 Your blessing would be worth more than gold. 1410 01:45:59,479 --> 01:46:01,689 Dear Lord, bless these children. 1411 01:46:01,940 --> 01:46:03,858 Keep them safe in your hands. 1412 01:46:05,568 --> 01:46:07,904 May you prosper like your noble grandfather. 1413 01:46:12,575 --> 01:46:15,703 And may you be as beautiful and pure in spirit as your mother. 1414 01:46:18,748 --> 01:46:20,416 Lovely children. 1415 01:46:21,042 --> 01:46:22,502 Okay, go. Go, go now. 1416 01:46:22,710 --> 01:46:24,379 Go, go, go. 1417 01:46:26,589 --> 01:46:30,176 Your Majesty, if I may... 1418 01:46:30,385 --> 01:46:33,721 ...there is one little thing. 1419 01:46:33,972 --> 01:46:35,682 Great king. 1420 01:46:36,224 --> 01:46:38,726 It's hardly worth mentioning, really. 1421 01:46:44,232 --> 01:46:47,318 - The pearls I gave you. - Of course. 1422 01:46:47,527 --> 01:46:49,070 I am glad you asked. 1423 01:46:50,989 --> 01:46:53,533 I had them used as the eyes of the two great cherubim... 1424 01:46:53,741 --> 01:46:55,827 ...that guard the Ark of the Covenant. 1425 01:46:57,871 --> 01:47:02,750 My pearls are in the temple? 1426 01:47:05,670 --> 01:47:09,132 They look down on the Ark of God? 1427 01:47:09,340 --> 01:47:11,718 For all time, if God wills it. 1428 01:47:14,095 --> 01:47:17,432 Then I have not lived my life without purpose. 1429 01:47:20,184 --> 01:47:22,437 I can go happily to my grave. 1430 01:47:34,157 --> 01:47:38,244 Azarel, will you do me a favor? 1431 01:47:38,870 --> 01:47:41,247 Anything in my power. 1432 01:47:41,998 --> 01:47:45,209 Lend me a horse until dawn. I want to ride out into the desert. 1433 01:47:45,418 --> 01:47:47,128 I have only a donkey outside. 1434 01:47:47,337 --> 01:47:49,339 The horses are stabled some distance away. 1435 01:47:49,547 --> 01:47:51,007 A donkey will do. 1436 01:47:51,215 --> 01:47:52,425 A donkey? 1437 01:47:52,634 --> 01:47:54,302 A king on a donkey? 1438 01:47:55,178 --> 01:47:58,556 Kings have ridden on donkeys before, Azarel, and I'm sure they will again. 1439 01:47:59,682 --> 01:48:03,519 Well, then he is yours, magnificence, for as long as you wish. 1440 01:48:03,728 --> 01:48:05,396 Keep him. 1441 01:48:06,773 --> 01:48:08,483 Just until dawn. 1442 01:48:16,824 --> 01:48:18,743 But your wives are all ugly. 1443 01:48:18,952 --> 01:48:21,412 What do you mean my wife is ugly? 1444 01:48:44,394 --> 01:48:47,271 I have heard your prayer, Solomon. 1445 01:48:47,855 --> 01:48:52,443 I will grant your wish that I live in the temple you have built for me. 1446 01:48:52,652 --> 01:48:56,739 As for you, if you follow my laws, as did your father, David... 1447 01:48:56,948 --> 01:49:00,368 ...then I will be with you until the end of your days. 1448 01:49:00,576 --> 01:49:04,706 But if you turn away from me and serve other gods but me... 1449 01:49:04,914 --> 01:49:10,003 ...then I will destroy the temple that you have built for me. 1450 01:49:55,465 --> 01:49:57,341 Who are you? 1451 01:49:58,760 --> 01:50:01,554 What are these magnificent beasts? 1452 01:50:03,306 --> 01:50:05,224 Where are you going? 1453 01:50:06,851 --> 01:50:10,021 Hello? Hello, may I present myself? 1454 01:50:10,229 --> 01:50:12,273 I'm King Solomon, the king of Israel. 1455 01:50:17,278 --> 01:50:18,488 Actually, it's true. 1456 01:50:18,696 --> 01:50:20,865 I am the king of Israel. 1457 01:50:24,202 --> 01:50:25,453 Where are you going? 1458 01:50:26,079 --> 01:50:27,622 To Jerusalem. 1459 01:50:27,830 --> 01:50:32,418 Ride ahead and tell your king that the queen of Sheba is coming. 1460 01:50:40,134 --> 01:50:43,179 Thank you. I'll be sure to tell the king. 1461 01:51:39,152 --> 01:51:42,655 Jeroboam, do you think she is beautiful? 1462 01:51:42,864 --> 01:51:43,864 I certainly hope so. 1463 01:51:44,073 --> 01:51:46,868 You've asked me that a hundred times in the last hour. 1464 01:52:45,468 --> 01:52:48,554 I am King Solomon of Israel and Judea. 1465 01:52:49,055 --> 01:52:52,433 And I bid you welcome on behalf of all of my countrymen. 1466 01:52:52,642 --> 01:52:56,604 The fame of King Solomon has spread like a rising tide... 1467 01:52:56,812 --> 01:52:59,023 ...even as far as Axum and Saba. 1468 01:52:59,690 --> 01:53:02,235 I have crossed the desert for many months... 1469 01:53:02,485 --> 01:53:05,112 ...to bathe in the ocean of his wisdom... 1470 01:53:06,447 --> 01:53:10,660 ...and to see his considerable skills on a donkey. 1471 01:53:15,581 --> 01:53:18,834 I am Makeda, queen of Sheba. 1472 01:53:45,736 --> 01:53:47,655 They please you? 1473 01:53:48,698 --> 01:53:50,658 Yes, very much. We... 1474 01:53:50,866 --> 01:53:53,995 We have no tradition here of dancers like these. 1475 01:54:01,711 --> 01:54:02,878 They're beautiful. 1476 01:54:03,087 --> 01:54:05,881 - They are yours. - Mine? 1477 01:54:06,090 --> 01:54:08,009 I brought them for you. 1478 01:54:16,767 --> 01:54:18,644 A riddle for you, Your Majesty. 1479 01:54:19,770 --> 01:54:22,982 How can you see through sand? 1480 01:54:23,649 --> 01:54:24,942 You mean across sand? 1481 01:54:25,151 --> 01:54:27,111 No, through sand, Your Majesty. 1482 01:54:27,445 --> 01:54:30,531 - These are made from sand. - How? 1483 01:54:30,740 --> 01:54:32,199 Heated until it becomes liquid. 1484 01:54:32,408 --> 01:54:35,411 Then cooled into thin sheets with air from the lungs. 1485 01:54:35,619 --> 01:54:36,912 What is it called? 1486 01:54:37,121 --> 01:54:40,374 "Glass," from Phoenicia. 1487 01:54:45,046 --> 01:54:47,882 - Fabric from India. - Beautiful. 1488 01:54:48,716 --> 01:54:50,551 Precious wood. 1489 01:54:51,927 --> 01:54:53,179 Also from India. 1490 01:54:53,387 --> 01:54:54,972 It smells wonderful. 1491 01:54:55,181 --> 01:54:57,516 Peaches, oranges, figs. 1492 01:54:58,809 --> 01:55:00,227 Cheese. 1493 01:55:00,436 --> 01:55:02,730 Lentil, millet. 1494 01:55:04,190 --> 01:55:05,691 Fine herbs. 1495 01:55:06,942 --> 01:55:08,319 Salt from the Dead Sea. 1496 01:55:08,527 --> 01:55:09,987 Very good in small amounts. 1497 01:55:10,196 --> 01:55:13,491 Deer, roebuck, gazelle. 1498 01:55:13,783 --> 01:55:15,534 This is game fowl. 1499 01:55:16,410 --> 01:55:17,703 Look at those. 1500 01:55:20,748 --> 01:55:23,417 This is my favorite. 1501 01:55:24,543 --> 01:55:25,586 Fatted goose from Egypt. 1502 01:55:25,795 --> 01:55:27,880 Have you ever tasted goose, Your Majesty? 1503 01:55:28,130 --> 01:55:29,548 Never. 1504 01:55:43,020 --> 01:55:46,774 Oh, you must try this. 1505 01:55:46,982 --> 01:55:50,569 This is the sweetest thing you have ever tasted. 1506 01:55:50,778 --> 01:55:53,572 Sugar cane from the Nile. 1507 01:55:59,370 --> 01:56:00,996 Very good. 1508 01:56:01,205 --> 01:56:03,082 But not as sweet as my sugar cane. 1509 01:56:03,666 --> 01:56:05,084 You've tasted this before? 1510 01:56:05,292 --> 01:56:07,294 My country is on the Nile. 1511 01:56:09,422 --> 01:56:11,715 It is a very long river, Your Majesty. 1512 01:56:12,675 --> 01:56:15,928 We have grown sugar cane since the beginning of time. 1513 01:56:35,781 --> 01:56:39,118 - Is this a shrine to Astarte? - It is. 1514 01:56:39,326 --> 01:56:41,912 How can this be allowed? You worship your one god. 1515 01:56:42,121 --> 01:56:43,622 We're a trading nation. 1516 01:56:43,873 --> 01:56:45,916 Merchants come from all over the world. 1517 01:56:46,125 --> 01:56:49,128 If they couldn't worship their gods, they'd go somewhere else. 1518 01:56:49,378 --> 01:56:53,549 How strange. To put trade before faith? 1519 01:56:53,757 --> 01:56:56,343 Now you sound like my priests. 1520 01:57:12,109 --> 01:57:15,112 - Something is wrong with the fruit? - Nothing. 1521 01:57:15,321 --> 01:57:17,114 Just an ant. 1522 01:57:17,323 --> 01:57:18,657 Just an ant? 1523 01:57:19,408 --> 01:57:21,827 You should consider them. 1524 01:57:21,994 --> 01:57:24,079 I've learned much from watching ants. 1525 01:57:25,372 --> 01:57:29,168 - You watch the ants? - Oh, yes, it's fascinating. 1526 01:57:29,543 --> 01:57:32,588 We think the lion king among beasts, but what does he do? 1527 01:57:32,796 --> 01:57:35,841 He finds his lair, he does not build it. 1528 01:57:36,091 --> 01:57:39,595 Then he would rather sleep while his lioness does the hunting. 1529 01:57:39,803 --> 01:57:43,224 But the ant builds his own city. 1530 01:57:43,682 --> 01:57:45,893 They have their ruler, their soldiers... 1531 01:57:46,101 --> 01:57:48,854 ...and they all work together for the common good. 1532 01:57:49,313 --> 01:57:52,775 Oh, we would do well to study the ants. 1533 01:57:59,782 --> 01:58:02,201 But I wish they'd find their own food. 1534 01:58:05,162 --> 01:58:10,918 Joseph taught us all that forgiveness is God's way. 1535 01:58:11,126 --> 01:58:13,879 Even if you have been wronged... 1536 01:58:14,088 --> 01:58:18,801 ...you must look to God to know what he would have you do. 1537 01:58:20,344 --> 01:58:24,682 Now, who remembers the fourth commandment? 1538 01:58:25,808 --> 01:58:27,643 Ready, begin. 1539 01:58:27,851 --> 01:58:31,772 Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long... 1540 01:58:31,981 --> 01:58:35,901 ...In the land that the Lord your God has given you. 1541 01:58:39,196 --> 01:58:41,031 Sisi. 1542 01:58:41,615 --> 01:58:44,410 Baladona, Hezezia. 1543 01:58:44,618 --> 01:58:46,245 Lezia. 1544 01:58:46,620 --> 01:58:48,414 Jonan. 1545 01:58:53,836 --> 01:58:55,754 Do you know them all by name? 1546 01:58:55,963 --> 01:58:59,425 If I forget, their mothers soon remind me. 1547 01:59:00,009 --> 01:59:03,053 And they all worship your God even though their mothers do not? 1548 01:59:03,262 --> 01:59:05,097 Oh, yes, especially my sons. 1549 01:59:05,306 --> 01:59:07,600 One day, I must choose a successor. 1550 01:59:07,808 --> 01:59:10,311 - Not the eldest? - That's not our law. 1551 01:59:10,561 --> 01:59:12,813 I was not the eldest and my father chose me. 1552 01:59:13,022 --> 01:59:15,816 And I am certain that he made the right choice. 1553 01:59:16,025 --> 01:59:19,528 He loved my mother above all his other wives. 1554 01:59:21,071 --> 01:59:23,616 So love made you a king. 1555 01:59:23,907 --> 01:59:25,784 Well, there are worse ways of choosing. 1556 01:59:25,993 --> 01:59:29,496 A king's heart is a stream of water in the hands of the Lord. 1557 01:59:29,705 --> 01:59:32,041 He turns it wherever he will. 1558 01:59:46,263 --> 01:59:48,766 The waters do not belong to you. 1559 01:59:53,103 --> 01:59:54,980 Neither do they belong to you. 1560 01:59:55,773 --> 01:59:57,983 They belong to God. 1561 01:59:58,692 --> 02:00:01,528 Do I lay claim to the air you are breathing now? 1562 02:00:01,737 --> 02:00:04,698 Is it mine since it is within my chamber? 1563 02:00:05,866 --> 02:00:09,870 You will both lose your share of the water for one month. 1564 02:00:10,496 --> 02:00:15,542 You will not be allowed to use the water for any purpose. 1565 02:00:15,918 --> 02:00:19,963 Perhaps this will remind you to thank God for what he has given you. 1566 02:00:31,392 --> 02:00:33,477 Next case. 1567 02:00:35,145 --> 02:00:40,859 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. 1568 02:00:42,945 --> 02:00:47,574 Keep the Lord's commandments and teachings as the apple of your eye. 1569 02:00:49,284 --> 02:00:53,163 Train your children well so when old, they will not fail you. 1570 02:00:57,167 --> 02:01:00,796 And he who loves discipline loves knowledge. 1571 02:01:01,004 --> 02:01:05,175 He who hates to be rebuked is stupid. 1572 02:01:05,759 --> 02:01:09,054 Also, those who belittle another lack sense. 1573 02:01:10,973 --> 02:01:13,517 And the righteous know the needs of their animals. 1574 02:01:13,726 --> 02:01:15,894 Only the wicked are cruel. 1575 02:01:18,605 --> 02:01:20,607 A soft answer turns away wrath. 1576 02:01:22,901 --> 02:01:25,362 The beginning of strife is like a leak of water. 1577 02:01:25,571 --> 02:01:29,408 So stop before the argument begins. 1578 02:01:35,247 --> 02:01:37,291 And remember... 1579 02:01:37,708 --> 02:01:40,753 ...the wise man remains silent. 1580 02:01:41,003 --> 02:01:45,382 So even fools who keep quiet can be considered wise. 1581 02:02:07,821 --> 02:02:10,073 I have another riddle for you. 1582 02:02:11,116 --> 02:02:15,204 What are the eight things that the Lord hates the most? 1583 02:02:17,790 --> 02:02:19,041 Let me see... 1584 02:02:20,125 --> 02:02:26,131 Hate, deceit, hypocrisy? 1585 02:02:28,300 --> 02:02:30,219 Haughty eyes... 1586 02:02:33,305 --> 02:02:34,723 ...two. 1587 02:02:35,974 --> 02:02:37,643 A lying tongue, three. 1588 02:02:41,688 --> 02:02:44,107 Hands that shed innocent blood... 1589 02:02:44,817 --> 02:02:46,235 ...five. 1590 02:02:49,196 --> 02:02:51,990 A heart that devises wicked plans... 1591 02:02:52,199 --> 02:02:53,826 ...SiX. 1592 02:03:00,624 --> 02:03:03,168 Feet that run towards evil... 1593 02:03:03,377 --> 02:03:04,628 ...eight. 1594 02:03:05,337 --> 02:03:10,133 The report that I heard in my own land of your accomplishments... 1595 02:03:10,342 --> 02:03:12,177 ...and of your wisdom was true. 1596 02:03:14,346 --> 02:03:17,266 Not even half has been told to me. 1597 02:03:17,933 --> 02:03:21,979 Blessed be the Lord your God who has delighted in you... 1598 02:03:22,229 --> 02:03:25,607 ...and set you upon the throne of Israel. 1599 02:03:26,233 --> 02:03:30,779 And the reports of your beauty and grace fall far short of the truth. 1600 02:03:39,329 --> 02:03:43,250 - Did you swim as a boy? - Yes, of course. 1601 02:03:43,458 --> 02:03:46,920 Do you still swim now that you're king? 1602 02:03:47,129 --> 02:03:49,006 Sadly, never. 1603 02:03:50,549 --> 02:03:52,175 Time again. 1604 02:05:09,378 --> 02:05:15,175 I called upon God and the spirit of wisdom came to me. 1605 02:05:15,842 --> 02:05:19,346 But in you there is an understanding... 1606 02:05:19,554 --> 02:05:21,181 ...clear... 1607 02:05:21,431 --> 02:05:23,392 ...undefiled, plain. 1608 02:05:24,559 --> 02:05:27,604 Loving the thing that is good. 1609 02:05:27,854 --> 02:05:30,524 You see as only a woman can. 1610 02:05:31,400 --> 02:05:34,403 A mirror to God's goodness. 1611 02:05:35,904 --> 02:05:38,740 You are the queen to my king. 1612 02:05:40,075 --> 02:05:43,328 I've sought you ever since I was a youth... 1613 02:05:43,537 --> 02:05:46,289 ...without knowing what it was I was seeking. 1614 02:05:47,916 --> 02:05:52,838 Solomon, more than anything else in the world... 1615 02:05:53,088 --> 02:05:54,715 ...I want to bear you a son. 1616 02:05:57,217 --> 02:05:59,469 Then our minds are as one. 1617 02:06:01,471 --> 02:06:04,349 More than anything else in the world, I want to marry you. 1618 02:06:05,517 --> 02:06:08,729 Do you imagine that I haven't thought about it? 1619 02:06:09,938 --> 02:06:12,024 Would you give up your kingdom for me? 1620 02:06:13,650 --> 02:06:16,028 Israel is more than a kingdom. 1621 02:06:17,446 --> 02:06:19,406 It is a faith. 1622 02:06:20,240 --> 02:06:23,035 It has been called by God to do great things. 1623 02:06:23,493 --> 02:06:24,870 Yes... 1624 02:06:25,078 --> 02:06:27,497 ...I have come to realize that. 1625 02:06:30,083 --> 02:06:32,002 Isn't the position already... 1626 02:06:34,254 --> 02:06:35,547 ...rather crowded? 1627 02:06:36,006 --> 02:06:37,758 They are nothing. 1628 02:06:38,967 --> 02:06:40,469 You are everything. 1629 02:06:40,969 --> 02:06:44,681 Solomon, I cannot abandon my people forever. 1630 02:06:44,931 --> 02:06:48,351 A crown is like a seam of gold. 1631 02:06:48,560 --> 02:06:51,354 There are always those who seek it. 1632 02:06:51,646 --> 02:06:54,441 One day, I will have to return. 1633 02:06:55,358 --> 02:06:57,360 But a boy from you... 1634 02:06:58,028 --> 02:07:00,447 ...that promises us a whole year together. 1635 02:07:01,865 --> 02:07:04,117 You shall have your year. 1636 02:07:05,869 --> 02:07:07,537 And I will... 1637 02:07:09,039 --> 02:07:10,290 ...be your wife. 1638 02:07:13,293 --> 02:07:16,254 Yes, I will. 1639 02:09:00,025 --> 02:09:01,318 Oh, my love. 1640 02:09:03,069 --> 02:09:05,864 How much better are your kisses than wine. 1641 02:09:27,844 --> 02:09:29,679 Oh, my love. 1642 02:09:30,972 --> 02:09:32,641 Oh, the scent of your body... 1643 02:09:34,309 --> 02:09:37,020 ...Is sweeter than all the spices of the earth. 1644 02:09:51,618 --> 02:09:52,827 My lord. 1645 02:09:53,078 --> 02:09:55,580 Not now, Jeroboam. I'm late to meet my queen. 1646 02:09:55,956 --> 02:09:57,540 They sent me to speak for them. 1647 02:09:57,791 --> 02:09:58,917 Who sent you? 1648 02:09:59,125 --> 02:10:01,211 The elders, the officers of the court. 1649 02:10:01,419 --> 02:10:04,130 They say we are friends. They say you will listen to me. 1650 02:10:04,339 --> 02:10:07,259 Very well. What is it? 1651 02:10:07,634 --> 02:10:09,386 Say it. 1652 02:10:10,387 --> 02:10:14,224 The ship of the state needs someone at the steering oar. 1653 02:10:16,101 --> 02:10:19,062 What does that mean, Jeroboam? 1654 02:10:19,604 --> 02:10:22,399 There are matters which demand your attention... 1655 02:10:22,607 --> 02:10:25,443 ...other than the queen of Sheba's thighs. 1656 02:10:25,902 --> 02:10:27,696 How dare you? 1657 02:10:27,904 --> 02:10:29,781 No one speaks to me like that. 1658 02:10:30,031 --> 02:10:33,118 Get out. Get out! 1659 02:10:37,289 --> 02:10:39,207 Jeroboam. 1660 02:10:52,095 --> 02:10:54,264 I apologize. 1661 02:10:54,848 --> 02:10:58,435 It is too easy for a king to avoid criticism. 1662 02:10:59,686 --> 02:11:01,980 Say your speech. 1663 02:11:03,106 --> 02:11:06,985 Taxes, forced labor. 1664 02:11:07,527 --> 02:11:10,488 The people would endure it while the temple was being built. 1665 02:11:10,697 --> 02:11:13,408 The temple is finished. The taxes should also cease. 1666 02:11:13,867 --> 02:11:16,328 You should show yourself in the provinces. 1667 02:11:16,536 --> 02:11:18,913 Popularity is a fickle thing. It could leave you. 1668 02:11:19,122 --> 02:11:22,834 And finally, your crown depends on the love of the people. 1669 02:11:23,293 --> 02:11:28,340 And, may I add, on the love of God. You have served him well in the past. 1670 02:11:28,590 --> 02:11:32,469 But is that a surety for now, for the future? 1671 02:11:34,095 --> 02:11:36,097 Jeroboam, listen to me... 1672 02:11:37,015 --> 02:11:39,684 ...and listen to me carefully. 1673 02:11:40,935 --> 02:11:43,104 I love her... 1674 02:11:43,938 --> 02:11:47,984 ...above duty, above health. 1675 02:11:48,568 --> 02:11:52,822 I choose her over light. 1676 02:11:53,406 --> 02:11:57,410 Because the light that radiates from her never dims. 1677 02:11:57,619 --> 02:12:00,580 She is my missing arm. No. 1678 02:12:01,247 --> 02:12:04,250 She's my entire body. 1679 02:12:05,293 --> 02:12:09,005 She's what I've always wanted without ever knowing my wants. 1680 02:12:11,883 --> 02:12:14,135 She's the breath of God. 1681 02:12:15,929 --> 02:12:19,682 Solomon, she's a woman. 1682 02:12:21,059 --> 02:12:22,936 Exactly. 1683 02:12:28,108 --> 02:12:29,943 Feel. 1684 02:12:36,699 --> 02:12:38,785 It's a boy. 1685 02:12:39,494 --> 02:12:41,454 I am sure. The way he kicks... 1686 02:12:43,289 --> 02:12:46,042 He will be a great athlete. 1687 02:12:49,295 --> 02:12:51,047 My love... 1688 02:12:51,965 --> 02:12:55,593 ...I have something to ask you, but I am at a loss for words. 1689 02:12:55,802 --> 02:12:57,595 You? 1690 02:12:58,304 --> 02:13:00,390 The wisest of the wise? 1691 02:13:00,598 --> 02:13:02,308 Ask. 1692 02:13:03,768 --> 02:13:05,728 If it is a boy... 1693 02:13:06,062 --> 02:13:08,440 ...I want him to be my heir. 1694 02:13:08,857 --> 02:13:10,692 King of Israel and Judea. 1695 02:13:11,317 --> 02:13:12,819 But... 1696 02:13:13,403 --> 02:13:16,114 ...you have promised it to Rehoboam. 1697 02:13:16,322 --> 02:13:17,740 He is to be your heir. 1698 02:13:17,949 --> 02:13:20,326 Unless I decide otherwise. 1699 02:13:20,743 --> 02:13:22,412 And I do. 1700 02:13:24,539 --> 02:13:26,207 Stay here with me. 1701 02:13:26,666 --> 02:13:29,085 We will raise a mighty king... 1702 02:13:29,294 --> 02:13:31,087 ...strong, wise... 1703 02:13:31,337 --> 02:13:33,631 ...whose voice will be heard throughout the land... 1704 02:13:33,882 --> 02:13:36,468 ...proclaiming the righteousness of the Lord. 1705 02:14:23,306 --> 02:14:25,183 I knew it. 1706 02:14:25,892 --> 02:14:27,477 A boy. 1707 02:14:27,685 --> 02:14:29,312 A boy. 1708 02:14:29,896 --> 02:14:32,023 A king. 1709 02:14:33,107 --> 02:14:34,817 I shall call you Menelek... 1710 02:14:35,610 --> 02:14:37,820 ...the chosen one. 1711 02:14:40,281 --> 02:14:41,741 Thank you, God. 1712 02:14:41,991 --> 02:14:43,701 Thank you. 1713 02:14:51,209 --> 02:14:53,586 No! It is out of the question. 1714 02:14:53,795 --> 02:14:56,965 It's outrageous that you could even contemplate such an act. 1715 02:14:57,173 --> 02:14:58,550 The throne is mine. 1716 02:14:58,758 --> 02:15:00,969 I have a right to choose my successor. 1717 02:15:01,177 --> 02:15:02,428 No, the choice is not yours. 1718 02:15:02,637 --> 02:15:06,140 It must be ratified by God, through the high priest and council. 1719 02:15:06,349 --> 02:15:08,184 King David chose me... 1720 02:15:08,434 --> 02:15:10,311 ...above all his sons, younger or older. 1721 02:15:10,520 --> 02:15:12,522 He chose you, yes. 1722 02:15:12,772 --> 02:15:14,232 But you were not made king... 1723 02:15:14,440 --> 02:15:16,359 ...until anointed by the High Priest Zadok. 1724 02:15:16,568 --> 02:15:19,195 Then and only then you became king, true? 1725 02:15:19,404 --> 02:15:22,782 Yes, yes, I went through the usual formalities. 1726 02:15:22,991 --> 02:15:24,784 "Usual formalities"? 1727 02:15:24,993 --> 02:15:27,033 You made one of the most sacred acts of our faith... 1728 02:15:27,245 --> 02:15:28,997 ...sound like a blessing before dinner. 1729 02:15:29,205 --> 02:15:30,873 She is not of our faith. 1730 02:15:31,082 --> 02:15:34,669 I don't know who she worships, but it is not the one true god. 1731 02:15:34,877 --> 02:15:37,589 She wishes to embrace our faith. 1732 02:15:37,797 --> 02:15:39,340 You know the law. 1733 02:15:39,549 --> 02:15:41,926 She must be one of us. 1734 02:15:42,135 --> 02:15:45,680 Raised and born in fear of the living God. 1735 02:15:58,568 --> 02:16:00,194 My friend... 1736 02:16:00,403 --> 02:16:05,241 ...force your will on this and you will lose your crown. 1737 02:16:08,077 --> 02:16:10,580 There would be a revolution. 1738 02:16:19,964 --> 02:16:21,674 Well? 1739 02:16:26,304 --> 02:16:32,143 The king, may he live forever, knows the law. 1740 02:16:32,352 --> 02:16:36,272 Neither I nor any priest in Israel... 1741 02:16:36,481 --> 02:16:40,234 ...would dare anoint the son of the queen of Sheba as heir. 1742 02:16:40,443 --> 02:16:42,820 That is the holy law... 1743 02:16:43,029 --> 02:16:46,449 ...and even kings must live and die by it. 1744 02:16:49,494 --> 02:16:51,079 That is your final word? 1745 02:16:51,329 --> 02:16:53,581 It is the holy law. 1746 02:17:28,157 --> 02:17:29,742 Don't ask. 1747 02:17:29,951 --> 02:17:31,786 Please. Please stay. 1748 02:17:31,994 --> 02:17:34,288 - To join your 700 wives? - Never. 1749 02:17:34,497 --> 02:17:37,625 I am the queen of my country, my son is the heir. 1750 02:17:37,834 --> 02:17:40,837 I have been blinded by my love for you... 1751 02:17:41,045 --> 02:17:43,631 ...but now they have let me see. 1752 02:17:44,048 --> 02:17:46,134 At first, I was a curiosity. 1753 02:17:46,342 --> 02:17:48,511 - Now I am a hated stranger. - Never hated. 1754 02:17:48,720 --> 02:17:50,680 You can rule your people, Solomon... 1755 02:17:51,139 --> 02:17:54,475 ...but you cannot command them to love me... 1756 02:17:56,060 --> 02:17:57,979 ...OrF Our son. 1757 02:18:32,972 --> 02:18:36,017 This city will be a tomb without you. 1758 02:18:38,394 --> 02:18:41,314 It was never possible, Solomon. 1759 02:18:42,190 --> 02:18:43,858 Never. 1760 02:18:45,109 --> 02:18:49,697 But I only began to live the day that I saw you on that donkey. 1761 02:18:53,075 --> 02:18:57,163 "LI am King Solomon. Who are you?" 1762 02:19:00,041 --> 02:19:05,254 I am the woman who will love you forever. 1763 02:19:08,758 --> 02:19:10,676 Our son... 1764 02:19:10,885 --> 02:19:13,262 Our son will have a crown. 1765 02:19:14,013 --> 02:19:16,432 He will rule my kingdom. 1766 02:19:17,266 --> 02:19:18,893 And, Solomon... 1767 02:19:19,143 --> 02:19:24,398 ...want him to rule under your God, whom I intend to make mine. 1768 02:19:25,900 --> 02:19:27,401 When I leave... 1769 02:19:27,902 --> 02:19:31,364 ...I would like to take some men learned in your faith... 1770 02:19:31,572 --> 02:19:33,783 ...to instruct our son. 1771 02:19:34,408 --> 02:19:36,285 I will do better than that... 1772 02:19:36,494 --> 02:19:40,873 ...since he is to be denied his right to rule here. 1773 02:19:42,416 --> 02:19:46,921 You and I will build a new Jerusalem, a new Israel in your land. 1774 02:19:47,129 --> 02:19:52,218 I will send priests, architects and settlers and soldiers... 1775 02:19:52,760 --> 02:19:56,430 ...and riches enough for him to rule in splendor. 1776 02:19:56,848 --> 02:19:59,517 Then I will give him another name. 1777 02:20:01,394 --> 02:20:06,357 I will call him David, in honor of your father. 1778 02:20:24,083 --> 02:20:25,877 Drop your arms from around me. 1779 02:20:26,377 --> 02:20:28,421 No, I cannot. I cannot. 1780 02:20:28,629 --> 02:20:30,381 You must. 1781 02:20:30,590 --> 02:20:32,800 You must do this for me or I can never leave. 1782 02:20:33,009 --> 02:20:35,469 I cannot. I cannot. 1783 02:20:35,761 --> 02:20:37,680 You are the king. 1784 02:20:38,306 --> 02:20:40,892 You must do what God has ordained. 1785 02:20:41,100 --> 02:20:43,978 You must give your life to your country. 1786 02:20:45,313 --> 02:20:47,273 You are my life. 1787 02:20:47,815 --> 02:20:50,359 And Israel is your country. 1788 02:20:50,568 --> 02:20:52,820 She must come first. 1789 02:20:58,618 --> 02:21:01,287 Drop your arms from around me... 1790 02:21:02,496 --> 02:21:04,373 ...and let me go. 1791 02:22:01,222 --> 02:22:03,599 Look at them. More gold. 1792 02:22:03,849 --> 02:22:06,227 Six hundred talents of gold, I've heard tell. 1793 02:22:06,435 --> 02:22:07,435 Six hundred? 1794 02:22:07,645 --> 02:22:10,231 That's a whole year of taxes for the entire country. 1795 02:22:10,439 --> 02:22:12,108 He's gone mad. 1796 02:22:12,316 --> 02:22:13,818 You never know what a man will do 1797 02:22:14,026 --> 02:22:15,903 when he starts thinking with his groin. 1798 02:22:16,404 --> 02:22:17,404 Look at them. 1799 02:22:17,571 --> 02:22:20,074 Our finest citizens, commanded to relocate. 1800 02:22:20,282 --> 02:22:22,952 I don't pay taxes to pour into some hole in Africa. 1801 02:22:23,160 --> 02:22:25,204 Why are we still paying these taxes? 1802 02:22:25,454 --> 02:22:27,164 I thought once the temple was built... 1803 02:22:28,249 --> 02:22:30,001 That's why. 1804 02:22:47,393 --> 02:22:49,854 What is this? 1805 02:22:50,563 --> 02:22:55,151 Gold cups! I want nothing but gold. 1806 02:23:15,379 --> 02:23:17,214 Gold. 1807 02:23:18,424 --> 02:23:20,051 Good. 1808 02:23:22,720 --> 02:23:25,097 Do you know why it is good, Jeroboam? 1809 02:23:25,306 --> 02:23:28,726 Because one man goes deep into the earth to dig it up... 1810 02:23:28,934 --> 02:23:33,064 ...another man melts it to make it pure... 1811 02:23:33,856 --> 02:23:35,775 ...another shapes it into a cup... 1812 02:23:36,025 --> 02:23:38,444 ...and another etches a beautiful design upon it. 1813 02:23:38,652 --> 02:23:40,196 Why? 1814 02:23:41,322 --> 02:23:44,950 So the king can have the very best, that is why. 1815 02:23:45,951 --> 02:23:48,079 All is vanity. 1816 02:23:49,455 --> 02:23:50,455 Solomon... 1817 02:23:50,581 --> 02:23:52,291 All things are wearisome, Jeroboam... 1818 02:23:52,958 --> 02:23:55,211 ...more than one can express. 1819 02:23:57,171 --> 02:23:59,090 The eye is not satisfied with the seeing... 1820 02:23:59,340 --> 02:24:01,509 ...the ear is not filled with the hearing. 1821 02:24:01,717 --> 02:24:04,303 Yet there is nothing new under the sun. 1822 02:24:04,512 --> 02:24:07,473 - Solomon. - I applied my mind... 1823 02:24:07,723 --> 02:24:10,392 ...to seek and search out wisdom... 1824 02:24:10,601 --> 02:24:14,563 ...and it is an unhappy business that God has given human beings... 1825 02:24:14,772 --> 02:24:15,981 ...for all is vanity. 1826 02:24:16,190 --> 02:24:18,692 You have acquired much wisdom, Solomon. 1827 02:24:18,943 --> 02:24:21,987 Much wisdom is much vexation. 1828 02:24:23,614 --> 02:24:25,950 Those who increase in knowledge increase in sorrow. 1829 02:24:26,158 --> 02:24:28,828 - That is not true. - No? 1830 02:24:29,578 --> 02:24:31,705 I said to myself, "Come, Solomon. 1831 02:24:31,914 --> 02:24:35,751 Make a test of pleasure. Enjoy yourself." 1832 02:24:36,544 --> 02:24:40,089 I searched with my mind how to... 1833 02:24:40,464 --> 02:24:42,091 How to cheer my body... 1834 02:24:42,299 --> 02:24:46,262 ...so that I might see what it was that mortals should do under heaven... 1835 02:24:46,512 --> 02:24:48,305 ...In the few days of their lives. 1836 02:24:50,432 --> 02:24:52,268 Vanity. 1837 02:24:53,811 --> 02:24:55,604 I made great works... 1838 02:24:55,813 --> 02:24:59,567 ...I have great possessions, delights of the flesh. 1839 02:24:59,775 --> 02:25:03,195 Whatever my eye desires I did not keep from them. 1840 02:25:05,447 --> 02:25:06,782 Vanity. 1841 02:25:06,991 --> 02:25:09,368 Solomon, you are a king to your people. 1842 02:25:09,994 --> 02:25:13,914 What happens to the fool will also happen to the king. 1843 02:25:14,790 --> 02:25:18,502 All come from dust, to dust all shall return. 1844 02:25:19,378 --> 02:25:22,798 Why then do I have to be so wise? 1845 02:25:24,216 --> 02:25:28,429 - Vanity. - You gave us the temple, Solomon. 1846 02:25:28,637 --> 02:25:30,806 The temple I must leave to those who come after. 1847 02:25:31,098 --> 02:25:33,184 Who knows whether they will be wise or foolish? 1848 02:25:33,392 --> 02:25:36,562 It is not for them, it is for me. 1849 02:25:36,770 --> 02:25:38,022 Vanity. 1850 02:25:49,450 --> 02:25:53,454 Jeroboam, what do mortals get from all the toil and strain? 1851 02:25:53,662 --> 02:25:56,624 All our days are full of pain. 1852 02:25:56,874 --> 02:25:59,168 Even at night our minds do not rest. 1853 02:25:59,418 --> 02:26:01,212 This is also vanity. 1854 02:26:01,462 --> 02:26:02,755 It is God's will. 1855 02:26:02,963 --> 02:26:06,926 Oh, God's will. 1856 02:26:07,468 --> 02:26:10,721 Every time a question is asked that cannot be answered... 1857 02:26:10,930 --> 02:26:15,184 ...someone always says, "It is God's will." 1858 02:26:15,392 --> 02:26:17,228 I believe God's will is already written. 1859 02:26:17,436 --> 02:26:20,356 Man has nothing to do with it. 1860 02:26:21,482 --> 02:26:23,859 There is a season for everything... 1861 02:26:24,068 --> 02:26:27,863 ...and a time for every purpose under the heaven. 1862 02:26:28,072 --> 02:26:30,741 All God's iron will. 1863 02:26:30,950 --> 02:26:32,993 A time to be born, a time to die... 1864 02:26:33,244 --> 02:26:36,705 ...a time to kill, a time to heal, a time to weep, a time to laugh... 1865 02:26:36,914 --> 02:26:41,794 ...a time to dance, a time to mourn. 1866 02:26:43,462 --> 02:26:45,381 God's will? 1867 02:26:46,173 --> 02:26:49,301 Business that God has given everyone just... 1868 02:26:50,052 --> 02:26:52,346 Just to keep them busy. 1869 02:26:53,013 --> 02:26:55,307 But we cannot know God. 1870 02:26:56,141 --> 02:26:57,935 We cannot find out what God has done... 1871 02:26:58,185 --> 02:27:00,271 ...from the beginning to the end. 1872 02:27:00,479 --> 02:27:04,275 Because what is already has been... 1873 02:27:04,525 --> 02:27:07,987 ...and what is to be already is. 1874 02:27:09,113 --> 02:27:11,573 Vanity is all there is. 1875 02:27:12,491 --> 02:27:15,244 The more words, the more vanity. 1876 02:27:18,747 --> 02:27:21,250 The race is not to the swift... 1877 02:27:21,458 --> 02:27:24,003 ...nor the battle to the strong nor bread to the wise... 1878 02:27:24,211 --> 02:27:26,755 ...nor riches to the intelligent... 1879 02:27:27,464 --> 02:27:31,427 ...but time and chance happen to them all. 1880 02:27:32,177 --> 02:27:36,515 Mere chance. Belief otherwise is vanity. 1881 02:27:36,890 --> 02:27:39,059 I believe in God. 1882 02:27:57,745 --> 02:28:00,456 Jeroboam, remember your creator in the days of your youth... 1883 02:28:00,664 --> 02:28:03,125 ...before the days of troubles come... 1884 02:28:03,834 --> 02:28:07,004 ...for the years draw near, faster than you think... 1885 02:28:07,212 --> 02:28:09,798 ...when you will say... 1886 02:28:12,176 --> 02:28:16,638 ...I have no pleasure. 1887 02:28:21,101 --> 02:28:23,771 When strong men are bent... 1888 02:28:24,855 --> 02:28:26,857 ...the golden bowl is broken... 1889 02:28:27,066 --> 02:28:30,903 ...and the breath returns to God who gave it. 1890 02:28:36,492 --> 02:28:38,786 Vanity of vanities. 1891 02:28:46,001 --> 02:28:48,128 All is vanity. 1892 02:28:54,593 --> 02:28:57,471 The king is here. He's here. 1893 02:28:59,264 --> 02:29:01,016 Quickly. 1894 02:29:02,351 --> 02:29:05,521 Welcome, my husband and king. 1895 02:29:10,067 --> 02:29:14,863 Is the great goddess Ashtoreth answering your prayers? 1896 02:29:15,072 --> 02:29:16,824 She doesn't have to answer our prayers. 1897 02:29:17,032 --> 02:29:18,158 She grants us children... 1898 02:29:18,367 --> 02:29:21,203 ...and cares for the spirits of our loved ones in the afterlife. 1899 02:29:21,453 --> 02:29:23,038 They shine down on us each night. 1900 02:29:23,247 --> 02:29:26,917 Make an offering to the mother of us all. 1901 02:29:27,126 --> 02:29:29,753 No, no, no, I worship the one true god. 1902 02:29:29,962 --> 02:29:31,422 Make an offering... 1903 02:29:31,672 --> 02:29:35,384 ...for the mother of true love and your children. 1904 02:29:35,592 --> 02:29:38,345 For the love you have shown me. 1905 02:30:37,029 --> 02:30:41,742 I am deeply divided within myself. 1906 02:30:41,950 --> 02:30:44,745 Solomon is my anointed king... 1907 02:30:45,704 --> 02:30:48,123 ...but I worship the true God... 1908 02:30:48,373 --> 02:30:51,335 ...and He will be my judge at my life's end. 1909 02:30:52,544 --> 02:30:54,463 That is why I have come. 1910 02:30:54,713 --> 02:30:57,132 I have seen with my own eyes... 1911 02:30:57,341 --> 02:31:01,261 ...our king worshipping this pagan goddess. 1912 02:31:01,553 --> 02:31:04,932 Jeroboam, you're not the first to tell us of these things. 1913 02:31:07,893 --> 02:31:09,436 There has been another ambush. 1914 02:31:10,062 --> 02:31:11,480 I know. 1915 02:31:11,688 --> 02:31:14,608 The taxes from Ephraim. Who stole them? 1916 02:31:14,858 --> 02:31:18,195 Probably by the very men who paid those taxes. 1917 02:31:18,403 --> 02:31:21,949 Zadok, men are starving, their families are starving. 1918 02:31:22,157 --> 02:31:24,159 They spit the king's name. 1919 02:31:24,368 --> 02:31:26,662 Oh, Solomon. 1920 02:31:27,621 --> 02:31:31,917 We must convince him to lift their burden. 1921 02:31:32,376 --> 02:31:35,128 I will have an audience with him. 1922 02:31:35,504 --> 02:31:39,341 Meanwhile, keep good watch on him... 1923 02:31:39,967 --> 02:31:41,885 ...for his own sake... 1924 02:31:43,679 --> 02:31:45,347 ...and for the whole kingdom. 1925 02:31:54,773 --> 02:31:58,026 Fruitful breasts, who rules over the universe... 1926 02:31:58,235 --> 02:32:01,488 ...without you, the river will not open. 1927 02:32:01,697 --> 02:32:04,950 Merciful lady, hear us. 1928 02:32:05,158 --> 02:32:09,371 Oh, mother of the fruitful breasts... 1929 02:32:09,580 --> 02:32:12,165 ...who rules over the universe... 1930 02:32:12,374 --> 02:32:15,627 ...without you, the river will not... 1931 02:32:17,337 --> 02:32:18,672 It is written... 1932 02:32:18,880 --> 02:32:22,050 ...that the children of Israel should beware... 1933 02:32:22,259 --> 02:32:25,512 ...of marrying outside the faith. 1934 02:32:25,721 --> 02:32:27,347 For those women... 1935 02:32:27,556 --> 02:32:31,476 ...will turn your heart away from the one true god. 1936 02:32:31,685 --> 02:32:35,355 Much is written. Little is understood. 1937 02:32:35,564 --> 02:32:37,232 You make sacrifices to gods... 1938 02:32:37,441 --> 02:32:42,446 ...that all true believers know to be obscene and wicked. 1939 02:32:42,654 --> 02:32:48,493 Great Solomon, if you persist in your worship of false gods... 1940 02:32:48,702 --> 02:32:51,997 ...you will bring God's anger on your own head... 1941 02:32:52,497 --> 02:32:55,542 ...and onto all this land of Israel and Judea. 1942 02:32:55,792 --> 02:32:58,837 I study the world. 1943 02:32:59,046 --> 02:33:03,175 It is possible to learn from the false as well as the true. 1944 02:33:03,383 --> 02:33:08,764 God has given me the gift of wisdom and I shall use it as I see fit. 1945 02:33:12,934 --> 02:33:18,482 Now, you stick to the tasks that God and I have given you, Zadok... 1946 02:33:20,442 --> 02:33:22,944 ...and I will stick to mine. 1947 02:33:29,242 --> 02:33:32,120 Self-righteous fools. 1948 02:33:33,163 --> 02:33:35,749 They know the law and they know you are breaking it. 1949 02:33:36,041 --> 02:33:38,877 It was I who was given the gift of wisdom. 1950 02:33:39,086 --> 02:33:42,089 By God himself, not those doddery old windbags. 1951 02:33:42,297 --> 02:33:44,341 They are God's representatives on earth. 1952 02:33:44,549 --> 02:33:48,679 I am God's representative on earth. 1953 02:33:48,929 --> 02:33:50,847 I am his anointed. 1954 02:33:51,056 --> 02:33:55,519 What business is it of theirs if I show a tolerance to foreign gods? 1955 02:33:55,769 --> 02:33:59,898 Building temples to them is more than showing tolerance. 1956 02:34:00,607 --> 02:34:02,526 What do you know? 1957 02:34:02,734 --> 02:34:04,820 You are a laborer. 1958 02:34:06,446 --> 02:34:12,786 This laborer thinks you should take one of your secret walks. 1959 02:34:21,586 --> 02:34:23,004 Get her up. 1960 02:34:24,464 --> 02:34:26,800 - What's she doing here? - Over here. 1961 02:34:29,094 --> 02:34:32,556 On a hill, not far from my farm. 1962 02:34:32,764 --> 02:34:36,017 You can see it from my sheep pens. An altar to Chemosh. 1963 02:34:36,226 --> 02:34:37,769 I keep my woman and kids inside... 1964 02:34:37,978 --> 02:34:39,813 ...under lock and key when they're about. 1965 02:34:40,021 --> 02:34:42,524 Disgusting. Shouldn't be allowed. 1966 02:34:42,774 --> 02:34:45,736 And do you know who I saw up there? The king himself. 1967 02:34:45,944 --> 02:34:47,988 Yes, it's true. 1968 02:34:48,196 --> 02:34:50,699 With his fancy women. All over them, he was. 1969 02:34:50,907 --> 02:34:52,826 "Yes, dearest. No, dearest." 1970 02:34:54,536 --> 02:34:56,997 They're all over the place, these altars. 1971 02:34:57,205 --> 02:34:59,624 Like a plague of boils. 1972 02:34:59,833 --> 02:35:01,293 Let's go and pull it down. 1973 02:35:01,501 --> 02:35:04,254 I mean it. Who's going to stop us? 1974 02:35:04,463 --> 02:35:05,964 Who would disagree with us? 1975 02:35:06,173 --> 02:35:07,924 You fools. 1976 02:35:08,133 --> 02:35:09,551 I'm no fool. 1977 02:35:09,760 --> 02:35:13,388 All of you. You're all fools. 1978 02:35:13,638 --> 02:35:16,558 Israel is surrounded by goddess worshippers. 1979 02:35:16,767 --> 02:35:18,059 Every other country. 1980 02:35:18,643 --> 02:35:22,314 And it's not only the king's wives, is it? 1981 02:35:23,482 --> 02:35:26,067 Many other citizens make secret offerings at those same altars. 1982 02:35:26,276 --> 02:35:27,611 There is only one true god. 1983 02:35:27,819 --> 02:35:29,821 How do you know? 1984 02:35:30,405 --> 02:35:32,866 This is how I know, pagan. 1985 02:35:33,074 --> 02:35:35,619 - Hey, what's going on? - Calm yourself. 1986 02:35:35,827 --> 02:35:37,496 Stop it, stop it. 1987 02:35:37,704 --> 02:35:39,581 Come on. 1988 02:35:39,790 --> 02:35:41,750 He's right, and you know it. 1989 02:35:42,042 --> 02:35:45,504 Sidon, you caught your wife not 10 days ago offering up. 1990 02:35:45,712 --> 02:35:47,756 Yes, and I beat it out of her. 1991 02:35:47,964 --> 02:35:49,758 She'll never worship false gods again. 1992 02:35:49,966 --> 02:35:53,094 Hebrews have been worshipping the goddess Ashtoreth for generations. 1993 02:35:53,345 --> 02:35:55,388 Thou shalt have no other god before me. 1994 02:35:55,889 --> 02:35:57,349 Get out. Get out. 1995 02:35:57,557 --> 02:35:59,601 Let's make sure. Let's knock it down. 1996 02:35:59,810 --> 02:36:01,478 Get out. 1997 02:36:08,610 --> 02:36:09,945 - Thank you. - Get out. 1998 02:36:10,195 --> 02:36:12,614 I believe in only one god. 1999 02:36:12,823 --> 02:36:14,574 Always will. 2000 02:36:55,365 --> 02:36:57,701 I carry nothing. 2001 02:37:01,162 --> 02:37:05,458 You carry a heavy burden of wrongs against the one true god. 2002 02:37:06,376 --> 02:37:11,006 Because you have turned against me and not kept covenant with me... 2003 02:37:11,381 --> 02:37:14,801 ...I will tear your kingdom from you and give it to your servant. 2004 02:37:15,510 --> 02:37:18,471 For your father David's sake, while you live, you shall rule... 2005 02:37:18,680 --> 02:37:22,058 ...but when you die, I will divide the kingdom. 2006 02:37:22,267 --> 02:37:26,187 I will give your son one tribe, but the rest will I tear from him. 2007 02:37:26,396 --> 02:37:29,941 Thus speaks the Lord, your god. 2008 02:38:00,931 --> 02:38:02,766 Leave me alone. 2009 02:38:03,475 --> 02:38:06,144 Where are you going? I will have you if I want you. 2010 02:38:06,353 --> 02:38:08,188 And I do want you. 2011 02:38:09,481 --> 02:38:11,358 Let me pass. 2012 02:38:13,026 --> 02:38:15,236 - What do you think you're doing? - Leave me alone. 2013 02:38:15,487 --> 02:38:17,405 - That's my daughter. - Do you know who I am? 2014 02:38:17,614 --> 02:38:19,616 - What are you doing? - I'm the son of the king. 2015 02:38:19,824 --> 02:38:22,744 - I don't care who you are, nobody... - Let him go, let him go. 2016 02:38:22,953 --> 02:38:24,412 He is who he says he is. 2017 02:38:24,621 --> 02:38:25,372 He insulted my daughter. 2018 02:38:25,580 --> 02:38:27,140 I don't care who he is. He has no right. 2019 02:38:27,248 --> 02:38:30,627 Give him over to my care. I will see the king hears of this. 2020 02:38:30,835 --> 02:38:32,921 I will see justice done. 2021 02:38:34,047 --> 02:38:37,634 I hope you will accept this as a fair recompense. 2022 02:38:38,843 --> 02:38:40,112 Thank you, my lord, you are generous. 2023 02:38:40,136 --> 02:38:41,697 But I still think I'm ruler in my own house... 2024 02:38:41,721 --> 02:38:45,100 Leave it to me. I will see that justice is done. 2025 02:38:50,146 --> 02:38:52,399 Solomon, you must speak with Rehoboam. 2026 02:38:52,607 --> 02:38:54,067 He's a disgrace to you. 2027 02:38:54,275 --> 02:38:57,237 He's young. I was just like him at that age. 2028 02:38:57,445 --> 02:39:00,407 No. Where you were proud, he is arrogant. 2029 02:39:00,657 --> 02:39:03,326 Where you were wise, he is opinionated. 2030 02:39:03,535 --> 02:39:08,164 Where you used your powers for the common good, he abuses them. 2031 02:39:08,373 --> 02:39:11,793 You cared about the people, he cares only for himself. 2032 02:39:12,002 --> 02:39:14,921 Every generation thinks their sons and their daughters... 2033 02:39:15,130 --> 02:39:16,715 ...are worse behaved than they were. 2034 02:39:16,923 --> 02:39:20,927 - It is the way of the world. - It isn't our sons and daughters. 2035 02:39:21,136 --> 02:39:22,554 It's you. 2036 02:39:22,762 --> 02:39:25,515 You brought the kingdom of Israel and Judea to a pinnacle. 2037 02:39:25,724 --> 02:39:27,326 - We were the envy of... - Nothing has changed. 2038 02:39:27,350 --> 02:39:29,436 Everything has changed! 2039 02:39:29,978 --> 02:39:35,316 You have abandoned God and God will abandon you. 2040 02:39:36,443 --> 02:39:39,529 Zadok warned you on his deathbed. 2041 02:39:39,738 --> 02:39:41,823 The priests have warned you. 2042 02:39:42,032 --> 02:39:45,368 For all I know, God himself has warned you. 2043 02:39:45,618 --> 02:39:50,290 And still the false gods defile our landlike the plague. 2044 02:39:57,422 --> 02:40:01,968 I would allow no other man to speak to me like this, Jeroboam. 2045 02:40:02,177 --> 02:40:03,344 Then hear me. 2046 02:40:03,595 --> 02:40:05,638 It is not too late. 2047 02:40:05,847 --> 02:40:09,225 You made me superintendent of the northern provinces. 2048 02:40:09,476 --> 02:40:11,102 There is much anger there. 2049 02:40:11,311 --> 02:40:14,397 If they should break away, it would be the end of everything. 2050 02:40:14,606 --> 02:40:18,359 Israel would again be nothing more than a few wandering tribes. 2051 02:40:18,610 --> 02:40:23,156 Then I suggest you go there to rule them... 2052 02:40:23,823 --> 02:40:28,161 ...before I do something I might regret. 2053 02:40:32,290 --> 02:40:34,375 Go on. Go. 2054 02:40:36,836 --> 02:40:38,379 Yes. 2055 02:40:38,963 --> 02:40:40,757 I will go. 2056 02:40:42,926 --> 02:40:46,262 But not to the office of your court. 2057 02:40:48,139 --> 02:40:50,475 And what does this mean, Jeroboam? 2058 02:40:50,725 --> 02:40:52,477 It means... 2059 02:40:52,936 --> 02:40:55,730 ...I will not be a part of your heathen ways. 2060 02:40:56,564 --> 02:40:59,734 I am separating myself from your government... 2061 02:40:59,943 --> 02:41:04,072 ...as you have separated yourself from the one true god. 2062 02:41:04,280 --> 02:41:06,116 Rebellion? 2063 02:41:07,283 --> 02:41:10,578 Is this rebellion from the man I raised from a common laborer? 2064 02:41:11,454 --> 02:41:13,581 Call it what you like. 2065 02:41:14,958 --> 02:41:18,586 I cannot follow a king who does not follow his god. 2066 02:41:18,795 --> 02:41:21,297 I will follow any god I wish. 2067 02:41:21,506 --> 02:41:24,134 I learn from other gods. 2068 02:41:24,384 --> 02:41:29,055 And I will rule as my mind and my heart tell me. 2069 02:41:34,644 --> 02:41:40,191 And I shall do it all without the pandering cretins of the court. 2070 02:41:40,400 --> 02:41:42,485 Do you hear me? 2071 02:41:56,833 --> 02:41:58,001 Jeroboam. 2072 02:41:58,209 --> 02:41:59,627 Come, eat. 2073 02:41:59,836 --> 02:42:01,129 I've been waiting for you. 2074 02:42:01,337 --> 02:42:03,131 You know my name? 2075 02:42:03,715 --> 02:42:05,008 Who are you? 2076 02:42:05,216 --> 02:42:06,926 Did the king send you? 2077 02:42:07,135 --> 02:42:09,095 Not the king you mean. 2078 02:42:09,387 --> 02:42:11,306 I am Ahijah from Shiloh. 2079 02:42:11,514 --> 02:42:12,974 I serve our God... 2080 02:42:13,183 --> 02:42:15,268 ...as I know you do also. 2081 02:42:16,519 --> 02:42:18,438 Some say I'm a prophet. 2082 02:42:19,397 --> 02:42:22,066 - And are you? - Perhaps. 2083 02:42:22,275 --> 02:42:24,444 Perhaps I hear God more clearly than most. 2084 02:42:26,070 --> 02:42:27,989 I have a message for you. 2085 02:42:33,328 --> 02:42:34,621 This is strong new cloth. 2086 02:42:34,829 --> 02:42:36,497 Have you a knife? 2087 02:42:42,879 --> 02:42:45,089 Good. Come. 2088 02:43:03,816 --> 02:43:08,738 These 12 pieces of my cloak represent the 12 tribes of Israel. 2089 02:43:10,073 --> 02:43:12,116 This is God's word to you. 2090 02:43:13,117 --> 02:43:16,913 Solomon has broken his laws and worshiped false gods. 2091 02:43:17,121 --> 02:43:18,706 You have not. 2092 02:43:18,915 --> 02:43:22,585 So thus speaks the god of Israel. 2093 02:43:24,754 --> 02:43:27,924 He will take the kingdom away from Solomon's son, Rehoboam... 2094 02:43:28,132 --> 02:43:29,717 ...and give it to you. 2095 02:43:30,260 --> 02:43:32,136 That is the 10 tribes. 2096 02:43:32,345 --> 02:43:35,640 Now, he will give the tribe of Judea to Rehoboam... 2097 02:43:36,557 --> 02:43:40,687 ...so that his servant David will always have a lamp before him in Jerusalem. 2098 02:43:41,771 --> 02:43:43,022 Do you understand? 2099 02:43:47,777 --> 02:43:49,195 Good. 2100 02:43:49,696 --> 02:43:51,614 Then I must be on my way. 2101 02:43:54,200 --> 02:43:56,035 Keep God's law... 2102 02:43:57,161 --> 02:43:59,706 ...and he will keep faith with you. Come. 2103 02:44:00,832 --> 02:44:02,208 Come. 2104 02:44:02,792 --> 02:44:04,210 Where are you going? 2105 02:44:04,460 --> 02:44:07,338 To deliver the last two pieces of my cloak. 2106 02:44:07,839 --> 02:44:09,215 Come. 2107 02:44:12,468 --> 02:44:14,637 God would do this? 2108 02:44:15,221 --> 02:44:17,098 I am simply his messenger. 2109 02:44:18,933 --> 02:44:20,476 I should have you killed. 2110 02:44:20,935 --> 02:44:22,770 I know it is sometimes the custom... 2111 02:44:22,979 --> 02:44:25,565 ...to kill the messenger who bears bad news... 2112 02:44:25,773 --> 02:44:28,109 ...but the messenger from God? 2113 02:44:29,110 --> 02:44:30,653 I would think carefully. 2114 02:44:45,585 --> 02:44:47,003 Guard. Guard. 2115 02:44:49,547 --> 02:44:54,093 Start a search. I want Jeroboam found and killed. 2116 02:44:54,344 --> 02:44:56,471 He must not escape. 2117 02:44:57,138 --> 02:44:58,514 A thousand measures of gold... 2118 02:44:58,723 --> 02:45:01,351 ...to the man who brings me back his body. 2119 02:45:10,276 --> 02:45:14,364 Oh, Lord, Lord, Lord. 2120 02:45:15,615 --> 02:45:17,867 Oh, Lord. 2121 02:45:48,731 --> 02:45:51,526 A gift from Ahijah, the Shilonite. 2122 02:45:58,032 --> 02:45:59,659 Keep that too. 2123 02:46:04,455 --> 02:46:07,166 Now ride for Egypt. Your life is in grave danger. 2124 02:46:07,375 --> 02:46:09,335 Stay there until you hear that Solomon is dead. 2125 02:46:09,627 --> 02:46:11,003 Ride for your life. 2126 02:46:20,263 --> 02:46:22,473 Where is my son? 2127 02:46:23,766 --> 02:46:25,935 Where is Rehoboam? 2128 02:46:36,487 --> 02:46:38,448 Rehoboam... 2129 02:46:39,532 --> 02:46:42,326 ...my days draw to an end. 2130 02:46:42,910 --> 02:46:48,040 And I have been a fool. 2131 02:46:48,708 --> 02:46:53,254 Listen to me, my son. Listen to me. 2132 02:46:54,714 --> 02:46:59,677 Fear God and keep his commandments. 2133 02:47:01,762 --> 02:47:03,890 I understand you, Father. 2134 02:47:04,390 --> 02:47:06,058 Deal... 2135 02:47:06,976 --> 02:47:10,146 Deal wisely with the tribes. 2136 02:47:11,856 --> 02:47:14,358 Don't worry, Father. 2137 02:47:15,818 --> 02:47:17,612 I know how to deal with them. 2138 02:47:18,279 --> 02:47:20,072 No. 2139 02:47:20,698 --> 02:47:22,200 No. 2140 02:47:22,408 --> 02:47:24,118 No. 2141 02:48:18,130 --> 02:48:19,674 Well? 2142 02:48:20,466 --> 02:48:23,261 I've come to be anointed as your king. 2143 02:48:24,011 --> 02:48:26,389 Have you lost your tongues? 2144 02:48:40,069 --> 02:48:41,487 You. 2145 02:48:43,281 --> 02:48:46,867 Your father broke God's holy law. 2146 02:48:47,118 --> 02:48:49,537 And his punishment has fallen on his people. 2147 02:48:49,787 --> 02:48:52,290 They groaned under Solomon's taxes. 2148 02:48:52,498 --> 02:48:54,875 They bled under the lash of his forced labor. 2149 02:48:55,084 --> 02:48:57,169 They will tolerate these things no longer. 2150 02:48:57,378 --> 02:48:59,088 Yes. 2151 02:49:01,465 --> 02:49:05,261 They want your word there will be no more forced labor... 2152 02:49:05,720 --> 02:49:07,680 ...and the taxes will be fair. 2153 02:49:07,930 --> 02:49:09,932 - Yes. - Yeah. 2154 02:49:10,141 --> 02:49:14,770 Otherwise, they refuse to become your subjects. 2155 02:49:26,032 --> 02:49:27,408 They refuse? 2156 02:49:30,911 --> 02:49:35,207 I will discuss these matters with my council. 2157 02:49:36,709 --> 02:49:38,753 We meet again in three days. 2158 02:49:51,474 --> 02:49:54,185 I beg you, my lord. 2159 02:49:54,935 --> 02:49:57,188 Consider carefully. 2160 02:49:57,605 --> 02:50:01,734 Your noble father always preferred peace to war. 2161 02:50:01,942 --> 02:50:04,654 Of all wars that can be waged... 2162 02:50:04,904 --> 02:50:10,576 ...the worst, the most bloody, is a civil war. 2163 02:50:10,785 --> 02:50:12,495 It would be the end of the kingdom. 2164 02:50:12,703 --> 02:50:14,246 Yes. 2165 02:50:17,458 --> 02:50:19,710 You are king. 2166 02:50:20,503 --> 02:50:22,254 Any sign of weakness... 2167 02:50:22,463 --> 02:50:24,006 If you give way to their demands... 2168 02:50:24,215 --> 02:50:27,426 ...they will walk over you like cattle over a meadow. 2169 02:50:27,635 --> 02:50:30,346 I say stand firm. 2170 02:50:30,596 --> 02:50:34,058 Why listen to these old graybeards? 2171 02:50:43,401 --> 02:50:45,945 I have heard the young men of Judea. 2172 02:50:46,862 --> 02:50:49,115 They acknowledge me king. 2173 02:50:50,366 --> 02:50:52,034 As for you... 2174 02:50:53,369 --> 02:50:55,830 ...you thought my father's yoke was heavy? 2175 02:50:56,038 --> 02:50:58,708 Wait until you feel mine. 2176 02:50:59,333 --> 02:51:02,336 You thought my father's taxes too high? 2177 02:51:03,462 --> 02:51:05,297 Mine will crush you. 2178 02:51:05,840 --> 02:51:10,010 How dare you speak out against your lawful king? 2179 02:51:10,636 --> 02:51:13,347 My father chastised you with whips. 2180 02:51:13,556 --> 02:51:15,725 I shall use scorpions. 2181 02:51:16,183 --> 02:51:19,478 I am your king. 2182 02:51:20,396 --> 02:51:23,733 This finger is thicker than my father's thigh. 2183 02:51:28,738 --> 02:51:30,448 That is your final word? 2184 02:51:30,990 --> 02:51:33,451 I have nothing more to say. 2185 02:51:36,996 --> 02:51:38,748 So be it. 2186 02:51:41,751 --> 02:51:44,628 You have heard your king. 2187 02:51:45,087 --> 02:51:46,255 Will you serve him? 2188 02:51:46,464 --> 02:51:49,049 - No. - No. 2189 02:51:50,259 --> 02:51:52,678 Then we are no longer one nation. 2190 02:51:52,928 --> 02:51:55,264 The prophecy was true. 2191 02:51:55,973 --> 02:51:59,226 The glory of Solomon is gone forever. 2192 02:52:04,148 --> 02:52:07,151 The prophecy was indeed true. 2193 02:52:07,443 --> 02:52:11,113 Jeroboam ruled the 10 tribes of Israel. 2194 02:52:11,322 --> 02:52:15,826 Only the tribe of Judea remained loyal to Rehoboam. 2195 02:52:17,036 --> 02:52:19,663 But Solomon's prayer was answered. 2196 02:52:19,955 --> 02:52:23,375 For 360 years, the temple remained a place... 2197 02:52:23,584 --> 02:52:26,629 ...where God and his people would come together... 2198 02:52:26,837 --> 02:52:29,924 ...where he would hearken to the prayers of mankind... 2199 02:52:30,174 --> 02:52:31,926 ...and forgive. 150758