WEBVTT 00:00:04.630 --> 00:00:06.382 align:center [Mirab] Previously on House of David… 00:00:06.465 --> 00:00:08.050 align:center There is power in you. 00:00:09.093 --> 00:00:11.095 align:center This royal visit is a distraction. 00:00:11.178 --> 00:00:13.264 align:center Your brother defiled my daughter. 00:00:13.347 --> 00:00:16.016 align:center You must marry her or be stoned to death. 00:00:16.100 --> 00:00:17.685 align:center -What is this? -It is a summons. 00:00:17.768 --> 00:00:19.311 align:center -For David. -I will see you again. 00:00:19.395 --> 00:00:21.480 align:center -Protect him. -[Mychal] I made this for you. 00:00:21.564 --> 00:00:22.898 align:center It says David. 00:00:23.733 --> 00:00:25.109 align:center My queen, why is he here? 00:00:25.192 --> 00:00:26.861 align:center I am anxious to hear you play. 00:00:26.944 --> 00:00:30.448 align:center There's a new plan to take power that comes from the tribe of Judah. 00:00:30.531 --> 00:00:31.782 align:center David… 00:00:35.619 --> 00:00:39.123 align:center [David singing in Hebrew] 00:01:08.819 --> 00:01:11.447 align:center [singing continues] 00:01:36.847 --> 00:01:40.017 align:center [horse galloping] 00:01:54.031 --> 00:01:57.034 align:center [patrons chattering, laughing] 00:02:00.246 --> 00:02:01.413 align:center Adriel. 00:02:01.497 --> 00:02:02.498 align:center Ah. 00:02:03.165 --> 00:02:04.625 align:center [Abner] How is the tribe? 00:02:04.708 --> 00:02:07.503 align:center The tribe of Judah is content. 00:02:07.586 --> 00:02:09.880 align:center My sons are getting better with a sword. 00:02:09.964 --> 00:02:12.383 align:center Yet they are much more skilled at driving me mad. 00:02:12.466 --> 00:02:13.467 align:center [chuckles] 00:02:16.053 --> 00:02:19.306 align:center I found it interesting being in the fortress last season. 00:02:19.390 --> 00:02:23.352 align:center To present the leader of Israel, Hashem's chosen king, 00:02:23.894 --> 00:02:28.065 align:center surrounded by carvings of pagan gods. 00:02:28.148 --> 00:02:29.149 align:center Oof. 00:02:29.233 --> 00:02:32.778 align:center Faces we have etched off the walls 00:02:32.862 --> 00:02:35.364 align:center as we make a Philistine stronghold our home. 00:02:35.447 --> 00:02:36.949 align:center I could not live there. 00:02:37.575 --> 00:02:39.618 align:center And yet you wish you could. 00:02:40.953 --> 00:02:42.788 align:center Don't think it went unnoticed. 00:02:43.706 --> 00:02:45.916 align:center And do you suppose it went unnoticed, 00:02:46.000 --> 00:02:51.005 align:center you parading me before the ailing king as a convenient show of support? Huh? 00:02:51.589 --> 00:02:55.301 align:center Your loyalty is something that he greatly appreciates. 00:02:55.384 --> 00:02:58.053 align:center [chuckles] Well, as the largest tribe of Israel, 00:02:58.137 --> 00:02:59.388 align:center I'm sure he does. 00:03:00.723 --> 00:03:05.895 align:center I'm quite curious of the manner in which Samuel attended the celebration feast. 00:03:06.478 --> 00:03:09.899 align:center And since the day he butchered the Amalekite king before us all, 00:03:09.982 --> 00:03:14.945 align:center he has traveled to many places for reasons cloaked in mystery. 00:03:16.572 --> 00:03:18.240 align:center Have you seen him in your land? 00:03:19.408 --> 00:03:21.952 align:center Ah. Interesting. 00:03:22.536 --> 00:03:24.622 align:center So this is of concern to you. 00:03:27.082 --> 00:03:29.835 align:center Yes, yes. He came and made sacrifices. 00:03:30.544 --> 00:03:31.545 align:center With who? 00:03:31.629 --> 00:03:35.341 align:center Abner, information is surely a currency of its own. 00:03:35.424 --> 00:03:37.259 align:center I would need certain assurances. 00:03:37.885 --> 00:03:39.219 align:center Hmm. 00:03:41.347 --> 00:03:46.018 align:center And what do you have in mind this time? Hmm? 00:03:48.812 --> 00:03:49.813 align:center [clears throat] 00:03:50.522 --> 00:03:52.274 align:center Alert the queen of my return. 00:03:54.485 --> 00:03:55.986 align:center [Ahinoam] What else did he say? 00:03:57.571 --> 00:03:59.323 align:center Nothing that he would share. 00:03:59.406 --> 00:04:01.742 align:center But surely, if Samuel has anointed another, 00:04:01.825 --> 00:04:04.578 align:center the tribe of Judah will change allegiance accordingly. 00:04:05.537 --> 00:04:09.625 align:center Adriel remains loyal, because it benefits him to be so, 00:04:09.708 --> 00:04:10.751 align:center -for now. -[sighs] 00:04:10.834 --> 00:04:14.546 align:center But the seer's presence alone, makes him smell opportunity. 00:04:14.630 --> 00:04:16.507 align:center We need to put a stop to this. 00:04:16.590 --> 00:04:21.720 align:center I suggest we consider a reminder of God's sovereignty across the kingdom. 00:04:22.388 --> 00:04:23.806 align:center A show of force? 00:04:23.889 --> 00:04:26.016 align:center My queen, forgive me but that is not the answer. 00:04:27.851 --> 00:04:31.313 align:center The people need a display of some kind that points to the king's strength. 00:04:31.397 --> 00:04:33.649 align:center This is not your place to speak. 00:04:33.732 --> 00:04:35.734 align:center You have no reason to fear me, Abner. 00:04:35.818 --> 00:04:37.277 align:center Trust me, this is not fear. 00:04:37.361 --> 00:04:38.862 align:center [Ahinoam] No, she's right. 00:04:38.946 --> 00:04:41.782 align:center The glory of victory fades. 00:04:42.282 --> 00:04:45.494 align:center We need another distraction to capture hearts and minds. 00:04:46.620 --> 00:04:47.705 align:center And what's that? 00:04:48.706 --> 00:04:49.707 align:center Love. 00:04:51.417 --> 00:04:52.418 align:center [scoffs] 00:04:54.795 --> 00:04:56.005 align:center A union. 00:05:11.228 --> 00:05:14.898 align:center Respect for the king come from the eyes. 00:05:17.026 --> 00:05:18.819 align:center Be sure all metals shine. 00:05:18.902 --> 00:05:19.903 align:center Yes, my queen. 00:05:25.617 --> 00:05:26.702 align:center Bigger. 00:05:28.871 --> 00:05:32.833 align:center Everything must be ready when our guests arrive. 00:05:32.916 --> 00:05:33.959 align:center [servant] Yes, my queen. 00:05:39.048 --> 00:05:40.257 align:center [Ahinoam] Are they not done? 00:05:40.340 --> 00:05:42.259 align:center [servant] They're nearly finished, my queen. 00:05:47.765 --> 00:05:48.891 align:center Good. 00:05:51.518 --> 00:05:55.397 align:center "In those days, Israel had no king." 00:05:55.481 --> 00:05:56.732 align:center [Mychal] Mm-hmm. 00:05:56.815 --> 00:05:59.193 align:center Okay. This wasn't long ago? 00:05:59.276 --> 00:06:01.195 align:center Just before you were born, yes. 00:06:01.862 --> 00:06:07.117 align:center Ah. How does it feel to be the first princess of Israel? 00:06:07.659 --> 00:06:09.536 align:center The first of everything royal. 00:06:10.370 --> 00:06:11.789 align:center It's a privilege. 00:06:14.374 --> 00:06:16.668 align:center And yet, there's more you want to say. 00:06:17.336 --> 00:06:18.378 align:center Mmm. 00:06:19.630 --> 00:06:21.924 align:center Secrets are heavy, David. 00:06:22.007 --> 00:06:23.842 align:center [grunts] Do you have any? 00:06:26.178 --> 00:06:27.513 align:center None of consequence. 00:06:27.596 --> 00:06:32.643 align:center Mmm. Mine is that sometimes I-I want none of this. [chuckles] 00:06:33.393 --> 00:06:34.603 align:center Not this life. 00:06:35.270 --> 00:06:37.523 align:center Nor the demands that come with it. 00:06:39.108 --> 00:06:42.820 align:center I think of your village, where we met. 00:06:43.403 --> 00:06:44.613 align:center [chuckles] 00:06:44.696 --> 00:06:47.199 align:center Perhaps there I could be just another girl. 00:06:47.282 --> 00:06:48.951 align:center You'll never be just another girl. 00:06:49.701 --> 00:06:51.703 align:center [sighs, chuckles] 00:06:51.787 --> 00:06:56.208 align:center After all this time, you are still so mysterious, David. 00:06:57.584 --> 00:06:59.461 align:center I know nothing about you. 00:07:00.420 --> 00:07:05.634 align:center Except because of you, my father smiles again. 00:07:06.260 --> 00:07:08.303 align:center No. It is because of you. 00:07:09.513 --> 00:07:12.015 align:center When you enter the room, his mood lifts. 00:07:12.641 --> 00:07:14.560 align:center I see it with my own eyes. 00:07:16.395 --> 00:07:19.940 align:center -And what else do you see… -[chuckles] 00:07:20.023 --> 00:07:21.150 align:center …when you look at me? 00:07:28.740 --> 00:07:29.950 align:center I see… 00:07:30.868 --> 00:07:33.787 align:center I see the stars. All of them. 00:07:35.539 --> 00:07:36.540 align:center And the sea. 00:07:37.916 --> 00:07:43.005 align:center I see kindness and grace and wisdom. 00:07:45.549 --> 00:07:47.342 align:center You are a poet, aren't you? 00:07:52.556 --> 00:07:53.932 align:center I do have secrets. 00:07:56.018 --> 00:07:57.227 align:center Heavy ones. 00:07:58.896 --> 00:08:00.230 align:center But you can tell me. 00:08:03.025 --> 00:08:05.194 align:center [door unlocking] 00:08:09.823 --> 00:08:10.991 align:center What is this? 00:08:11.575 --> 00:08:12.993 align:center Uh. I… 00:08:13.076 --> 00:08:15.495 align:center I've been teaching him to read. 00:08:19.750 --> 00:08:21.335 align:center Get to your chamber. 00:08:21.418 --> 00:08:25.047 align:center Kezia has prepared a dress for you. And please braid your hair. 00:08:25.923 --> 00:08:28.175 align:center Then your father and I want to talk to you. 00:08:29.384 --> 00:08:30.385 align:center Yes, Mother. 00:08:47.527 --> 00:08:51.615 align:center I do not wish to see you alone with my daughter ever again. 00:08:53.200 --> 00:08:54.451 align:center Know who you are. 00:08:55.619 --> 00:08:56.912 align:center I know who I am. 00:08:56.995 --> 00:08:59.414 align:center [Ahinoam] Your sole purpose is to comfort the king. 00:09:00.999 --> 00:09:03.043 align:center Today, he needs you to play better than ever before. 00:09:03.126 --> 00:09:04.920 align:center Could you do that for him? 00:09:05.963 --> 00:09:07.089 align:center Yes. 00:09:13.887 --> 00:09:16.056 align:center Reuben, you were supposed to keep watch. 00:09:17.307 --> 00:09:18.475 align:center [chuckles] 00:09:22.354 --> 00:09:24.356 align:center [Saul] My scepter. Where is it? 00:09:24.439 --> 00:09:26.566 align:center [Besai] This is all I can do without sorcery, 00:09:26.650 --> 00:09:29.945 align:center but the tincture I gave him is strong. 00:09:30.028 --> 00:09:32.155 align:center [Saul speaks indistinctly] …should respect my things. 00:09:32.239 --> 00:09:35.033 align:center [speaks indistinctly] …disappeared. I put it down somewhere here. 00:09:35.117 --> 00:09:37.411 align:center It will take him a moment to settle. 00:09:37.494 --> 00:09:40.872 align:center -I trust that he will. -[Saul growls, speaks indistinctly] 00:09:40.956 --> 00:09:42.958 align:center It is by the fire, my love. 00:09:44.418 --> 00:09:45.419 align:center Remember? 00:09:47.337 --> 00:09:50.090 align:center [sighs] I do not trust magic. 00:09:50.757 --> 00:09:51.758 align:center I know. 00:09:53.302 --> 00:09:55.137 align:center And I do not trust Adriel. 00:09:55.220 --> 00:09:57.180 align:center He is a frustrating soul. 00:09:57.264 --> 00:09:59.433 align:center He gossips behind my back. 00:09:59.516 --> 00:10:01.310 align:center And he interrupts me. 00:10:01.393 --> 00:10:03.020 align:center He is a fool. 00:10:03.520 --> 00:10:04.980 align:center But a powerful fool. 00:10:05.063 --> 00:10:06.940 align:center And he is the leader of the largest tribe. 00:10:07.024 --> 00:10:08.984 align:center A marriage secures their loyalty. 00:10:16.408 --> 00:10:17.743 align:center Help me with this. 00:10:36.053 --> 00:10:37.346 align:center Do you love it? 00:10:40.182 --> 00:10:41.224 align:center I do. 00:10:42.184 --> 00:10:44.436 align:center More than anything you've ever given me. 00:10:48.148 --> 00:10:49.149 align:center [kisses] 00:10:51.860 --> 00:10:55.030 align:center Are we fools to welcome him into our home? 00:10:56.990 --> 00:10:57.991 align:center No. 00:10:59.034 --> 00:11:00.202 align:center This must be done. 00:11:04.915 --> 00:11:07.167 align:center Show Adriel your strength. 00:11:12.422 --> 00:11:14.091 align:center Don't let him shake you. 00:11:16.426 --> 00:11:18.887 align:center I will be at your side the whole time. 00:11:27.938 --> 00:11:29.064 align:center [Mychal] Father? 00:11:31.233 --> 00:11:33.068 align:center You wanted to see me. 00:11:35.946 --> 00:11:37.239 align:center Amazing. 00:11:39.408 --> 00:11:40.409 align:center What? 00:11:40.992 --> 00:11:42.452 align:center [Saul breathing heavily] 00:11:48.917 --> 00:11:50.710 align:center You look like a queen. 00:11:54.673 --> 00:11:56.842 align:center We have something we want to tell you. 00:12:06.643 --> 00:12:08.728 align:center [David] Eliab. Welcome back. 00:12:11.398 --> 00:12:12.607 align:center Glad to see you are still alive. 00:12:12.691 --> 00:12:14.276 align:center Well, so much has happened since you've been gone. 00:12:14.359 --> 00:12:15.485 align:center I hope not. 00:12:15.569 --> 00:12:19.531 align:center What more do you need to see, Joab? Ten more border villages attacked? 00:12:19.614 --> 00:12:21.658 align:center -[Joab speaks indistinctly] -What of the border villages? 00:12:21.741 --> 00:12:24.202 align:center More destroyed. More questions as to how. 00:12:25.370 --> 00:12:27.622 align:center Reuben says he sees giants in his dreams. 00:12:27.706 --> 00:12:28.707 align:center Who? 00:12:28.790 --> 00:12:30.292 align:center The boy from the village. 00:12:31.418 --> 00:12:32.502 align:center Ah. 00:13:07.412 --> 00:13:10.540 align:center [Jonathan] Are you ready to be pounced on by the five terrors of Adriel? 00:13:10.624 --> 00:13:12.000 align:center [Mirab] Just need to entertain them. 00:13:13.126 --> 00:13:14.377 align:center They're not all that bad. 00:13:20.383 --> 00:13:21.384 align:center [Jonathan] You all right? 00:13:22.427 --> 00:13:23.428 align:center [staff clangs] 00:13:28.767 --> 00:13:32.354 align:center King Saul of Israel. And his royal family. 00:13:33.563 --> 00:13:36.608 align:center [gentle music playing] 00:13:55.752 --> 00:13:59.172 align:center I present Adriel, son of Barzillai. 00:14:00.215 --> 00:14:02.759 align:center Leader of the great tribe of Judah. 00:14:03.426 --> 00:14:04.427 align:center His wife Tamar. 00:14:04.928 --> 00:14:11.726 align:center And his sons, Amos, Hezekiah, Phineas, Simeon and Jordan. 00:14:13.603 --> 00:14:16.815 align:center [Adriel] Saul. Our glorious king. 00:14:18.400 --> 00:14:21.528 align:center My family and I have traveled for many days. 00:14:22.195 --> 00:14:25.198 align:center But it has not been without peril. 00:14:25.740 --> 00:14:31.329 align:center A wheel broke, one horse died, and lightning nearly struck us twice. 00:14:32.080 --> 00:14:35.417 align:center -Twice! [chuckles] -[laughs] 00:14:35.500 --> 00:14:37.669 align:center Too bad the lightning missed. 00:14:37.752 --> 00:14:41.131 align:center It has been far too long since our families shared a meal. 00:14:41.673 --> 00:14:42.674 align:center Indeed, Saul. 00:14:43.300 --> 00:14:44.509 align:center It is an honor. 00:14:45.010 --> 00:14:48.096 align:center And I am grateful you are feeling well enough for guests. 00:14:48.597 --> 00:14:50.223 align:center Ah, Adriel. 00:14:50.307 --> 00:14:55.854 align:center You are a highly respected leader of one of our greatest tribes. 00:14:56.479 --> 00:14:58.315 align:center You have fought for this kingdom 00:14:58.398 --> 00:15:01.651 align:center since Samuel first put the crown on my head. 00:15:02.485 --> 00:15:04.863 align:center And your sons fight for me still. 00:15:05.488 --> 00:15:08.658 align:center The time has come, at long last, 00:15:09.576 --> 00:15:13.830 align:center for our families to unite. 00:15:14.581 --> 00:15:16.583 align:center Benjamin and Judah. 00:15:17.584 --> 00:15:20.462 align:center The wolf and the lion. 00:15:22.213 --> 00:15:26.343 align:center Today I offer up my daughter in marriage. 00:15:26.426 --> 00:15:28.386 align:center [guests gasp, murmur] 00:15:28.470 --> 00:15:29.846 align:center [guests applauding] 00:15:46.279 --> 00:15:51.201 align:center A royal union between my daughter, Mychal, and one of your sons. 00:15:53.328 --> 00:15:54.287 align:center My king. 00:15:54.913 --> 00:15:55.914 align:center [Ahinoam] Let us celebrate. 00:15:55.997 --> 00:15:58.249 align:center [guests cheering] 00:15:58.333 --> 00:15:59.793 align:center Shepherd. Play. 00:16:17.894 --> 00:16:20.814 align:center I chased the Amalekite up the hill 00:16:20.897 --> 00:16:24.609 align:center and cut the beast from throat to navel and back again. 00:16:24.693 --> 00:16:25.819 align:center [Hezekiah] That is a good story, Amos, 00:16:25.902 --> 00:16:28.029 align:center but what about when I cut off the fingers of the-- 00:16:28.113 --> 00:16:29.656 align:center -Ah, not this story again. -Be still. 00:16:29.739 --> 00:16:32.450 align:center -No, no, no. You do not-- -[Hezekiah] You got sick in a bush. 00:16:32.534 --> 00:16:33.576 align:center Uh-uh. Sick? 00:16:34.160 --> 00:16:36.955 align:center -You are soft when it comes to fingers. -[Amos] You are boys. 00:16:37.038 --> 00:16:39.499 align:center [Mychal] My brother spoke of the moonless night 00:16:39.582 --> 00:16:42.460 align:center you ambushed and captured one of their leaders. 00:16:42.544 --> 00:16:47.674 align:center Please tell me more of your heroics. I find it so inspiring. 00:16:47.757 --> 00:16:52.679 align:center I've heard you have recently been bedridden with a mysterious illness. 00:16:52.762 --> 00:16:56.808 align:center Mmm. Yes. I was ill. 00:16:56.891 --> 00:16:57.892 align:center [Adriel] Hmm. 00:16:58.643 --> 00:17:01.896 align:center I'm only human. Anointed by God, but human. 00:17:02.480 --> 00:17:04.733 align:center -Hmm. -[Abner] My king. 00:17:06.693 --> 00:17:08.111 align:center -Excuse me. -[Adriel] Mmm. 00:17:13.992 --> 00:17:15.744 align:center Excuse me. I'm going to get… [speaks indistinctly] 00:17:15.827 --> 00:17:17.412 align:center -[Amos] Look what you did. -You did it. 00:17:17.996 --> 00:17:20.123 align:center Princess. Mychal. 00:17:20.957 --> 00:17:22.292 align:center -[chuckles] -[Adriel] Mychal. 00:17:22.375 --> 00:17:24.210 align:center [sighs] Ah. 00:17:24.294 --> 00:17:29.549 align:center Such a momentous moment for such a young woman. 00:17:29.632 --> 00:17:32.093 align:center -[chuckles] -You must feel honored. 00:17:33.386 --> 00:17:36.973 align:center Of course. I've, uh, waited my whole life for this moment. 00:17:37.056 --> 00:17:38.141 align:center Hmm. 00:17:39.309 --> 00:17:42.562 align:center My dear, you are quite, quite lovely. 00:17:42.645 --> 00:17:46.191 align:center [Abner] My king. The princess needs reinforcement. 00:17:46.274 --> 00:17:49.652 align:center You know if, uh, if my wife were dead, 00:17:49.736 --> 00:17:51.696 align:center I would marry you myself and, uh, 00:17:51.780 --> 00:17:55.867 align:center oh, wake up every day a happy man. Please-- 00:17:55.950 --> 00:17:57.410 align:center [Saul] Adriel. 00:17:57.494 --> 00:17:59.871 align:center If you take my daughter's time, 00:17:59.954 --> 00:18:03.291 align:center how would she acquaint herself with your boys? 00:18:05.126 --> 00:18:08.630 align:center Shall we, uh… Shall we discuss the terms, my king? 00:18:08.713 --> 00:18:11.633 align:center I trust you will be generous and my loyalty will be rewarded. 00:18:11.716 --> 00:18:15.220 align:center I don't buy loyalty, Adriel. 00:18:15.303 --> 00:18:17.972 align:center -Mmm. -Certainly not with my daughter. 00:18:18.723 --> 00:18:20.517 align:center Surely there's a family more fitting. 00:18:21.392 --> 00:18:22.811 align:center Look at his sons. 00:18:23.520 --> 00:18:26.314 align:center Useless, entitled fools. 00:18:26.397 --> 00:18:28.483 align:center Barely a warrior among them. 00:18:30.652 --> 00:18:32.570 align:center I do not see how this benefits the royal family. 00:18:32.654 --> 00:18:35.281 align:center It's not your place to see or not see. 00:18:37.075 --> 00:18:39.369 align:center It is because the king commanded it. 00:18:40.286 --> 00:18:43.414 align:center Your interest in the princess ends here. Understood? 00:18:47.210 --> 00:18:50.630 align:center Besides, those are not the sons of Judah you need to worry about. 00:18:58.972 --> 00:19:00.056 align:center Mychal. 00:19:10.024 --> 00:19:11.150 align:center Mychal. 00:19:11.234 --> 00:19:12.527 align:center Are you mad? 00:19:12.610 --> 00:19:14.654 align:center Are you? You cannot go through with this. 00:19:14.737 --> 00:19:16.823 align:center I have no choice. Now go, before someone sees. 00:19:16.906 --> 00:19:18.533 align:center Please tell your father you don't want this. 00:19:18.616 --> 00:19:22.328 align:center This is my life, David. It was always going to be this way. 00:19:23.079 --> 00:19:26.124 align:center You deserve so much better. There must be something we can do. 00:19:26.207 --> 00:19:27.208 align:center We? 00:19:27.750 --> 00:19:31.087 align:center David, we are who we are. Nothing can change that. 00:19:31.880 --> 00:19:33.339 align:center I have a duty. 00:19:34.048 --> 00:19:35.508 align:center And so do you. Now play. 00:19:36.175 --> 00:19:37.176 align:center [sighs] 00:19:38.511 --> 00:19:39.554 align:center [Eliab] No, David, do not follow her. 00:19:39.637 --> 00:19:40.972 align:center You get back in there and you play your music. 00:19:41.055 --> 00:19:42.140 align:center -I have to tell her. -Tell her what? 00:19:42.223 --> 00:19:45.476 align:center The truth. Who I really am, that I'm anointed, that I'm-- 00:19:45.560 --> 00:19:48.396 align:center [shushes] You will not… [pants] 00:19:48.479 --> 00:19:50.398 align:center You will not speak a word. 00:19:50.481 --> 00:19:51.566 align:center I cannot keep lying to her. 00:19:51.649 --> 00:19:53.484 align:center Well then you will not survive the day. 00:19:54.777 --> 00:19:59.073 align:center Eliab, if I become a part of the family, there will be no bloodshed. 00:19:59.574 --> 00:20:00.950 align:center Don't you see? 00:20:01.034 --> 00:20:02.493 align:center But I have to tell her now before she's married. 00:20:02.577 --> 00:20:05.413 align:center David, kings protect bloodlines and eliminate threats. 00:20:05.496 --> 00:20:07.457 align:center All of our lives are at stake here. 00:20:07.540 --> 00:20:08.958 align:center You are not my only brother. 00:20:09.042 --> 00:20:11.336 align:center Do not make me choose between them and you. 00:20:11.419 --> 00:20:13.796 align:center Now you go back out there and you play your music. 00:20:14.297 --> 00:20:15.423 align:center All right. 00:20:27.226 --> 00:20:28.728 align:center Please, you're too kind. 00:20:29.646 --> 00:20:31.856 align:center [Jordan] It looks far more merry back here. 00:20:33.858 --> 00:20:35.276 align:center Princess Mirab. 00:20:36.653 --> 00:20:38.905 align:center How does it feel being the other princess? 00:20:39.405 --> 00:20:40.823 align:center The first, actually. 00:20:43.034 --> 00:20:44.452 align:center What brother are you? 00:20:46.454 --> 00:20:48.706 align:center The unimportant one. Jordan. 00:20:49.707 --> 00:20:51.209 align:center -Jordan. -Mmm. 00:20:51.292 --> 00:20:53.461 align:center Have you given up on impressing my sister already? 00:20:53.544 --> 00:20:56.214 align:center [chuckles] It was never going to be me. 00:20:56.297 --> 00:20:58.758 align:center I'm the middle son. Always forgotten. 00:20:59.926 --> 00:21:01.761 align:center I'm the rebellious disappointment. 00:21:04.013 --> 00:21:05.098 align:center To being no one's favorite. 00:21:05.181 --> 00:21:06.474 align:center [chuckles] 00:21:10.645 --> 00:21:13.648 align:center At this moment Amos speaks to your sister of his giant sword. 00:21:14.273 --> 00:21:16.025 align:center The most impressive in all Israel. 00:21:16.109 --> 00:21:18.778 align:center And then my brothers will chime in about their swords. 00:21:19.737 --> 00:21:22.907 align:center Until they all offer to unsheathe them and compare. 00:21:22.991 --> 00:21:24.117 align:center [chuckles] 00:21:25.827 --> 00:21:28.830 align:center And my sister will nod along, encouragingly. 00:21:28.913 --> 00:21:31.874 align:center She will be the perfect polite princess. 00:21:32.583 --> 00:21:35.128 align:center And all your brothers will think they are winning. 00:21:35.837 --> 00:21:37.213 align:center And then one of them will. 00:21:37.839 --> 00:21:39.632 align:center And she will be trapped forever. 00:21:41.009 --> 00:21:42.010 align:center [Jordan] Mmm. 00:21:43.928 --> 00:21:44.929 align:center Lovely. 00:21:45.013 --> 00:21:46.180 align:center [chuckles] 00:21:50.435 --> 00:21:52.937 align:center So, are you going to let your father sell you off 00:21:53.021 --> 00:21:55.606 align:center to the son of any rich tribal leader? 00:21:56.691 --> 00:21:58.234 align:center Why not? They are all the same. 00:21:59.610 --> 00:22:02.488 align:center Some slightly more handsome than others. 00:22:02.572 --> 00:22:03.573 align:center Mm-hmm. 00:22:03.656 --> 00:22:04.657 align:center Mm-hmm. 00:22:16.753 --> 00:22:17.754 align:center [Jordan] You are strange. 00:22:21.632 --> 00:22:22.675 align:center You're strange. 00:22:25.011 --> 00:22:26.012 align:center Exactly. 00:22:27.096 --> 00:22:28.097 align:center [chuckles] 00:22:28.890 --> 00:22:29.891 align:center Come. 00:22:31.059 --> 00:22:33.728 align:center What about one of the sacred texts for me to take home to Judah? 00:22:33.811 --> 00:22:35.646 align:center I don't think traveling across-- 00:22:35.730 --> 00:22:38.566 align:center "The scepter will not depart from Judah." 00:22:38.649 --> 00:22:40.026 align:center Ah. [inhales sharply] 00:22:40.109 --> 00:22:42.820 align:center That speech. Those words. The start of it all. 00:22:42.904 --> 00:22:44.322 align:center Jacob's blessing for our children 00:22:44.405 --> 00:22:47.366 align:center -so that they may remember their legacy. -[Mirab chatters] 00:22:49.118 --> 00:22:50.119 align:center I know where to go. 00:22:50.870 --> 00:22:52.080 align:center [sighs] 00:22:54.832 --> 00:22:58.586 align:center [Agag, distorted] The lion will turn on you. 00:22:58.669 --> 00:23:00.588 align:center Listen to his words. 00:23:00.671 --> 00:23:03.424 align:center For sure. For sure. For sure. 00:23:03.508 --> 00:23:05.259 align:center [Agag] Usurper. 00:23:19.148 --> 00:23:22.902 align:center The dying father to his 12 sons many, many generations ago, 00:23:22.985 --> 00:23:28.282 align:center -would be so cherished… -[Agag] Time of Judah has come. 00:23:28.866 --> 00:23:34.622 align:center So, uh, my king, if I could just be gifted that, uh, one scroll. 00:23:35.498 --> 00:23:39.919 align:center [Agag] Saul, kill the lion. 00:23:41.170 --> 00:23:44.382 align:center Saul, uh, a-are you well? 00:23:44.465 --> 00:23:46.759 align:center [harp playing] 00:23:52.181 --> 00:23:55.643 align:center [Adriel] Perhaps you have not fully recovered your strength after all. 00:23:55.726 --> 00:23:57.687 align:center [growls] 00:24:02.233 --> 00:24:03.317 align:center [Adriel sighs, stammers] 00:24:03.401 --> 00:24:06.654 align:center You know, maybe this discussion is too much for you right now. 00:24:07.238 --> 00:24:09.031 align:center -[coughs] -[Adriel] If you are in a weakened state… 00:24:09.115 --> 00:24:12.702 align:center It would not be wise to split up the sacred texts. 00:24:13.411 --> 00:24:16.873 align:center It would also not be wise to split the kingdom. Agreed? 00:24:18.541 --> 00:24:20.251 align:center What is it you really want, Adriel? 00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:22.962 align:center I tire of these games. 00:24:23.045 --> 00:24:27.341 align:center Beg me for one more thing, and maybe I will give it. 00:24:27.425 --> 00:24:30.094 align:center A permanent seat on your council. 00:24:30.803 --> 00:24:35.141 align:center My king, there is no better way for me to serve your interests 00:24:35.224 --> 00:24:37.435 align:center than to be chief among the elders. 00:24:37.518 --> 00:24:41.480 align:center Done. We will finalize the terms later. 00:24:41.564 --> 00:24:45.860 align:center Now let us drink and celebrate our children. 00:24:45.943 --> 00:24:47.486 align:center [Adriel] Yes. [chuckles] 00:24:48.112 --> 00:24:50.615 align:center Yes. I'll be back. 00:24:50.698 --> 00:24:52.325 align:center -[Tamar] Yes. -Forgive me for a minute. 00:24:58.998 --> 00:25:00.499 align:center I am with you. 00:25:00.583 --> 00:25:03.252 align:center By your side. The whole time. 00:25:10.051 --> 00:25:11.135 align:center Is it done? 00:25:11.677 --> 00:25:13.179 align:center That man is a jackal. 00:25:14.388 --> 00:25:15.765 align:center Soon he will be your jackal. 00:25:19.644 --> 00:25:20.853 align:center I have an idea. 00:25:21.437 --> 00:25:24.315 align:center Shepherd, get ready to play something lively. 00:25:27.443 --> 00:25:28.569 align:center Get the girls ready. 00:25:29.487 --> 00:25:30.738 align:center Yes. Thank you. 00:25:35.868 --> 00:25:37.787 align:center Your father needs your help. 00:25:37.870 --> 00:25:40.873 align:center Show him that you are the jewel in his crown. 00:25:41.666 --> 00:25:42.667 align:center [inhales sharply] 00:25:49.507 --> 00:25:51.509 align:center The love between you and the queen. 00:25:52.009 --> 00:25:53.427 align:center It's beautiful to witness. 00:25:54.595 --> 00:25:56.639 align:center I knew from the moment I met her. 00:25:57.640 --> 00:25:59.725 align:center Oh, to marry for love. 00:26:01.102 --> 00:26:02.478 align:center To have that choice. 00:26:02.561 --> 00:26:04.063 align:center What a thing of value. 00:26:05.231 --> 00:26:07.942 align:center You have been watching closely. 00:26:08.526 --> 00:26:11.279 align:center Which of Adriel's sons would you choose? 00:26:12.738 --> 00:26:13.948 align:center None of them. 00:26:15.116 --> 00:26:16.117 align:center Oh. 00:26:19.829 --> 00:26:21.080 align:center She should marry me. 00:26:23.082 --> 00:26:25.459 align:center [laughing] 00:26:29.171 --> 00:26:33.592 align:center You are a funny one, shepherd. [laughing] 00:26:48.316 --> 00:26:50.568 align:center Wonderful. Beautiful. 00:27:03.080 --> 00:27:06.625 align:center -You spilled olive oil on my dress. -Watch her dance. 00:27:08.336 --> 00:27:11.630 align:center She hates doing this dance. [chuckles] 00:27:11.714 --> 00:27:14.717 align:center [speaks indistinctly, chuckles] 00:27:21.474 --> 00:27:25.102 align:center Everyone. I have an announcement. 00:27:29.315 --> 00:27:30.816 align:center After long consideration… 00:27:30.900 --> 00:27:32.109 align:center I am so proud of you. 00:27:33.527 --> 00:27:38.240 align:center I have decided that this marriage, rare and beautiful as it is, 00:27:38.741 --> 00:27:43.537 align:center will be between my lovely daughter Mirab… 00:27:47.792 --> 00:27:49.752 align:center and… and… 00:27:52.338 --> 00:27:54.340 align:center -That one. -Jordan. 00:27:54.423 --> 00:27:55.424 align:center Mirab and Jordan. 00:27:57.176 --> 00:28:00.763 align:center May God bless them in this holy union. 00:28:02.139 --> 00:28:05.351 align:center Well. Yes, I suppose one is as good as the other. 00:28:06.018 --> 00:28:07.478 align:center To the happy couple. 00:28:07.561 --> 00:28:09.563 align:center [all cheering] 00:28:19.907 --> 00:28:20.908 align:center Mychal. 00:28:24.578 --> 00:28:26.580 align:center Is this a trick? 00:28:26.664 --> 00:28:29.333 align:center I don't know. I think we should smile. 00:28:31.627 --> 00:28:34.422 align:center She is unpredictable. Are you sure? 00:28:34.505 --> 00:28:35.714 align:center I am sure. 00:28:36.382 --> 00:28:37.675 align:center [Mirab] Thank you. 00:28:39.844 --> 00:28:41.220 align:center Are you happy with this? 00:28:41.804 --> 00:28:45.141 align:center If the king wills it then who am I to say no? Right? 00:28:47.351 --> 00:28:52.022 align:center -[chuckles] -[chuckles, sighs] 00:29:08.456 --> 00:29:09.874 align:center [exhales deeply] 00:29:12.543 --> 00:29:13.627 align:center [sighs] 00:29:25.723 --> 00:29:26.557 align:center Um… 00:30:05.387 --> 00:30:06.388 align:center [door opens] 00:30:06.472 --> 00:30:07.765 align:center [guests laughing, chattering] 00:30:07.848 --> 00:30:10.559 align:center -Go. You have to go. David. David. -Please. Please. 00:30:10.643 --> 00:30:11.977 align:center You have to go. Go. 00:30:33.374 --> 00:30:35.334 align:center You're full of surprises today. 00:30:36.544 --> 00:30:38.128 align:center I was the surprised one. 00:30:41.423 --> 00:30:43.259 align:center To look across the hall, 00:30:43.342 --> 00:30:45.261 align:center see you with a man, happy. 00:30:45.886 --> 00:30:47.221 align:center Laughing. 00:30:47.304 --> 00:30:50.391 align:center Like when you were a little girl. [sighs] 00:30:51.141 --> 00:30:54.186 align:center I did not think you still cared about my happiness. 00:30:55.646 --> 00:30:57.398 align:center How could you say that? 00:30:57.481 --> 00:31:00.609 align:center It is no secret Mychal is your favorite. 00:31:02.194 --> 00:31:05.114 align:center She is your light. Hmm. 00:31:05.823 --> 00:31:07.157 align:center I understand. 00:31:08.367 --> 00:31:10.828 align:center She always acts exactly as she should. 00:31:10.911 --> 00:31:12.496 align:center And you act as you wish. 00:31:12.997 --> 00:31:14.373 align:center Just like your mother. 00:31:17.459 --> 00:31:18.752 align:center Mirab. 00:31:20.879 --> 00:31:22.798 align:center You are my first daughter. 00:31:23.591 --> 00:31:26.010 align:center And despite appearances, 00:31:27.052 --> 00:31:29.346 align:center I'm always thinking of your happiness. 00:31:30.139 --> 00:31:31.307 align:center Always. 00:31:32.766 --> 00:31:35.603 align:center You will keep Adriel on his toes. 00:31:42.860 --> 00:31:46.405 align:center The house of Saul will not be divided. 00:31:48.032 --> 00:31:49.366 align:center You have my word. 00:32:13.557 --> 00:32:17.478 align:center -[grunting, panting] -[Joab grunts] 00:32:19.938 --> 00:32:21.065 align:center Look down, David. 00:32:24.652 --> 00:32:26.737 align:center You see the bones and ragged clothes? 00:32:27.571 --> 00:32:31.325 align:center You wouldn't be the first man dropped here for defying the house of Saul. 00:32:32.868 --> 00:32:35.162 align:center You really thought you could come to this palace, 00:32:35.245 --> 00:32:37.915 align:center play a few songs and corrupt the princess like that? 00:32:37.998 --> 00:32:39.917 align:center You brought me here, at the order of the king! 00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:42.836 align:center To comfort him, not to corrupt his daughter. 00:32:42.920 --> 00:32:46.507 align:center Every moment I've spent with the princess has been at her request, Cousin! 00:32:46.590 --> 00:32:51.470 align:center You've been a plague on our family's name since your birth 00:32:51.553 --> 00:32:54.390 align:center and your brother has been too soft on you. 00:32:54.473 --> 00:32:56.725 align:center -Let me teach you a lesson. -[grunting, panting] 00:32:56.809 --> 00:33:00.437 align:center From this moment on, you do not meet with the princess, 00:33:00.521 --> 00:33:03.190 align:center you do not look at the princess, and you don't even think of her. 00:33:03.273 --> 00:33:06.110 align:center -Am I clear, bastard? -[grunts, panting] 00:33:06.944 --> 00:33:10.447 align:center Swear it! Or I drop you now. 00:33:18.163 --> 00:33:19.248 align:center Try it. 00:33:21.959 --> 00:33:23.085 align:center What? 00:33:24.002 --> 00:33:27.131 align:center I have a purpose here, Joab. 00:33:29.258 --> 00:33:31.093 align:center God has shown me this. 00:33:32.386 --> 00:33:33.429 align:center A destiny. 00:33:37.307 --> 00:33:38.434 align:center Do you know yours? 00:33:38.934 --> 00:33:40.602 align:center [pants] 00:33:43.230 --> 00:33:44.231 align:center [grunts] 00:33:45.941 --> 00:33:46.942 align:center [David grunts] 00:34:29.985 --> 00:34:33.155 align:center Your father gave you a gift today. 00:34:34.573 --> 00:34:36.909 align:center But make no mistake, you will marry soon. 00:34:38.994 --> 00:34:39.995 align:center I know. 00:34:43.290 --> 00:34:45.542 align:center The reputation of our family is being questioned. 00:34:45.626 --> 00:34:52.132 align:center The last thing we need is rumors of you chasing about a shepherd boy. 00:34:55.052 --> 00:34:57.888 align:center People see things and they whisper. 00:35:00.390 --> 00:35:02.184 align:center And what if he is a shepherd? 00:35:04.645 --> 00:35:07.189 align:center Father was a poor donkey herder. 00:35:07.856 --> 00:35:10.275 align:center Your father is the anointed one. 00:35:10.359 --> 00:35:11.860 align:center Not when you married him. 00:35:12.861 --> 00:35:15.280 align:center I am a daughter of a farmer. 00:35:15.864 --> 00:35:17.866 align:center You are a daughter of a king. 00:35:21.078 --> 00:35:23.121 align:center Do you even know who this boy is? 00:35:25.249 --> 00:35:28.836 align:center Yes. I do. 00:35:29.711 --> 00:35:30.712 align:center He's… 00:35:33.507 --> 00:35:34.758 align:center He's humble. 00:35:35.467 --> 00:35:40.597 align:center [sniffs] And passionate and brave. 00:35:40.681 --> 00:35:41.682 align:center [inhales sharply] 00:35:42.474 --> 00:35:44.810 align:center He sees me as more than a trophy. 00:35:49.106 --> 00:35:51.650 align:center And he has a name. [sniffs] 00:35:52.150 --> 00:35:53.318 align:center David. [chuckles] 00:35:55.404 --> 00:36:01.618 align:center And do you know why David lives all alone on a hill? 00:36:05.289 --> 00:36:06.999 align:center Because he's a bastard. 00:36:08.667 --> 00:36:09.751 align:center An outcast. 00:36:10.377 --> 00:36:12.546 align:center Shamed wherever he goes. 00:36:18.427 --> 00:36:21.763 align:center This boy captured your heart. I understand. 00:36:23.015 --> 00:36:26.018 align:center But a year from now you will have forgotten his name. 00:36:26.810 --> 00:36:33.317 align:center But the damage done to this house could last generations. 00:36:34.818 --> 00:36:35.986 align:center [sighs] 00:36:38.822 --> 00:36:40.032 align:center Be proud. 00:36:40.824 --> 00:36:42.576 align:center For when you do marry, 00:36:43.076 --> 00:36:48.373 align:center your union will be much greater than this fleeting romance. 00:36:49.499 --> 00:36:54.004 align:center It will serve to protect your family and this kingdom. 00:36:55.047 --> 00:36:59.843 align:center You see, my love, the boy is right. 00:37:00.552 --> 00:37:02.304 align:center You are not a trophy. 00:37:04.890 --> 00:37:06.516 align:center You are a shield. 00:37:14.816 --> 00:37:17.444 align:center Reuben. Where have you been? 00:37:17.986 --> 00:37:20.405 align:center Why do you carry so many things? Let me help you. 00:37:20.989 --> 00:37:22.991 align:center [strains, groans] 00:37:24.493 --> 00:37:25.911 align:center Palace have you working all night? 00:37:25.994 --> 00:37:27.579 align:center I like to work. 00:37:28.288 --> 00:37:30.499 align:center No nightmares if I stay awake. 00:37:31.333 --> 00:37:32.334 align:center I understand. 00:37:33.335 --> 00:37:35.587 align:center Will the giants attack us again? 00:37:36.630 --> 00:37:38.507 align:center The one from my dreams. 00:37:41.176 --> 00:37:42.177 align:center Never. 00:37:43.303 --> 00:37:44.805 align:center I'll protect you. 00:37:45.973 --> 00:37:46.974 align:center Promise. 00:37:48.141 --> 00:37:49.351 align:center You're too small. 00:37:55.941 --> 00:37:57.859 align:center [Adriel] To the king of Israel 00:37:59.611 --> 00:38:02.864 align:center and this happy union of our houses. 00:38:03.448 --> 00:38:09.496 align:center I will serve faithfully as your adviser, chief of the elders of Israel. 00:38:10.330 --> 00:38:14.543 align:center Before you return, I would like to make a toast. 00:38:19.089 --> 00:38:20.465 align:center To Mirab… 00:38:22.592 --> 00:38:24.219 align:center my passionate one. 00:38:24.886 --> 00:38:27.431 align:center May your new husband protect you, 00:38:27.514 --> 00:38:28.598 align:center inspire you, 00:38:29.182 --> 00:38:32.310 align:center and always remind you who you are. 00:38:37.441 --> 00:38:38.442 align:center [inhales sharply] 00:38:39.693 --> 00:38:41.194 align:center And to Adriel, 00:38:42.195 --> 00:38:46.533 align:center I'm so proud to join our families together. 00:38:48.201 --> 00:38:54.374 align:center As a gift I have brought this scroll. 00:38:56.585 --> 00:39:03.258 align:center I have had our chief scribe find the blessing of Jacob to his sons. 00:39:04.676 --> 00:39:06.136 align:center Sacred words. 00:39:07.095 --> 00:39:11.016 align:center This is the most precious thing I've ever held. 00:39:12.434 --> 00:39:16.354 align:center May I read Jacob's blessing for our children 00:39:16.438 --> 00:39:18.690 align:center so that they may remember their legacy? 00:39:19.733 --> 00:39:21.777 align:center [groans, chuckles] 00:39:22.527 --> 00:39:24.488 align:center Um… [inhales sharply] 00:39:26.573 --> 00:39:30.160 align:center Before I read these miraculous words, 00:39:30.243 --> 00:39:33.538 align:center I'd like to make a toast and say I am truly-- 00:39:33.622 --> 00:39:35.665 align:center Adriel, just read the scroll. 00:39:35.749 --> 00:39:37.125 align:center [guests chuckling] 00:39:39.461 --> 00:39:40.462 align:center [clears throat] 00:39:41.797 --> 00:39:46.051 align:center "And Israel called for his sons and said, 00:39:47.594 --> 00:39:51.139 align:center 'Gather around so I can tell you what will happen to you in days to come.' 00:39:52.474 --> 00:39:53.767 align:center And Israel said…" 00:39:53.850 --> 00:39:56.478 align:center [Agag] Saul, 00:39:56.561 --> 00:40:01.525 align:center you will lose it all. 00:40:02.234 --> 00:40:03.235 align:center Silence. 00:40:03.860 --> 00:40:08.490 align:center -[Agag] He will steal it from you. -[speaks indistinctly] "'Judah…'" 00:40:08.573 --> 00:40:12.786 align:center [Agag] The lion will turn on you. 00:40:13.286 --> 00:40:16.248 align:center Do you not hear him? 00:40:17.749 --> 00:40:19.960 align:center [Adriel] "'…your brothers will praise you. 00:40:20.043 --> 00:40:23.421 align:center Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies.'" 00:40:23.505 --> 00:40:27.092 align:center [Agag] Do you not see? 00:40:27.676 --> 00:40:31.680 align:center [Agag] Usurper. Thief. 00:40:34.432 --> 00:40:38.145 align:center "'The scepter will not depart from Judah…'" 00:40:38.228 --> 00:40:39.563 align:center Listen to his words. 00:40:39.646 --> 00:40:42.691 align:center "'…nor the ruler's staff from between his feet…'" 00:40:42.774 --> 00:40:45.902 align:center Time of Judah has come. 00:40:45.986 --> 00:40:48.029 align:center "'…until he to whom it belongs shall come…" 00:40:48.113 --> 00:40:52.159 align:center -The lion will rule! -"'…and the obedience…'" 00:40:52.242 --> 00:40:53.702 align:center Stop! 00:40:54.244 --> 00:40:56.413 align:center I have not finished the blessing. 00:40:56.496 --> 00:40:58.081 align:center I will finish it. 00:40:59.082 --> 00:41:02.210 align:center "Benjamin is a ravenous wolf. 00:41:02.878 --> 00:41:05.797 align:center In the morning he devours the prey. 00:41:05.881 --> 00:41:09.843 align:center -In the evening he divides the plunder." -[chuckles] My king, 00:41:09.926 --> 00:41:11.219 align:center y-you have a good memory. 00:41:11.303 --> 00:41:12.637 align:center I see you, Adriel. 00:41:13.972 --> 00:41:15.765 align:center I know why you have come. 00:41:17.851 --> 00:41:18.810 align:center What do you mean? 00:41:18.894 --> 00:41:23.523 align:center You have been planning the takeover of my throne 00:41:23.607 --> 00:41:26.526 align:center since the first moment. 00:41:27.110 --> 00:41:29.196 align:center -You have come-- -My king. 00:41:29.279 --> 00:41:32.574 align:center That is not true. 00:41:33.533 --> 00:41:36.203 align:center All I want to do is serve you, and you bring me here to insult me? 00:41:36.286 --> 00:41:40.790 align:center -Liar. Every word you say is false. -Saul. 00:41:40.874 --> 00:41:42.834 align:center -This offer of marriage is over. -[Ahinoam] No, Saul. 00:41:42.918 --> 00:41:45.253 align:center -Our houses will not be joined. -Saul. 00:41:45.337 --> 00:41:47.881 align:center Saul, you are tired. Let's discuss this in the morning. 00:41:47.964 --> 00:41:51.134 align:center -Do not pacify me, woman! -[guests gasping, clamoring] 00:41:51.218 --> 00:41:53.803 align:center -I'm your king! [growls] -[Ahinoam screams] 00:41:53.887 --> 00:41:57.974 align:center Your sons will never be good enough for my daughters. 00:41:59.267 --> 00:42:03.396 align:center And your greedy hands will not touch my throne. 00:42:04.189 --> 00:42:06.900 align:center -Never. -It's true what they say. 00:42:06.983 --> 00:42:08.401 align:center You have gone mad. 00:42:08.485 --> 00:42:10.737 align:center Get out of my house! 00:42:10.820 --> 00:42:12.405 align:center Get out of my house! 00:42:12.489 --> 00:42:14.491 align:center -Out! Out! -[Adriel] Out before he slaughters us all! 00:42:14.574 --> 00:42:17.369 align:center -My sons! -[Saul growling] 00:42:17.452 --> 00:42:19.371 align:center [guests gasping] 00:42:20.664 --> 00:42:23.208 align:center Never touch my throne. 00:42:28.964 --> 00:42:30.548 align:center [whimpers, gasps] 00:42:47.774 --> 00:42:48.900 align:center Mirab. 00:42:50.402 --> 00:42:52.445 align:center -I'm… I'm so sorry. -[inhales sharply] 00:42:52.529 --> 00:42:54.781 align:center This family is a curse. 00:42:55.907 --> 00:42:58.827 align:center It's a curse. [sobbing] 00:43:02.455 --> 00:43:03.456 align:center [sniffles, sighs] 00:43:08.878 --> 00:43:12.132 align:center [Agag] The lion will turn on you. 00:43:12.215 --> 00:43:13.675 align:center [mumbling indistinctly] 00:43:13.758 --> 00:43:16.219 align:center [mumbling] Stay away from me. 00:43:17.554 --> 00:43:18.388 align:center Stay away. 00:43:20.765 --> 00:43:22.183 align:center [doors opens] 00:43:26.313 --> 00:43:27.897 align:center [mumbling continues] 00:43:30.984 --> 00:43:33.611 align:center Why do these demons still haunt him? 00:43:34.738 --> 00:43:35.989 align:center Can you not help him? 00:43:36.698 --> 00:43:38.158 align:center His soul is at war. 00:43:39.409 --> 00:43:42.746 align:center He needs stronger forces to heal him and you have caged me. 00:43:43.955 --> 00:43:45.957 align:center What if you had absolute freedom? 00:43:47.751 --> 00:43:50.754 align:center -I would use dark magic… -No. 00:43:50.837 --> 00:43:52.339 align:center -…sorcery… -No. 00:43:52.422 --> 00:43:56.217 align:center …to create a tincture so potent it would shake the evil from deep within… 00:43:56.301 --> 00:43:57.427 align:center -No. -…and set his soul free. 00:43:57.510 --> 00:43:59.054 align:center He doesn't believe in dark magic. 00:43:59.137 --> 00:44:03.016 align:center Your husband is clouded by forces darker than I've ever seen. 00:44:04.267 --> 00:44:06.311 align:center He's the one who cannot be trusted. 00:44:06.394 --> 00:44:07.604 align:center [Saul moans] 00:44:09.856 --> 00:44:11.316 align:center The law forbids it. 00:44:12.650 --> 00:44:14.527 align:center He will not change the law. 00:44:15.362 --> 00:44:18.281 align:center Without the king's seal it remains forbidden. 00:44:18.907 --> 00:44:20.658 align:center The king is in a deep sleep. 00:44:22.077 --> 00:44:23.912 align:center It will be wise not to wait. 00:44:25.872 --> 00:44:27.874 align:center If he will not change the law… 00:44:30.168 --> 00:44:31.711 align:center perhaps you will have to. 00:44:38.134 --> 00:44:40.845 align:center [Saul breathing shakily] 00:45:03.910 --> 00:45:06.955 align:center [breathes shakily] 00:45:25.974 --> 00:45:27.016 align:center Shepherd? 00:45:28.476 --> 00:45:29.811 align:center Forgive me, my king. 00:45:30.937 --> 00:45:32.063 align:center I couldn't sleep. 00:45:32.814 --> 00:45:35.150 align:center [chuckles] Neither could I. 00:45:40.613 --> 00:45:41.948 align:center Look at this. 00:45:43.825 --> 00:45:48.329 align:center This palace was once a Philistine fortress before we conquered it. 00:45:48.997 --> 00:45:55.628 align:center So now we're carving out the faces of their kings and gods, 00:45:56.337 --> 00:45:59.549 align:center until we make carvings of our own. 00:46:02.260 --> 00:46:06.055 align:center Every new era comes and ships away the old. 00:46:09.392 --> 00:46:12.896 align:center So I wonder what will be remembered of me. 00:46:15.398 --> 00:46:17.817 align:center I believe the name of Saul will never die. 00:46:18.526 --> 00:46:19.527 align:center [Saul chuckles] 00:46:23.114 --> 00:46:25.825 align:center My family think I made a horrible mistake. 00:46:28.495 --> 00:46:30.455 align:center Mirab will never forgive me. 00:46:31.581 --> 00:46:35.752 align:center [inhales deeply] But I could feel it slipping through my fingers, 00:46:35.835 --> 00:46:38.254 align:center everything I have bled for. 00:46:39.506 --> 00:46:41.341 align:center Ripped from me by who? 00:46:42.258 --> 00:46:43.968 align:center Adriel of the Judah. 00:46:45.261 --> 00:46:47.764 align:center My family think I'm going mad. 00:46:48.431 --> 00:46:54.979 align:center But that jackal wanted my throne, and isn't worthy to sit upon it. 00:46:56.314 --> 00:47:02.529 align:center This chair that every man dreams about. 00:47:06.908 --> 00:47:09.369 align:center It changes you, sitting there. 00:47:10.203 --> 00:47:13.122 align:center To be king is to be misunderstood. 00:47:14.874 --> 00:47:16.376 align:center To be anointed, 00:47:17.710 --> 00:47:19.212 align:center not by your own choice. 00:47:22.298 --> 00:47:25.635 align:center I only wish it didn't hurt my family so deeply. 00:47:28.972 --> 00:47:30.098 align:center They will forgive you. 00:47:34.185 --> 00:47:36.312 align:center I've seen how they care for you. 00:47:39.983 --> 00:47:41.192 align:center Do you wanna sit? 00:47:42.318 --> 00:47:43.778 align:center See what it feels like? 00:47:46.531 --> 00:47:48.324 align:center That is for the Lord's anointed. 00:47:54.247 --> 00:47:55.331 align:center [Saul sighs] 00:47:56.874 --> 00:48:00.628 align:center I should go to bed to rest before the wrath of tomorrow. 00:48:01.337 --> 00:48:02.547 align:center I will walk with you. 00:48:02.630 --> 00:48:05.425 align:center No, I can make it. u.