WEBVTT 00:04.422 --> 00:06.382 [Achish] Previously on House of David… 00:06.465 --> 00:08.426 [Achish] It has been many weeks. I feared you wouldn't come. 00:09.301 --> 00:10.928 Together we can find vengeance. 00:11.011 --> 00:12.722 One condition. Your throne. 00:13.305 --> 00:14.932 Let me show you freedom. 00:15.015 --> 00:17.268 My future is not mine to decide. 00:17.351 --> 00:19.270 -[Mirab] Going somewhere? -I can do no good here. 00:19.353 --> 00:21.439 Greetings from the house of Saul. 00:21.522 --> 00:22.523 Goliath! 00:22.606 --> 00:25.526 -[grunts, screams] -No! No! 00:25.609 --> 00:27.945 Let me fight their king. 00:28.028 --> 00:29.447 [Jonathan] The Philistines have assembled. 00:29.530 --> 00:32.408 We shall do what we have always done. Fight! 00:35.035 --> 00:37.037 [David singing in Hebrew] 00:49.800 --> 00:51.802 [harp playing] 01:07.735 --> 01:08.736 [music stops] 01:19.288 --> 01:20.915 -[Nathaneel] Father, please. -[Jesse] Nathaneel. 01:20.998 --> 01:24.126 You know the king has called for every able man. 01:24.210 --> 01:26.295 [Nathaneel] I am not able. I am no warrior. 01:26.378 --> 01:27.838 Father, I will be the first to die. 01:27.922 --> 01:30.007 -[Jesse] You will have your brothers. -What is this? 01:30.090 --> 01:32.051 Father is sending us all to war. 01:32.134 --> 01:34.261 -War? What war? -[sibling 1] The Philistines. 01:34.345 --> 01:35.763 They have rallied against us. 01:35.846 --> 01:38.015 Father, this is madness. I-I will not go. 01:38.098 --> 01:40.184 -I will take his place. Send me. -He will take my place. 01:40.267 --> 01:41.435 -Send him. -He cannot go. 01:42.061 --> 01:43.521 Why not? You said every man. 01:43.604 --> 01:45.606 -He is not yet a man. -[Nathaneel] Neither am I. 01:45.689 --> 01:48.275 -If there is a war, I will fight. -Do as I say. 01:48.359 --> 01:49.360 Travel to the king. 01:49.443 --> 01:51.403 -David must remain with me. -Nathaneel, come on. 01:51.487 --> 01:53.364 -Come. -Remove your hands from me. 01:53.447 --> 01:54.990 Father. Father. 01:55.491 --> 01:56.909 Father, you send me to my grave. 01:57.827 --> 01:59.078 For a king you despise. 01:59.829 --> 02:01.372 [Jesse] Nathaneel, come. Come, come, come. 02:01.872 --> 02:04.458 I send you to fight alongside your brothers. Mmm? 02:04.542 --> 02:06.335 For God, and for Israel. 02:07.127 --> 02:08.128 Understand? 02:08.212 --> 02:09.964 -[Nathaneel] Yes. [sniffles] -[kisses] 02:10.923 --> 02:11.924 [Jesse] Go. 02:14.677 --> 02:16.762 [sibling 2] Enough, brother. You embarrass yourself. 02:23.394 --> 02:24.395 [David] Why? 02:24.478 --> 02:26.021 -Do not. -[David] Give me an answer. 02:26.105 --> 02:27.481 Not today, David. 02:27.565 --> 02:29.358 Not as I've just sent all my sons to war. 02:29.441 --> 02:30.484 I am also your son. 02:30.568 --> 02:32.111 That is not what I meant. 02:33.070 --> 02:34.947 -I deserve-- -What is it 02:35.030 --> 02:37.533 you believe you deserve, David? 02:37.616 --> 02:39.243 What do you deserve? 02:39.952 --> 02:40.995 Honesty. 02:42.246 --> 02:43.247 For once. 02:44.582 --> 02:47.334 I deserve to know why you keep me in these hills. 02:47.418 --> 02:49.336 And I have told you many times. 02:49.420 --> 02:51.255 [sighs] Deep calls to deep. 02:51.881 --> 02:54.550 -Didn't she say this? -Deep calls to deep. 02:54.633 --> 02:59.555 I know in my soul, you have never told me the truth. 02:59.638 --> 03:02.016 [crying] No. Please. 03:02.725 --> 03:04.101 Please. 03:05.853 --> 03:08.105 -Tend to the sheep, David. -[sighs] No. 03:09.440 --> 03:10.649 [Jesse scoffs] 03:14.987 --> 03:16.614 [exhales sharply] 03:19.491 --> 03:20.618 [screams] 03:23.120 --> 03:24.496 Let me go! 03:45.225 --> 03:48.604 [bird calling] 03:54.944 --> 03:57.571 [indistinct chattering] 03:59.740 --> 04:01.742 [horses whinny] 04:17.257 --> 04:18.968 The day I've long dreamed of. 04:19.551 --> 04:20.928 What dream is that? 04:21.011 --> 04:22.805 Our forces unified. 04:23.889 --> 04:25.140 We shall see. 04:48.080 --> 04:49.623 [Saul] Thirty years. 04:50.708 --> 04:53.836 Thirty years I have served these people. 04:54.420 --> 04:55.587 Led them. 04:55.671 --> 04:56.797 Fought for them. 04:57.506 --> 04:58.757 I grow weary. 05:00.300 --> 05:01.802 [Abner] What's on your mind, Saul? 05:04.096 --> 05:05.806 I'm taking stock. 05:05.889 --> 05:07.474 [smacks lips] Ah. 05:09.018 --> 05:10.185 You're complaining. 05:11.103 --> 05:12.688 Do I not have the right? 05:12.771 --> 05:14.106 No, by all means. 05:14.189 --> 05:15.190 By all means. 05:16.442 --> 05:17.443 [chuckles] 05:17.526 --> 05:21.530 I pray only you do it quickly before our enemies arrive. 05:21.613 --> 05:23.949 -[chuckles] -There's quite a lot of them this time. 05:25.409 --> 05:29.329 What happened to the days when you would build me up before battle? 05:29.413 --> 05:30.497 [Abner chuckles] 05:35.461 --> 05:38.088 Well, I suppose I too grow weary. 05:46.555 --> 05:47.723 Tell me, Abner. 05:48.474 --> 05:49.850 Tell me who I am. 05:52.436 --> 05:53.812 You are Saul the conqueror. 05:55.481 --> 05:59.485 First in the reign of the kings of Israel, uniter of the tribes. 06:01.487 --> 06:02.488 No. 06:03.072 --> 06:04.531 Tell me who I am. 06:07.618 --> 06:08.827 To you. 06:09.661 --> 06:10.996 My king. 06:11.080 --> 06:15.417 You have lifted our people from fear to certainty. 06:17.169 --> 06:19.338 No matter the odds, you never wavered. 06:19.963 --> 06:22.841 You saved me from a life I could not escape. 06:24.384 --> 06:25.761 Gave me purpose. 06:26.553 --> 06:29.973 I will die without regret if you willed it. 06:30.516 --> 06:32.684 That's who you are to me, my king. 06:41.860 --> 06:43.487 [sighs] 06:44.780 --> 06:47.074 And why was I anointed king? 06:50.744 --> 06:52.162 For this very moment. 06:58.252 --> 06:59.253 How was that? 07:00.420 --> 07:02.798 -It will do. -[chuckles] 07:03.298 --> 07:06.677 [inhales deeply] I'm glad you are with me, old friend. 07:07.302 --> 07:08.929 Always, my king. 07:15.936 --> 07:19.022 [Joab] Over 150,000 Philistines so far. 07:19.940 --> 07:21.400 And more arrive by the day. 07:24.653 --> 07:26.613 Philistines outnumber us three to one. 07:28.699 --> 07:30.492 Doesn't seem fair, does it? 07:30.576 --> 07:32.327 I did not ask for fair. 07:32.411 --> 07:35.164 We'll kill ten of theirs for every one of ours. 07:35.247 --> 07:38.500 And I, for one, will take great pleasure in it. 07:41.628 --> 07:42.796 Oh, no. 07:42.880 --> 07:43.922 Rise. 07:48.510 --> 07:49.678 It is a fine sword. 07:49.761 --> 07:50.762 May I? 07:55.225 --> 07:59.354 My, uh… My father took it from a Philistine 20 years ago. 08:00.189 --> 08:02.024 In the first of your father's victories. 08:02.107 --> 08:03.567 Yes, I remember. 08:03.650 --> 08:04.902 What is your name? 08:04.985 --> 08:06.320 Eliazar. 08:06.820 --> 08:08.989 -Son of Asher of the house of Si-- -Simeon. 08:10.115 --> 08:11.700 [chuckles] Yes. 08:14.870 --> 08:16.163 Straight and true. 08:17.623 --> 08:19.833 The House of Asher has long served us. 08:21.919 --> 08:23.295 I'm honored to fight beside you. 08:29.885 --> 08:31.011 Eliazar? 08:31.094 --> 08:32.137 Hmm? 08:32.930 --> 08:33.931 What do we have to fear? 08:35.390 --> 08:36.516 God is with us. 08:38.227 --> 08:39.436 [chuckles] 08:49.112 --> 08:50.530 [Eliazar] Is Samuel coming? 08:51.365 --> 08:53.450 To bless the battle as he always does. 08:53.951 --> 08:55.118 [Jonathan grunts] 08:58.080 --> 08:59.248 If God wills it. 09:04.836 --> 09:07.130 Did you just give that child false hope? 09:07.631 --> 09:09.299 It's better than no hope at all. 09:18.225 --> 09:19.810 [Saul] Courage, brothers. 09:19.893 --> 09:21.019 Courage. 09:22.396 --> 09:24.439 Who can stand against us? 09:25.065 --> 09:26.441 Who? 09:37.160 --> 09:38.245 [Adriel] My king. 09:38.328 --> 09:40.455 As always, we have come to fight. 09:40.956 --> 09:45.085 Myself, and 25,000 of the Tribe of Judah. 09:52.175 --> 09:54.094 All is not forgotten, my king. 09:55.762 --> 09:59.641 But today, we fight as one. 10:06.106 --> 10:10.444 -We fight as one. -[chuckles] As one. 10:17.826 --> 10:19.119 Brothers! 10:20.287 --> 10:21.413 Behold the king! 10:21.496 --> 10:23.498 [soldiers cheering, clamoring] 10:49.399 --> 10:51.401 [harp playing] 10:56.573 --> 10:59.576 [Jesse] We thank you, God, for our many blessings. 11:00.827 --> 11:02.037 For this house. 11:02.704 --> 11:03.705 For our food. 11:04.498 --> 11:05.707 For this family. 11:05.791 --> 11:08.919 [David] Thank you, Lord, for everything you give us. 11:09.961 --> 11:14.132 Allow us to stay humble, to give you the glory in everything that we do. 11:15.634 --> 11:19.721 [sighs] And to trust in you, every day of our lives. 11:20.347 --> 11:21.515 Amen. 11:21.598 --> 11:24.142 [Jesse] Our dear God, we are your children. 11:25.519 --> 11:31.983 We ask for your guidance, your strength, and that you be with us, always. 11:33.110 --> 11:34.653 -Amen. -Amen. 12:04.975 --> 12:06.351 [chuckles] 12:06.852 --> 12:08.311 -Samuel. -Hello, David. 12:08.395 --> 12:09.521 [stammers, exclaims] 12:09.604 --> 12:12.607 [Samuel chuckles] 12:12.691 --> 12:14.109 I thought you'd be at the battle. 12:14.192 --> 12:17.112 -Hmm. I could say the same of you, yes? -[chuckles] 12:17.195 --> 12:20.991 And yet, here we are, at the dawn of a new day. 12:21.074 --> 12:22.325 -Ah? -Hmm. 12:23.493 --> 12:24.828 Take me to your father. 12:25.871 --> 12:27.038 Right, he's… 12:27.122 --> 12:28.999 -he's in the house. -[chuckles] 12:29.082 --> 12:31.460 [David chuckles] It's good to see you. 12:31.543 --> 12:33.962 [Samuel] It is good to see you, as well. 12:34.796 --> 12:37.924 [grunts] It will be better to see you when I'm sitting down. 12:38.758 --> 12:41.261 [Jesse] My… [sighs] …apologies, great one. 12:42.345 --> 12:44.347 I can offer very little. 12:44.431 --> 12:48.226 I sent to the king's army the very best of what I have. 12:50.103 --> 12:51.396 Did you? 12:51.480 --> 12:52.481 Huh. 12:54.274 --> 12:58.153 Bless this fruit of the tree to our nourishment 12:58.236 --> 13:01.907 as we consecrate ourselves with it to your purpose. 13:02.782 --> 13:03.825 [smacks lips] 13:05.452 --> 13:06.453 Hmm. 13:07.120 --> 13:08.413 The olive tree… 13:10.207 --> 13:12.083 In the winter the branches give us heat, 13:12.167 --> 13:16.254 in the summer, shade and the oil of the olive. 13:16.338 --> 13:18.840 Oh, it is life itself. 13:19.508 --> 13:21.510 You see, to everything there is a purpose. 13:22.469 --> 13:23.845 [sighs] 13:25.514 --> 13:26.681 -Samuel. -David. 13:29.893 --> 13:31.436 Uh. [clears throat] 13:32.229 --> 13:33.230 I want to go fight. 13:33.313 --> 13:35.232 -[blows] -[David] I told my father… 13:35.315 --> 13:39.945 Did you know that there is an olive tree at the peak of Nob, 13:40.028 --> 13:43.198 outside my home, that is said to be a thousand years old? 13:43.281 --> 13:46.284 I like to think that Joshua rested beneath it 13:46.368 --> 13:48.995 when he was entering the holy land, yeah. 13:49.079 --> 13:52.415 [sucks, blows] Do you know, my wife, Hila, 13:52.499 --> 13:56.086 she uses the oil of the olive to tame her hair. 13:56.586 --> 14:00.590 [clicks teeth] And can I tell you, she taught me the same thing. 14:01.591 --> 14:03.051 [chuckles] What do you think? 14:03.134 --> 14:05.804 -Does it work? [chuckles] -[chuckles] 14:05.887 --> 14:06.930 [inhales sharply] 14:08.056 --> 14:13.520 Holy seer, if I may, why are you here? 14:14.729 --> 14:15.730 [smacks lips] 14:17.607 --> 14:20.193 I'm glad you ask me, son of Obed. 14:21.194 --> 14:24.614 I've come to complete what I said I would do when I was with you last. 14:24.698 --> 14:26.366 I've come to sacrifice. 14:26.449 --> 14:28.785 To atone for the sins of this house. 14:28.868 --> 14:29.995 Hmm. 14:30.078 --> 14:31.371 To redeem them. 14:43.425 --> 14:44.926 [horses whinnying] 15:25.133 --> 15:27.010 -Achish of Gath leads them. -Hmm. 15:29.471 --> 15:31.056 He seems angry. 15:31.556 --> 15:34.976 [Jonathan chuckles] After what you did to his father on the battlefield, 15:35.060 --> 15:36.811 I cannot blame him. I would be. 15:37.937 --> 15:41.358 You would lead with strategy, not with emotion. 15:45.153 --> 15:46.571 Ashkelon unites. 15:52.786 --> 15:54.788 [Saul] Ashdod and Yurza. 15:59.751 --> 16:01.795 Didn't even plant their own flags. 16:02.295 --> 16:03.338 Cowards. 16:07.467 --> 16:08.677 And what of Ekron? 16:08.760 --> 16:11.054 [Abner] It seems he hasn't united all five territories. 16:11.930 --> 16:13.223 That's a good sign. 16:18.603 --> 16:19.896 [inhales deeply, screams] 16:19.979 --> 16:21.981 [soldiers cheering, clamoring] 16:36.871 --> 16:37.956 How many are they? 16:38.039 --> 16:42.544 Upwards of 200,000, with more horses and chariots than we can count quickly. 16:42.627 --> 16:44.337 That has never stopped us before. 16:50.802 --> 16:53.388 We should attack while we have the numbers. 16:53.471 --> 16:56.766 When have superior numbers ever mattered when fighting Hebrews? 16:56.850 --> 16:59.102 We must take their spirits first. 17:01.062 --> 17:02.564 [cheering, clamoring stops] 17:03.815 --> 17:05.400 [horse blusters] 17:12.323 --> 17:14.033 [horse blusters] 17:17.370 --> 17:19.372 [footsteps approaching] 17:33.678 --> 17:35.263 [horses whinnying] 17:35.346 --> 17:36.890 Easy, easy, easy. 17:49.194 --> 17:50.528 God of heaven. 17:51.738 --> 17:53.198 Gods of earth. 18:05.627 --> 18:07.587 Where is your king? 18:08.588 --> 18:10.590 Send him out to face me 18:10.673 --> 18:15.678 that I may hack him apart and feed him and your gods to the crows. 18:16.846 --> 18:18.306 He's just a man, Father. 18:18.389 --> 18:21.226 And I will reclaim these lands with blood. 18:24.646 --> 18:27.148 -Is he? -[Goliath] Send me your king. 18:27.982 --> 18:31.903 Or one mightier than he, if he should exist here in Israel. 18:32.487 --> 18:34.405 I will call down my gods. 18:34.489 --> 18:36.449 Have your champion call down his 18:36.533 --> 18:40.203 so that our blood may decide the fate of our people. 18:40.286 --> 18:42.831 And then we will see whose is greater. 18:43.498 --> 18:47.836 And the victor will enslave the other until their dying breath. 18:48.336 --> 18:54.884 As I stand here today, I defy Israel. 18:55.552 --> 18:58.429 -[groans] -[Goliath] I defy your God. 18:58.513 --> 19:00.890 Send me your champion. 19:00.974 --> 19:02.725 [shouts indistinctly] 19:02.809 --> 19:04.894 [clamoring] 19:06.354 --> 19:08.523 [chuckles] 19:19.033 --> 19:21.995 [Saul groans, breathes heavily] 19:28.543 --> 19:31.045 [Goliath laughs] 19:33.590 --> 19:35.967 [grunting, panting] 19:39.429 --> 19:41.556 -Father, gather yourself. -[grunts] 19:41.639 --> 19:44.350 [speaks Ugaritic, laughs] 19:44.434 --> 19:48.688 [speaking Ugaritic] 19:51.065 --> 19:52.066 [grunts] 19:52.775 --> 19:53.776 [groans] 19:53.860 --> 19:55.320 Oh, no. 19:55.403 --> 19:57.363 Get it off me. [groans] 19:57.447 --> 19:58.615 [grumbles] 19:59.449 --> 20:02.744 [laughs] 20:06.205 --> 20:08.750 -[groaning] -[horse whinnies] 20:10.460 --> 20:12.462 [horse whinnies] 20:16.883 --> 20:18.009 [Saul] No! 20:18.092 --> 20:19.093 Father! 20:20.345 --> 20:22.138 [Saul strains] Curse you, demon. 20:22.722 --> 20:25.266 -[Jonathan] Father. You need to get up. -Away from me! [groaning] 20:25.350 --> 20:27.727 Father, look at your men. You are their king. 20:27.810 --> 20:29.103 Get him to his tent. 20:29.187 --> 20:32.649 -[Saul] We will die in darkness and fear! -Now! 20:32.732 --> 20:35.652 [Saul] Away from me! Away from me. 20:35.735 --> 20:38.529 Find someone willing to fight him! 20:38.613 --> 20:40.698 I will offer my daughter in marriage! 20:41.532 --> 20:44.619 Erase their debts. Anything. Go! 20:48.665 --> 20:52.168 Go! 20:53.336 --> 20:55.338 -[harp plays] -[David singing in Hebrew] 21:25.618 --> 21:27.954 [sighs, chuckles] 21:33.751 --> 21:36.379 Samuel, why do we wait? 21:38.006 --> 21:39.424 There is a battle. 21:40.383 --> 21:41.801 I must go. 21:41.884 --> 21:43.678 -[grunts] -I am ready. 21:46.973 --> 21:49.684 It was your mother taught you to play, yes? 21:50.977 --> 21:52.520 Hmm. Do you miss her? 21:53.938 --> 21:57.483 A woman of purpose, I think. 21:58.067 --> 22:02.321 [chuckles] There are few things more potent in this world than that. 22:02.405 --> 22:04.365 [mumbles] 22:04.449 --> 22:09.579 My own mother, she prayed so fervently 22:09.662 --> 22:12.415 at the temple that the priests thought that she was drunk. 22:12.498 --> 22:16.836 [chuckles] But no, it was deep purpose, it was faithfulness. 22:17.503 --> 22:20.048 And it is the reason that I am here now. 22:21.424 --> 22:27.138 The influence of a mother is greater than a king, 22:27.221 --> 22:29.682 a thousand kings. 22:30.349 --> 22:32.977 So beautiful. 22:36.022 --> 22:41.861 She sewed this for me when I was born and then she wrapped it… 22:41.944 --> 22:47.158 [chuckles] …around me when I was sent to live among the priests. 22:47.241 --> 22:49.660 -I was two years old. -Mmm. 22:50.787 --> 22:53.081 I wear this to honor her memory. 22:53.831 --> 22:55.291 I thought it looked old. 22:58.252 --> 23:01.255 [laughs] You're… 23:01.839 --> 23:02.882 Yeah… 23:03.966 --> 23:04.967 Hmm. 23:05.885 --> 23:07.095 Can I tell you something? 23:08.638 --> 23:09.680 Anything. 23:10.431 --> 23:12.016 I've been seeing things. 23:12.558 --> 23:13.559 Huh? 23:14.644 --> 23:15.728 Or dreams. 23:16.646 --> 23:17.647 Visions. 23:18.147 --> 23:19.690 But they feel so real. 23:19.774 --> 23:20.858 [Samuel] Mmm. 23:22.193 --> 23:23.236 It's as if… 23:24.278 --> 23:27.949 -As if-- -As if you are somewhere else entirely. 23:29.367 --> 23:30.785 -Yes. -Hmm. 23:32.370 --> 23:33.454 [grunts] 23:35.498 --> 23:36.958 It's a place I've never been. 23:39.127 --> 23:40.670 But it feels like home. 23:40.753 --> 23:41.754 Ah. 23:42.505 --> 23:45.508 Peace, beyond understanding. 23:45.591 --> 23:46.592 Tell me. 23:47.677 --> 23:51.055 I see a stream beneath mountains. 23:52.849 --> 23:54.433 And it's so beautiful. 23:56.102 --> 23:58.396 I've never seen anything like it before. 24:00.273 --> 24:01.440 And a warrior. 24:03.693 --> 24:05.027 His sword drawn. 24:05.778 --> 24:07.071 What is this place? 24:07.780 --> 24:09.073 Protecting the stream. 24:09.157 --> 24:10.199 [Samuel] Ah. 24:10.283 --> 24:12.660 I know of this. It is written. 24:14.704 --> 24:16.038 It is Joshua. 24:17.874 --> 24:18.875 Yes. 24:19.417 --> 24:22.879 The night before the great battle at Jericho, 24:23.504 --> 24:28.759 Joshua encountered… [stammers] …a figure, a warrior with a drawn sword. 24:30.011 --> 24:31.262 Who was he? 24:32.680 --> 24:33.806 Ah. 24:34.640 --> 24:37.310 And Joshua asked the warrior, 24:38.519 --> 24:40.771 "Are you for us 24:41.939 --> 24:44.317 or are you for our enemies?" 24:44.400 --> 24:49.697 And the warrior replied, "Neither. 24:50.990 --> 24:55.912 As captain of the armies of the lord of hosts, I now come." 24:56.746 --> 25:02.293 You see, what men forget, they ask, "Is God for us? 25:02.376 --> 25:03.461 Is God with us?" 25:03.544 --> 25:06.923 But the question they should be asking is, 25:08.341 --> 25:11.344 "Are we with God?" 25:12.220 --> 25:18.392 And then Joshua asked him, "What do you call upon your servants to do?" 25:18.476 --> 25:21.354 And this is the correct question to ask. 25:21.979 --> 25:23.856 And the warrior replied, 25:24.690 --> 25:27.401 "Remove the shoes from your feet, 25:29.320 --> 25:32.240 for you stand on holy ground." 25:33.032 --> 25:39.205 And Joshua did and he fell upon his face and worshipped. 25:40.331 --> 25:44.418 And perhaps this is the reason 25:44.502 --> 25:47.922 that the walls of Jericho fell down before him. 25:49.215 --> 25:51.300 [chuckles] 25:54.845 --> 25:58.891 [grunts] But, why show these visions to me? 25:58.975 --> 26:00.810 Well, because 26:01.894 --> 26:06.023 you have a role to play in this grand design. 26:06.983 --> 26:08.609 How can I do that trapped in a field? 26:08.693 --> 26:12.238 David, you speak as if today is yesterday. Huh? 26:12.321 --> 26:15.116 As if they are the same. 26:15.616 --> 26:19.829 Listen, to everything, there is a season 26:19.912 --> 26:25.501 and a time for every… [sighs] …purpose under heaven. 26:26.210 --> 26:28.170 So when will my time come? 26:28.254 --> 26:29.839 Too many questions. 26:29.922 --> 26:31.590 Play me another song. 26:31.674 --> 26:33.592 If you don't mind. 26:33.676 --> 26:34.677 Yes. 26:34.760 --> 26:35.886 Yes. 26:36.554 --> 26:38.556 [harp plays] 26:53.487 --> 26:56.907 I make this offer to you again today… 26:59.952 --> 27:01.120 Choose a man. 27:01.203 --> 27:02.663 Send him down to me. 27:02.747 --> 27:07.626 And if he strikes me down, we will be your slaves! 27:08.586 --> 27:14.842 But if he dies at my hand, you will be our slaves! 27:18.012 --> 27:19.263 Well? 27:24.685 --> 27:26.479 I'll see you tomorrow. 27:27.813 --> 27:29.357 [banging on drums] 27:33.444 --> 27:36.322 How many days must we do this? 27:36.405 --> 27:39.742 Is there no champion in Israel? 27:39.825 --> 27:45.664 Day after day after day, I defy Israel! 27:49.335 --> 27:51.420 [Nathaneel] Why must they do that? 27:51.504 --> 27:52.838 My head hurts. 27:53.464 --> 27:54.924 That is why. 27:55.007 --> 28:01.097 Nine days and still no one who will face me! 28:01.180 --> 28:03.933 Are you not servants of your God? 28:04.016 --> 28:05.518 Come and fight me! 28:06.352 --> 28:09.230 [Philistine army shouting, clamoring] 28:12.608 --> 28:14.610 I will get my revenge. 28:17.029 --> 28:18.197 [Kezia] My queen. 28:18.697 --> 28:20.032 News from the battle. 28:21.700 --> 28:24.745 -[Mychal] What? What is it? -[Ahinoam] News from Abner. 28:27.623 --> 28:30.376 "The Philistines have united their armies against us. 28:30.459 --> 28:32.628 Some 250,000 men." 28:32.711 --> 28:33.921 What? 28:34.672 --> 28:35.881 And they have a giant. 28:35.965 --> 28:37.049 [Mirab] A giant? 28:37.550 --> 28:38.592 How? 28:38.676 --> 28:39.718 Mother? 28:56.318 --> 28:57.611 What does it say? 29:12.376 --> 29:15.379 Father is again trapped in darkness. 29:17.214 --> 29:18.799 Worse than before. 29:19.884 --> 29:21.177 What should we do? 29:30.478 --> 29:32.271 There is nothing left to do. 29:34.690 --> 29:37.193 There's… There's always something. 29:37.276 --> 29:39.195 At the very least we pray. 29:40.279 --> 29:41.489 To whom? 29:42.990 --> 29:44.408 You know to whom. 29:44.950 --> 29:47.203 I will save my breath. 29:49.497 --> 29:54.043 Mother… [inhales sharply] …Hashem has answered our cry before, he… 29:54.126 --> 29:56.003 He will answer again. 29:56.086 --> 30:00.049 I do not wish to hear that name in my presence. 30:00.132 --> 30:01.133 Ever again. 30:03.385 --> 30:05.179 I am weary of it. 30:13.771 --> 30:17.441 No, we… [breathes shakily] We-We have to… 30:17.525 --> 30:19.485 We have to do something. 30:25.449 --> 30:26.575 [breathes shakily] 30:27.993 --> 30:29.036 [Mychal sniffles] 31:13.872 --> 31:14.957 [Mirab] Mychal? 31:17.668 --> 31:19.169 I'm going to see Father. 31:19.670 --> 31:21.839 To battle? Have you lost your mind? 31:21.922 --> 31:23.799 -He needs me. -I need you! 31:24.800 --> 31:28.387 Mychal, our brothers are gone, our mother has given up. 31:28.470 --> 31:29.972 -It is only us. -[Mychal sighs] 31:30.055 --> 31:31.557 Come with me then. 31:32.266 --> 31:33.475 Don't be a fool. 31:33.559 --> 31:34.852 What could we possibly do? 31:34.935 --> 31:37.438 If Father is in his right mind, he… 31:37.521 --> 31:39.690 [inhales deeply] He will lead them. 31:40.524 --> 31:43.068 He will defeat our enemies as he always has. 31:44.028 --> 31:45.613 And you believe you can bring him back? 31:48.699 --> 31:50.075 [horse blusters] 31:51.660 --> 31:53.787 Do you know which way Elah is? 31:53.871 --> 31:56.582 It's north. [inhales deeply] 31:56.665 --> 31:59.793 -North? -I will ride north and I will find it. 32:00.961 --> 32:02.004 I have to. 32:03.088 --> 32:04.089 [Mirab sighs] 32:06.258 --> 32:07.676 All right. Come on. 32:08.302 --> 32:10.429 -What are you doing? -Just help me, please. 32:16.727 --> 32:19.396 If you die there will be no one left to entertain me. 32:22.733 --> 32:24.943 Well, we can't have that. [chuckles] 32:27.196 --> 32:29.865 Hey. Thank you. 32:30.407 --> 32:32.409 [clicks tongue] He's my father too. 32:33.619 --> 32:34.995 And I disagree with Mother. 32:35.996 --> 32:37.373 There is always hope. 32:42.336 --> 32:43.337 Come on. 32:58.352 --> 33:02.773 -An entire tribe of cowards and traitors. -Watch your tongue. 33:02.856 --> 33:05.943 You plan to hide in caves while your brethren face this enemy? 33:06.026 --> 33:08.070 What they face is certain death. 33:08.153 --> 33:10.030 Eliab. What is this? 33:10.989 --> 33:15.953 The Tribe of Zebulun has chosen to abandon our battle and our king. 33:16.829 --> 33:18.914 -How many? -All of them. 33:19.415 --> 33:20.499 They have a giant. 33:20.582 --> 33:21.625 We have nothing. 33:22.418 --> 33:23.794 Zebulun fights for God. 33:24.670 --> 33:26.255 And God is not with our king. 33:26.338 --> 33:31.468 Let all of Israel know that Zebulun has surrendered to their own fear. 33:31.552 --> 33:34.096 And when we fight this battle, and when we win, 33:34.179 --> 33:38.767 our sons and their sons will tell the tale of how you fled. 33:40.477 --> 33:45.566 If you believe victory so certain, why don't you face the giant, son of Jesse? 33:52.156 --> 33:58.579 I do not blame them, sitting here day after day after day doing nothing. 33:59.121 --> 34:03.333 We'll starve before we ever set foot on the battlefield. 34:03.876 --> 34:05.669 This is no strategy. 34:05.753 --> 34:07.588 -This is cowardice. -[Abner] Adriel. 34:08.589 --> 34:10.674 This is your prince you're speaking to. 34:10.758 --> 34:11.884 [Adriel] Oh, yes. 34:11.967 --> 34:14.678 Son of a deranged king, heir to a dying legacy. 34:14.762 --> 34:16.096 Enough. 34:16.180 --> 34:19.808 If your father will not lead, then I will. 34:21.435 --> 34:23.395 I say we fight! 34:23.479 --> 34:25.189 [soldiers] Yeah! We fight. 34:25.272 --> 34:30.319 And even if we cannot win, we will at least die in the trying! 34:30.402 --> 34:32.070 [soldiers] Yeah! 34:32.154 --> 34:34.156 For God and Israel! 34:34.239 --> 34:36.784 -For God and Israel! -[soldiers shouting, clamoring] 34:39.495 --> 34:41.246 [Adriel] Ah, that's it. Flee, flee! 34:41.330 --> 34:44.041 Hide in your tent with your father! 34:44.124 --> 34:46.293 One more word and it'll be your last. 34:47.586 --> 34:49.755 Anyone else with words of treason? 34:55.969 --> 34:58.096 -What are you doing? -I'm going to face the giant. 34:58.180 --> 34:59.932 -No, you're not. -Adriel speaks the truth. 35:00.808 --> 35:01.975 Someone must do it. 35:02.559 --> 35:03.894 Let it be me. 35:03.977 --> 35:05.729 And what do you think is going to happen, hmm? 35:07.606 --> 35:08.857 God will decide. 35:08.941 --> 35:11.693 That thing is going to tear you apart. 35:11.777 --> 35:13.070 He's gonna rip you in half 35:13.153 --> 35:15.656 -before the eyes of our brethren. -There is no other way! 35:17.741 --> 35:18.742 Yes, there is. 35:21.119 --> 35:22.120 There is. 35:33.757 --> 35:36.218 [Mychal humming] 35:45.352 --> 35:47.437 By now Mother must know we're gone. 35:48.939 --> 35:50.732 If there were any decent horsemen left in the palace, 35:50.816 --> 35:52.651 she would send them to stop us, but… 35:54.027 --> 35:55.195 Or not. 35:56.321 --> 35:57.906 I think she's lost patience with me. 35:58.407 --> 36:01.535 Take comfort in knowing you lost something she never offered me. 36:02.536 --> 36:03.537 [Mychal] Hmm. 36:05.539 --> 36:06.623 Are you afraid? 36:07.875 --> 36:09.293 There is no time for it now. 36:11.378 --> 36:13.380 [Mychal humming] 36:15.048 --> 36:16.049 Mychalie. 36:16.717 --> 36:18.176 Hard to forget, eh? 36:19.136 --> 36:20.137 The song? 36:20.220 --> 36:21.221 No. 36:21.889 --> 36:22.931 David. 36:24.725 --> 36:26.727 He abandoned our father, I… 36:26.810 --> 36:28.270 I don't want to think about him. 36:30.439 --> 36:32.441 [Mychal humming] 36:37.738 --> 36:39.489 [chuckling] 36:43.785 --> 36:44.953 [sighs] 36:50.083 --> 36:52.502 Blessed are you, Jesse, son of Obed. 36:53.337 --> 36:56.924 The sins of your house are atoned by blood. 36:57.007 --> 36:58.967 A worthy sacrifice. 36:59.051 --> 37:00.427 How did you choose it? 37:01.553 --> 37:04.056 -In accordance with our laws. -[Samuel] Tell me. 37:04.848 --> 37:06.266 The best of the flock. 37:06.975 --> 37:08.936 One without spot or blemish. 37:10.062 --> 37:11.355 Is that not the law of Moses? 37:11.438 --> 37:13.148 [Samuel] Yes. Yes, indeed. 37:14.733 --> 37:16.151 Now, go away. 37:17.277 --> 37:18.987 I must speak with your father. 37:20.072 --> 37:21.573 -[David] I will be in the east fields. -[Samuel] Ah. 37:22.866 --> 37:24.785 Join me when you've finished, great one. 37:24.868 --> 37:27.079 I will teach you how to be a shepherd. 37:27.162 --> 37:30.082 [laughs] 37:32.125 --> 37:35.837 This should be an offering of thanksgiving. 37:36.630 --> 37:39.591 The blessing of the most high is upon your house. 37:42.344 --> 37:44.346 But your spirit is heavy. 37:44.429 --> 37:45.555 [grunts] 37:46.306 --> 37:50.185 There is no weight so great as a lie. 37:50.268 --> 37:51.770 Is that not so, Jesse? 37:55.440 --> 38:00.570 When Saul called your sons to war 38:00.654 --> 38:03.782 you gave them up. 38:04.408 --> 38:07.077 When I demanded your sons you did not hesitate 38:07.160 --> 38:10.205 to bring them forth, to offer them all. 38:10.956 --> 38:13.458 All but for one. 38:16.086 --> 38:17.963 So why do you cling to him, huh? 38:21.425 --> 38:23.719 -I keep him from himself. -[sighs] 38:24.469 --> 38:26.013 And shame from this family. 38:26.096 --> 38:30.892 Jesse, speak the truth. 38:34.312 --> 38:35.313 My David. 38:37.858 --> 38:41.111 David is young, wild, restless. 38:43.238 --> 38:45.490 His heart is like a deep fire. 38:46.033 --> 38:48.910 He's headstrong, unbroken. 38:48.994 --> 38:51.038 Yes. Yes, he is. 38:51.121 --> 38:53.081 You are the mouth of the Lord. 38:54.374 --> 38:57.502 You must know that David cannot be king. 38:58.086 --> 39:00.422 Surely you must see this. 39:01.381 --> 39:03.216 Shall I tell you what I see? 39:05.260 --> 39:07.012 You are right. 39:07.095 --> 39:13.310 You are right to dread the fire in your son's heart, for it burns very hot. 39:14.144 --> 39:15.812 Like the Lord's own. 39:16.396 --> 39:19.399 And he is beloved by God because of this, 39:19.483 --> 39:23.528 and perhaps it is the very reason that he was chosen. 39:24.321 --> 39:30.327 So, you, a man, you stand in the way of God. 39:32.329 --> 39:35.582 Is it because you begat your son in sin, huh? 39:35.665 --> 39:36.792 The son of Jesse. 39:36.875 --> 39:38.210 The sin of Jesse. 39:38.293 --> 39:40.337 Anointed for all to see. 39:40.420 --> 39:42.547 -Is it shame that compels you? -[sighs] 39:42.631 --> 39:44.800 No, it is not. It is something else. 39:44.883 --> 39:46.593 It is something deeper. 39:47.094 --> 39:50.430 And yet these are words that you have never spoken. 39:53.183 --> 39:55.477 Have God ask anything of me, 39:56.394 --> 40:00.107 anything else, I will give all. 40:00.941 --> 40:05.070 You have given God many things, but you have not given your all. 40:05.153 --> 40:09.282 You have not given what is most precious. 40:10.242 --> 40:15.914 You have not offered the best of the flock. 40:16.706 --> 40:17.707 Hmm? 40:18.750 --> 40:22.003 It is these sacrifices that are the greatest. 40:22.087 --> 40:26.424 It is this that God requires of us. 40:27.717 --> 40:30.804 To give what we love the most. 40:33.223 --> 40:35.183 If you try to cling to him… 40:38.728 --> 40:40.939 your fingers will break. 40:48.363 --> 40:50.198 Send me your champion! 40:51.658 --> 40:53.535 Or you shall all be slain! 40:54.619 --> 40:55.787 Cowards! 40:55.871 --> 40:57.581 All of you, cowards! 40:57.664 --> 41:00.375 Remember when the Philistines assembled at Michmash? 41:01.501 --> 41:04.921 There was courage in no man, brothers hiding in caves. 41:05.005 --> 41:06.173 [horse whinnies] 41:06.256 --> 41:07.591 You attacked by night. 41:08.216 --> 41:10.760 Alone, only with your armor-bearer. 41:11.887 --> 41:13.889 You confused them, disoriented them. 41:13.972 --> 41:15.015 Hashem gave us that victory. 41:15.098 --> 41:17.142 Yes, yes, but you started it. 41:17.225 --> 41:18.393 You gave us hope. 41:26.067 --> 41:27.611 These are not men of Israel. 41:28.695 --> 41:29.988 Hunters from Asher. 41:31.114 --> 41:33.700 Best mercenaries. Assassins from Egypt. 41:35.076 --> 41:36.411 You will attack by night. 41:37.329 --> 41:40.123 And if God is with you, you will slay that giant in his sleep. 41:41.791 --> 41:43.585 [Jonathan] And you will stay by my father's side? 41:44.252 --> 41:45.629 I will. 41:45.712 --> 41:47.255 I will do all I can. 41:47.339 --> 41:48.340 Till the end. 41:49.382 --> 41:50.383 Come. 42:04.189 --> 42:06.566 [water running] 42:39.891 --> 42:42.060 What would you have your servant do? 43:23.560 --> 43:25.312 [inhales sharply] 43:28.273 --> 43:30.984 [breathes heavily] 43:36.614 --> 43:37.615 Why? 43:39.200 --> 43:41.703 Why choose me for something I'll never do? 43:43.038 --> 43:44.039 [sighs] 43:47.667 --> 43:49.294 I wish I understood you. 43:50.587 --> 43:51.796 [Jesse] David! 43:54.090 --> 43:56.343 David. Come. 44:12.067 --> 44:15.070 -[grunts] -Father, where are you going? 44:15.904 --> 44:17.822 I am not going anywhere. 44:21.159 --> 44:22.243 Come, David. 44:33.671 --> 44:35.006 [sighs] 44:37.675 --> 44:40.553 [sighs, chuckles] 44:41.179 --> 44:43.681 There are things I've wanted to say for so long, 44:43.765 --> 44:46.101 and suddenly I have no words to say them. 44:46.184 --> 44:47.602 [inhales sharply] 44:48.395 --> 44:50.522 [Nitzevet] David, come. 44:50.605 --> 44:51.606 Come here. 44:55.527 --> 44:56.653 [Jesse] David. 44:57.320 --> 44:58.321 Please. 45:02.367 --> 45:03.368 [sighs] 45:05.328 --> 45:08.623 I took my first wife in prudence. 45:09.541 --> 45:12.085 Mmm. Our union was wise. 45:12.168 --> 45:14.754 [inhales sharply] For her tribe and mine. 45:14.838 --> 45:17.757 My bloodline was… [inhales sharply] …tainted. 45:18.591 --> 45:19.676 Because of grandmother Ruth? 45:19.759 --> 45:21.928 Yes, she was a Moabite. 45:22.011 --> 45:25.014 [inhales deeply] But my wife, she was pure. 45:25.557 --> 45:28.726 She bore me mighty sons, your brothers. 45:30.478 --> 45:36.901 It was after she returned to the dust that I met your mother. 45:39.654 --> 45:43.032 She… [sighs, grunts] She was so different. 45:44.033 --> 45:47.495 The opposite of… [inhales sharply] …everything I was taught to seek. 45:47.579 --> 45:49.664 Born an enemy of our people. 45:50.248 --> 45:56.045 Yet, her spirit, her warmth, something I had never known. 45:59.174 --> 46:00.425 I took her in haste. 46:01.718 --> 46:03.178 Married unlawfully. 46:05.930 --> 46:07.348 But I loved her, David. 46:08.349 --> 46:11.853 With a love I did not know was possible. 46:12.979 --> 46:15.398 [sighs] And she loved me. 46:22.363 --> 46:24.449 Your mother's final words to me… 46:24.949 --> 46:27.285 I know. She said to keep me safe. 46:27.368 --> 46:28.578 [Jesse] No. 46:28.661 --> 46:30.330 That is not what she said. 46:30.413 --> 46:33.458 [sighs deeply] 46:36.920 --> 46:39.464 "Let him rise." 46:45.178 --> 46:47.347 Let him rise. 46:52.936 --> 46:54.354 [Jesse] Those were her words. 46:57.857 --> 46:59.776 She saw visions, your mother. 47:00.276 --> 47:01.945 She had dreams about you. 47:02.028 --> 47:03.696 About what you would become. 47:05.990 --> 47:07.659 Dreams of violence. 47:07.742 --> 47:10.495 Both beautiful and terrifying. 47:10.578 --> 47:12.288 [breathes shakily, cries] 47:12.956 --> 47:14.666 And her last request to me… 47:18.002 --> 47:20.630 was for me to release you to those dreams. 47:22.257 --> 47:24.467 Forgive me, son. 47:25.218 --> 47:26.511 Forgive me. 47:27.762 --> 47:32.058 I have kept you here because you are the last part of her that remains. 47:33.017 --> 47:37.272 I don't send you to the fields because I am ashamed of you. 47:39.023 --> 47:40.692 I keep you here because… 47:41.359 --> 47:47.365 David, because I love you as I loved her. 47:50.952 --> 47:52.412 Forgive me, son. 47:59.419 --> 48:00.503 Come. 48:00.587 --> 48:03.131 I have loaded the donkey with food and supplies. 48:03.214 --> 48:04.882 I need you to take them. 48:04.966 --> 48:06.134 Where? 48:10.096 --> 48:11.681 To the battlefield. 48:12.974 --> 48:14.350 To your brothers. 48:17.895 --> 48:20.106 [David breathes heavily] 48:25.653 --> 48:27.655 [grunting] 48:31.409 --> 48:33.328 [sighs] 48:38.833 --> 48:40.251 The night of the shepherds. 48:44.631 --> 48:48.426 It is a heavy burden to be a king before your time. 48:50.136 --> 48:51.137 Leave us. 48:57.393 --> 48:58.853 What are you doing here? 48:59.937 --> 49:03.232 To offer counsel in your hour of need. 49:03.316 --> 49:06.361 To serve you, as I did your father. 49:09.447 --> 49:12.617 You serve no one but yourself, Doeg. 49:14.535 --> 49:15.995 And you believe in nothing. 49:18.206 --> 49:19.749 [Doeg chuckles] 49:20.750 --> 49:25.296 I believe you have a bigger problem than that giant. 49:29.592 --> 49:34.597 Words travel vast distances if one listens carefully enough. 49:35.598 --> 49:38.017 Stories of the great seer journeying 49:38.101 --> 49:41.145 to the Tribe of Judah, to the city of Bethlehem. 49:42.814 --> 49:44.982 I could be of great service to you. 49:45.692 --> 49:48.861 Should you command it, I will hunt and kill whoever it is 49:48.945 --> 49:52.490 that has been anointed to replace your father. 49:52.573 --> 49:53.741 Speak of my father again. 49:53.825 --> 49:57.704 [chuckles] All I need is just a name. 49:58.705 --> 50:00.915 The final piece, Jonathan. 50:00.998 --> 50:04.210 I have no time for your games, Doeg. 50:04.293 --> 50:05.294 [Doeg] Fine. 50:06.337 --> 50:11.217 Then go fight a battle you know you cannot win. 50:18.391 --> 50:21.394 Mark my words, Edomite. 50:23.312 --> 50:25.189 Even if I die on that field, 50:26.983 --> 50:29.944 it will not be before I watch the life drain from your eyes. 50:30.486 --> 50:34.073 [chuckles] That would be interesting to watch. 50:34.157 --> 50:37.368 [inhales deeply, chuckles] 50:44.959 --> 50:46.836 [Saul grunts, sighs] 50:51.549 --> 50:53.301 [Jonathan] I know the truth, Father. 50:55.803 --> 50:57.972 But I also know that I am your son. 50:59.015 --> 51:03.561 -I love you and I am with you, to the end. -[whimpers] 51:16.491 --> 51:17.658 Sleep now. 51:19.911 --> 51:22.830 And if you wake, pray for me. 51:22.914 --> 51:24.665 -[soldiers shouting, clamoring] -No. 51:24.749 --> 51:28.503 -[grunts] -No! 51:28.586 --> 51:31.714 [grunts] No. 51:48.940 --> 51:51.025 No! No! 51:51.108 --> 51:52.193 Jonathan! 51:52.276 --> 51:54.779 No! 52:15.842 --> 52:17.009 [Abner] God be with you. 52:45.788 --> 52:47.206 My son. 52:47.290 --> 52:50.793 [sighs] I love you. 52:51.294 --> 52:53.421 -[David] I love you too. -[sighs] 52:54.213 --> 52:56.841 [kisses, sighs] All right. 53:08.060 --> 53:09.145 Will we go together? 53:10.146 --> 53:12.398 I have my own journey to make. 53:13.524 --> 53:16.360 Do you remember the first words that I said to you? 53:17.194 --> 53:21.574 I said, "God does not see as man sees. 53:22.450 --> 53:25.036 He sees into the heart." 53:25.119 --> 53:29.832 And you, you have the heart of a lion. 53:30.666 --> 53:32.460 What do lions do? 53:34.337 --> 53:35.546 [chuckles] 53:36.797 --> 53:38.925 -They roar. -[chuckles] 53:39.550 --> 53:42.053 -[roars] -[chuckles] 53:54.523 --> 53:56.233 Rise, my son. 53:57.735 --> 53:58.903 Rise. 54:04.533 --> 54:07.328 [Goliath] How many days must we do this? 54:07.411 --> 54:10.873 Is there no champion in Israel? 54:12.208 --> 54:16.128 Anybody who will fight me? ael?