WEBVTT 00:04.463 --> 00:06.507 [Ahinoam] Previously on House of David… 00:06.590 --> 00:08.050 [Saul] I won this battle. 00:08.134 --> 00:09.552 You will anoint me again. 00:09.635 --> 00:11.554 This I cannot do. 00:11.637 --> 00:15.349 David loves me. There is no good reason why he would have David marry you. 00:15.433 --> 00:17.810 Your sister is right. She is the better choice. 00:17.893 --> 00:19.103 -[grunts] -[gasps] 00:19.186 --> 00:20.813 [sobs] 00:20.896 --> 00:23.649 Get out of Israel. I will find you and I will kill you. 00:23.733 --> 00:25.276 [groans] 00:27.653 --> 00:30.823 Eshbaal will wed Dinah. The daughter of Yahir of Dan. 00:30.906 --> 00:34.201 We need no ceremony. Together we can have a second chance. 00:34.285 --> 00:39.707 The one Samuel anoints, he must be slain along with everyone in his household. 00:39.790 --> 00:42.209 You and your child defile the name of Jesse. 00:42.293 --> 00:44.712 Your mother, born an enemy of our people. 00:44.795 --> 00:47.339 I took her in haste. Married unlawfully. 00:47.423 --> 00:49.925 You took my signet ring. Changed my law! 00:50.009 --> 00:53.262 You will not accompany me and our family to the Tabernacle. 00:53.763 --> 00:56.265 Adriel brings important news. 00:56.348 --> 00:58.476 [Adriel] I saw Samuel come to Bethlehem. 00:59.185 --> 01:01.145 I know who he anointed. 01:08.819 --> 01:11.822 [gentle music playing] 01:19.330 --> 01:21.957 [young David] How big is it, Mother? The Tabernacle. 01:22.041 --> 01:24.126 [Nitzevet] Bigger than anything you ever seen. 01:24.710 --> 01:25.711 Just wait. 01:25.795 --> 01:27.421 It is quite a sight, David. 01:27.505 --> 01:30.925 The holiest place in the land on the holiest day of the year. 01:31.008 --> 01:32.760 Will God be watching us today? 01:32.843 --> 01:35.012 God watches us every day. 01:35.095 --> 01:36.180 Especially you, Nathaneel. 01:36.847 --> 01:39.308 -[scoffs] That's why he laughs so much. -[Jesse] Eliab. 01:40.559 --> 01:43.270 [gasps] Is that it? 01:53.614 --> 01:54.698 Yes. 01:55.533 --> 01:56.909 The Tabernacle. 01:58.911 --> 02:01.080 Where the spirit of God dwells. 02:01.914 --> 02:02.915 [Mychal] David? 02:08.295 --> 02:10.297 Everyone is getting ready to leave. 02:14.051 --> 02:15.052 You all right? 02:17.388 --> 02:18.389 Yes. 02:19.431 --> 02:22.476 [inhales sharply] I'm listening for my mother's voice in the wind. 02:22.560 --> 02:24.603 [Nitzevet singing in Hebrew] 02:37.366 --> 02:38.742 [David] I wanted to tell her. 02:40.160 --> 02:41.203 [Mychal] Tell her what? 02:41.704 --> 02:43.163 I'm going to the Tabernacle. 02:43.247 --> 02:45.165 You didn't go together as a child? 02:46.417 --> 02:47.793 [singing continues] 02:47.877 --> 02:50.546 -[speaking indistinctly] -[David] She was never allowed. 02:52.089 --> 02:53.090 Nor was I. 02:53.173 --> 02:55.467 Come. We will return home. 02:55.551 --> 02:56.635 No. 02:58.012 --> 03:00.014 No, not because of me. You go. 03:00.097 --> 03:03.017 No. None of us are allowed ever again. 03:03.100 --> 03:05.853 This is the decision of the elders. 03:05.936 --> 03:07.396 -[young Eliab] Hypocrites. -[Jesse] Eliab. 03:07.479 --> 03:09.857 -[young Eliab] This is because of David. -[Jesse] Eliab, silence. 03:12.985 --> 03:15.029 [Mychal] Now you're an honored guest. 03:16.071 --> 03:19.199 Hmm? You're champion of the king. 03:21.285 --> 03:23.245 [breathes shakily, sighs] 03:26.165 --> 03:27.166 Come on. 03:27.249 --> 03:28.250 Let's go. 03:37.051 --> 03:39.511 -[whispering indistinctly] -[tense music playing] 04:03.369 --> 04:04.453 Is all well, my king? 04:05.746 --> 04:06.956 All is not well. 04:08.624 --> 04:11.001 We have a traitor in our midst. 04:14.046 --> 04:16.090 Curse Samuel. 04:18.509 --> 04:22.638 This blood is on his head. 04:23.597 --> 04:24.974 The anointed one? 04:25.724 --> 04:27.101 [sighs] 04:27.184 --> 04:28.310 [Abner] Well, rest assured, 04:29.895 --> 04:31.647 this threat will be removed. 04:32.439 --> 04:34.858 First his family, then the anointed himself. 04:34.942 --> 04:36.485 Joab will handle it. 04:37.194 --> 04:40.614 I-I was thinking I would, uh, enlist someone else for this. 04:40.698 --> 04:41.907 [Saul] No. 04:42.616 --> 04:45.077 Joab, he's the one I trust. 04:48.580 --> 04:49.581 Of course. 04:51.417 --> 04:54.044 The deed will be done before we reach the Tabernacle. 05:09.018 --> 05:11.437 -[chattering] -[birds chirping] 05:11.520 --> 05:15.357 Father would be proud seeing you attend Tabernacle. 05:16.233 --> 05:17.943 He would be proud of both of us. 05:18.777 --> 05:22.197 Uh, actually, I'm not going with you. 05:22.281 --> 05:24.950 I just heard I'm being sent on a mission with Joab. 05:25.034 --> 05:26.493 Now? 05:26.577 --> 05:27.578 Why? 05:27.661 --> 05:29.538 [Eliab] Uh, he would not tell me. 05:30.330 --> 05:31.331 Must be important. 05:33.125 --> 05:35.127 I wanted us to share this. 05:39.256 --> 05:41.884 Uh, perhaps it was something I was never meant to see. 05:55.647 --> 05:57.483 You have to clean this every day. 05:58.192 --> 05:59.318 You promise? 05:59.401 --> 06:00.903 Sara. 06:01.695 --> 06:03.405 Mychal. Get some rest. 06:04.490 --> 06:06.992 -[chuckles] -My family owes you a great debt. 06:07.076 --> 06:08.577 It is my pleasure to serve. 06:08.660 --> 06:10.037 You do more than serve. 06:10.662 --> 06:12.081 Because of you, my brother lives. 06:12.164 --> 06:15.125 Well, I am happy my skills were of use. 06:15.209 --> 06:17.211 [Mychal] I know Jonathan well. 06:17.294 --> 06:21.298 His feelings for you, they go deeper than gratitude. 06:21.381 --> 06:22.925 [chuckles] 06:23.008 --> 06:25.052 Men are often confused when I treat them. 06:25.135 --> 06:28.514 It's a sense of affection and reverence for the healer. 06:28.597 --> 06:29.598 Hmm. 06:30.474 --> 06:32.392 If you were to ask me… 06:34.269 --> 06:36.730 feelings seem to run both ways. 06:37.439 --> 06:38.440 [chuckles] 06:40.984 --> 06:42.569 We only just met. 06:44.780 --> 06:46.698 So… So come with us. 06:49.409 --> 06:50.744 To the Tabernacle? 06:52.830 --> 06:55.958 If you leave, you'll never know what could be. 06:59.920 --> 07:02.923 So, you'll come? 07:03.006 --> 07:04.466 [chuckles] 07:05.717 --> 07:07.219 -Yes? [chuckles] -Fine. 07:10.305 --> 07:11.640 [Jonathan] How is my boy? 07:11.723 --> 07:12.975 How is Samson? 07:13.058 --> 07:14.643 -[kisses] -[Samson blusters] 07:16.728 --> 07:17.855 Brother. 07:22.151 --> 07:23.485 Are you joining us? 07:23.569 --> 07:26.155 Your sister seems to think you are still ill. 07:30.868 --> 07:32.077 I've never felt worse. 07:32.995 --> 07:34.872 Well, then I suppose I am duty bound. 07:37.457 --> 07:39.001 -Let's get you a horse. -[chuckles] 07:41.253 --> 07:42.588 You're welcome, Brother. 07:43.172 --> 07:44.798 -[chuckles] -[Mychal chuckles] 07:59.188 --> 08:00.314 It's a long journey. 08:02.191 --> 08:03.442 Doesn't mean we have to talk. 08:05.194 --> 08:06.320 It's fine with me. 08:16.246 --> 08:17.247 [sighs] 08:18.916 --> 08:21.919 [Eshbaal] Perhaps you prefer to ride in the carriage? 08:22.586 --> 08:24.254 You are the wife of a prince now. 08:25.464 --> 08:29.468 So quick to marry, yet you know so little about me. 08:31.845 --> 08:32.846 [grunts] 08:46.151 --> 08:47.986 Need help climbing up, my prince? 08:49.196 --> 08:50.572 [sighs] 08:51.490 --> 08:52.491 [scoffs] 08:54.910 --> 08:56.245 Too late to back out now. 08:57.246 --> 08:58.247 [scoffs] 09:04.461 --> 09:05.587 Why is Mother not coming? 09:08.173 --> 09:09.508 Father. 09:10.092 --> 09:12.135 She has always been with us at the Tabernacle. 09:12.844 --> 09:14.429 And this year, she will not be. 09:19.268 --> 09:21.770 [epic music playing] 09:41.456 --> 09:42.624 [no audible dialogue] 09:47.421 --> 09:51.717 Uriah, I am to lead, but I don't know which way we are supposed to be going. 09:53.385 --> 09:56.680 -You see that scout ahead of the column? -Yes. 09:56.763 --> 09:59.016 Keep him in sight and just follow his horse. 09:59.725 --> 10:00.726 Thank you. 10:01.268 --> 10:02.269 [clicks tongue] 10:07.816 --> 10:10.068 Our new commander is asking for directions, huh? 10:10.569 --> 10:12.904 [chuckles] Should we be worried? 10:14.698 --> 10:17.451 Remind me, Oaz, how many giants have you killed? 10:17.534 --> 10:18.994 [scoffs] 10:19.995 --> 10:21.955 [cheering] 10:22.039 --> 10:24.791 [music continues] 10:30.964 --> 10:31.965 [horse whinnies] 10:41.808 --> 10:44.102 Will you at least tell me where we are going? 10:45.562 --> 10:47.314 -[sighs] -Is it Kiriath-jearim? 10:47.397 --> 10:50.400 No, we're headed south. 10:50.942 --> 10:51.943 Judah? 10:54.029 --> 10:55.447 Where exactly? What village? 10:56.531 --> 10:58.950 -And why? -[Joab sighs] Eliab. 11:00.410 --> 11:02.829 You will know the truth when the time is right. 11:19.513 --> 11:21.098 -Mmm, do you want some? -I don't like it. 11:26.103 --> 11:27.104 David. 11:27.771 --> 11:28.772 My king. 11:32.859 --> 11:35.320 Thank you for this great honor. 11:36.071 --> 11:38.573 It is the least I could do for one so loyal. 11:44.413 --> 11:45.580 I envy you, 11:46.957 --> 11:49.584 experiencing all this for the first time. 11:52.212 --> 11:55.549 The Day of Atonement is a time for repentance 11:56.883 --> 12:01.054 for the things that distance us from God 12:02.180 --> 12:05.725 and for the consequences our choices have caused. 12:08.145 --> 12:13.567 It is a ceremony that marks both the beginning and the end of many things. 12:19.865 --> 12:20.866 [sighs] 12:24.911 --> 12:25.912 You will see. 12:29.958 --> 12:33.211 [David singing in Hebrew] 12:37.090 --> 12:39.718 [chattering] 12:42.429 --> 12:44.431 [David continues singing] 12:51.104 --> 12:53.273 [laughs] 12:53.356 --> 12:56.109 Our commander's a singer, huh? [laughs] 13:00.322 --> 13:02.449 -[laughing] -[stops singing] 13:08.663 --> 13:09.664 Don't mind them. 13:11.374 --> 13:12.959 Earning their trust takes time. 13:13.752 --> 13:17.380 You know, I've been a shepherd for many years leading my father's flocks, 13:19.007 --> 13:21.384 and they have always followed me with great loyalty. 13:21.468 --> 13:23.220 Well, men are not sheep. 13:24.971 --> 13:27.182 To be a soldier is to face pain 13:28.558 --> 13:29.559 and hardship 13:30.894 --> 13:33.230 and the possibility of death every day. 13:36.441 --> 13:41.404 So a leader must provide them with a purpose greater than themselves. 13:43.740 --> 13:44.741 Mmm. 13:46.451 --> 13:47.661 You'll get there, David. 13:49.371 --> 13:50.455 One way or another. 14:07.973 --> 14:10.725 We have servants to tend the horses. 14:12.811 --> 14:15.772 You think she would have figured that out by now, but you know Mychal. 14:17.065 --> 14:18.275 I do. 14:20.986 --> 14:23.280 I wanted to tell you, I convinced my father 14:23.363 --> 14:25.865 to grant your family a hundred head of sheep. 14:27.492 --> 14:30.370 And your father, he will be restored in Judah, 14:30.954 --> 14:32.706 welcome to worship with the others. 14:32.789 --> 14:35.000 -All past sins wiped clean… -[David] Hmm. 14:35.083 --> 14:36.209 …so… [inhales sharply] 14:36.293 --> 14:38.253 …so he could join us next year. 14:39.170 --> 14:41.131 That is my gift to you. 14:42.007 --> 14:43.008 [David] Thank you. 14:45.885 --> 14:47.804 But my love cannot be bought, Mirab. 14:50.599 --> 14:51.850 Perhaps it can be earned? 14:55.186 --> 14:56.187 It already was. 14:58.607 --> 14:59.899 Look, David. 15:03.445 --> 15:07.741 I know I am not the one you chose, but I will make this the right choice. 15:10.535 --> 15:12.621 Do you know what you have done to your sister? 15:14.456 --> 15:15.540 What I have done? 15:18.335 --> 15:21.630 David, I have never been chosen, ever. 15:22.547 --> 15:25.216 I am overlooked. 15:25.300 --> 15:26.343 I'm ignored. 15:27.677 --> 15:29.679 I think you know what that feels like. 15:29.763 --> 15:34.225 To be forgotten by your family, to not have a path. 15:35.727 --> 15:37.395 But now look at you. 15:40.649 --> 15:44.444 You slayed that giant, and it upset everything. 15:45.779 --> 15:49.616 You found your path, and I would like to find mine. 15:50.742 --> 15:53.703 Because I deserve to have a future as much as Mychal. 15:54.287 --> 15:56.581 And the truth is, you and I, we… 15:56.665 --> 15:59.125 we are what this kingdom needs. 16:00.335 --> 16:04.464 And that is why my father made his choice, and he will not change his mind. 16:06.591 --> 16:08.593 Now, you don't have to like it, 16:09.552 --> 16:12.222 and, really, you don't have to love me, 16:13.932 --> 16:17.936 but the eyes of the nation are on us. 16:19.270 --> 16:26.027 So, please just don't embarrass me. 16:29.656 --> 16:30.699 [farmer] Help! 16:31.700 --> 16:32.701 Help! 16:33.743 --> 16:35.203 [soldier] Over there! 16:35.286 --> 16:36.663 What happened to you? 16:36.746 --> 16:38.998 Armed men. Philistines. 16:39.082 --> 16:40.917 Sacking village after village. 16:41.000 --> 16:43.128 [breathing shakily] Now, mine. 16:44.129 --> 16:45.422 Geba. 16:46.005 --> 16:47.424 -[coughs] -[Abner] David, 16:48.091 --> 16:50.009 take your brother and a detachment of men. 16:50.093 --> 16:51.469 We'll call for reinforcements. 16:51.553 --> 16:53.138 -As you wish. -Take him. 16:53.221 --> 16:54.222 Lead us. 16:54.305 --> 16:55.807 [David] Abi, let's go. 16:56.433 --> 16:57.600 Ready your weapons! 16:57.684 --> 16:59.060 The Philistines are attacking! 16:59.561 --> 17:02.063 [dramatic music playing] 17:04.149 --> 17:05.692 [horses whinnying] 17:11.614 --> 17:14.951 Joab, why are we here? 17:17.162 --> 17:18.163 Hey. 17:18.872 --> 17:19.956 No more secrets. 17:21.332 --> 17:22.542 These are my neighbors. 17:23.626 --> 17:26.921 The man Samuel anointed, he lives here. 17:28.381 --> 17:29.382 No. 17:32.051 --> 17:33.303 That cannot be true. 17:34.220 --> 17:36.347 -Yet it is. -[breathes heavily] 17:38.600 --> 17:39.893 [Eliab] And what are we to do? 17:39.976 --> 17:42.645 [Joab] Remove the threat along with his bloodline. 17:43.646 --> 17:45.148 There can be no survivors. 17:46.399 --> 17:47.400 Joab… 17:49.861 --> 17:51.571 [stammers] These are good people. 17:52.405 --> 17:53.448 We cannot. 17:53.531 --> 17:54.532 I will not. 17:56.326 --> 17:58.244 Would you rather it be your family? 18:02.373 --> 18:03.583 Eliab, what are you doing here? 18:03.666 --> 18:05.668 Your father said you had returned to Gibeah. 18:05.752 --> 18:07.086 Tobiah, son of Japheth, 18:08.254 --> 18:10.173 you've been declared a traitor. 18:10.256 --> 18:12.467 -What? No. Joab. -[sword unsheathes] 18:13.384 --> 18:15.303 -[Tobiah] No, I don't understand. -Joab. 18:16.137 --> 18:18.598 Eliab, tell him. You know me. 18:18.681 --> 18:20.642 Your death is necessary to preserve the future… 18:20.725 --> 18:21.851 -Joab. -…of our rightful king… 18:21.935 --> 18:23.686 -Merciful God, please. -…the true anointed one. 18:23.770 --> 18:24.813 [Tobiah] Eliab, tell him. 18:24.896 --> 18:27.899 -[Tobiah's son] Abba! -[Tobiah] Go! Get away, Son. 18:27.982 --> 18:30.318 -Run! [groans] -[grunts] 18:30.401 --> 18:31.402 [groans] 18:31.486 --> 18:33.738 -[pants] -I'll go after the boy. 18:33.822 --> 18:35.073 You finish the rest. 18:36.074 --> 18:37.158 Be smart, cousin. 18:44.249 --> 18:45.959 [breathing shakily] 18:46.042 --> 18:49.087 -[Tobiah's wife] No, please. Tobiah. -[baby crying] 18:49.170 --> 18:51.589 -[Tobiah's wife] Tobiah? -[Tobiah's daughter] Where's abba? 18:52.715 --> 18:55.093 [baby continues crying] 18:55.176 --> 18:57.178 [music continues] 19:11.317 --> 19:14.320 [breathing deeply] 19:26.207 --> 19:28.585 -[villagers crying] -[soldier] How could you do this? 19:28.668 --> 19:30.461 God is furious. 19:30.545 --> 19:33.131 [soldier 2] This is our leader? I don't know if I want… 19:33.214 --> 19:34.215 [soldier 3] Over here! 19:34.966 --> 19:37.635 -[soldier 4] Here, there's some survivors! -[Uriah] I told you he wasn't ready. 19:37.719 --> 19:38.887 [soldier 5] God, help me. 19:38.970 --> 19:39.971 [David] Oaz… 19:40.722 --> 19:43.725 [crying, muttering] 19:45.101 --> 19:46.352 [exhales deeply] 19:48.438 --> 19:50.565 [Oaz] That is a dozen men we've lost, David. 19:51.482 --> 19:52.525 A dozen men. 19:53.776 --> 19:55.028 [sobbing] Why did you rush in? 19:56.154 --> 19:59.574 Uriah, take Oaz. Tend to the wounded. Now. 20:00.867 --> 20:02.952 [David breathing shakily] 20:03.661 --> 20:07.874 [Oaz] I told you he's not a leader. 20:07.957 --> 20:09.292 [Uriah] Enough. 20:10.293 --> 20:12.045 The Philistines were attacking the villagers. 20:14.422 --> 20:16.841 I did what I-I felt I-I must do. 20:18.843 --> 20:20.261 You know what they would have done. 20:20.345 --> 20:21.971 We had the advantage. 20:23.389 --> 20:26.476 But you led with emotion and you gave up our position. 20:27.060 --> 20:29.979 [Abinadab] My prince, there's something you should see. 20:31.022 --> 20:33.399 You just got men killed who did not need to die. 20:50.458 --> 20:51.459 [Jonathan sighs] 20:51.542 --> 20:53.086 Every dead Philistine had one. 20:55.088 --> 20:57.298 There were two wagons loaded with them. 20:58.383 --> 20:59.717 More that escaped. 20:59.801 --> 21:00.927 Charcoal. 21:01.010 --> 21:02.011 [Oaz] Burned wood? 21:02.595 --> 21:05.431 What do they want with burned wood, huh? 21:05.515 --> 21:08.518 [sighs] Why risk life and limb for it? 21:23.199 --> 21:24.325 [sighs] 21:40.758 --> 21:43.261 David, come sit by the fire. Come. 21:56.774 --> 21:59.277 I got those men killed. [breathes shakily] 22:01.779 --> 22:03.573 It was a battle. 22:04.282 --> 22:06.284 They knew the cost. 22:06.367 --> 22:07.910 They followed me. 22:08.828 --> 22:10.830 They trusted me. 22:12.415 --> 22:13.583 [David sighs] 22:18.379 --> 22:19.797 You know… 22:21.049 --> 22:25.762 I grew up watching my father send men to their death, 22:26.721 --> 22:27.889 so… 22:30.391 --> 22:32.185 I know what war does. 22:35.646 --> 22:41.611 Not just to the ones who fight, but to those left behind. 22:49.077 --> 22:51.704 Grief cannot be avoided, David. 22:54.624 --> 22:56.584 But you don't have to do it alone. 23:08.387 --> 23:09.764 [David cries] 23:14.102 --> 23:15.186 Hey. 23:47.468 --> 23:49.053 [hammer pounding] 23:52.640 --> 23:53.683 [worker grunts] 23:57.395 --> 23:58.479 [Achish] Well? 24:01.232 --> 24:02.775 This still feels heavy. 24:03.317 --> 24:06.028 You promised me iron swords as refined as Goliath's. 24:06.112 --> 24:09.240 I need time, my king. And more materials. 24:09.323 --> 24:12.076 [whistles] I've given you all you required 24:12.910 --> 24:14.412 at the cost of many men, 24:15.288 --> 24:20.585 and yet you fail to live up to your promises, huh? 24:22.295 --> 24:24.380 Perhaps you are not as skilled as your master. 24:24.463 --> 24:27.049 There is no one as skilled as my master. 24:27.633 --> 24:29.927 -Then where is he? -No one knows, my king. 24:30.011 --> 24:31.846 He's believed to be dead. 24:32.638 --> 24:34.223 Goliath's sword was his last. 24:35.349 --> 24:36.934 But I am his best apprentice. 24:37.018 --> 24:39.478 Please, I will prove my worth. 24:39.562 --> 24:42.773 And soon, you will lead a vast army 24:42.857 --> 24:44.859 wielding the greatest weapons known to man. 24:50.072 --> 24:51.073 Not for men. 24:52.033 --> 24:53.534 For gods and kings. 24:54.994 --> 24:56.495 Can you do that or not? 24:56.579 --> 24:58.706 -Yes. Yes, my lord. -Mm-hmm. 24:58.789 --> 24:59.832 I will show you. 25:01.125 --> 25:02.126 Good. 25:04.754 --> 25:06.672 Get back to work. 25:10.885 --> 25:13.304 [pensive music playing] 25:21.646 --> 25:23.147 [epic music playing] 25:27.735 --> 25:30.738 [cheering, applause] 25:38.287 --> 25:39.705 [breathes shakily] 25:45.461 --> 25:49.048 [crowd chanting] David! David! David! 25:56.639 --> 26:02.436 Long ago, Adonai revealed the Tabernacle to Moses from Mount Sinai 26:02.520 --> 26:06.232 and told him to build one just like it on Earth. 26:06.816 --> 26:08.317 It is like… 26:09.277 --> 26:11.404 a shadow of the heavenly realm. 26:12.113 --> 26:14.323 Right here for us. 26:14.407 --> 26:15.408 Yeah. 26:16.367 --> 26:18.577 [crowd chanting] David! David! David! 26:26.919 --> 26:28.713 [ominous music playing] 26:41.058 --> 26:42.643 My people! 26:42.727 --> 26:44.020 [chanting stops] 26:44.103 --> 26:46.022 I present to you… 26:46.689 --> 26:47.773 the giant-slayer! 26:47.857 --> 26:48.858 -[cheering] -[applause] 26:49.442 --> 26:52.278 And his princess, Mirab. 26:55.990 --> 26:57.491 Pretend, David. 26:58.075 --> 27:00.036 If not for them, for me. 27:00.119 --> 27:02.455 -[crowd chanting] David! David! David! -[Mirab] Please. 27:08.544 --> 27:09.795 [applause] 27:22.975 --> 27:24.685 [ominous music playing] 27:33.569 --> 27:34.945 Where were you? 27:35.029 --> 27:36.364 What was this mission? 27:37.698 --> 27:39.200 We will not speak of it. 27:40.785 --> 27:41.994 Not here. 27:43.746 --> 27:44.872 Not ever. 28:57.570 --> 28:58.904 [no audible dialogue] 29:12.293 --> 29:15.880 [priest] If you have come to put hands on Samuel, 29:16.630 --> 29:20.634 you will first have to go through all the priests of the Tabernacle 29:22.136 --> 29:24.054 in front of all the people of Israel. 29:24.138 --> 29:25.139 [sighs] 29:26.974 --> 29:31.187 I assure you, we have no need or wish to harm the Seer. 29:31.270 --> 29:36.859 In fact, we come offering him a relief from his own sins. 30:08.599 --> 30:10.434 What do you think you're doing? 30:13.229 --> 30:15.064 Isn't it obvious? 30:15.773 --> 30:18.108 I thought we had an understanding. 30:20.945 --> 30:23.822 You mean how you'd rather ride a horse than have my child? 30:23.906 --> 30:25.032 [scoffs] 30:25.866 --> 30:28.327 Than have any man's child. 30:29.537 --> 30:35.334 So much pain and suffering, swollen belly, the risk of death, for what? 30:35.417 --> 30:38.087 -[Eshbaal sighs] -Huh? A moment of pleasure? 30:38.671 --> 30:39.797 [scoffs] 30:41.257 --> 30:42.633 I promise you… 30:44.218 --> 30:46.011 it will be much more than just a moment. 30:47.304 --> 30:48.889 -[Dinah grunts] -[blade unsheathes] 30:48.973 --> 30:51.475 [gasps, pants] 30:51.559 --> 30:53.477 The Law of Moses clearly states 30:53.561 --> 30:58.107 the Day of Atonement is a time to practice self-denial. 31:02.027 --> 31:03.028 You're mad. 31:04.446 --> 31:10.369 Well, when the sun sets tomorrow, the day of self-denial will be over. 31:11.412 --> 31:15.666 And we'll see if you still feel the need to draw a blade on me then. 31:15.749 --> 31:16.750 [Dinah] Mmm. 31:18.502 --> 31:20.170 We shall see, husband. 31:49.283 --> 31:50.993 [Mychal] Still sleeping under the stars? 31:51.785 --> 31:53.662 Mychal. 31:53.746 --> 31:55.372 Please, sit down. 32:04.548 --> 32:07.676 Uh, I've made a decision about us. 32:07.760 --> 32:09.762 If this is about earlier, 32:09.845 --> 32:13.223 your sister was performing for the crowd and I took no pleasure-- 32:13.307 --> 32:14.850 But the people did. 32:16.101 --> 32:18.562 I can see how this ends. 32:19.813 --> 32:22.983 Let's spare ourselves more pain. 32:23.067 --> 32:24.109 You… 32:24.985 --> 32:27.446 You will marry Mirab, and I… 32:27.529 --> 32:29.239 -I will live with it. -[David] No, no. 32:29.323 --> 32:31.075 I… I can… I cannot. 32:31.158 --> 32:34.370 I won't. [stammers] I love you, Mychal. 32:34.453 --> 32:35.621 Only you. 32:36.372 --> 32:40.292 There's more to consider than our own happiness. 32:41.919 --> 32:44.755 Perhaps I was only meant to help you face the giant. 32:44.838 --> 32:47.299 -Perhaps that is God's purpose in this. -[David stammers] What? No. 32:47.800 --> 32:50.552 We are meant to be together. I know it. 32:52.221 --> 32:54.598 Listen, we just need to keep fighting. 32:55.391 --> 32:56.684 I am fighting. 32:57.476 --> 32:59.853 I'm fighting for something else. 32:59.937 --> 33:00.979 For what? 33:01.063 --> 33:02.439 My family. 33:02.523 --> 33:04.525 But you said yourself, you blame your own father. 33:04.608 --> 33:07.528 I'm angry with him, yes, but he's still my father. 33:08.237 --> 33:10.072 -And he's the anointed. -[David] Is he? 33:11.949 --> 33:13.409 Do not speak against God. 33:13.492 --> 33:15.035 Not to me and certainly not here. 33:15.119 --> 33:17.913 -No, no, no, that's not what I meant. -I love you, but I… 33:17.996 --> 33:21.208 I will not choose you or anyone over his will. 33:21.291 --> 33:24.002 What if choosing me is God's will? 33:24.086 --> 33:27.548 You keep saying that, but have you even asked him? 33:27.631 --> 33:29.508 -Constantly. -Has he answered? 33:29.591 --> 33:32.344 -Well, not yet, but-- [stammers] -That is our answer. 33:32.428 --> 33:37.516 If we were truly meant to be together, this would be easier. 33:37.599 --> 33:42.312 We wouldn't have to keep fighting against the current or breaking my family apart. 33:42.396 --> 33:45.399 David, my mother isn't even here. 33:46.108 --> 33:47.192 I know, I know. 33:47.276 --> 33:48.610 I fear… 33:49.903 --> 33:51.447 I fear we are being selfish. 33:51.530 --> 33:52.865 Mychal, please. 33:52.948 --> 33:54.616 I've made my decision. 33:57.327 --> 34:01.415 If you love me, you'll respect it. 34:05.043 --> 34:06.587 [dramatic music playing] 34:06.670 --> 34:07.671 [inhales sharply] 34:23.228 --> 34:24.396 [sighs] 34:24.480 --> 34:26.565 [breathes heavily] 34:32.654 --> 34:34.156 [young Eliab] This is because of David. 34:34.239 --> 34:39.161 This is not his fault or yours, but it will be your burden to bear. 34:40.496 --> 34:42.706 So, instead of judging others as they do, 34:43.332 --> 34:46.919 concern yourself with the man God wants you to become. 34:49.087 --> 34:52.716 Perhaps then, you will be the one to redeem our family. 34:53.300 --> 34:55.052 [tense music playing] 35:04.853 --> 35:06.063 [Tobiah's son] Abba! 35:08.065 --> 35:12.194 -[sobbing] -[Tobiah's wife] Tobiah. Tobiah. 35:32.005 --> 35:33.006 [groans] 35:34.967 --> 35:35.968 [breathes shakily] 35:50.566 --> 35:51.942 [Abner] My king. 35:55.153 --> 35:58.824 Thank you, Abner, for bringing my most honored guest. 36:01.869 --> 36:03.620 Tell me, Saul… 36:03.704 --> 36:05.914 Are all your honored guests brought forcibly 36:05.998 --> 36:07.958 to your tent in the dead of night? 36:08.041 --> 36:09.334 Hila… 36:10.711 --> 36:15.424 I didn't bring you here to threaten you, but to appeal. 36:15.507 --> 36:18.218 We have much to discuss. 36:18.302 --> 36:20.095 Please, sit. 36:20.178 --> 36:22.055 I prefer to stand. 36:22.723 --> 36:24.057 Where is Ahinoam? 36:24.141 --> 36:26.143 Do you not always travel together? 36:27.144 --> 36:29.021 The queen is not your concern. 36:29.104 --> 36:31.356 I sincerely hope she isn't ill 36:31.440 --> 36:35.944 or grappling with demons of the mind, as you have been of late. 36:36.820 --> 36:41.742 I assure you, Hila, my mind has never been more clear. 36:42.326 --> 36:44.286 And Samuel needs to know that. 36:46.204 --> 36:51.335 Convince your husband, who has clearly lost sight of God's purpose, 36:51.418 --> 36:53.337 to make the right choice. 36:54.713 --> 36:59.092 Tomorrow, Samuel must reaffirm his support for me as king 36:59.176 --> 37:01.470 in front of the gathered people of Israel. 37:01.553 --> 37:04.640 You kept him bound as a prisoner. 37:05.891 --> 37:08.852 Even that couldn't convince him to do as you wish. 37:09.561 --> 37:13.857 Of all places, why would his mind be changed here? 37:13.941 --> 37:17.653 If God has failed to tell him the answer to that question, 37:17.736 --> 37:22.157 then perhaps it will fall to me to speak truth in his ear. 37:22.240 --> 37:23.617 [Hila] Do you not see? 37:24.701 --> 37:29.206 When Samuel's words favor your house, you accept them from God. 37:30.040 --> 37:33.251 And when they do not, you dismiss them. 37:34.002 --> 37:38.006 Either God speaks through my husband, or he does not. 37:38.090 --> 37:43.220 And if he does not, then your anointing was never just. 37:44.262 --> 37:46.890 So, you have lost either way. 37:47.557 --> 37:50.936 Accept this and you will know peace. 37:51.019 --> 37:55.107 No man lives forever and Samuel's time will end 37:55.190 --> 37:59.569 sooner than it should if he continues to defy me. 38:00.696 --> 38:02.030 And, Hila… [sighs] 38:04.032 --> 38:08.120 I would be terribly burdened if anything happened to you as well. 38:08.745 --> 38:11.248 [pensive music playing] 38:15.335 --> 38:20.882 Lord of Hosts, I ask you on behalf of those still faithful. 38:23.635 --> 38:27.806 Show your love and kindness to your people, Israel… 38:30.475 --> 38:33.603 for we have forsaken Adonai. 38:34.187 --> 38:37.733 We have sinned against you… 38:40.277 --> 38:43.030 and we have sinned against each other. 38:48.368 --> 38:52.122 But you are long-suffering 38:53.749 --> 38:55.083 and compassionate. 38:58.503 --> 39:03.967 You are slow to anger and your mercy is abounding. 39:05.635 --> 39:08.972 May our sacrifice be acceptable in your sight 39:09.056 --> 39:11.099 as we enter this new year. 39:13.018 --> 39:14.770 Free us from sin. 39:15.395 --> 39:18.023 Forgive us our trespasses. 39:18.982 --> 39:21.902 And, Lord, crown us 39:22.736 --> 39:26.656 with your blessing and with your grace. 39:27.365 --> 39:29.034 [breathes deeply, kisses] 39:37.250 --> 39:38.251 Ah… 39:39.127 --> 39:40.545 And where have you been? 39:41.963 --> 39:43.840 Just enjoying the night air. 39:45.509 --> 39:47.302 Ah. [chuckles] 39:49.513 --> 39:50.514 [chuckles] 39:52.057 --> 39:53.100 Good. 39:55.018 --> 39:58.021 [chanting] 40:00.148 --> 40:02.192 [all praying] 40:14.329 --> 40:17.332 [priest speaking Hebrew] 40:20.168 --> 40:21.545 [Samuel] Thank you. 40:25.799 --> 40:27.425 What? 40:27.509 --> 40:29.886 -You should not be in here. -[Samuel] Jonathan! 40:29.970 --> 40:31.388 It's all right. 40:31.471 --> 40:32.973 No, no, it's fine. 40:34.099 --> 40:35.475 Leave us. 40:36.518 --> 40:37.519 Come. 40:38.562 --> 40:39.563 Samuel. 40:39.646 --> 40:42.232 So, you have won a… a great victory. 40:42.315 --> 40:43.567 -[grunts] -It is well done. 40:43.650 --> 40:45.402 Mmm, the victory was won by David. 40:49.072 --> 40:50.657 Ah. Something troubles you. 40:54.244 --> 40:55.912 He is the anointed one. 40:57.998 --> 41:00.208 Chosen by God to replace my father. 41:02.127 --> 41:03.461 Is he not? 41:08.300 --> 41:09.467 -Hmm. -[Samuel] So… 41:11.178 --> 41:12.846 what does your heart tell you? 41:12.929 --> 41:15.140 [Jonathan sighs, chuckles] 41:15.932 --> 41:18.935 He has become my friend… 41:20.937 --> 41:22.439 and I am teaching him the skills 41:22.522 --> 41:26.234 he could use to destroy my father, my family, myself. 41:28.153 --> 41:30.488 [sighs] It… 41:30.989 --> 41:32.866 It threatens to corrupt the mind. 41:32.949 --> 41:34.201 [Samuel] Listen to me. 41:34.910 --> 41:39.039 No one, not even I, can know exactly 41:39.122 --> 41:45.003 what Adonai intends or how his will may manifest. 41:46.796 --> 41:52.510 Do you truly believe that David would ever harm you or your family? 41:53.970 --> 41:55.096 I do not. 41:57.724 --> 42:01.019 But… what is my purpose in this? 42:03.563 --> 42:07.567 If he is to sit on the throne, I am his greatest obstacle. 42:09.027 --> 42:11.404 Then become his greatest ally. 42:13.615 --> 42:17.494 Help David to become the man God needs him to be. 42:18.620 --> 42:21.373 [sighs] Oh, Jonathan, Jonathan. 42:21.456 --> 42:25.126 In the meantime, try to take some joy 42:26.127 --> 42:27.837 in your own life. 42:30.840 --> 42:32.008 Wash your hands. 42:33.009 --> 42:34.010 Go on. 42:42.477 --> 42:43.770 [Samuel chuckles] 42:48.149 --> 42:49.818 [chattering] 42:58.159 --> 43:00.203 You owe me a great debt, son of Jesse. 43:00.912 --> 43:03.873 I have saved you and your family from a quick death. 43:06.042 --> 43:07.043 You have done what? 43:08.420 --> 43:10.255 I know who you're meant to be, David. 43:11.214 --> 43:12.340 I, uh… 43:13.091 --> 43:15.176 I know about the anointing. 43:18.722 --> 43:21.850 Ah, so it is true. 43:23.810 --> 43:25.645 Your eyes betray you. 43:26.521 --> 43:27.731 Ah… 43:30.108 --> 43:31.109 Do not worry. 43:31.192 --> 43:34.112 I have put the name of another in the king's ear. 43:35.113 --> 43:37.699 The name of a man I will not miss. 43:38.992 --> 43:41.661 They have died in your place, David. 43:44.080 --> 43:45.081 So, 43:46.166 --> 43:51.629 when the scepter returns to Judah as prophesied and you sit on your throne, 43:52.922 --> 43:56.926 my little musical warrior, huh, 43:57.010 --> 43:59.012 remember who protected you. 43:59.095 --> 44:00.513 [pensive music playing] 44:15.028 --> 44:16.029 [grunts] 44:42.889 --> 44:44.474 The Lord has chose. 44:45.266 --> 44:46.518 [breathes deeply] 44:49.479 --> 44:50.814 [goat bleating] 44:55.860 --> 44:57.362 [Samuel grunts] 44:59.155 --> 45:00.907 -[blade slices] -[blood pours] 45:18.800 --> 45:20.009 [goat bleats] 45:21.010 --> 45:24.889 Upon this goat, I lay all our wrongdoings, 45:24.973 --> 45:28.518 that it may bear them away into the wilderness. 45:28.601 --> 45:32.981 Let it carry our guilt far from us, 45:33.064 --> 45:36.025 never to defile these people again. 45:36.109 --> 45:37.444 [bleats] 45:40.738 --> 45:41.865 [bleating] 45:47.620 --> 45:49.205 Tekiah Gedolah. 45:49.289 --> 45:51.332 [horn blowing] 46:10.935 --> 46:14.314 Your false anointed one breathes no more. 46:16.149 --> 46:20.403 God revealed him to me that I might smite him from the face of the Earth. 46:20.987 --> 46:24.991 Now show the people I am God's chosen king. 46:26.159 --> 46:28.828 Anoint me once again, here and now. 46:31.789 --> 46:35.919 Only then will peace reign throughout the land. 46:37.545 --> 46:39.255 I do as God speaks. 46:40.840 --> 46:42.133 You know this, Saul. 46:43.426 --> 46:46.554 And what you are asking, God has not spoken. 47:17.293 --> 47:19.921 [singing in Hebrew] 47:41.568 --> 47:43.444 [singing continues] 47:55.123 --> 47:58.126 [breathing deeply] 48:03.798 --> 48:06.676 [singing continues] 48:31.075 --> 48:32.076 [sighs] 48:32.160 --> 48:33.786 [singing continues] 48:33.870 --> 48:34.871 [breathes shakily] 48:41.544 --> 48:44.380 [sobbing] 48:47.300 --> 48:48.426 [Jonathan] Hey. 48:49.135 --> 48:50.136 Hey. 48:51.054 --> 48:52.472 I am with you, brother. 48:53.681 --> 48:56.726 I fight with you and I mourn with you. 48:56.809 --> 48:58.561 [sobbing continues] 49:06.361 --> 49:08.738 You have made the wrong choice. 49:11.032 --> 49:12.158 Saul… 49:14.619 --> 49:16.704 I do not fear you. 49:17.538 --> 49:19.374 I do not serve you. 49:20.917 --> 49:22.752 This altar is for priests, 49:23.836 --> 49:25.296 not kings. 49:28.758 --> 49:31.594 [dramatic music playing] 50:02.250 --> 50:03.501 [sniffles] 50:07.255 --> 50:08.798 You'll get what you want. 50:10.425 --> 50:11.718 I won't fight you anymore. 50:14.178 --> 50:15.471 I will accept it. 50:19.100 --> 50:22.395 -Mychal. -But I cannot be beside you for this. 50:28.151 --> 50:31.571 Don't expect me to forgive you, Mirab. 50:34.866 --> 50:36.159 I can't. 50:48.546 --> 50:49.839 [both chuckle] 50:52.759 --> 50:54.010 Jonathan. 50:54.927 --> 50:57.555 A wise man told me to take joy in my life… 50:59.098 --> 51:00.683 [exhales deeply] 51:00.767 --> 51:02.268 …and I am heeding his words. 51:02.351 --> 51:04.353 I know what it is you want… 51:05.980 --> 51:07.607 but this, 51:08.816 --> 51:11.527 us, cannot be. 51:13.154 --> 51:14.447 [chuckles] 51:15.823 --> 51:17.033 Do you not want it too? 51:20.077 --> 51:22.079 I told you my brother died in battle, 51:23.039 --> 51:24.957 but I didn't tell you the whole story. 51:26.501 --> 51:27.960 His name was Isaac. 51:29.629 --> 51:31.255 He died at the battle of Michmash. 51:33.674 --> 51:36.761 The same battle that made you famous as a hero of Israel. 51:37.970 --> 51:40.932 They say you climbed a steep cliff and launched an attack 51:41.015 --> 51:44.268 on the Philistines with only your armor-bearer at your side. 51:45.353 --> 51:46.938 Two against an army. 51:49.357 --> 51:52.109 My brother was one of the hundreds of men 51:52.193 --> 51:55.029 inspired by your bravery to join the fight… 51:57.114 --> 51:59.700 and he died because of it. 52:03.037 --> 52:07.416 No matter how hard I try, and believe me, I have tried… 52:08.751 --> 52:11.712 I cannot stop holding you responsible for his death. 52:14.632 --> 52:15.633 I save lives… 52:17.260 --> 52:18.928 and you take them. 52:21.097 --> 52:22.390 It's as simple as that. 52:27.770 --> 52:29.063 Sara… 52:29.146 --> 52:31.148 [dramatic music playing] 53:02.805 --> 53:03.931 Are you all right? 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