WEBVTT 00:04.588 --> 00:06.507 [Mychal] Previously on House of David… 00:06.590 --> 00:10.094 With five unified armies, we shall ride against Saul. 00:10.177 --> 00:14.306 There is not a leader among us to command the five armies. Certainly not you. 00:14.390 --> 00:17.226 I just heard I'm being sent on a mission with Joab. 00:17.309 --> 00:18.477 Must be important. 00:18.561 --> 00:19.687 And what are we to do? 00:20.229 --> 00:22.606 [Joab] Remove the threat along with his bloodline. 00:22.690 --> 00:24.400 There can be no survivors. 00:24.483 --> 00:27.027 Go! Get away, Son. Run! [grunts] 00:27.111 --> 00:28.070 [breathes shakily] 00:28.154 --> 00:30.865 -I fear we are being selfish. -Mychal, please. 00:30.948 --> 00:32.324 I've made my decision. 00:32.408 --> 00:34.660 You will marry Mirab and I will live with it. 00:34.744 --> 00:36.954 [Oaz] That is a dozen men we've lost, David. 00:37.037 --> 00:38.497 Every dead Philistine had one. 00:39.623 --> 00:40.624 Charcoal. 00:41.542 --> 00:43.919 You promised me iron swords as refined as Goliath's. 00:44.003 --> 00:46.922 I need time, my king, and more materials. 00:47.006 --> 00:52.178 As a reward for your bravery, I give you command of a thousand men. 00:52.261 --> 00:53.345 [cheering] 00:53.429 --> 00:56.932 Do you really think David is capable of commanding an army? 00:57.016 --> 00:59.685 It is wise to use David to unite our people. 01:01.103 --> 01:02.480 They love him. 01:07.026 --> 01:09.028 [clamoring, grunting] 01:33.302 --> 01:35.763 [David] The righteous will flourish like a palm tree. 01:40.017 --> 01:42.686 They will grow like a cedar of Lebanon. 01:48.359 --> 01:50.236 Planted in the house of the Lord… 01:54.615 --> 01:57.076 they will flourish in the courts of our God. 02:13.259 --> 02:16.053 By this I know that you are pleased with me… 02:17.221 --> 02:18.472 [screams] 02:20.683 --> 02:23.394 …because my enemies do not triumph over me. 02:51.380 --> 02:53.173 Do not let them triumph over me. 03:00.514 --> 03:02.308 [Jonathan] Ah, the great warrior. 03:04.810 --> 03:07.938 -Jonathan. -And still writing your poetry. 03:08.022 --> 03:09.315 [David chuckles] 03:09.398 --> 03:11.483 [Jonathan groans] This year has gone by too quickly. 03:11.984 --> 03:13.319 [sighs] Look at you. 03:13.402 --> 03:17.031 All this time, you still can't grow a beard, huh? 03:17.114 --> 03:18.866 -I've been trying. -Uh-huh. 03:19.491 --> 03:21.452 [David chuckles] How have you been? 03:22.077 --> 03:24.538 [Jonathan] Tired, from hearing of your many victories. 03:24.622 --> 03:26.790 [David] Perhaps I could lose a few to ease your burden. 03:27.291 --> 03:29.919 -How is she? -Uh, Mychal? 03:31.170 --> 03:32.379 [chuckles] 03:33.505 --> 03:35.591 Distracting herself as much as she can. 03:36.967 --> 03:38.510 She teaches children now. 03:38.594 --> 03:39.595 -Yes? -Hmm. 03:41.221 --> 03:42.222 And the rest? 03:43.349 --> 03:48.187 A house divided can be, well, an unpleasant place. 03:49.313 --> 03:50.731 And what of Sara? 03:51.440 --> 03:55.235 I still think about her, even after all this time. 03:56.487 --> 03:57.905 [chuckles] 03:59.031 --> 04:02.534 But her heart is bound by the loss of her brother. 04:03.243 --> 04:04.370 She cannot release it. 04:05.537 --> 04:06.538 Hmm. 04:07.373 --> 04:12.002 The pain behind us, it often blocks the joy ahead. 04:12.670 --> 04:15.631 Hmm. So, what can be done? 04:18.592 --> 04:19.593 We look forward. 04:22.054 --> 04:24.056 [horn blows] 04:24.139 --> 04:25.224 Ambush. 04:26.266 --> 04:28.310 [clamoring] 04:34.358 --> 04:36.318 Shields in the center now. 04:38.362 --> 04:40.614 [soldiers] Shields! Shields! Shields! 04:40.698 --> 04:42.241 -Where did they come from? -All sides. 04:42.324 --> 04:43.909 Archers on me. 04:44.493 --> 04:45.661 They'll hit your brother. 04:50.124 --> 04:51.709 Give the order when I'm covered. 04:52.209 --> 04:53.836 [panting] 04:55.170 --> 04:57.464 [grunting] 04:58.173 --> 04:59.174 Stay down! 04:59.258 --> 05:00.759 Arrows! 05:05.472 --> 05:07.516 Move! Get off me. 05:08.017 --> 05:09.268 Protect David! 05:09.351 --> 05:11.812 [soldiers shouting] 06:04.698 --> 06:06.283 Take their swords! 06:08.410 --> 06:09.411 Jonathan! 06:39.608 --> 06:42.653 [Philistine soldiers] Fall back! Retreat! 06:42.736 --> 06:47.616 Retreat! Fall back! Retreat! 06:48.742 --> 06:49.785 [grunts] 06:53.413 --> 06:54.790 [David] Who was that? 06:59.670 --> 07:02.005 [soldiers cheering] 07:05.926 --> 07:07.886 [panting] Oaz, raise your sword. 07:09.555 --> 07:10.764 No. 07:10.848 --> 07:14.935 [groans, panting] 07:15.894 --> 07:20.315 It's light as a feather, yet still so strong. 07:21.024 --> 07:24.570 Tha-That was my sword. Are you going to replace it? 07:24.653 --> 07:25.988 Search the dead yourself. 07:27.072 --> 07:28.198 -Eliab. -[pants] 07:29.199 --> 07:30.826 Do not defy my orders again. 07:31.577 --> 07:32.953 Then do not tell me what to do. 07:37.166 --> 07:38.167 [Joab] Look at this. 07:42.796 --> 07:43.839 More charcoal. 07:43.922 --> 07:47.718 Yes. More charcoal that will not make it back to a Philistine forge. 07:47.801 --> 07:49.136 These are demon swords. 07:50.053 --> 07:52.890 David, do you think these swords are cursed? 07:54.057 --> 07:57.060 -No, I do not. -Good. 07:57.144 --> 08:01.481 Every time we face these weapons, they are stronger and lighter. 08:02.274 --> 08:04.193 All of Philistia are armed with these. 08:04.693 --> 08:05.861 God is able. 08:08.864 --> 08:11.533 Plus, I have held one far more perfect than this. 08:24.504 --> 08:26.173 It's difficult. 08:26.256 --> 08:29.801 I know, but it-it's important. [chuckles] 08:33.180 --> 08:35.307 Writing… [chuckles] 08:36.016 --> 08:38.810 Writing is how we remember what came before us. 08:39.978 --> 08:45.192 Like the great stories of Jacob, Moses and Noah. 08:45.275 --> 08:49.529 Who knows, maybe one day, you will write down such a story. Hmm? 08:50.572 --> 08:54.451 I would write the story of David the Giant Killer. 08:57.621 --> 08:59.456 That would be a very good one. 09:00.207 --> 09:01.375 [chuckles] 09:03.794 --> 09:05.045 Wonder how it ends. 09:08.882 --> 09:10.884 [crowd cheering] 09:23.480 --> 09:27.818 [civilians cheering] 09:27.901 --> 09:32.197 Saul has killed his thousands, David his tens of thousands! 09:37.286 --> 09:41.873 Saul has killed his thousands, David his tens of thousands! 09:42.374 --> 09:47.379 It has been time enough. When will you forgive me? 09:49.006 --> 09:50.966 It is you who abandoned our bed. 09:55.053 --> 09:56.596 Do you have something to say? 10:00.350 --> 10:04.521 Surely you wouldn't have come all the way to this side of the palace if you didn't. 10:05.772 --> 10:08.775 [crowd continues chanting] 10:13.196 --> 10:18.076 It is your name they should be chanting and your son after you. 10:20.120 --> 10:21.830 They are chanting my name. 10:22.581 --> 10:27.252 I have killed my thousands. David his tens of thousands. 10:27.336 --> 10:28.712 Yes, David. 10:28.795 --> 10:30.339 [crowd chanting] David! David! 10:30.422 --> 10:32.257 David… 10:34.843 --> 10:36.720 David. 10:38.055 --> 10:40.974 They would crown that boy today if they could. 10:43.477 --> 10:45.604 He has driven your daughters apart 10:46.188 --> 10:48.774 and now he eclipses you in the eyes of your people. 10:50.025 --> 10:53.403 He is a threat. Why do you refuse to see it? 10:53.487 --> 10:54.488 Enough. 10:56.823 --> 11:00.786 Your suspicion is a poison to me and everyone in this palace. 11:00.869 --> 11:05.540 My suspicion is a shield to you and your throne. 11:06.625 --> 11:08.710 The sooner you realize that, the better. 11:12.839 --> 11:14.841 [crowd continues chanting] 11:22.099 --> 11:25.977 Our hero returns. More victories I'm told. 11:27.646 --> 11:30.107 We, uh… we have much to discuss. 11:30.190 --> 11:32.984 We are badly in need of a wedding planner. 11:33.068 --> 11:36.154 Yes, but another time please. I would love to take my rest. 11:36.780 --> 11:39.157 Yes, of course. Of course. 11:54.297 --> 11:56.258 [Jonathan] It's time to stop fighting over charcoal, 11:57.008 --> 12:00.095 start forging our own swords to match these. 12:01.221 --> 12:04.307 It must require a great deal of heat to forge weapons of this quality. 12:05.475 --> 12:09.312 Philistines would never sacrifice so many lives raiding our coal mines otherwise. 12:14.609 --> 12:17.279 David swears Goliath's blade is even stronger. 12:18.864 --> 12:20.490 If we are to stand any chance at all, 12:20.574 --> 12:23.910 we need that weapon and the knowledge behind it. 12:24.619 --> 12:26.121 Do you know what became of it? 12:58.403 --> 13:00.071 [Abiathar] Greetings, Lord Commander. 13:00.655 --> 13:02.949 What are you doing in the City of the Priests? 13:03.700 --> 13:06.995 You're holding something here, something brought here by your father. 13:07.871 --> 13:08.872 I need to see it. 13:09.789 --> 13:11.833 He instructed I reveal it to no one. 13:11.917 --> 13:13.251 As I instructed him. 13:38.777 --> 13:41.279 I've been trying to cipher what is etched on it. 13:41.947 --> 13:43.198 Philistian markings? 13:43.865 --> 13:48.495 Mostly, but some are much older. Egyptian, I believe. 13:50.372 --> 13:55.335 God, swords. Perhaps, "God and swords." 13:55.418 --> 13:56.461 No. 13:57.837 --> 13:59.673 No. "God of Swords." 14:02.259 --> 14:03.260 It's a signature. 14:23.280 --> 14:24.322 Thank you. 14:36.793 --> 14:39.129 [Jonathan] Not bad. Getting better. 14:39.629 --> 14:42.549 [both grunting] 14:48.346 --> 14:49.347 [Jonathan] Good. 14:50.056 --> 14:51.182 As the lion. 14:57.647 --> 14:59.899 -Can I ask you something? -Mm-hmm. 15:01.443 --> 15:06.406 What does it feel like… to be anointed? 15:07.616 --> 15:12.412 Like Joshua, Samson, the way my father was. 15:13.038 --> 15:15.790 Is. Your father is anointed. 15:16.291 --> 15:17.751 No, you don't have to explain. 15:17.834 --> 15:19.836 You can speak the truth to me. 15:21.171 --> 15:22.505 What does it feel like? 15:26.301 --> 15:27.594 [sighs] 15:28.720 --> 15:34.851 Powerful, like fire or a rushing wind. 15:40.357 --> 15:44.319 I become more of something. 15:45.236 --> 15:47.447 Everything I feel is amplified. 15:47.947 --> 15:52.535 Passion, joy, even rage. 15:55.538 --> 15:56.790 It frightens me. 15:58.875 --> 16:00.502 I fear I may lose control. 16:03.046 --> 16:06.800 I cannot speak of it to anyone, except maybe you now. 16:08.468 --> 16:11.888 No one understands. I don't understand. 16:15.016 --> 16:21.898 Sometimes I feel that to be anointed is to be alone. 16:25.068 --> 16:26.319 You are not alone, David. 16:33.785 --> 16:36.204 I'm sorry the throne won't pass to you as it should have. 16:57.600 --> 16:58.601 Hello, Princess. 17:01.813 --> 17:03.148 David. 17:03.231 --> 17:07.652 I heard you were teaching children how to read, as you once taught me. 17:09.195 --> 17:11.156 You know how I love words. 17:13.908 --> 17:15.702 I miss hearing you sing them. 17:16.870 --> 17:21.291 So often I would sit at this very balcony listening to your morning prayers. 17:22.792 --> 17:24.461 Your sister compares it to a rooster. 17:24.544 --> 17:28.381 [chuckles] Yes, well, she does like her sleep. 17:30.967 --> 17:32.177 I have a gift for you. 17:39.642 --> 17:42.061 I began writing my own songs, 17:42.145 --> 17:46.232 although sometimes I feel the words are from, um-- 17:46.316 --> 17:47.442 God himself. 17:48.193 --> 17:49.194 Yes. 17:52.280 --> 17:53.615 I wanted you to have this. 18:05.668 --> 18:08.004 "The Lord is my shepherd, 18:09.714 --> 18:12.300 and I shall not be in need. 18:13.885 --> 18:16.971 He makes me lie down in green pastures, 18:18.431 --> 18:20.517 he leads me by still waters. 18:22.769 --> 18:24.395 He restores my soul." 18:31.694 --> 18:32.904 It's beautiful, David. 18:34.197 --> 18:36.115 I thought I would write it about a shepherd. 18:36.699 --> 18:37.826 It is what I know. 18:43.373 --> 18:45.792 And will you write a love song for my sister? 18:47.752 --> 18:51.297 No. I only write what is true. 18:54.384 --> 18:57.637 My wounds, they're… they're still healing. 18:58.972 --> 19:00.640 I do not wish to reopen them. 19:01.516 --> 19:05.311 -Mychal, I-- -It was good to see you, Commander. 19:07.480 --> 19:09.357 I praise Adonai you're safe. 19:33.506 --> 19:34.591 You're avoiding me. 19:35.800 --> 19:39.721 Mirab, the Philistines have no interest in our marriage, blissful or otherwise. 19:39.804 --> 19:41.180 There are more battles I must fight 19:41.264 --> 19:42.724 -to be worthy of this house. -Stop, David. 19:42.807 --> 19:45.476 You are delaying, you're making excuses. 19:45.560 --> 19:48.897 You've been gone for many seasons defending against our enemies. 19:48.980 --> 19:50.565 I've waited long enough. 19:51.149 --> 19:55.486 Look, I understand you still have feelings for my sister. 19:56.195 --> 19:57.196 I see it. 19:58.072 --> 20:02.577 But Mychal has moved on. She's happier. She's on her own path. 20:03.286 --> 20:04.329 And you, 20:05.955 --> 20:10.126 you are a bold enough soldier to know you can't keep marching backwards. 20:11.544 --> 20:15.048 So, the time has come to honor my father's wishes. 20:16.549 --> 20:18.301 A date must be set. 20:20.803 --> 20:21.804 Do you agree? 20:26.517 --> 20:27.977 I am a servant of the king. 20:30.563 --> 20:31.564 Perfect. 20:36.402 --> 20:39.656 When I was in Endor, there was a… there was a man there. 20:40.490 --> 20:46.496 He was a master metal forger. Called himself the God of Swords. 20:48.414 --> 20:51.292 Endor? Abner… 20:54.462 --> 20:57.298 The witches there, they would perform rituals on his weapons 20:58.341 --> 21:01.094 but the true power came from his craftsmanship. 21:02.512 --> 21:05.431 I believe he has discovered an entirely new metal. 21:06.015 --> 21:08.434 One that would decimate even the finest bronze. 21:11.104 --> 21:12.689 My king, we need to find this man. 21:14.190 --> 21:18.027 I believe I can convince him to teach us how to forge these weapons. 21:18.903 --> 21:22.407 -My army will convince him. -No. If our army marches on Endor, 21:22.490 --> 21:25.493 the man will disappear before we ever breach the city gates. 21:25.576 --> 21:30.623 This is not a job for an army, but a handful of men. 21:31.374 --> 21:33.376 In that case, you should not be one of them. 21:34.794 --> 21:38.464 My king. Saul. 21:41.259 --> 21:43.428 No one else knows Endor as I do. 21:44.012 --> 21:47.598 Yes. That is my fear. 21:49.350 --> 21:51.978 It is a lawless, godforsaken place. 21:52.061 --> 21:53.730 With your history there-- 21:53.813 --> 21:57.734 I know. It's all in the past. 21:57.817 --> 21:59.110 Abner… 21:59.193 --> 22:00.695 It is all in my past. 22:03.614 --> 22:06.117 What matters now is the future, 22:06.200 --> 22:08.995 and in order to ensure it, we must find this God of Swords. 23:03.549 --> 23:04.759 Why are you looking at me? 23:06.636 --> 23:11.432 I've noticed lately you seem to be fighting more than the enemy. 23:12.141 --> 23:13.810 And who else would I be fighting? 23:15.853 --> 23:18.898 You wrestle with God like Jacob in the old stories. 23:18.981 --> 23:19.982 God? 23:20.900 --> 23:21.901 -Yes. -[scoffs] 23:23.319 --> 23:27.990 Yes, I would fight him if I could find him. 23:28.074 --> 23:30.952 Ah, Eliab. He's clearly with David. 23:37.125 --> 23:41.963 Why are we dressed like merchants? Huh? I think he's turned us into spies. 23:42.922 --> 23:46.217 -And is that a problem? -Yes. I make a terrible spy. 23:57.186 --> 24:00.022 [speaking indistinctly] 24:10.324 --> 24:11.325 Greetings. 24:13.286 --> 24:15.246 -What is it? -[inhales deeply] 24:15.329 --> 24:17.915 [sighs] I don't like that man 24:18.875 --> 24:21.419 and I don't understand why your father trusts him. 24:21.502 --> 24:25.715 Doeg? No, we don't trust him but he is useful. 24:26.340 --> 24:31.470 Any animal who attacks on your behalf will one day attack you. 24:31.554 --> 24:34.932 -Mm-hmm. -I'm just… I'm worried. 24:35.016 --> 24:37.018 Oh, are we doing that now? 24:37.602 --> 24:38.603 What? 24:39.687 --> 24:41.439 -Worrying about each other. -[clicks tongue] 24:42.023 --> 24:43.524 It's sweet. 24:45.234 --> 24:46.235 Oh, what is this? 24:47.278 --> 24:49.030 -Dinner. -No, this. 24:49.739 --> 24:52.366 You look so happy. It's very upsetting. 24:53.159 --> 24:54.744 I hear you have happy news of your own. 24:54.827 --> 24:56.621 Oh, what is this? 24:57.413 --> 24:59.332 David and Mirab have set a wedding date. 25:06.797 --> 25:07.798 [chuckles] 25:10.051 --> 25:12.261 -Congratulations. -Thank you. 25:23.189 --> 25:24.190 [grunts] 25:31.489 --> 25:33.199 The city of Endor, 25:33.950 --> 25:37.870 refuge for killers, renegades, deserters and criminals. 25:39.622 --> 25:40.623 Be on guard. 25:42.750 --> 25:45.920 [clamoring] 26:01.352 --> 26:03.729 Whatever you hear or see, take in stride. 26:04.772 --> 26:08.317 Do not show offense. We need to draw as little attention as possible. 26:20.288 --> 26:23.624 Forgive me, Commander. What are we doing here? 26:25.084 --> 26:29.672 We are merchants from Sidon trying to make a fair profit on our wares. 26:31.215 --> 26:33.676 That's all you need to know and leave the talking to me. 26:45.104 --> 26:48.107 [boisterous music playing] 27:10.087 --> 27:15.676 Abner, I heard you were dead. Slain by Goliath at the Battle of Elah. 27:17.219 --> 27:21.223 What brings you back here where no one wants to see you? 27:21.307 --> 27:24.518 I'm looking for a man, a blacksmith. 27:24.602 --> 27:26.812 Name of God of Swords. 27:27.855 --> 27:29.440 This is his maker's mark. 27:31.150 --> 27:36.739 My friend here, he knows every person and item of value within the city walls. 27:38.282 --> 27:41.035 He'd sell his own daughter for a silver shekel. 27:41.118 --> 27:42.411 [chuckles] 27:44.663 --> 27:46.874 -Twenty-five. -Seventy-five. 27:46.957 --> 27:50.878 Fifty, and if you argue, you won't live to bargain again. 27:50.961 --> 27:54.382 [chuckles] I see you haven't changed, Abner. 27:54.465 --> 27:55.508 [scoffs] 27:55.591 --> 28:00.429 Lord Commander of Israel. Your mother must be so proud. 28:06.727 --> 28:08.396 Never mention my family again. 28:11.565 --> 28:12.900 Now take us to the God of Swords, 28:12.983 --> 28:15.903 and as you do, you'll tell me everything you know about him. 28:18.489 --> 28:19.490 Follow me. 28:31.627 --> 28:36.924 [Ahinoam] I remember when I chose my dress, the fabrics weren't as fancy 28:37.591 --> 28:40.678 but the feelings were softer than the finest silk. 28:46.725 --> 28:48.477 Are you sure this is what you want? 28:50.938 --> 28:53.107 Of course. Why wouldn't I? 28:53.941 --> 28:58.362 Marriage for power and status 28:58.863 --> 29:01.991 without emotion can come at significant cost. 29:02.074 --> 29:03.492 You seem to be enduring it with ease. 29:03.576 --> 29:04.827 With ease? 29:04.910 --> 29:05.953 Hmm. 29:06.829 --> 29:07.997 Not with ease. 29:09.039 --> 29:10.624 You know, Mother, 29:11.542 --> 29:14.044 if I have learned anything from you, 29:14.128 --> 29:15.921 it's that love… 29:18.257 --> 29:20.968 it serves no purpose but to make one weak. 29:23.304 --> 29:25.222 That was never the lesson I intended to teach. 29:26.307 --> 29:27.933 Well, I was never that good at listening. 29:29.643 --> 29:30.644 I'm aware. 29:35.065 --> 29:36.817 I wanted to give you something. 29:47.661 --> 29:50.206 So you'll know that I am always with you. 29:53.459 --> 29:54.835 [Mirab] It's beautiful. 29:54.919 --> 29:56.253 You like it? 29:56.337 --> 29:57.463 I love it. 30:00.674 --> 30:02.426 I respect your decision, 30:04.220 --> 30:09.725 but if this is your choice, you must be hardened with resolve. 30:11.644 --> 30:14.188 You will never have the luxury of tears. 30:17.441 --> 30:18.484 Never. 30:29.370 --> 30:31.288 And I do love your father. 30:32.706 --> 30:33.958 Still? 30:36.293 --> 30:37.294 Still. 30:51.600 --> 30:53.018 Tell me, my dear… 30:55.771 --> 30:57.147 how are my daughters? 30:59.358 --> 31:00.859 Have they made peace yet? 31:02.444 --> 31:04.530 They're finding their way, my king. 31:06.991 --> 31:09.410 No one can cause pain like your own family. 31:11.996 --> 31:15.666 [sighs] Time heals every wound. 31:19.420 --> 31:21.130 Except those that fester. 31:34.935 --> 31:38.939 Put a single shekel on the scales and watch your fortune change. 31:39.023 --> 31:43.986 Tonight is the night copper turns to silver and silver turns to gold! 31:45.154 --> 31:48.115 Brother, this is the greatest day of my life. 31:50.659 --> 31:52.119 You have a shekel? 31:52.202 --> 31:54.913 No. The last time we gambled, you lost my horse. 31:54.997 --> 31:56.206 -Brother! -[David] Oaz. 31:58.000 --> 32:00.002 It would be conspicuous if we didn't. 32:01.003 --> 32:03.297 Thank you, brother. I'll double your money. 32:04.423 --> 32:07.301 -I'm not getting that back, am I? -Definitely not. 32:08.010 --> 32:11.430 [MC] Place your final bets and mind your distance. 32:13.349 --> 32:14.475 That's him. 32:15.351 --> 32:17.603 Release the serpents. 32:17.686 --> 32:19.688 [gamblers clamoring] 32:23.567 --> 32:26.111 Yes. Oh, yes. 32:26.195 --> 32:27.363 Come on. 32:28.155 --> 32:29.323 No! 32:32.576 --> 32:37.039 [groans] You may be right, Uriah. I may be weak-minded. 32:40.084 --> 32:41.919 I would have bet on that one too. 32:42.002 --> 32:44.171 [Oaz] No, you wouldn't. [chuckles] 32:48.842 --> 32:52.596 [Abner] God of Swords, we've traveled a great distance to find you. 32:53.430 --> 32:54.640 Is that so? 32:57.476 --> 32:58.811 Perhaps you can help us. 32:58.894 --> 33:02.147 We hear you're even more skilled with metal than snakes. 33:03.482 --> 33:05.901 Are you sure you can afford this conversation? 33:06.985 --> 33:10.531 We'll pay you double what the Philistines paid for the sword of the giant. 33:11.156 --> 33:14.743 That was a fine sword. There is none like it. 33:16.036 --> 33:17.079 Indeed. 33:17.955 --> 33:18.956 Come with me. 33:38.517 --> 33:39.518 [metal clanging] 33:58.162 --> 33:59.913 [blacksmith] Come. You come closer. 34:17.931 --> 34:22.352 Iron. The name itself means hardness and strength. 34:23.228 --> 34:24.897 Why is it so much stronger than bronze? 34:25.731 --> 34:30.778 It's skill. Higher levels of heat creates stronger metal. 34:34.323 --> 34:35.949 [Jonathan] If you're making hundreds of these, 34:36.033 --> 34:38.243 I assume it requires a vast amount of fuel. 34:39.495 --> 34:40.496 Charcoal. 34:42.623 --> 34:45.083 [blacksmith] The Philistines worship their many gods. 34:46.084 --> 34:48.003 Our people worship one god. 34:49.755 --> 34:51.882 But I worship only this. 34:51.965 --> 34:54.468 This is what decides man's destiny. 34:59.598 --> 35:01.934 [Abner] I want you to come with us to Gibeah, 35:02.017 --> 35:05.479 teach us how to make these iron weapons by the thousands. 35:05.562 --> 35:08.607 [scoffs] I already escaped the Philistines 35:08.690 --> 35:12.194 because I wasn't interested in being locked in their dungeons. 35:12.277 --> 35:15.072 What makes you think I want to be locked in yours? 35:15.906 --> 35:18.242 Because I know this blade is not all you care about. 35:21.703 --> 35:22.746 Your daughter. 35:24.498 --> 35:26.625 I know she's an Edomite slave. 35:27.209 --> 35:28.335 I know her name. 35:30.671 --> 35:32.130 Bathsheba. 35:33.549 --> 35:36.677 She was taken from you to cover your debts. 35:37.970 --> 35:39.763 I know where you can find her. 35:41.598 --> 35:47.104 Return with us to Gibeah, teach us how to make these weapons… 35:49.147 --> 35:51.024 and you'll get to see her face again. 35:56.196 --> 35:57.197 [sighs] 35:59.575 --> 36:00.659 [groans] 36:00.742 --> 36:02.160 [Eliab] No, no, no. 36:03.954 --> 36:04.955 I have it. 36:07.916 --> 36:08.917 [sighs] 36:16.592 --> 36:20.012 -[grunts, coughing] -[Oaz] Ambush! 36:20.095 --> 36:23.098 [coughing, groaning] 36:56.965 --> 36:57.966 [door opens] 37:01.428 --> 37:04.723 Joab. You didn't… you didn't ride out with Abner. 37:05.349 --> 37:06.850 He ordered me to stay. 37:09.144 --> 37:13.398 Abner and I, we've had some discord of late. 37:13.482 --> 37:14.900 Hmm. 37:14.983 --> 37:17.986 And I also heard you were offering reading lessons. 37:18.070 --> 37:20.489 But you already read. 37:20.989 --> 37:23.033 Hmm, good point. 37:24.409 --> 37:26.536 Well, you may say I've wasted a trip. 37:33.835 --> 37:35.087 What is bothering you? 37:37.756 --> 37:38.757 What do you mean? 37:40.092 --> 37:41.927 [chuckles] Nothing. 37:43.136 --> 37:44.596 No. What do you mean? 37:44.680 --> 37:47.432 [sighs] Forgive me, Princess, 37:47.516 --> 37:50.769 but your hands. 37:52.646 --> 37:55.190 I've noticed you do that when you're worried. 37:56.274 --> 37:57.275 [chuckles] 38:00.278 --> 38:03.657 Do you make a-a habit of watching every little thing people do? 38:03.740 --> 38:06.576 Hmm, only the interesting ones. 38:07.327 --> 38:08.537 [chuckles] 38:10.247 --> 38:12.290 It's… It's David. 38:13.625 --> 38:15.585 I worry whenever he leaves. 38:17.796 --> 38:20.924 You do realize he's about to marry your sister. 38:21.008 --> 38:23.802 They've set a wedding date, have they not? 38:25.012 --> 38:26.555 I can't help it. 38:29.516 --> 38:30.934 He has my heart. 38:32.561 --> 38:34.229 I fear he always will. 38:34.771 --> 38:36.064 [sighs] 38:37.274 --> 38:40.402 Joab, will you do something for me? 38:40.986 --> 38:42.070 Anything. 38:43.488 --> 38:44.573 Protect him. 38:48.326 --> 38:49.911 I already am. 39:17.064 --> 39:18.523 Kezia. 39:18.607 --> 39:20.817 Doeg, you shouldn't be here. 39:20.901 --> 39:22.611 You mean in the servants' area? 39:23.195 --> 39:27.741 We all serve someone. We both seek opportunities. 39:27.824 --> 39:29.159 [stammers, groans] 39:30.827 --> 39:35.207 [distorted] You seem unwell. Should I summon a guard? 39:36.416 --> 39:37.876 -Hmm. No. -[breathes shakily] 39:37.959 --> 39:42.089 I need to know how the king cured himself of his curse. 39:42.172 --> 39:44.257 And how would I know that? 39:44.341 --> 39:48.303 There are no secrets in this palace that do not find my ears. 39:51.264 --> 39:52.265 I can't help you. 39:52.349 --> 39:55.060 Can't? Can't or won't? 39:56.269 --> 39:59.606 Need I remind you I am the one who brought you here? 39:59.689 --> 40:01.858 I saved you, Kezia. 40:01.942 --> 40:03.985 I saved myself. 40:04.820 --> 40:05.821 [chuckles] 40:05.904 --> 40:09.908 Doeg, I want nothing more to do with you. 40:11.827 --> 40:15.330 Perhaps I speak to the king about the whispers I hear. 40:15.413 --> 40:20.001 Perhaps I should speak to him and watch you lose your head. 40:20.961 --> 40:23.672 I've stepped beyond your control, Doeg. 40:24.422 --> 40:27.759 Now it is you who owes your life to my whim. 40:30.720 --> 40:32.139 Shame on you. 40:43.108 --> 40:46.653 [panting, grunting] 40:58.832 --> 41:01.001 On your knees, Israelites. 41:01.084 --> 41:04.671 [grunting] 41:05.881 --> 41:06.882 Get off me! 41:08.008 --> 41:09.676 I kneel to God, not to man. 41:17.392 --> 41:18.852 [grunting] 41:20.937 --> 41:21.938 Not to man. 41:22.981 --> 41:29.070 To the priestess of El, mistress of Baal, sister of Asherah. 41:29.613 --> 41:33.825 You will kneel to the Witch of Endor. 41:34.910 --> 41:36.077 [footsteps approaching] 41:46.129 --> 41:48.757 [muttering] 42:05.982 --> 42:09.152 And you said you'd never come home. 42:12.948 --> 42:14.282 Hello, Mother. 42:17.953 --> 42:19.079 [witch] Tell me, Abner. 42:19.955 --> 42:23.208 Did you think they would lose respect for you 42:23.833 --> 42:26.795 or perhaps they would have come to fear you? 42:28.296 --> 42:31.758 I have so many reasons to kill you 42:33.134 --> 42:36.179 for refusing offerings to our gods, 42:36.972 --> 42:41.810 for sitting beside the king as he outlawed witchcraft, 42:42.602 --> 42:49.484 or for killing a daughter of Endor to cover the sins of your house. 42:51.111 --> 42:54.739 Yes, any of these will do. 42:57.617 --> 43:03.873 Ask my son and he'll tell you why people truly fear me. 43:06.418 --> 43:08.712 I speak with the dead. 43:09.713 --> 43:13.091 They show me many things. 43:23.226 --> 43:26.938 I am not afraid of your cheap tricks. 43:27.022 --> 43:30.317 Oh. Tell me, son of Judah. 43:32.068 --> 43:33.611 Does your conscience still drown 43:33.695 --> 43:36.197 in the blood of the innocent family you slaughtered? 43:37.407 --> 43:39.326 I hear their cries. 43:40.910 --> 43:43.413 The same ones that haunt you in the night. 43:55.884 --> 43:56.885 [sighs] 43:57.552 --> 43:59.554 Son of Saul. 44:00.055 --> 44:02.140 Crown prince of Israel. 44:04.351 --> 44:07.270 Yet, when I look into your future, I see nothing at all. 44:08.188 --> 44:10.065 A life cut short. 44:11.274 --> 44:13.234 How does it feel, Prince, 44:13.318 --> 44:17.739 to know the crown meant for your head will sit on another? 44:18.448 --> 44:23.953 The crown will rest on the one deserving of it. That is enough for me. 44:29.876 --> 44:30.877 [gasps] 44:34.506 --> 44:36.091 What have you brought here, Abner? 44:38.885 --> 44:39.886 Who are you? 44:40.804 --> 44:42.263 [David] You speak to the dead. 44:42.972 --> 44:44.974 I speak to their creator, 44:46.351 --> 44:49.437 and he sees you through me. 44:51.064 --> 44:52.524 My name is David. 44:55.068 --> 44:56.653 You have great power… 44:58.905 --> 45:01.199 yet you are weakened by a lie. 45:02.951 --> 45:05.286 When you finally live in the truth, 45:06.329 --> 45:11.668 woe to the witch or the king who tries to stand in your way. 45:14.212 --> 45:17.006 Your power will break those around you 45:18.049 --> 45:21.719 and your house will never know peace. 45:25.181 --> 45:26.641 Let them go, all of them. 45:27.225 --> 45:30.603 I do not want their blood on my hands. 45:38.111 --> 45:39.821 But one more thing, Abner. 45:42.490 --> 45:46.035 One day soon, the house of Saul will be defeated. 45:46.703 --> 45:48.455 Not from without. 45:49.789 --> 45:52.167 It will crumble from within, 45:53.293 --> 45:56.379 and you will watch helpless 45:57.589 --> 46:00.967 as you draw your last breath. 46:17.817 --> 46:19.360 [grunts, groans] 46:25.450 --> 46:26.534 Very impressive. 46:27.285 --> 46:29.871 An army carrying such weapons will crush the Hebrews. 46:30.371 --> 46:35.210 We will advance beyond the border villages and then we will carve up Israel. 46:35.710 --> 46:39.130 Already dividing the spoils of your victory, Achish? 46:39.214 --> 46:45.053 As the dog returns to his vomit, so the fool repeats his folly. 46:47.680 --> 46:52.352 All of Philistia still bleeds after your last promise of victory. 46:53.269 --> 46:54.771 Then it was giants. 46:55.480 --> 47:00.068 Now you require more swords and you want thousands of them? 47:01.694 --> 47:03.404 All paid for at my expense. 47:03.488 --> 47:05.156 Our shared expense. 47:07.075 --> 47:09.869 Exactly how much time and silver will this require? 47:09.953 --> 47:12.121 As long and as much is needed. 47:13.998 --> 47:18.211 I will find my own forgers and fight my own wars. 47:20.547 --> 47:21.673 Perhaps against you. 47:25.385 --> 47:28.263 Thank you for this gift, but I am no fool. 47:28.972 --> 47:32.392 No. You're a great and wise king… 47:36.896 --> 47:38.314 whose time has passed. 47:42.860 --> 47:44.904 [chuckles] 47:47.407 --> 47:48.825 -[grunts] -Dagnor! 47:49.534 --> 47:51.286 [grunting, groans] 47:52.245 --> 47:54.789 [Dagnor whistling] 47:54.872 --> 47:56.040 [breathing shakily] 47:56.124 --> 48:01.296 Now, young Prince, would you like to suffer your father's fate, hmm? 48:03.047 --> 48:05.717 Or join a new generation of kings? 48:10.096 --> 48:13.391 I will… I will join you. [breathes shakily] 48:13.474 --> 48:14.475 Good. 48:15.351 --> 48:20.732 Then you'll have your father's throne and, uh, one-third of Israel. 48:33.828 --> 48:35.330 All hail King Hanun. 48:36.164 --> 48:37.915 All hail King Hanun. 48:42.920 --> 48:43.921 [chuckles] 48:45.965 --> 48:47.258 Do not defy me again. 48:48.259 --> 48:51.971 We are both kings. I've simply removed an obstacle. 48:52.972 --> 48:54.682 He was a king of Philistia. 48:55.266 --> 48:56.768 And now he is no more. 48:59.395 --> 49:01.356 Come, Achish. You think too much. 49:06.861 --> 49:07.862 Hmm? 49:36.891 --> 49:40.436 Just know if you are lying about my daughter, 49:40.520 --> 49:44.399 I will kill you, your mother and your men, 49:46.234 --> 49:49.737 and make a thousand Philistine swords just to spite you all. 49:52.115 --> 49:53.783 You will get everything you were promised. 49:55.702 --> 49:57.787 Men, hear me. 50:00.206 --> 50:04.544 Everything that witch said is meant to disturb your mind, 50:05.753 --> 50:08.715 to sow distrust and chaos in Israel. 50:10.299 --> 50:12.093 Never breathe a word of it to anyone. 50:21.269 --> 50:22.270 We must have words. 50:23.604 --> 50:24.772 Go on. 50:24.856 --> 50:26.649 When are you going to stop acting like a fool? 50:27.233 --> 50:28.234 [stammers] 50:28.317 --> 50:30.611 Our brother has been anointed by the seer. 50:31.863 --> 50:34.532 He has proven himself in battle time and again. 50:35.366 --> 50:39.662 And last night, somehow, saved all of our lives from that witch. 50:39.746 --> 50:42.790 Our brother is a danger to himself and to the rest of our family. 50:42.874 --> 50:46.335 No, Eliab. Your issue is not with David, it's with yourself. 50:46.419 --> 50:47.420 [stammers] 50:48.629 --> 50:50.047 Open your eyes. 50:50.965 --> 50:55.678 So you don't get to be the hero of our family anymore, too bad. 50:58.139 --> 51:00.433 -You know who made David the hero? -[sighs] Hmm? 51:01.476 --> 51:02.477 God did. 51:10.777 --> 51:14.655 It's blasphemy. The mere notion of her knowing our destiny. 51:15.698 --> 51:17.533 And yet, if she was able to see the truth about you… 51:17.617 --> 51:18.618 [shushes] 51:21.746 --> 51:24.749 I will admit, I worry about my own future. 51:25.541 --> 51:28.836 Jonathan, none of us know what truly lies ahead. 51:30.588 --> 51:35.510 But she was right about one thing, we must live in our truth. 51:37.887 --> 51:41.182 And that means cherishing the light of each new day. 51:43.476 --> 51:45.436 God grants us no promise of another. 51:47.897 --> 51:51.442 And after all this darkness… 51:55.988 --> 51:57.281 ride towards the light. 52:03.788 --> 52:09.085 If there's love to be found, I must embrace it while I still can. 52:09.961 --> 52:13.172 Jonathan, what are you doing here? 52:16.133 --> 52:17.134 [gasps] 52:41.117 --> 52:44.787 [chuckles, sighs] 52:48.499 --> 52:49.917 What are we going to do now? 52:54.547 --> 52:55.590 My king. 52:56.841 --> 53:01.012 David. Was the mission successful? 53:01.095 --> 53:04.140 Have you returned with the God of Swords? 53:04.223 --> 53:05.224 We have. 53:06.225 --> 53:08.561 But first, I must speak to you of another matter. 53:09.562 --> 53:10.563 Speak. 53:11.898 --> 53:12.899 I cannot… 53:19.488 --> 53:22.116 I will not marry Mirab. 53:24.827 --> 53:28.539 I do not wish to defy you but I know the truth. 53:29.999 --> 53:34.045 If she truly loved me and I her, then… then I would obey you. 53:35.630 --> 53:39.050 But I know in my heart we cannot be together. 53:41.719 --> 53:44.680 And if you wish it not that I be with Mychal, then so be it. 53:47.767 --> 53:52.605 After all, who am I that I be son-in-law to the king? 53:53.689 --> 53:55.483 What are you saying, David? 53:57.777 --> 54:02.782 You choose to refuse my command? 54:05.910 --> 54:07.828 I choose to live in the truth. 54:12.541 --> 54:13.876 May the king live forever. 54:17.505 --> 54:18.506 David. 54:19.882 --> 54:20.883 [sighs] 54:27.139 --> 54:28.307 Son of Jesse. 54:34.897 --> 54:38.651 Decisions have consequences. 54:40.987 --> 54:42.113 So do lies. 54:43.614 --> 54:46.033 God guides a man's destiny. 54:48.619 --> 54:49.620 Do what you must. destiny.