WEBVTT 00:04.422 --> 00:06.381 Previously on House of David... 00:06.382 --> 00:08.426 It has been many weeks. I feared you wouldn't come. 00:09.301 --> 00:10.927 Together we can find vengeance. 00:10.928 --> 00:12.722 One condition. Your throne. 00:13.305 --> 00:14.931 Let me show you freedom. 00:14.932 --> 00:17.267 My future is not mine to decide. 00:17.268 --> 00:19.269 - Going somewhere? - I can do no good here. 00:19.270 --> 00:21.438 Greetings from the house of Saul. 00:21.439 --> 00:22.522 Goliath! 00:22.523 --> 00:25.525 No! No! 00:25.526 --> 00:27.944 Let me fight their king. 00:27.945 --> 00:29.446 The Philistines have assembled. 00:29.447 --> 00:32.408 We shall do what we have always done. Fight! 01:19.288 --> 01:20.914 - Father, please. - Nathaneel. 01:20.915 --> 01:24.125 You know the king has called for every able man. 01:24.126 --> 01:26.294 I am not able. I am no warrior. 01:26.295 --> 01:27.837 Father, I will be the first to die. 01:27.838 --> 01:30.006 - You will have your brothers. - What is this? 01:30.007 --> 01:32.050 Father is sending us all to war. 01:32.051 --> 01:34.260 - War? What war? - The Philistines. 01:34.261 --> 01:35.762 They have rallied against us. 01:35.763 --> 01:38.014 Father, this is madness. I-I will not go. 01:38.015 --> 01:40.183 - I will take his place. Send me. - He will take my place. 01:40.184 --> 01:41.435 - Send him. - He cannot go. 01:42.061 --> 01:43.520 Why not? You said every man. 01:43.521 --> 01:45.605 - He is not yet a man. - Neither am I. 01:45.606 --> 01:48.274 - If there is a war, I will fight. - Do as I say. 01:48.275 --> 01:49.359 Travel to the king. 01:49.360 --> 01:51.402 - David must remain with me. - Nathaneel, come on. 01:51.403 --> 01:53.363 - Come. - Remove your hands from me. 01:53.364 --> 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 Nathaneel, come. Come, come, come. 02:01.872 --> 02:04.457 I send you to fight alongside your brothers. Mmm? 02:04.458 --> 02:06.335 For God, and for Israel. 02:07.127 --> 02:08.127 Understand? 02:08.128 --> 02:09.964 Yes. 02:10.923 --> 02:11.924 Go. 02:14.677 --> 02:16.762 Enough, brother. You embarrass yourself. 02:23.394 --> 02:24.394 Why? 02:24.395 --> 02:26.020 - Do not. - Give me an answer. 02:26.021 --> 02:27.480 Not today, David. 02:27.481 --> 02:29.357 Not as I've just sent all my sons to war. 02:29.358 --> 02:30.483 I am also your son. 02:30.484 --> 02:32.111 That is not what I meant. 02:33.070 --> 02:34.946 - I deserve-- - What is it 02:34.947 --> 02:37.532 you believe you deserve, David? 02:37.533 --> 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 --> 02:47.333 I deserve to know why you keep me in these hills. 02:47.334 --> 02:49.335 And I have told you many times. 02:49.336 --> 02:51.255 Deep calls to deep. 02:51.881 --> 02:54.549 - Didn't she say this? - Deep calls to deep. 02:54.550 --> 02:59.554 I know in my soul, you have never told me the truth. 02:59.555 --> 03:02.016 No. Please. 03:02.725 --> 03:04.101 Please. 03:05.853 --> 03:08.105 - Tend to the sheep, David. - No. 03:23.120 --> 03:24.496 Let me go! 04:17.257 --> 04:18.968 The day I've long dreamed of. 04:19.551 --> 04:20.927 What dream is that? 04:20.928 --> 04:22.805 Our forces unified. 04:23.889 --> 04:25.140 We shall see. 04:48.080 --> 04:49.623 Thirty years. 04:50.708 --> 04:53.836 Thirty years I have served these people. 04:54.420 --> 04:55.586 Led them. 04:55.587 --> 04:56.797 Fought for them. 04:57.506 --> 04:58.757 I grow weary. 05:00.300 --> 05:01.802 What's on your mind, Saul? 05:04.096 --> 05:05.805 I'm taking stock. 05:05.806 --> 05:07.474 Ah. 05:09.018 --> 05:10.185 You're complaining. 05:11.103 --> 05:12.687 Do I not have the right? 05:12.688 --> 05:14.105 No, by all means. 05:14.106 --> 05:15.190 By all means. 05:17.443 --> 05:21.529 I pray only you do it quickly before our enemies arrive. 05:21.530 --> 05:23.949 There's quite a lot of them this time. 05:25.409 --> 05:29.328 What happened to the days when you would build me up before battle? 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 --> 06:10.995 My king. 06:10.996 --> 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. 06:44.780 --> 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. 07:03.298 --> 07:06.677 I'm glad you are with me, old friend. 07:07.302 --> 07:08.929 Always, my king. 07:15.936 --> 07:19.022 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 --> 07:30.491 Doesn't seem fair, does it? 07:30.492 --> 07:32.326 I did not ask for fair. 07:32.327 --> 07:35.163 We'll kill ten of theirs for every one of ours. 07:35.164 --> 07:38.500 And I, for one, will take great pleasure in it. 07:41.628 --> 07:42.795 Oh, no. 07:42.796 --> 07:43.922 Rise. 07:48.510 --> 07:49.677 It is a fine sword. 07:49.678 --> 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 --> 08:02.023 In the first of your father's victories. 08:02.024 --> 08:03.566 Yes, I remember. 08:03.567 --> 08:04.901 What is your name? 08:04.902 --> 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 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 --> 08:31.010 Eliazar? 08:31.011 --> 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. 08:49.112 --> 08:50.530 Is Samuel coming? 08:51.365 --> 08:53.450 To bless the battle as he always does. 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 --> 09:19.809 Courage, brothers. 09:19.810 --> 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 --> 09:38.244 My king. 09:38.245 --> 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. - As one. 10:17.826 --> 10:19.119 Brothers! 10:20.287 --> 10:21.412 Behold the king! 10:56.573 --> 10:59.576 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 --> 11:05.706 For this family. 11:05.707 --> 11:08.919 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 And to trust in you, every day of our lives. 11:20.347 --> 11:21.514 Amen. 11:21.515 --> 11:24.142 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. 12:06.852 --> 12:08.310 - Samuel. - Hello, David. 12:12.607 --> 12:14.108 I thought you'd be at the battle. 12:14.109 --> 12:17.111 Hmm. I could say the same of you, yes? 12:17.112 --> 12:20.990 And yet, here we are, at the dawn of a new day. 12:20.991 --> 12:22.325 - Ah? - Hmm. 12:23.493 --> 12:24.828 Take me to your father. 12:25.871 --> 12:27.037 Right, he's... 12:27.038 --> 12:28.998 he's in the house. 12:28.999 --> 12:31.459 It's good to see you. 12:31.460 --> 12:33.962 It is good to see you, as well. 12:34.796 --> 12:37.924 It will be better to see you when I'm sitting down. 12:38.758 --> 12:41.261 My... ...apologies, great one. 12:42.345 --> 12:44.346 I can offer very little. 12:44.347 --> 12:48.226 I sent to the king's army the very best of what I have. 12:50.103 --> 12:51.395 Did you? 12:51.396 --> 12:52.481 Huh. 12:54.274 --> 12:58.152 Bless this fruit of the tree to our nourishment 12:58.153 --> 13:01.907 as we consecrate ourselves with it to your purpose. 13:05.452 --> 13:06.453 Hmm. 13:07.120 --> 13:08.413 The olive tree... 13:10.207 --> 13:12.082 In the winter the branches give us heat, 13:12.083 --> 13:16.253 in the summer, shade and the oil of the olive. 13:16.254 --> 13:18.840 Oh, it is life itself. 13:19.508 --> 13:21.510 You see, to everything there is a purpose. 13:25.514 --> 13:26.681 - Samuel. - David. 13:29.893 --> 13:31.436 Uh. 13:32.229 --> 13:33.229 I want to go fight. 13:33.230 --> 13:35.231 I told my father... 13:35.232 --> 13:39.944 Did you know that there is an olive tree at the peak of Nob, 13:39.945 --> 13:43.197 outside my home, that is said to be a thousand years old? 13:43.198 --> 13:46.283 I like to think that Joshua rested beneath it 13:46.284 --> 13:48.994 when he was entering the holy land, yeah. 13:48.995 --> 13:52.414 Do you know, my wife, Hila, 13:52.415 --> 13:56.086 she uses the oil of the olive to tame her hair. 13:56.586 --> 14:00.590 And can I tell you, she taught me the same thing. 14:01.591 --> 14:03.050 What do you think? 14:03.051 --> 14:05.803 Does it work? 14:08.056 --> 14:13.520 Holy seer, if I may, why are you here? 14:17.607 --> 14:20.193 I'm glad you ask me, son of Obed. 14:21.194 --> 14:24.613 I've come to complete what I said I would do when I was with you last. 14:24.614 --> 14:26.365 I've come to sacrifice. 14:26.366 --> 14:28.784 To atone for the sins of this house. 14:28.785 --> 14:29.994 Hmm. 14:29.995 --> 14:31.371 To redeem them. 15:25.133 --> 15:27.010 - Achish of Gath leads them. - Hmm. 15:29.471 --> 15:31.056 He seems angry. 15:31.556 --> 15:34.975 After what you did to his father on the battlefield, 15:34.976 --> 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 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 --> 16:08.676 And what of Ekron? 16:08.677 --> 16:11.054 It seems he hasn't united all five territories. 16:11.930 --> 16:13.223 That's a good sign. 16:36.871 --> 16:37.955 How many are they? 16:37.956 --> 16:42.543 Upwards of 200,000, with more horses and chariots than we can count quickly. 16:42.544 --> 16:44.337 That has never stopped us before. 16:50.802 --> 16:53.387 We should attack while we have the numbers. 16:53.388 --> 16:56.765 When have superior numbers ever mattered when fighting Hebrews? 16:56.766 --> 16:59.102 We must take their spirits first. 17:35.263 --> 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 --> 18:10.589 Send him out to face me 18:10.590 --> 18:15.678 that I may hack him apart and feed him and your gods to the crows. 18:16.846 --> 18:18.305 He's just a man, Father. 18:18.306 --> 18:21.226 And I will reclaim these lands with blood. 18:24.646 --> 18:27.148 - Is he? - 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 --> 18:34.404 I will call down my gods. 18:34.405 --> 18:36.448 Have your champion call down his 18:36.449 --> 18:40.202 so that our blood may decide the fate of our people. 18:40.203 --> 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 --> 18:58.428 I defy your God. 18:58.429 --> 19:00.889 Send me your champion. 19:39.429 --> 19:41.555 Father, gather yourself. 19:53.776 --> 19:55.319 Oh, no. 19:55.320 --> 19:57.362 Get it off me. 20:16.883 --> 20:18.008 No! 20:18.009 --> 20:19.093 Father! 20:20.345 --> 20:22.138 Curse you, demon. 20:22.722 --> 20:25.265 - Father. You need to get up. - Away from me! 20:25.266 --> 20:27.726 Father, look at your men. You are their king. 20:27.727 --> 20:29.102 Get him to his tent. 20:29.103 --> 20:32.648 - We will die in darkness and fear! - Now! 20:32.649 --> 20:35.651 Away from me! Away from me. 20:35.652 --> 20:38.528 Find someone willing to fight him! 20:38.529 --> 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! 21:33.751 --> 21:36.379 Samuel, why do we wait? 21:38.006 --> 21:39.424 There is a battle. 21:40.383 --> 21:41.800 I must go. 21:41.801 --> 21:43.678 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 --> 22:02.320 There are few things more potent in this world than that. 22:04.365 --> 22:09.578 My own mother, she prayed so fervently 22:09.579 --> 22:12.414 at the temple that the priests thought that she was drunk. 22:12.415 --> 22:16.836 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 --> 22:27.137 The influence of a mother is greater than a king, 22:27.138 --> 22:29.682 a thousand kings. 22:30.349 --> 22:32.977 So beautiful. 22:36.022 --> 22:41.860 She sewed this for me when I was born and then she wrapped it... 22:41.861 --> 22:47.157 ...around me when I was sent to live among the priests. 22:47.158 --> 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 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 --> 23:19.689 But they feel so real. 23:19.690 --> 23:20.858 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. 23:35.498 --> 23:36.958 It's a place I've never been. 23:39.127 --> 23:40.669 But it feels like home. 23:40.670 --> 23:41.754 Ah. 23:42.505 --> 23:45.507 Peace, beyond understanding. 23:45.508 --> 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 --> 24:09.072 Protecting the stream. 24:09.073 --> 24:10.198 Ah. 24:10.199 --> 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... ...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 --> 24:44.316 or are you for our enemies?" 24:44.317 --> 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 --> 25:02.292 You see, what men forget, they ask, "Is God for us? 25:02.293 --> 25:03.460 Is God with us?" 25:03.461 --> 25:06.923 But the question they should be asking is, 25:08.341 --> 25:11.344 "Are we with God?" 25:12.220 --> 25:18.391 And then Joshua asked him, "What do you call upon your servants to do?" 25:18.392 --> 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 --> 25:44.417 And perhaps this is the reason 25:44.418 --> 25:47.922 that the walls of Jericho fell down before him. 25:54.845 --> 25:58.890 But, why show these visions to me? 25:58.891 --> 26:00.810 Well, because 26:01.894 --> 26:06.023 you have a role to play in this grand design. 26:06.983 --> 26:08.608 How can I do that trapped in a field? 26:08.609 --> 26:12.237 David, you speak as if today is yesterday. Huh? 26:12.238 --> 26:15.116 As if they are the same. 26:15.616 --> 26:19.828 Listen, to everything, there is a season 26:19.829 --> 26:25.501 and a time for every... ...purpose under heaven. 26:26.210 --> 26:28.169 So when will my time come? 26:28.170 --> 26:29.838 Too many questions. 26:29.839 --> 26:31.589 Play me another song. 26:31.590 --> 26:33.591 If you don't mind. 26:33.592 --> 26:35.886 Yes. 26:53.487 --> 26:56.907 I make this offer to you again today... 26:59.952 --> 27:01.119 Choose a man. 27:01.120 --> 27:02.662 Send him down to me. 27:02.663 --> 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. 27:33.444 --> 27:36.321 How many days must we do this? 27:36.322 --> 27:39.741 Is there no champion in Israel? 27:39.742 --> 27:45.664 Day after day after day, I defy Israel! 27:49.335 --> 27:51.419 Why must they do that? 27:51.420 --> 27:52.838 My head hurts. 27:53.464 --> 27:54.923 That is why. 27:54.924 --> 28:01.096 Nine days and still no one who will face me! 28:01.097 --> 28:03.932 Are you not servants of your God? 28:03.933 --> 28:05.518 Come and fight me! 28:12.608 --> 28:14.610 I will get my revenge. 28:17.029 --> 28:18.197 My queen. 28:18.697 --> 28:20.032 News from the battle. 28:21.700 --> 28:24.745 - What? What is it? - News from Abner. 28:27.623 --> 28:30.375 "The Philistines have united their armies against us. 28:30.376 --> 28:32.627 Some 250,000 men." 28:32.628 --> 28:33.921 What? 28:34.672 --> 28:35.880 And they have a giant. 28:35.881 --> 28:37.049 A giant? 28:37.550 --> 28:38.591 How? 28:38.592 --> 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 --> 29:37.192 There's... There's always something. 29:37.193 --> 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 --> 29:54.042 Mother... [inhales sharply] ...Hashem has answered our cry before, he... 29:54.043 --> 29:56.002 He will answer again. 29:56.003 --> 30:00.048 I do not wish to hear that name in my presence. 30:00.049 --> 30:01.133 Ever again. 30:03.385 --> 30:05.179 I am weary of it. 30:13.771 --> 30:17.440 No, we... [breathes shakily] We-We have to... 30:17.441 --> 30:19.485 We have to do something. 31:13.872 --> 31:14.957 Mychal? 31:17.668 --> 31:19.169 I'm going to see Father. 31:19.670 --> 31:21.838 To battle? Have you lost your mind? 31:21.839 --> 31:23.799 - He needs me. - I need you! 31:24.800 --> 31:28.386 Mychal, our brothers are gone, our mother has given up. 31:28.387 --> 31:29.971 It is only us. 31:29.972 --> 31:31.557 Come with me then. 31:32.266 --> 31:33.474 Don't be a fool. 31:33.475 --> 31:34.851 What could we possibly do? 31:34.852 --> 31:37.437 If Father is in his right mind, he... 31:37.438 --> 31:39.690 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? 31:51.660 --> 31:53.786 Do you know which way Elah is? 31:53.787 --> 31:56.581 It's north. 31:56.582 --> 31:59.793 - North? - I will ride north and I will find it. 32:00.961 --> 32:02.004 I have to. 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. 32:27.196 --> 32:29.865 Hey. Thank you. 32:30.407 --> 32:32.409 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 --> 33:02.772 - An entire tribe of cowards and traitors. - Watch your tongue. 33:02.773 --> 33:05.942 You plan to hide in caves while your brethren face this enemy? 33:05.943 --> 33:08.069 What they face is certain death. 33:08.070 --> 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 --> 33:20.498 They have a giant. 33:20.499 --> 33:21.625 We have nothing. 33:22.418 --> 33:23.794 Zebulun fights for God. 33:24.670 --> 33:26.254 And God is not with our king. 33:26.255 --> 33:31.467 Let all of Israel know that Zebulun has surrendered to their own fear. 33:31.468 --> 33:34.095 And when we fight this battle, and when we win, 33:34.096 --> 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 --> 34:05.668 This is no strategy. 34:05.669 --> 34:07.588 - This is cowardice. - Adriel. 34:08.589 --> 34:10.673 This is your prince you're speaking to. 34:10.674 --> 34:11.883 Oh, yes. 34:11.884 --> 34:14.677 Son of a deranged king, heir to a dying legacy. 34:14.678 --> 34:16.095 Enough. 34:16.096 --> 34:19.808 If your father will not lead, then I will. 34:21.435 --> 34:23.394 I say we fight! 34:23.395 --> 34:25.188 Yeah! We fight. 34:25.189 --> 34:30.318 And even if we cannot win, we will at least die in the trying! 34:30.319 --> 34:32.069 Yeah! 34:32.070 --> 34:34.155 For God and Israel! 34:34.156 --> 34:36.784 For God and Israel! 34:39.495 --> 34:41.245 Ah, that's it. Flee, flee! 34:41.246 --> 34:44.040 Hide in your tent with your father! 34:44.041 --> 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 --> 34:58.095 - What are you doing? - I'm going to face the giant. 34:58.096 --> 34:59.932 - No, you're not. - Adriel speaks the truth. 35:00.808 --> 35:01.975 Someone must do it. 35:02.559 --> 35:03.893 Let it be me. 35:03.894 --> 35:05.729 And what do you think is going to happen, hmm? 35:07.606 --> 35:08.856 God will decide. 35:08.857 --> 35:11.692 That thing is going to tear you apart. 35:11.693 --> 35:13.069 He's gonna rip you in half 35:13.070 --> 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. 35:45.352 --> 35:47.437 By now Mother must know we're gone. 35:48.939 --> 35:50.731 If there were any decent horsemen left in the palace, 35:50.732 --> 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 Hmm. 36:05.539 --> 36:06.623 Are you afraid? 36:07.875 --> 36:09.293 There is no time for it now. 36:15.048 --> 36:16.049 Mychalie. 36:16.717 --> 36:18.176 Hard to forget, eh? 36:19.136 --> 36:20.136 The song? 36:20.137 --> 36:21.221 No. 36:21.889 --> 36:22.931 David. 36:24.725 --> 36:26.726 He abandoned our father, I... 36:26.727 --> 36:28.270 I don't want to think about him. 36:50.083 --> 36:52.502 Blessed are you, Jesse, son of Obed. 36:53.337 --> 36:56.923 The sins of your house are atoned by blood. 36:56.924 --> 36:58.966 A worthy sacrifice. 36:58.967 --> 37:00.427 How did you choose it? 37:01.553 --> 37:04.056 - In accordance with our laws. - 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 --> 37:11.354 Is that not the law of Moses? 37:11.355 --> 37:13.148 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 - I will be in the east fields. - Ah. 37:22.866 --> 37:24.784 Join me when you've finished, great one. 37:24.785 --> 37:27.078 I will teach you how to be a shepherd. 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 --> 37:44.345 But your spirit is heavy. 37:46.306 --> 37:50.184 There is no weight so great as a lie. 37:50.185 --> 37:51.770 Is that not so, Jesse? 37:55.440 --> 38:00.569 When Saul called your sons to war 38:00.570 --> 38:03.782 you gave them up. 38:04.408 --> 38:07.076 When I demanded your sons you did not hesitate 38:07.077 --> 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. 38:24.469 --> 38:26.012 And shame from this family. 38:26.013 --> 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 --> 38:48.909 He's headstrong, unbroken. 38:48.910 --> 38:51.037 Yes. Yes, he is. 38:51.038 --> 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 --> 39:07.011 You are right. 39:07.012 --> 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 --> 39:19.398 And he is beloved by God because of this, 39:19.399 --> 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 --> 39:35.581 Is it because you begat your son in sin, huh? 39:35.582 --> 39:36.791 The son of Jesse. 39:36.792 --> 39:38.209 The sin of Jesse. 39:38.210 --> 39:40.336 Anointed for all to see. 39:40.337 --> 39:42.546 Is it shame that compels you? 39:42.547 --> 39:44.799 No, it is not. It is something else. 39:44.800 --> 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 --> 40:05.069 You have given God many things, but you have not given your all. 40:05.070 --> 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 --> 40:22.002 It is these sacrifices that are the greatest. 40:22.003 --> 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 --> 40:55.786 Cowards! 40:55.787 --> 40:57.580 All of you, cowards! 40:57.581 --> 41:00.375 Remember when the Philistines assembled at Michmash? 41:01.501 --> 41:04.920 There was courage in no man, brothers hiding in caves. 41:06.173 --> 41:07.591 You attacked by night. 41:08.216 --> 41:10.760 Alone, only with your armor-bearer. 41:11.887 --> 41:13.888 You confused them, disoriented them. 41:13.889 --> 41:15.014 Hashem gave us that victory. 41:15.015 --> 41:17.141 Yes, yes, but you started it. 41:17.142 --> 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 And you will stay by my father's side? 41:44.252 --> 41:45.628 I will. 41:45.629 --> 41:47.254 I will do all I can. 41:47.255 --> 41:48.340 Till the end. 41:49.382 --> 41:50.383 Come. 42:39.891 --> 42:42.060 What would you have your servant do? 43:36.614 --> 43:37.615 Why? 43:39.200 --> 43:41.703 Why choose me for something I'll never do? 43:47.667 --> 43:49.294 I wish I understood you. 43:50.587 --> 43:51.796 David! 43:54.090 --> 43:56.343 David. Come. 44:12.067 --> 44:15.070 Father, where are you going? 44:15.904 --> 44:17.822 I am not going anywhere. 44:21.159 --> 44:22.243 Come, David. 44:41.179 --> 44:43.680 There are things I've wanted to say for so long, 44:43.681 --> 44:46.100 and suddenly I have no words to say them. 44:48.395 --> 44:50.521 David, come. 44:50.522 --> 44:51.606 Come here. 44:55.527 --> 44:56.653 David. 44:57.320 --> 44:58.321 Please. 45:05.328 --> 45:08.623 I took my first wife in prudence. 45:09.541 --> 45:12.084 Mmm. Our union was wise. 45:12.085 --> 45:14.753 For her tribe and mine. 45:14.754 --> 45:17.757 My bloodline was... ...tainted. 45:18.591 --> 45:19.675 Because of grandmother Ruth? 45:19.676 --> 45:21.927 Yes, she was a Moabite. 45:21.928 --> 45:25.014 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 --> 45:47.494 The opposite of... ...everything I was taught to seek. 45:47.495 --> 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 And she loved me. 46:22.363 --> 46:24.449 Your mother's final words to me... 46:24.949 --> 46:27.284 I know. She said to keep me safe. 46:27.285 --> 46:28.577 No. 46:28.578 --> 46:30.329 That is not what she said. 46:36.920 --> 46:39.464 "Let him rise." 46:45.178 --> 46:47.347 Let him rise. 46:52.936 --> 46:54.354 Those were her words. 46:57.857 --> 46:59.776 She saw visions, your mother. 47:00.276 --> 47:01.944 She had dreams about you. 47:01.945 --> 47:03.696 About what you would become. 47:05.990 --> 47:07.658 Dreams of violence. 47:07.659 --> 47:10.494 Both beautiful and terrifying. 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 --> 48:00.502 Come. 48:00.503 --> 48:03.130 I have loaded the donkey with food and supplies. 48:03.131 --> 48:04.881 I need you to take them. 48:04.882 --> 48:06.134 Where? 48:10.096 --> 48:11.681 To the battlefield. 48:12.974 --> 48:14.350 To your brothers. 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 --> 49:03.231 To offer counsel in your hour of need. 49:03.232 --> 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. 49:20.750 --> 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 --> 49:38.016 Stories of the great seer journeying 49:38.017 --> 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 --> 49:48.860 Should you command it, I will hunt and kill whoever it is 49:48.861 --> 49:52.489 that has been anointed to replace your father. 49:52.490 --> 49:53.740 Speak of my father again. 49:53.741 --> 49:57.704 All I need is just a name. 49:58.705 --> 50:00.914 The final piece, Jonathan. 50:00.915 --> 50:04.209 I have no time for your games, Doeg. 50:04.210 --> 50:05.294 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 --> 50:34.072 That would be interesting to watch. 50:51.549 --> 50:53.301 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. 51:16.491 --> 51:17.658 Sleep now. 51:19.911 --> 51:22.829 And if you wake, pray for me. 51:22.830 --> 51:24.664 No. 51:24.665 --> 51:28.502 No! 51:28.503 --> 51:31.714 No. 51:48.940 --> 51:51.024 No! No! 51:51.025 --> 51:52.192 Jonathan! 51:52.193 --> 51:54.779 No! 52:15.842 --> 52:17.009 God be with you. 52:45.788 --> 52:47.205 My son. 52:47.206 --> 52:50.793 I love you. 52:51.294 --> 52:53.421 I love you too. 52:54.213 --> 52:56.841 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 --> 53:25.035 He sees into the heart." 53:25.036 --> 53:29.832 And you, you have the heart of a lion. 53:30.666 --> 53:32.460 What do lions do? 53:36.797 --> 53:38.925 They roar. 53:54.523 --> 53:56.233 Rise, my son. 53:57.735 --> 53:58.903 Rise. 54:04.533 --> 54:07.327 How many days must we do this? 54:07.328 --> 54:10.873 Is there no champion in Israel? 54:12.208 --> 54:16.128 Anybody who will fight me?