The Bible (2013–…): Season 1, Episode 3 - Homeland - full transcript
Joshua conquers Jericho; Delilah betrays Samson as the Israelites battle the Philistines; Samuel anoints David king, a move that could throw the nation into civil war; Saul is consumed with jealousy when David defeats Goliath; King David ushers in a golden age for Israel, but is soon seduced by power and lust for Bathsheba; God forgives David, and his son, Solomon, builds God's temple in Jerusalem.
Previously on The Bible.
In the beginning,
God created heaven and earth.
Then human failings led him
to destroy his creation.
Wrong choices, wrong decisions.
After Noah, a new beginning...
and a promise for Abraham.
God has spoken to me.
He will lead us to a new home.
He has promised descendants
as numerous as the stars.
But enslaved by Egypt,
Abraham's descendants suffered-.
Until a new leader emerged...
who would become
Israel's greatest hero.
Who are you?
My name is Moses.
God has sent me...
to set you free.
Freedom?
They're free to choose...
slavery or death!
All my life,
I have been Pharaoh's.
I will never be a slave again.
Joshua, God is with us.
Ride!
Lord!
Follow me!
God has delivered us
from slavery.
We're going to live
in the promised land.
Abraham's dream is our future.
You are our future now, Joshua.
You must take the land
promised to Abraham.
Moses has led the Israelites...
to the edge
of the promised land.
Under Joshua,
they must conquer it.
Lord, I was with Moses...
when he handed down
these commandments.
I was witness to the covenant,
the promise of a holy nation.
Help me to forge that nation,
to lead your people
to inherit their land.
Joshua!
- The Lord brought us out from Egypt.
- Right!
He promised us this land.
That's right!
And soon,
it will be ours.
Come.
- Are you ready?
- We'll search the whole city.
Just find me a way in.
We must take Jericho.
It's all that stands between us
and the promised land.
Hey. Hey!
You can only collect water
in daylight.
Go home now. Go. Go.
Stay indoors.
The Israelites can attack
at any time.
Rahab, my little whore.
What are you doing out, hmm?
You know it's not safe.
Safe enough.
No one is safe.
I can look after myself.
Go home.
Shh.
What are you doing here?
Israelites!
Go. Go.
Israelites! Help!
Israelites!
Brother.
For Israel!
For Israel.
Quick.
Over here! Get more men!
We've got to get inside.
Look out.
They must not escape.
Go door to door.
In here.
Everyone, return to your homes.
Hello?
Shh.
Keep quiet, and I promise
I won't hurt him.
Swear.
Mmm.
- You're Israelites.
- You've heard about us?
You have a god who commands
the winds and parts the seas.
He saved us from slavery.
We are his chosen.
This whole city
is terrified of you.
How can we fight a people
whose god can do that?
Open up! Open up!
Back inside. Open the door!
Can we get out that way?
Help us, and we will help you.
Go.
I'll stall them if I can.
Open the door!
Come with us.
I can't. My family.
When our army comes,
hang this on your door...
so they will know
not to harm you.
You'll be passed over.
Stay here.
Joshua!
Tell me, did you find a way in?
Is there a weakness?
Not in the walls-.
But... in their hearts.
Joshua, we met a woman.
She thinks God
has taken the city already.
The people melt in fear
because they know he is with us.
God is with us.
But we've still
to find a way in.
Moses,
my old friend,
what would you do?
Lord, when I was a slave,
you showed me your love
and your power.
You have given me new life.
Would you have us turn back?
Who-.
Who are you?
I pray you are with us...
and not with our enemies.
I am with God.
Commander of the Lord's army.
What does he ask of us?
The Lord parted the waters
for Moses.
For you-.
He will split rock.
This is what you must do.
March around the city once a day
with all the armed men.
Do this for six days.
Carry the Ark with you.
It contains God's commandments,
and he is with you.
Then, on the seventh day,
march around the city
seven times.
Then the priests should make a
long blast with a ram's horn.
As soon as you hear
the sound of the trumpet-
All the people
shall shout a great shout.
It's happening!
Glory will come.
He truly is the shaper
of the world.
We give this city to the Lord!
Jericho is ours!
Only Rahab the prostitute
and her family may be spared,
for God said
she must be spared...
for the help she gave us.
...for the help she gave us.
God...
has kept his promise.
If we obey the Lord,
anything is possible!
Israel! Israel!
Israel. Israel.
Israel! Israel!
A hundred years after Joshua,
the 12 tribes of Israel have spread
out across the promised land.
Hyah!
But hostile neighbors
surround them.
Hyah! Hyah!
Better armed and better trained,
the Philistines
are the deadliest threat.
Without great leaders like Moses
or Joshua to unite them,
the Israelites must rely
on local heroes called judges-
people like Samson.
Mother, come.
When will this all stop?
I don't know.
You must fight them.
It's what God
wants you to do, Samson.
It's why God created you.
Remember what
his messenger told me.
Don't be afraid.
Though you are barren,
God will give you a son.
Thank you.
Listen carefully.
There are conditions.
See to it that
you drink no alcohol...
and eat nothing unclean.
And when your son is born,
his hair must never be cut.
This will be the sign
that the boy is a Nazarite.
He is given to God-
from his birth to his death.
He will begin to deliver Israel
from the Philistines.
Your strength comes from God.
Your duty is to drive
the Philistines away.
Instead of fighting
the Philistines,
Samson falls in love...
and marries one.
Let me talk to her. Of course.
Mmm.
Mother,
does love not come from God?
What would you have me do...
reject the woman
I fell in love with...
just because she's a Philistine?
Will your love
protect us from them?
Samson! Samson! Samson!
Samson! Samson! Samson!
Samson! Samson! Samson!
We need to send
these Israelites a message,
make it clear to them
they cannot take our women.
Our people should never mix.
How are we going to get to him?
We're not going
to get... to him.
Open up!
Where is Samson?
I-I don't know.
Where is he? He's not here.
Father! Father! No!
Father! No!
No!
- Do it.
- Please, no.
You are a disgrace
to our people.
- Oh, please. Please.
- Please, I beg you!
Don't hurt her.
Father! No!
No. No.
No. No!
Please.
Please, I'm begging you no.
Please, no.
No!
No! No!
No!
For my wife.
Philistines!
Over here! Help us.
Help us!
Free us. Free us!
Stop the Israelite!
One man did this.
Where is he?
His people must know.
You!
You will bring Samson to me,
and you will do it quickly.
And for every day I do not see
him, one of you will die...
starting now.
No, no. No, no, please.
Please, no!
Samson!
Samson!
Samson.
Samson?
Samson.
Are you there?
Mother.
I wasn't expecting you.
Forgive me.
- We have come to reason with you, Samson.
- Reason?
You must stop the killing.
Please.
For every Philistine you kill,
two more appear,
seeking revenge.
As they did to me,
so I have done to them.
The Philistines are
our rulers now.
Everyone must do
what they think is right.
No, Samson.
You must do what is right
for your people.
For God.
Not for yourself.
You must give yourself up,
Samson.
Mother, is this what God wants?
I'm not sure.
Sometimes God leads us
in ways we cannot see.
God will guide your choices.
Come.
Stand aside.
Stand back.
Get back.
Stay back.
You have your prize.
All I see is a common murderer.
No worse than you.
Why did you kill my wife?
To teach you...
and your people a lesson.
I gave myself up
to save my people.
Will you leave them alone now?
If I had more men,
I'd drive you all...
back into the wilderness
where you belong.
I'd happily kill all of you.
Kill him.
Your duty is to drive
the Philistines away.
God will guide your choices.
My Lord God of Israel,
is that you?
Lord,
is this what you want from me?
Guide me, please.
Come.
Come!
Thank you.
What is your name?
My name is Delilah.
Dagon,
god and creator,
lord of our land,
deliver into our hands...
our enemy, Samson,
destroyer of our nation.
We have news of Samson.
He's got a new woman.
A Philistine woman.
Another one?
What's her name?
Delilah.
I know her.
Bring her to me.
Delilah,
thank you for coming.
As beguiling as ever.
What do you want?
Well, let's just have a
little talk-about Samson.
An interesting choice.
Not one of us, of course.
Why are you with him?
Why do you want to know?
Don't tell me
you care about him.
Is he in love with you?
Ask him yourself.
He's butchered
hundreds of our people.
He's changed.
He's a different man
since he's met me.
You really believe that?
He will go on killing until we
find a way to stop him for good.
Where does he get his strength?
What's his secret?
I don't know. He won't tell me.
Try to convince him.
Have you seen
what he's capable of?
Maybe this will help.
Call it danger money.
It's all for you.
Uh-uh. Not now.
Not until we know his secret.
Why are you so strong?
God is with me, Delilah.
He makes me strong.
What do you mean...
God is with you?
How does he make you strong?
My mother was barren.
God brought her a child-me.
But there are things
I must not do.
Such as?
I have never cut my hair.
I am forbidden.
A sign of my devotion.
If I cut my hair, I-.
What, my love?
What if you cut your hair?
My God will take away
all my strength.
I will be as weak
as everyone else.
You don't believe me?
No, Samson,
I do.
Samson!
Wha-Huh?
Take him.
What-
Wha-What have you done?
Don't feel bad.
Everyone has their price.
Delilah.
Take a good look...
and remember the day you first
met the lovely Delilah.
You will never see her again.
Take him away.
Move. Move!
Quickly.
Bring him through.
Blind Israelite!
I am weak.
Stand me against something.
Lord-.
Quiet!
Lord,
if I am yours, remember me now.
Strengthen me once more.
Your god has abandoned you,
Samson.
You are the man
who took away my eyes.
I am glad of it,
for the darkness
helps me think.
Your god has deserted you...
and taken your strength
with him.
No.
I can see him
more clearly than ever.
He wants me to destroy you all!
It's over, Samson.
Stop him!
Kill him!
Now!
Samson's sacrifice
kills thousands,
but he could never defeat
the Philistines on his own.
The prophet Samuel has urged the
people to unite in God's name.
There is no one like the Lord.
But after decades of struggle,
he, too, has failed
to halt the Philistines.
Prophet, we await you.
And the people's patience
is wearing thin.
So what is it
that troubles you?
We are grateful, prophet.
You have led us for many years.
God has led us.
Samuel,
you are not as young
as you were.
We are worried.
Who will speak to the Lord
after you?
Who will lead us
against the Philistines?
My sons will inherit my place.
Your sons are corrupt.
My sons have been brought up to
trust in God and obey his laws.
Everything I have done for you I have
done because I walk in God's ways.
We know that they take bribes.
Everyone knows it.
They shame your good name.
So,
when you are gone...
and the Philistines return...
and we look to your sons
to call on God,
will God answer?
No. He will not.
Then what do you want?
A king.
As other nations have.
But look what
other nations' kings do.
They become tyrants. They
make slaves of their people.
Not if they are chosen by God,
anointed
by his righteous prophet-
by you.
You would reject our God?
God promised us this land.
This is God's kingdom.
He is our only king.
You have the ear
of the Lord, Samuel.
You must ask him
to choose a king for us.
Leave me alone. All of you.
I have given everything.
Now they have rejected me...
and you, God.
But if you say
I should give them a king,
then of course I will.
But who should it be?
I see...
that could never be me.
But I will still be your prophet.
I can guide your king.
Saul! Saul! Saul!
Saul! Saul! Saul!
Saul! Saul! Saul!
Saul.
May you reign justly
and wisely...
and according to God's law.
I anoint you
the first king of Israel.
May I, as God's prophet,
help you in any way I can.
A new era in Israelite history
is beginning-.
- Saul! Saul!
- The period of prophets and kings.
They must work together
to secure the promised land.
Saul! Saul! Saul!
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Are the men ready?
They're ready.
We must make a sacrifice
before we attack.
May God forgive you!
Be a king.
Leave the job of priest to me.
You are our prophet,
but I am your king!
What the Lord gives,
he can take away.
God is with me!
Are you with him, Lord, really?
You disobeyed the Lord.
He has torn your kingdom from
you and given it to David.
When you have my crown, will you not
kill my descendants, bury my name?
Jerusalem, our new home.
A king is never above his god.
You abused your power.
You took everything
from your most loyal servant.
You took his wife,
then you took his life.
You think God
doesn't see everything?
I am his chosen one.
David, he will bring disaster
on your house.
We shall see.
In the beginning,
God created heaven and earth.
Then human failings led him
to destroy his creation.
Wrong choices, wrong decisions.
After Noah, a new beginning...
and a promise for Abraham.
God has spoken to me.
He will lead us to a new home.
He has promised descendants
as numerous as the stars.
But enslaved by Egypt,
Abraham's descendants suffered-.
Until a new leader emerged...
who would become
Israel's greatest hero.
Who are you?
My name is Moses.
God has sent me...
to set you free.
Freedom?
They're free to choose...
slavery or death!
All my life,
I have been Pharaoh's.
I will never be a slave again.
Joshua, God is with us.
Ride!
Lord!
Follow me!
God has delivered us
from slavery.
We're going to live
in the promised land.
Abraham's dream is our future.
You are our future now, Joshua.
You must take the land
promised to Abraham.
Moses has led the Israelites...
to the edge
of the promised land.
Under Joshua,
they must conquer it.
Lord, I was with Moses...
when he handed down
these commandments.
I was witness to the covenant,
the promise of a holy nation.
Help me to forge that nation,
to lead your people
to inherit their land.
Joshua!
- The Lord brought us out from Egypt.
- Right!
He promised us this land.
That's right!
And soon,
it will be ours.
Come.
- Are you ready?
- We'll search the whole city.
Just find me a way in.
We must take Jericho.
It's all that stands between us
and the promised land.
Hey. Hey!
You can only collect water
in daylight.
Go home now. Go. Go.
Stay indoors.
The Israelites can attack
at any time.
Rahab, my little whore.
What are you doing out, hmm?
You know it's not safe.
Safe enough.
No one is safe.
I can look after myself.
Go home.
Shh.
What are you doing here?
Israelites!
Go. Go.
Israelites! Help!
Israelites!
Brother.
For Israel!
For Israel.
Quick.
Over here! Get more men!
We've got to get inside.
Look out.
They must not escape.
Go door to door.
In here.
Everyone, return to your homes.
Hello?
Shh.
Keep quiet, and I promise
I won't hurt him.
Swear.
Mmm.
- You're Israelites.
- You've heard about us?
You have a god who commands
the winds and parts the seas.
He saved us from slavery.
We are his chosen.
This whole city
is terrified of you.
How can we fight a people
whose god can do that?
Open up! Open up!
Back inside. Open the door!
Can we get out that way?
Help us, and we will help you.
Go.
I'll stall them if I can.
Open the door!
Come with us.
I can't. My family.
When our army comes,
hang this on your door...
so they will know
not to harm you.
You'll be passed over.
Stay here.
Joshua!
Tell me, did you find a way in?
Is there a weakness?
Not in the walls-.
But... in their hearts.
Joshua, we met a woman.
She thinks God
has taken the city already.
The people melt in fear
because they know he is with us.
God is with us.
But we've still
to find a way in.
Moses,
my old friend,
what would you do?
Lord, when I was a slave,
you showed me your love
and your power.
You have given me new life.
Would you have us turn back?
Who-.
Who are you?
I pray you are with us...
and not with our enemies.
I am with God.
Commander of the Lord's army.
What does he ask of us?
The Lord parted the waters
for Moses.
For you-.
He will split rock.
This is what you must do.
March around the city once a day
with all the armed men.
Do this for six days.
Carry the Ark with you.
It contains God's commandments,
and he is with you.
Then, on the seventh day,
march around the city
seven times.
Then the priests should make a
long blast with a ram's horn.
As soon as you hear
the sound of the trumpet-
All the people
shall shout a great shout.
It's happening!
Glory will come.
He truly is the shaper
of the world.
We give this city to the Lord!
Jericho is ours!
Only Rahab the prostitute
and her family may be spared,
for God said
she must be spared...
for the help she gave us.
...for the help she gave us.
God...
has kept his promise.
If we obey the Lord,
anything is possible!
Israel! Israel!
Israel. Israel.
Israel! Israel!
A hundred years after Joshua,
the 12 tribes of Israel have spread
out across the promised land.
Hyah!
But hostile neighbors
surround them.
Hyah! Hyah!
Better armed and better trained,
the Philistines
are the deadliest threat.
Without great leaders like Moses
or Joshua to unite them,
the Israelites must rely
on local heroes called judges-
people like Samson.
Mother, come.
When will this all stop?
I don't know.
You must fight them.
It's what God
wants you to do, Samson.
It's why God created you.
Remember what
his messenger told me.
Don't be afraid.
Though you are barren,
God will give you a son.
Thank you.
Listen carefully.
There are conditions.
See to it that
you drink no alcohol...
and eat nothing unclean.
And when your son is born,
his hair must never be cut.
This will be the sign
that the boy is a Nazarite.
He is given to God-
from his birth to his death.
He will begin to deliver Israel
from the Philistines.
Your strength comes from God.
Your duty is to drive
the Philistines away.
Instead of fighting
the Philistines,
Samson falls in love...
and marries one.
Let me talk to her. Of course.
Mmm.
Mother,
does love not come from God?
What would you have me do...
reject the woman
I fell in love with...
just because she's a Philistine?
Will your love
protect us from them?
Samson! Samson! Samson!
Samson! Samson! Samson!
Samson! Samson! Samson!
We need to send
these Israelites a message,
make it clear to them
they cannot take our women.
Our people should never mix.
How are we going to get to him?
We're not going
to get... to him.
Open up!
Where is Samson?
I-I don't know.
Where is he? He's not here.
Father! Father! No!
Father! No!
No!
- Do it.
- Please, no.
You are a disgrace
to our people.
- Oh, please. Please.
- Please, I beg you!
Don't hurt her.
Father! No!
No. No.
No. No!
Please.
Please, I'm begging you no.
Please, no.
No!
No! No!
No!
For my wife.
Philistines!
Over here! Help us.
Help us!
Free us. Free us!
Stop the Israelite!
One man did this.
Where is he?
His people must know.
You!
You will bring Samson to me,
and you will do it quickly.
And for every day I do not see
him, one of you will die...
starting now.
No, no. No, no, please.
Please, no!
Samson!
Samson!
Samson.
Samson?
Samson.
Are you there?
Mother.
I wasn't expecting you.
Forgive me.
- We have come to reason with you, Samson.
- Reason?
You must stop the killing.
Please.
For every Philistine you kill,
two more appear,
seeking revenge.
As they did to me,
so I have done to them.
The Philistines are
our rulers now.
Everyone must do
what they think is right.
No, Samson.
You must do what is right
for your people.
For God.
Not for yourself.
You must give yourself up,
Samson.
Mother, is this what God wants?
I'm not sure.
Sometimes God leads us
in ways we cannot see.
God will guide your choices.
Come.
Stand aside.
Stand back.
Get back.
Stay back.
You have your prize.
All I see is a common murderer.
No worse than you.
Why did you kill my wife?
To teach you...
and your people a lesson.
I gave myself up
to save my people.
Will you leave them alone now?
If I had more men,
I'd drive you all...
back into the wilderness
where you belong.
I'd happily kill all of you.
Kill him.
Your duty is to drive
the Philistines away.
God will guide your choices.
My Lord God of Israel,
is that you?
Lord,
is this what you want from me?
Guide me, please.
Come.
Come!
Thank you.
What is your name?
My name is Delilah.
Dagon,
god and creator,
lord of our land,
deliver into our hands...
our enemy, Samson,
destroyer of our nation.
We have news of Samson.
He's got a new woman.
A Philistine woman.
Another one?
What's her name?
Delilah.
I know her.
Bring her to me.
Delilah,
thank you for coming.
As beguiling as ever.
What do you want?
Well, let's just have a
little talk-about Samson.
An interesting choice.
Not one of us, of course.
Why are you with him?
Why do you want to know?
Don't tell me
you care about him.
Is he in love with you?
Ask him yourself.
He's butchered
hundreds of our people.
He's changed.
He's a different man
since he's met me.
You really believe that?
He will go on killing until we
find a way to stop him for good.
Where does he get his strength?
What's his secret?
I don't know. He won't tell me.
Try to convince him.
Have you seen
what he's capable of?
Maybe this will help.
Call it danger money.
It's all for you.
Uh-uh. Not now.
Not until we know his secret.
Why are you so strong?
God is with me, Delilah.
He makes me strong.
What do you mean...
God is with you?
How does he make you strong?
My mother was barren.
God brought her a child-me.
But there are things
I must not do.
Such as?
I have never cut my hair.
I am forbidden.
A sign of my devotion.
If I cut my hair, I-.
What, my love?
What if you cut your hair?
My God will take away
all my strength.
I will be as weak
as everyone else.
You don't believe me?
No, Samson,
I do.
Samson!
Wha-Huh?
Take him.
What-
Wha-What have you done?
Don't feel bad.
Everyone has their price.
Delilah.
Take a good look...
and remember the day you first
met the lovely Delilah.
You will never see her again.
Take him away.
Move. Move!
Quickly.
Bring him through.
Blind Israelite!
I am weak.
Stand me against something.
Lord-.
Quiet!
Lord,
if I am yours, remember me now.
Strengthen me once more.
Your god has abandoned you,
Samson.
You are the man
who took away my eyes.
I am glad of it,
for the darkness
helps me think.
Your god has deserted you...
and taken your strength
with him.
No.
I can see him
more clearly than ever.
He wants me to destroy you all!
It's over, Samson.
Stop him!
Kill him!
Now!
Samson's sacrifice
kills thousands,
but he could never defeat
the Philistines on his own.
The prophet Samuel has urged the
people to unite in God's name.
There is no one like the Lord.
But after decades of struggle,
he, too, has failed
to halt the Philistines.
Prophet, we await you.
And the people's patience
is wearing thin.
So what is it
that troubles you?
We are grateful, prophet.
You have led us for many years.
God has led us.
Samuel,
you are not as young
as you were.
We are worried.
Who will speak to the Lord
after you?
Who will lead us
against the Philistines?
My sons will inherit my place.
Your sons are corrupt.
My sons have been brought up to
trust in God and obey his laws.
Everything I have done for you I have
done because I walk in God's ways.
We know that they take bribes.
Everyone knows it.
They shame your good name.
So,
when you are gone...
and the Philistines return...
and we look to your sons
to call on God,
will God answer?
No. He will not.
Then what do you want?
A king.
As other nations have.
But look what
other nations' kings do.
They become tyrants. They
make slaves of their people.
Not if they are chosen by God,
anointed
by his righteous prophet-
by you.
You would reject our God?
God promised us this land.
This is God's kingdom.
He is our only king.
You have the ear
of the Lord, Samuel.
You must ask him
to choose a king for us.
Leave me alone. All of you.
I have given everything.
Now they have rejected me...
and you, God.
But if you say
I should give them a king,
then of course I will.
But who should it be?
I see...
that could never be me.
But I will still be your prophet.
I can guide your king.
Saul! Saul! Saul!
Saul! Saul! Saul!
Saul! Saul! Saul!
Saul.
May you reign justly
and wisely...
and according to God's law.
I anoint you
the first king of Israel.
May I, as God's prophet,
help you in any way I can.
A new era in Israelite history
is beginning-.
- Saul! Saul!
- The period of prophets and kings.
They must work together
to secure the promised land.
Saul! Saul! Saul!
Next time on The Bible.
Are the men ready?
They're ready.
We must make a sacrifice
before we attack.
May God forgive you!
Be a king.
Leave the job of priest to me.
You are our prophet,
but I am your king!
What the Lord gives,
he can take away.
God is with me!
Are you with him, Lord, really?
You disobeyed the Lord.
He has torn your kingdom from
you and given it to David.
When you have my crown, will you not
kill my descendants, bury my name?
Jerusalem, our new home.
A king is never above his god.
You abused your power.
You took everything
from your most loyal servant.
You took his wife,
then you took his life.
You think God
doesn't see everything?
I am his chosen one.
David, he will bring disaster
on your house.
We shall see.