The Bible (2013–…): Season 1, Episode 4 - Kingdom - full transcript
King Saul and the Israelite army face seemingly impossible odds against the Philistine army and their champion, Goliath. An unlikely here, the young David, defeats Goliath and goes on to lead the Israelites to victory against the Phi
The Bible Mini Series
Episode 4 - Kingdom
Previously on The Bible.
Human failings led
to the great ?ood.
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.
To help the
Israelites fulfil the promise,
God sent Moses
to free them from slavery.
Lord!
Joshua led them
into the promised land.
Jericho is ours!
Israel! Israel!
But the Israelites
faced brutal opposition...
from the Philistines.
Some dared to fight back.
But not even Samson
could overcome them.
The prophet Samuel led
the Israelites in God's name,
but the people wanted more-
someone to lead them in battle.
- What do you want?
- A king.
A king? They become tyrants.
Not if they
are chosen by God.
Saul, I anoint you
the first king of Israel.
May I, as God's prophet,
help you in any way I can.
But is any man good
enough to rule God 3 kingdom ?
Are the men ready?
They're ready.
Where is Samuel?
He should be here.
We must make a sacrifice
before we attack.
We cannot wait any longer.
Saul! May God forgive you!
Samuel.
Where were you?
Seven days we have waited.
Seven days.
My men are deserting.
Then be a king.
Leave the job of priest to me.
Do you think God values
your sacrifice more than mine?
Samuel.
God instructs you-
kill everyone...
and everything.
A new era in Israelite history is beginning-
the period of prophets and kings.
They must work together
to secure the promised land.
To arms!
victory!
Saul! Saul! Saul!
Saul! Saul! Saul!
God is with me!
God is with me!
You had one task,
one simple command from God.
- Destroy everything.
- We followed his commands.
Then what is this bleating
of goats in my ears?
What is this lowing of cattle
and wailing of lambs?
Can the dead cry out?
And who is this pagan king?
He is to be put to death later.
When the Lord says spare,
you spare.
When he says kill-
Samuel!
You are our prophet,
but I am your king.
What the Lord gives,
he can take away.
Are these God's words
or yours?
Your descendants could have ruled
for over a thousand years.
But today,
God has forsaken you.
More divine words?
God has torn
your power from you.
He wants a man
after his own heart
Bring me wine.
Sire.
Do you hear me? Now!
Yes, sire!
Perhaps I have been hasty.
I should ask
Samuel's forgiveness.
Bring Samuel to me.
He's gone, Majesty.
Gone?
Samuel!
After Saul's disobedience,
God commands
his prophet Samuel...
to find a new king.
Young man!
What is your name?
David, sir.
My name is David.
I anoint you,
David of Bethlehem,
to be the next king of Israel...
once Saul is dead.
Father, what's wrong?
Tell me what's wrong.
Nothing is wrong.
It was a great victory.
I need rest.
That is all.
Sleep. Sleep.
Lord, forgive your servant!
In time,
David becomes an attendant
in Saul's court-
a king in waiting.
The Philistine threat
continues to grow.
Now they have
a new champion-
Goliath.
Will one of you fight me?
Israelites, you win,
and the Philistines
will be your slaves.
I win,
and you...
will be our slaves.
Someone must fight him!
Not you, Jonathan.
The warrior who defeats him...
will be a rich man.
Not one man in Israel?
Not one of God's people.
I'll do it.
David.
You're no soldier.
You're a shepherd.
Yes, a shepherd.
As I protect my sheep,
God will protect me.
Where is your faith?
Where is your god?
I will kill him.
You'll need this.
I'll be better without it.
Yea, though I walk in the valley
of the shadow of death,
I fear no evil...
for you are with me.
Thy rod and staff,
they comfort me.
You anoint my head with oil.
My cup over?ows.
Surely goodness and mercy
shall follow me...
all the days of my life.
Israel has found a champion.
Don't waste my time, little boy.
You're too young to die.
I will fight you.
Father, he did it.
David did it.
Let us make slaves of them!
David!
My wolf in shepherd's clothing.
You've saved my kingdom,
my shepherd warrior!
Come with me, brother.
David joins Saul's army...
and battles
the Philistines for decades.
He becomes a warrior,
a leader,
a hero.
Saul! Saul! Saul!
Saul! Saul! Saul!
Saul has killed thousands!
Saul! Saul! Saul!
Saul! Saul!
Saul! Saul! Saul!
You hear that, Father?
I hear.
Saul! Saul!
Saul! Saul! Saul!
David has killed
tens of thousands!
David! David!
David! David!
David! David! David!
David! David!
He deserves their praise.
He'll want my crown next.
David! David!
I thought you were
going to fall off your horse.
I did fall off my horse.
I think I killed a man
when I landed on him.
There was one point, there
were two men in front of me.
David.
Come here.
So,
once again,
you are our champion.
You have killed thousands.
Tens of thousands.
Of course.
Tens of thousands.
Our people are
very grateful to you.
The Lord blessed us all.
I would like to reward you.
I offer you my daughter, Michal.
I'm very honoured, Majesty.
David, we're brothers now.
In return-
100 dead Philistines.
Hmm? What say you?
100 dead Philistines
slain by your own hand.
Father,
he's risked his life enough, no?
What if he doesn't return?
I shall return.
God willing.
You love him like a brother,
don't you?
I do.
As Abel, no
doubt, once loved Cain.
He wants our crown.
Can't you see?
No.
He's loyal to us both.
Nonsense!
A few mementos for you.
And these.
Trophies taken from each
of their bodies.
From a hundred men?
200.
God was with me.
Michal.
Let's go.
Get out, all of you.
Get out!
Father.
What demons possess you?
If it wasn't for him,
we would all be slaves...
and you would not be king.
And with him, you never will be.
Your father, the king,
wishes to see David.
He can't.
He's... not well.
Not well!
Not well, you say.
Well- Well, we shall see.
We shall see.
Not well.
David?
Yes.
Yes.
You have
helped him escape.
You would rather be queen than
see your own father king! No!
You would betray
your own brother!
Father, you need to rest!
So... even my own children
plot against me!
David!
Wherever you go,
I shall hunt you down!
Priests!
Your king wishes
to speak with you.
- Come here! Out!
- Come on!
David was here, wasn't he?
You sheltered him.
This is God's house.
We offer shelter
to all his people.
Kill him.
I said kill him!
Kill all of them.
I have served you faithfully, Lord.
As faithfully as a man can.
And yet still it seems
it is not enough.
Not enough.
God is with me!
God is with me!
Lord!
Do you hear your servant?
Majesty-
David.
Why do you pursue me
when I have done you no harm?
I could have killed you.
Your life was mine to take.
Why didn't you take it then?
The Lord may revenge
the harm you have done to me,
but only evildoers
do evil deeds.
So my hand
will not touch you. Ever.
And God will reward you,
and you will be king!
You are my king. And
when you have my crown,
will you not kill my
descendants, bury my name?
I will not.
No?
I swear.
No?
Come then.
Come.
We'll go home together.
Why did you not kill him
when you had the chance?
Because he's one
of the anointed.
It's up to God
to decide his destiny.
Father!
Father!
Father.
Father.
The Philistine army is in the
next valley, near Gilboa.
Jonathan, David is very near.
Forget about David.
You must defend
your kingdom.
That is your duty.
You're right.
We must prepare for battle.
Tell the men
we leave for Gilboa.
Tell them we leave at dawn.
Jonathan,
save yourself!
No! We stand together!
Father, come on!
Come on!
Draw!
Jonathan!
Jonathan!
Jonathan. Jonathan.
I Crying 1
Oh, my son!
Oh, why?
Dear God.
Were my sins so great...
all of Israel must suffer?
Hyan! Hyah!
A crushing victory...
for the Philistines.
And Saul?
Dead.
You think the death of God's
anointed is a trivial thing?
What of Jonathan?
Captured?
Get rid of him!
How are the mighty fallen.
We can go home.
The people will look to you now...
to defend them, unite them.
Our time has come.
Yes, my king.
King David.
David gathers followers.
But to unite Israel,
he needs a capital city.
Jerusalem.
Our new home.
Now we just need
to find a way in.
How do we do that?
There is one way.
We wait till nightfall.
What do we do now?
Here.
...what happened to Saul!
For Israel.
Look out!
To arms!
Uriah!
Israel!
Jerusalem is now David's city,
a new center of power
for the Israelites...
and a home for the ultimate symbol
of their bond with God.
The Ark of the Covenant!
Your wife's far too pretty
for you, my friend.
You're right.
Majesty.
Come.
You don't mind, Uriah.
I mind.
Now God is truly with me.
Your Majesty.
Ah. Prophet.
Look.
My temple.
For the Ark.
For the Lord.
The world's never seen
anything like it.
The Lord came to me last night.
He's pleased with our work?
The Lord told me the House of David
will rule Israel forever.
We are blessed.
Your son will be king.
Your son will build the temple.
My temple.
God's temple.
God's temple.
A kingdom forever.
Thank you, Nathan.
Your Majesty.
As you requested.
Leave us.
Bathsheba.
Majesty-
David.
Is there news
of my husband?
No.
No, nothing like that.
He's safe enough, I believe,
although he is far away.
Fighting the enemy.
But you didn't go.
No need.
Not with men like Uriah
to do it for me.
I am loyal to my husband.
What about your king?
This is wrong.
No one need know.
Bathsheba becomes pregnant.
God's chosen king
breaks his commandments.
Uriah, my friend.
Welcome.
You sent for me, Majesty.
How's the war going?
Well. Very well.
And your commander, Joab,
all is well with him?
All is well.
Your fellow soldiers?
They fight well.
Excellent.
Well, you can give me a
fuller report in the morning.
I'm sure for now you'd
rather be with your wife.
I cannot stay with my wife.
Of course you can.
While my men are camped
in open country,
fighting the enemy?
This is a holy war.
How could I go to my home and
spend the night with my wife?
That does you credit, Uriah.
But, man to man,
who's to know?
I will know.
Good man.
Then let's drink.
Wine!
David cannot force
Uriah to sleep with Bathsheba.
So he finds another way...
to conceal his adultery.
Commander Joab,
I order you to send Uriah...
to where the fighting
is fiercest...
and abandon him there to die.
We've been richly blessed.
You think you can just sweep what
you've done under the carpet?
You took everything from
your most loyal servant, Uriah.
He deserved your respect.
I did respect him.
Really?
You took his wife, then you
took his life. Prophet!
You think God
doesn't see everything?
The Lord has spoken to me.
He will bring disaster
on your house...
for the contempt
you have shown the Lord.
- No.
- No!
He will take your son.
We shall see.
Anything, Lord.
Please spare my child.
Tell me.
Tell me what to do.
Oh.
First my husband,
now my son.
We are cursed.
But I was anointed.
God blessed me.
A king is never above his god.
You were supposed to rule
in his name, not your own.
We're finished.
Everyone will see
that God has left us.
Prophet.
Even though you are weak,
he loves you, David.
You have forged
God's nation on earth.
Take comfort in each other.
You will have another son.
Be careful, Solomon.
Let him play.
It's the house of the Lord.
One day, he'll have to build it.
Solomon will build God's temple.
But like his father,
he will find it impossible
to obey God's commandments.
Next time on The Bible.
Nebuchadnezzar!
Nebuchadnezzar!
God is bringing
disaster from Babylon!
Nebuchadnezzar!
We move!
Jerusalem!
Will you not speak for us
in our hour of need?
Look out there.
You're too late.
It begins.
Submit to King Nebuchadnezzar.
Bow your head.
And whatever is left of
Jerusalem, help yourselves!
This way, Daniel.
Will we ever
return to Jerusalem?
Jeremiah promised
that one day we would.
In the meantime,
what do we do-
just bow our heads
and serve this monster?
I will make them bow.
Bring me fire!
Lord! Save me!
Cyrus will set us
free if the prophecy is right.
I cannot go back on my word.
I promised them
freedom to worship.
It is merely a test
of their loyalty.
It's a trap for all of us.
They want us dead.
There is one to come
who will baptise with fire.
I'm just a voice in the wilderness,
preparing the way for the-
Lord.
What are we gonna do?
Change the world.
Episode 4 - Kingdom
Previously on The Bible.
Human failings led
to the great ?ood.
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.
To help the
Israelites fulfil the promise,
God sent Moses
to free them from slavery.
Lord!
Joshua led them
into the promised land.
Jericho is ours!
Israel! Israel!
But the Israelites
faced brutal opposition...
from the Philistines.
Some dared to fight back.
But not even Samson
could overcome them.
The prophet Samuel led
the Israelites in God's name,
but the people wanted more-
someone to lead them in battle.
- What do you want?
- A king.
A king? They become tyrants.
Not if they
are chosen by God.
Saul, I anoint you
the first king of Israel.
May I, as God's prophet,
help you in any way I can.
But is any man good
enough to rule God 3 kingdom ?
Are the men ready?
They're ready.
Where is Samuel?
He should be here.
We must make a sacrifice
before we attack.
We cannot wait any longer.
Saul! May God forgive you!
Samuel.
Where were you?
Seven days we have waited.
Seven days.
My men are deserting.
Then be a king.
Leave the job of priest to me.
Do you think God values
your sacrifice more than mine?
Samuel.
God instructs you-
kill everyone...
and everything.
A new era in Israelite history is beginning-
the period of prophets and kings.
They must work together
to secure the promised land.
To arms!
victory!
Saul! Saul! Saul!
Saul! Saul! Saul!
God is with me!
God is with me!
You had one task,
one simple command from God.
- Destroy everything.
- We followed his commands.
Then what is this bleating
of goats in my ears?
What is this lowing of cattle
and wailing of lambs?
Can the dead cry out?
And who is this pagan king?
He is to be put to death later.
When the Lord says spare,
you spare.
When he says kill-
Samuel!
You are our prophet,
but I am your king.
What the Lord gives,
he can take away.
Are these God's words
or yours?
Your descendants could have ruled
for over a thousand years.
But today,
God has forsaken you.
More divine words?
God has torn
your power from you.
He wants a man
after his own heart
Bring me wine.
Sire.
Do you hear me? Now!
Yes, sire!
Perhaps I have been hasty.
I should ask
Samuel's forgiveness.
Bring Samuel to me.
He's gone, Majesty.
Gone?
Samuel!
After Saul's disobedience,
God commands
his prophet Samuel...
to find a new king.
Young man!
What is your name?
David, sir.
My name is David.
I anoint you,
David of Bethlehem,
to be the next king of Israel...
once Saul is dead.
Father, what's wrong?
Tell me what's wrong.
Nothing is wrong.
It was a great victory.
I need rest.
That is all.
Sleep. Sleep.
Lord, forgive your servant!
In time,
David becomes an attendant
in Saul's court-
a king in waiting.
The Philistine threat
continues to grow.
Now they have
a new champion-
Goliath.
Will one of you fight me?
Israelites, you win,
and the Philistines
will be your slaves.
I win,
and you...
will be our slaves.
Someone must fight him!
Not you, Jonathan.
The warrior who defeats him...
will be a rich man.
Not one man in Israel?
Not one of God's people.
I'll do it.
David.
You're no soldier.
You're a shepherd.
Yes, a shepherd.
As I protect my sheep,
God will protect me.
Where is your faith?
Where is your god?
I will kill him.
You'll need this.
I'll be better without it.
Yea, though I walk in the valley
of the shadow of death,
I fear no evil...
for you are with me.
Thy rod and staff,
they comfort me.
You anoint my head with oil.
My cup over?ows.
Surely goodness and mercy
shall follow me...
all the days of my life.
Israel has found a champion.
Don't waste my time, little boy.
You're too young to die.
I will fight you.
Father, he did it.
David did it.
Let us make slaves of them!
David!
My wolf in shepherd's clothing.
You've saved my kingdom,
my shepherd warrior!
Come with me, brother.
David joins Saul's army...
and battles
the Philistines for decades.
He becomes a warrior,
a leader,
a hero.
Saul! Saul! Saul!
Saul! Saul! Saul!
Saul has killed thousands!
Saul! Saul! Saul!
Saul! Saul!
Saul! Saul! Saul!
You hear that, Father?
I hear.
Saul! Saul!
Saul! Saul! Saul!
David has killed
tens of thousands!
David! David!
David! David!
David! David! David!
David! David!
He deserves their praise.
He'll want my crown next.
David! David!
I thought you were
going to fall off your horse.
I did fall off my horse.
I think I killed a man
when I landed on him.
There was one point, there
were two men in front of me.
David.
Come here.
So,
once again,
you are our champion.
You have killed thousands.
Tens of thousands.
Of course.
Tens of thousands.
Our people are
very grateful to you.
The Lord blessed us all.
I would like to reward you.
I offer you my daughter, Michal.
I'm very honoured, Majesty.
David, we're brothers now.
In return-
100 dead Philistines.
Hmm? What say you?
100 dead Philistines
slain by your own hand.
Father,
he's risked his life enough, no?
What if he doesn't return?
I shall return.
God willing.
You love him like a brother,
don't you?
I do.
As Abel, no
doubt, once loved Cain.
He wants our crown.
Can't you see?
No.
He's loyal to us both.
Nonsense!
A few mementos for you.
And these.
Trophies taken from each
of their bodies.
From a hundred men?
200.
God was with me.
Michal.
Let's go.
Get out, all of you.
Get out!
Father.
What demons possess you?
If it wasn't for him,
we would all be slaves...
and you would not be king.
And with him, you never will be.
Your father, the king,
wishes to see David.
He can't.
He's... not well.
Not well!
Not well, you say.
Well- Well, we shall see.
We shall see.
Not well.
David?
Yes.
Yes.
You have
helped him escape.
You would rather be queen than
see your own father king! No!
You would betray
your own brother!
Father, you need to rest!
So... even my own children
plot against me!
David!
Wherever you go,
I shall hunt you down!
Priests!
Your king wishes
to speak with you.
- Come here! Out!
- Come on!
David was here, wasn't he?
You sheltered him.
This is God's house.
We offer shelter
to all his people.
Kill him.
I said kill him!
Kill all of them.
I have served you faithfully, Lord.
As faithfully as a man can.
And yet still it seems
it is not enough.
Not enough.
God is with me!
God is with me!
Lord!
Do you hear your servant?
Majesty-
David.
Why do you pursue me
when I have done you no harm?
I could have killed you.
Your life was mine to take.
Why didn't you take it then?
The Lord may revenge
the harm you have done to me,
but only evildoers
do evil deeds.
So my hand
will not touch you. Ever.
And God will reward you,
and you will be king!
You are my king. And
when you have my crown,
will you not kill my
descendants, bury my name?
I will not.
No?
I swear.
No?
Come then.
Come.
We'll go home together.
Why did you not kill him
when you had the chance?
Because he's one
of the anointed.
It's up to God
to decide his destiny.
Father!
Father!
Father.
Father.
The Philistine army is in the
next valley, near Gilboa.
Jonathan, David is very near.
Forget about David.
You must defend
your kingdom.
That is your duty.
You're right.
We must prepare for battle.
Tell the men
we leave for Gilboa.
Tell them we leave at dawn.
Jonathan,
save yourself!
No! We stand together!
Father, come on!
Come on!
Draw!
Jonathan!
Jonathan!
Jonathan. Jonathan.
I Crying 1
Oh, my son!
Oh, why?
Dear God.
Were my sins so great...
all of Israel must suffer?
Hyan! Hyah!
A crushing victory...
for the Philistines.
And Saul?
Dead.
You think the death of God's
anointed is a trivial thing?
What of Jonathan?
Captured?
Get rid of him!
How are the mighty fallen.
We can go home.
The people will look to you now...
to defend them, unite them.
Our time has come.
Yes, my king.
King David.
David gathers followers.
But to unite Israel,
he needs a capital city.
Jerusalem.
Our new home.
Now we just need
to find a way in.
How do we do that?
There is one way.
We wait till nightfall.
What do we do now?
Here.
...what happened to Saul!
For Israel.
Look out!
To arms!
Uriah!
Israel!
Jerusalem is now David's city,
a new center of power
for the Israelites...
and a home for the ultimate symbol
of their bond with God.
The Ark of the Covenant!
Your wife's far too pretty
for you, my friend.
You're right.
Majesty.
Come.
You don't mind, Uriah.
I mind.
Now God is truly with me.
Your Majesty.
Ah. Prophet.
Look.
My temple.
For the Ark.
For the Lord.
The world's never seen
anything like it.
The Lord came to me last night.
He's pleased with our work?
The Lord told me the House of David
will rule Israel forever.
We are blessed.
Your son will be king.
Your son will build the temple.
My temple.
God's temple.
God's temple.
A kingdom forever.
Thank you, Nathan.
Your Majesty.
As you requested.
Leave us.
Bathsheba.
Majesty-
David.
Is there news
of my husband?
No.
No, nothing like that.
He's safe enough, I believe,
although he is far away.
Fighting the enemy.
But you didn't go.
No need.
Not with men like Uriah
to do it for me.
I am loyal to my husband.
What about your king?
This is wrong.
No one need know.
Bathsheba becomes pregnant.
God's chosen king
breaks his commandments.
Uriah, my friend.
Welcome.
You sent for me, Majesty.
How's the war going?
Well. Very well.
And your commander, Joab,
all is well with him?
All is well.
Your fellow soldiers?
They fight well.
Excellent.
Well, you can give me a
fuller report in the morning.
I'm sure for now you'd
rather be with your wife.
I cannot stay with my wife.
Of course you can.
While my men are camped
in open country,
fighting the enemy?
This is a holy war.
How could I go to my home and
spend the night with my wife?
That does you credit, Uriah.
But, man to man,
who's to know?
I will know.
Good man.
Then let's drink.
Wine!
David cannot force
Uriah to sleep with Bathsheba.
So he finds another way...
to conceal his adultery.
Commander Joab,
I order you to send Uriah...
to where the fighting
is fiercest...
and abandon him there to die.
We've been richly blessed.
You think you can just sweep what
you've done under the carpet?
You took everything from
your most loyal servant, Uriah.
He deserved your respect.
I did respect him.
Really?
You took his wife, then you
took his life. Prophet!
You think God
doesn't see everything?
The Lord has spoken to me.
He will bring disaster
on your house...
for the contempt
you have shown the Lord.
- No.
- No!
He will take your son.
We shall see.
Anything, Lord.
Please spare my child.
Tell me.
Tell me what to do.
Oh.
First my husband,
now my son.
We are cursed.
But I was anointed.
God blessed me.
A king is never above his god.
You were supposed to rule
in his name, not your own.
We're finished.
Everyone will see
that God has left us.
Prophet.
Even though you are weak,
he loves you, David.
You have forged
God's nation on earth.
Take comfort in each other.
You will have another son.
Be careful, Solomon.
Let him play.
It's the house of the Lord.
One day, he'll have to build it.
Solomon will build God's temple.
But like his father,
he will find it impossible
to obey God's commandments.
Next time on The Bible.
Nebuchadnezzar!
Nebuchadnezzar!
God is bringing
disaster from Babylon!
Nebuchadnezzar!
We move!
Jerusalem!
Will you not speak for us
in our hour of need?
Look out there.
You're too late.
It begins.
Submit to King Nebuchadnezzar.
Bow your head.
And whatever is left of
Jerusalem, help yourselves!
This way, Daniel.
Will we ever
return to Jerusalem?
Jeremiah promised
that one day we would.
In the meantime,
what do we do-
just bow our heads
and serve this monster?
I will make them bow.
Bring me fire!
Lord! Save me!
Cyrus will set us
free if the prophecy is right.
I cannot go back on my word.
I promised them
freedom to worship.
It is merely a test
of their loyalty.
It's a trap for all of us.
They want us dead.
There is one to come
who will baptise with fire.
I'm just a voice in the wilderness,
preparing the way for the-
Lord.
What are we gonna do?
Change the world.