House of David

Previously on House of David ...

It has been many weeks. I feared you wouldn't come.

Together we can find vengeance.

One condition. Your throne.

Let me show you freedom.

My future is not mine to decide.

- Going somewhere? - I can do no good here.

Greetings from the house of Saul.

Goliath!

- - No! No!

Let me fight their king.

The Philistines have assembled.

We shall do what we have always done. Fight!

- Father, please. - Nathaneel.

You know the king has called for every able man.

I am not able. I am no warrior.

Father, I will be the first to die.

- You will have your brothers. - What is this?

Father is sending us all to war.

- War? What war? - The Philistines.

They have rallied against us.

Father, this is madness. I-I will not go.

- I will take his place. Send me. - He will take my place.

- Send him. - He cannot go.

Why not? You said every man.

- He is not yet a man. - Neither am I.

- If there is a war, I will fight. - Do as I say.

Travel to the king.

- David must remain with me. - Nathaneel, come on.

- Come. - Remove your hands from me.

Father. Father.

Father, you send me to my grave.

For a king you despise.

Nathaneel, come. Come, come, come.

I send you to fight alongside your brothers. Mmm?

For God, and for Israel.

Understand?

- Yes. -

Go.

Enough, brother. You embarrass yourself.

Why?

- Do not. - Give me an answer.

Not today, David.

Not as I've just sent all my sons to war.

I am also your son.

That is not what I meant.

- I deserve... - What is it

you believe you deserve, David?

What do you deserve?

Honesty.

For once.

I deserve to know why you keep me in these hills.

And I have told you many times.

Deep calls to deep.

- Didn't she say this? - Deep calls to deep.

I know in my soul, you have never told me the truth.

No. Please.

Please.

- Tend to the sheep, David. - No.

Let me go!

The day I've long dreamed of.

What dream is that?

Our forces unified.

We shall see.

Thirty years.

Thirty years I have served these people.

Led them.

Fought for them.

I grow weary.

What's on your mind, Saul?

I'm taking stock.

Ah.

You're complaining.

Do I not have the right?

No, by all means.

By all means.

I pray only you do it quickly before our enemies arrive.

- - There's quite a lot of them this time.

What happened to the days when you would build me up before battle?

Well, I suppose I too grow weary.

Tell me, Abner.

Tell me who I am.

You are Saul the conqueror.

First in the reign of the kings of Israel, uniter of the tribes.

No.

Tell me who I am.

To you.

My king.

You have lifted our people from fear to certainty.

No matter the odds, you never wavered.

You saved me from a life I could not escape.

Gave me purpose.

I will die without regret if you willed it.

That's who you are to me, my king.

And why was I anointed king?

For this very moment.

How was that?

- It will do. -

I'm glad you are with me, old friend.

Always, my king.

Over 150,000 Philistines so far.

And more arrive by the day.

Philistines outnumber us three to one.

Doesn't seem fair, does it?

I did not ask for fair.

We'll kill ten of theirs for every one of ours.

And I, for one, will take great pleasure in it.

Oh, no.

Rise.

It is a fine sword.

May I?

My, uh... My father took it from a Philistine 20 years ago.

In the first of your father's victories.

Yes, I remember.

What is your name?

Eliazar.

- Son of Asher of the house of Si... - Simeon.

Yes.

Straight and true.

The House of Asher has long served us.

I'm honored to fight beside you.

Eliazar?

Hmm?

What do we have to fear?

God is with us.

Is Samuel coming?

To bless the battle as he always does.

If God wills it.

Did you just give that child false hope?

It's better than no hope at all.

Courage, brothers.

Courage.

Who can stand against us?

Who?

My king.

As always, we have come to fight.

Myself, and 25,000 of the Tribe of Judah.

All is not forgotten, my king.

But today, we fight as one.

- We fight as one. - As one.

Brothers!

Behold the king!

We thank you, God, for our many blessings.

For this house.

For our food.

For this family.

Thank you, Lord, for everything you give us.

Allow us to stay humble, to give you the glory in everything that we do.

And to trust in you, every day of our lives.

Amen.

Our dear God, we are your children.

We ask for your guidance, your strength, and that you be with us, always.

- Amen. - Amen.

- Samuel. - Hello, David.

I thought you'd be at the battle.

- Hmm. I could say the same of you, yes? -

And yet, here we are, at the dawn of a new day.

- Ah? - Hmm.

Take me to your father.

Right, he's...

- he's in the house. -

It's good to see you.

It is good to see you, as well.

It will be better to see you when I'm sitting down.

My... ...apologies, great one.

I can offer very little.

I sent to the king's army the very best of what I have.

Did you?

Huh.

Bless this fruit of the tree to our nourishment

as we consecrate ourselves with it to your purpose.

Hmm.

The olive tree...

In the winter the branches give us heat,

in the summer, shade and the oil of the olive.

Oh, it is life itself.

You see, to everything there is a purpose.

- Samuel. - David.

Uh.

I want to go fight.

- - I told my father...

Did you know that there is an olive tree at the peak of Nob,

outside my home, that is said to be a thousand years old?

I like to think that Joshua rested beneath it

when he was entering the holy land, yeah.

Do you know, my wife, Hila,

she uses the oil of the olive to tame her hair.

And can I tell you, she taught me the same thing.

What do you think?

- Does it work? -

Holy seer, if I may, why are you here?

I'm glad you ask me, son of Obed.