House of David

Previously on House of David…

To the house of Saul, king of all Israel.

The lion has returned.

And where were you? Off… singing about your mother?

What of the border village?

I saw the print of a hand larger than a weaver's basket.

Samuel, tonight we celebrate.

You have twisted the throne to your own glory.

So God chose you as king,

now he chooses another.

- I will kill the lion. - You cannot face it alone.

- - I can and I will.

- It's too early. - No, we're here just in time.

And this will not happen for another 28 years.

When the alignment of the sun and moon and the stars

are just as they were at the dawn of creation.

Look, David.

The sun is rising.

You remember it? The Birkat Hachamah?

Just follow along.

You should not be here. Neither of you.

You and your child defile the name of Jesse

and all of Bethlehem.

You stay here, okay?

Perhaps you have heard, I see things.

Visions.

And would you like to know what I have seen?

History will know my son's name long after yours is forgotten.

How dare you?

- - Come, David.

Am I a curse?

No, David.

You are fearfully and wonderfully made.

Son.

Quiet yourself and listen.

What do you hear?

Nothing.

Close your eyes

and listen closer.

Not just with your ears, but with your soul.

Deep calls to deep.

And in the still and quiet you will hear God.

Listen to him.

He will tell you who you are, not them.

I hear nothing.

You will.

Brothers, can I play with you?

Eliab, wait for me!

Not beyond the wall, David.

I know.

- David… - I know.

Deep calls to deep.

Show me who I am.

Stay very still, David.

He will sense your fear. Understand?

Calm your breath.

And David…

my son…

I love you with all my heart.

Ima…

- - Ima. Ima, no!

Ima, no!

- Ima, wait. No! - Run, David! Run!

No, Ima!

- - Nitzevet!

- -

David.

Nitzevet!

What have you done, David?

It's all right, my darling. It's all…

It's all right.

David, your mother asks for you.

David, come.

Come.

I fear that life will be so very hard for you.

I won't be here to protect you.

No, you will be better. You will.

He calls to me.

I know it. I know it to be so.

He showed me what you would become.

- What? -

Remember…

David…

Ima.

- Come, David. David, come. - No. Remember what? No.

- Ima, no. No. Please. - David, come. Son.

Stay. Stay here.

You stay here.

Your mother is no more.

Go to the east field. Keep the sheep.

Why?

Because to grieve, I can no longer look upon you.

- Go. - I want to see her.

Leave this house.

- No, I want to see Ima. - Leave this house!

Go!

Tend the sheep. Go.

Please, I am asking for your help.

I know everyone here.

Please, I beg of you.

- I don't want to. -

Saba, look. Look!

Huh?

It's the boy. David?

It's true.

My son.

My son.

Are you all right?

- -

When will you learn?

Do not defy me again.

He won't scare you anymore.

- Father? -

My child.

How long have I been sleeping?

I will fetch the others, all right?

I'll be quick.

- -

Father has awakened. Again.

He seems more like himself this time.

I will alert the queen.

Mychal.

Speak to me.

Hmm?

Uh, his… screams.

It's as… as if he were being burnt alive.

I cannot purge them from my mind.

Please.

Another time.

What did Samuel do to him?

I don't know.

What I tell you now cannot be known, not by anyone.

Samuel intends to anoint another as he anointed me.

My love, you have been in fever, dreaming many things.

He told me as clearly as I talk to you.

Only then did I fall into darkness.

But that is treason.

Why would you allow Samuel to leave?

Samuel's power is not of this world.

My blade would do nothing.

You have been anointed three times.

The people, they revere you.

People revere Samuel also.

Abner.

Find him.

Have him followed.

Bring me the one he anoints.

It shall be done.

I have asked many things of you over the years.

The one Samuel anoints,

he must be slain along with everyone in his household.

Any sign of weakness in our house

is ammunition for the Philistines.

You understand?

Whom do you serve?

How could you ask me that?

Say it.

I serve the house of Saul.

…the gods. Hand me the strength of my ancestors.

My king. They have arrived.

Greetings, brother kings of Philistia.

I have long dreamed of this day

where the five of us would find cause to assemble instead of fight.

Enough of this. Why have you brought us here?

The Hebrews have destroyed the house of Amalek.

- - This cannot be.

Yet it is.

Fortune has turned in Saul's favor.

Saul is the king of donkeys. The Hebrew tribes are nothing.

Yet Agag, with chariots, idols and countless men,

has been swallowed by the hands of those tribes of nothing.

Rumors.

So we fortify our cities.

No.

With five unified armies,

we shall ride against Saul

and when we do,

our gods and nightmares will go before us.

And how do we know this is not just blind vengeance?

Saul having killed your father on the battlefield years ago.

There is not a leader among us to command the five armies.

Certainly not you, Achish, King of Gath.