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Even though I walk through the
valley of the shadow of death

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I will fear no evil.

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For you are with me.

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Dah-veed, meh-lech, yis-rah-el.
Chai, chai, vih-kah-yam.

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David, king of israel,
lives, lives and endures.

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Six simple hebrew words.

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To this day,

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Jews of all ages around
the world chant them joyously,

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And christians honour and revere
king david as the ancestor

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From the tribe of judah of the
blessed saviour, jesus christ.

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And why david?

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Because he slew goliath?

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Because he conquered jerusalem?

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Because he
defeated the philistines?

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Yeah...

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But the far greater reason

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Is that he was
so close and devoted to god

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That god called him
a man after his own heart.

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A man through whom
the messiah would come.

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A man who,
at the height of his power,

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Could confess his sins,
cast himself on god's mercy,

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And teach us all
what it really means to repent.

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So join me, zachary levi,

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As we tell the story
of david, king of israel.

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David is born around
1000 bc in the land of israel,

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Home to twelve related tribes,

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Who were mostly
shepherds and farmers.

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Four hundred years earlier,

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God had led david's ancestors
out of bondage in egypt,

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Given them the
ten commandments at mount sinai

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And ordered them
to conquer the holy land

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That he had long ago
promised to their ancestors,

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Abraham, isaac and jacob.

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While young david
grows up as a shepherd,

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The first king of israel, saul,

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Is ruling a land
that's not fully conquered.

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He leads his men
in a solemn assembly,

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Thanking god
for their recent victory

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Over their most ancient
and most bitter enemies...

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The amalekites.

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The israelite warriors have
captured the enemy king, agag.

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King saul's eldest son,
prince jonathan,

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Commander abner,

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And the elite warriors
known as "the three"

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Make up the king's inner circl.

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Glory be to the god of israel.

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Long live king saul.
Long live king saul.

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But, while king saul and
his men celebrate their victory

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The prophet samuel arrives
with a message from the lord

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That will stun
the house of saul.

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Samuel!

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May the lord bless you, prophet.

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I have fulfilled
the word of god.

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And what is the sound
of the sheep in my ears

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And the sound
of the cattle that I hear?

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God anointed you
to be king over israel.

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He said, "go!
Destroy the amalekites

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And wage war until you have
eliminated all living thing."

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Why did you not obey the lord?

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Why did you
pounce on the plunder

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And do evil
in the eyes of the lord?

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But I did obey the lord.

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I have brought agag,
king of the amalekites!

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And I completely
destroyed amalek.

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This is all for him.

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This is a sacrifice
for the lord your god.

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Does the lord
delight in burnt offerings

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As much as in obeying
the voice of the lord?

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To obey is better
than a false sacrifice.

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Since you have rejected
the lord's command,

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He has rejected you
as king of israel.

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No. Please!

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The lord has torn the
kingdom of israel from you today

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And given it to someone else,

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Better than you.

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The tearing of the cloak
is in a certain sense

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Saul himself.

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We see in saul a torn saul.

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And so, god was asking him

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To be obedient

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And have his eye on god

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And not on anything material.

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Wait! Do not leave me this way!

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So, what did saul do wrong?

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One might think, but he
didn't kill agag the king,

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He was being merciful.

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No, he wasn't.

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He did to agag
what agag had done to many,

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In chopping off the thumbs

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And the big toes
and humiliating them.

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Bring me agag, king of amalek.

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The amalekites
were a cruel nomadic tribe.

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The bible says
that they attack the weak.

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They go after the women,
the children, the elderly.

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As your sword
has made women childless,

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So will your mother be.

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Childless among women!

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In the old testament,
god's law of the king

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Says a king must obey god's
commandments to the letter

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With humility and purity.

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He must not substitute his
own human judgment for gods.

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A king will succeed only as log
as he gives all glory to god,

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And god alone.

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Saul's failure to do
precisely what god demanded

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Sets in motion
a deadly conflict,

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One that will reveal
for all time

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What god means by a true king.

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And a man after his own heart.

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God now tells his prophet samuel

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To depart from saul
and embark on a secret mission

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To find and anoint
a new king of israel.

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God sends samuel to bethlehem,

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A small town
six miles south of jerusalem,

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To the house of jesse
of the tribe of judah.

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Samuel knows that saul's
already plagued by insecurity.

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And so, samuel says god,

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If saul realizes
that I am on my way to anoint

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His successor, his replacement,

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Then he'll seek to kill me.

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So, god provides samuel
with a cover story.

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He's going to bring
an offering to god.

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That's the cover story.

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Upon samuel's arrival
in bethlehem,

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Jesse presents seven of his sos
to be examined by the prophet.

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One by one, the prophet
looks into their souls,

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Searching for something...

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For someone.

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The prophet thinks he has found
the anointed one in eliab,

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The eldest, since
his appearance is impressive.

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But the lord says to samuel,

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Don't judge by his
appearance or height.

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For I do not look
at the things man looks at.

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For I look at the heart.

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The lord has not chosen
any of these.

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Are these all the sons you have?

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There is still the youngest.
But he is out in the field,

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Watching the sheep
and the goats.

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Send for him at once.

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We will not sit down
to eat until he arrives.

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A shepherd was on the low end

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Of the social scale.

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And so, it's not unusual to see

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With david's family,

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That the youngest son
is out taking care of the sheep.

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We know from things
that david tells us

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And from what he does
with his slingshot,

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That david was a mighty warrio.

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We know that he killed a lion.

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When samuel comes to meet jess,

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To meet all of his sons,
we see that the family

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Did not view david
as a mighty person.

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They didn't
view him as a warrior.

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What name have you been given?

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I have been named david.

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That's a kind of detail
that's hidden in there

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That there's
a humility about david.

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He didn't even
tell his family members

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About his great exploits.

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Samuel looks deep
into the eyes of this david

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And sees what god sees.

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Not only the eyes of a warrior,

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But the eyes of a future king.

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And so, god says to samuel,

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This is the one. Anoint him.

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The kings of israel

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Would be anointed
with the special type of oil,

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That is meant
to signify the divine choice

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Of a leader over israel.

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The oil itself
does not have magic powers.

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But what it does represent

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Is that the person who's
being anointed by this oil,

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Is god's chosen.

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As soon as that oil
touches the head,

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It's representing

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The spirit of god
resting on this person.

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God is not looking for
the person who is the biggest

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Or the strongest,
or has the most followers,

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Or the most influence.

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And so god knows.

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God says it's not
what matters on the outside,

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But what's
on the inside that counts.

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From that day on, the spirit
of the lord comes upon david.

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My cup runneth over.

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Surely goodness and mercy

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Shall follow me
all the days of my life.

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And I will dwell in
the house of the lord forever.

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So why did god choose david?

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He saw something
in the inner being

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Of this young man
that he could work with.

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He was courageous.

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Despite samuel's rebuke,

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King saul clings
to the throne of israel,

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Hoping that his own son
would rule after his death.

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But even though
he retains the title of king,

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The spirit of the lord
departs king saul,

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And something else
replaces that spirit.

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A monarch who is torn,

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On the one hand

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A desire to be the king
that he was called to be.

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But the other half of him
is the insecurity...

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And the fear,

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And what the bible calls,
in a striking phrase,

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An evil spirit that descends
upon saul from the lord.

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You have a spiritual element
there where god leaves him.

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So you have a flawed individua.

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You have the rebellion
that's involved and frustration

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And I think personally there's
a demonic element in it as well.

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Leave me!

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Leave me!

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The result of it is
the instability and depression

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And insanity that you have.

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One of the king's servants

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Suggests that a young man
from bethlehem be summoned.

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A master at playing the harp,

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Who can dispel
the king's evil spirit.

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Unknown to saul,

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David has been anointed
to one day be king of israel,

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But david
leaves the matter of when

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And how he would become king

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Up to god, and god alone.

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As the young shepherd plays,

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Relief comes to the king.

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Soon, david becomes
the king's favourite musician,

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Soothing saul's tortured soul.

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Rumors are whispered that the
first king of israel is weak,

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And some say deranged.

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The king and his people
are now vulnerable.

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A superior military force
is gathering to crush king saul,

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Slaughter the israelites,

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And take their lands
once and for all.

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You have the philistines.

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They have been
the thorn in the side

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Of the people of israel

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At that point,
for many, many years.

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The philistines
were a seafaring people

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That came from other lands.

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They were pirates, marauders,
and they were always after war.

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And they were tormenting

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King saul and his kingdom
to the point where

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There are no
blacksmiths in israel.

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The philistines are
controlling the weapons trade.

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The israelites
didn't have weapons.

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Now of course, they had slings,
they had makeshift weapons,

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They had whatever weapons
that they could accumulate

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From the amalekites.

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The israelites were outmatched

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Both in numbers
and also with weaponry.

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To understand the battle,

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We first have to
understand the dynamics

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Of the philistines
and the israelites.

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We also have
to understand the geography,

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00:21:11,496 --> 00:21:13,062
What the valley of elah is.

253
00:21:14,402 --> 00:21:18,103
It was the trade route that ran
from the ports on the coast ino

254
00:21:18,210 --> 00:21:21,788
All the towns and settlements
and cities in the judean hills.

255
00:21:23,064 --> 00:21:25,997
And that's why so many wars
were fought in the elah valley.

256
00:21:26,103 --> 00:21:27,736
The elah valley
was a battleground.

257
00:21:35,087 --> 00:21:38,453
King saul had good reason
to be afraid,

258
00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:40,860
Because in the valley of elah

259
00:21:40,898 --> 00:21:42,997
He had perspective
because of the hills

260
00:21:43,003 --> 00:21:44,468
And looking down
into the valleys

261
00:21:44,572 --> 00:21:46,538
And the amassing of troops.

262
00:21:46,643 --> 00:21:49,154
And so he saw
his future unfolding.

263
00:21:49,259 --> 00:21:50,424
We do know in those days,

264
00:21:50,528 --> 00:21:51,827
That when you went to battle,

265
00:21:51,931 --> 00:21:54,698
Oftentimes everyone was killed.

266
00:21:56,172 --> 00:21:59,205
The champion of the
philistines is goliath of gath.

267
00:22:00,181 --> 00:22:02,614
He's a giant
who has never been defeated.

268
00:22:04,722 --> 00:22:08,522
His bronze coat of armor
weighs 125 pounds.

269
00:22:13,573 --> 00:22:16,973
The shaft of his spear is heavy
and thick as a weaver's beam,

270
00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:20,725
Tipped with an iron head spear
that weighs 15 pounds.

271
00:22:24,438 --> 00:22:26,537
For 40 days and 40 nights,

272
00:22:27,612 --> 00:22:30,078
Goliath taunts and mocks
the people of israel

273
00:22:30,183 --> 00:22:31,915
And the god they serve.

274
00:22:35,527 --> 00:22:37,592
According to
the text of scripture,

275
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Goliath was six cubits.

276
00:22:39,935 --> 00:22:41,834
A cubit was about 18 inches.

277
00:22:41,939 --> 00:22:45,005
It's the distance from
the finger to the elbow

278
00:22:45,112 --> 00:22:46,311
Of an adult male.

279
00:22:48,196 --> 00:22:50,662
Ancient measures
are unclear to us.

280
00:22:50,767 --> 00:22:52,733
So, a cubit and a span,

281
00:22:52,838 --> 00:22:54,470
There's some debate about

282
00:22:54,575 --> 00:22:56,741
What the measure
of that would actually be.

283
00:22:56,846 --> 00:22:59,479
The medieval hebrew text

284
00:22:59,585 --> 00:23:03,185
Indicates that
goliath was around 9.9.

285
00:23:05,295 --> 00:23:09,129
The philistines are trying
to demoralize the army

286
00:23:09,236 --> 00:23:10,568
As much as it can,

287
00:23:10,672 --> 00:23:12,305
So they capitulate

288
00:23:12,309 --> 00:23:13,674
A lot easier

289
00:23:13,778 --> 00:23:15,310
To when they roll in.

290
00:23:15,415 --> 00:23:18,292
When you're on the receiving
end, that's very demoralizing.

291
00:23:25,913 --> 00:23:27,278
You don't sleep well,

292
00:23:27,382 --> 00:23:29,548
You don't eat well,
so if you don't eat well,

293
00:23:29,654 --> 00:23:34,254
It affects your physiology,
your ability to carry a weapon.

294
00:23:36,968 --> 00:23:39,167
And if the leader is scared,

295
00:23:39,273 --> 00:23:41,905
Then it just runs down
the leash to the troops.

296
00:23:42,679 --> 00:23:45,078
Orders, my king?

297
00:23:46,286 --> 00:23:48,797
That's the psychological
warfare part of the battle.

298
00:23:48,903 --> 00:23:51,936
Most battles are truly won here,

299
00:23:52,710 --> 00:23:54,376
Versus here.

300
00:23:55,081 --> 00:23:57,247
If I can beat you mentally,

301
00:23:57,352 --> 00:24:00,085
Before I even kick off
the battle, I'm good.

302
00:24:07,805 --> 00:24:09,704
Gather the war counsel.

303
00:24:11,546 --> 00:24:13,078
Yes, my king.

304
00:24:17,168 --> 00:24:19,168
With the battle lines drawn,

305
00:24:19,273 --> 00:24:23,273
David's father, jesse, sends
his youngest son to the front

306
00:24:23,380 --> 00:24:25,580
To bring food and provisions
to his older brothers

307
00:24:25,685 --> 00:24:27,751
Who are serving in saul's army.

308
00:24:30,060 --> 00:24:33,494
This battle was taking place
not far from bethlehem.

309
00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:35,766
You're talking about very
close to the area where david

310
00:24:35,871 --> 00:24:37,203
And his family are coming from.

311
00:25:24,955 --> 00:25:27,221
What will a man get
who kills this philistine

312
00:25:27,326 --> 00:25:29,659
And removes
this disgrace from israel?

313
00:25:29,764 --> 00:25:32,297
Gold, no taxes,

314
00:25:32,403 --> 00:25:35,403
And the hand of the king's
eldest daughter in marriage.

315
00:25:36,744 --> 00:25:38,243
The only trouble is,

316
00:25:38,348 --> 00:25:41,148
A dead man can't spend
all the gold in the world.

317
00:25:41,253 --> 00:25:43,719
Nor bed a beautiful princess.

318
00:25:44,593 --> 00:25:46,370
Who is this
pagan philistine anyway,

319
00:25:46,474 --> 00:25:49,941
That he is allowed
to defy the living god?!

320
00:25:51,050 --> 00:25:53,416
Why have you come down here,
you arrogant child?

321
00:25:53,521 --> 00:25:54,753
Who is watching the sheep

322
00:25:54,857 --> 00:25:57,090
While you come to watch us die
at the hands of our enemy?

323
00:25:57,262 --> 00:26:00,295
What have I done?
Can't I even speak?

324
00:26:00,402 --> 00:26:03,068
If none of you will
challenge this philistine...

325
00:26:03,174 --> 00:26:04,873
I will!

326
00:26:07,516 --> 00:26:08,981
They saw the taunts

327
00:26:09,085 --> 00:26:11,185
And the threats
and the challenges of goliath,

328
00:26:11,290 --> 00:26:13,389
And they cowered in fear.

329
00:26:13,494 --> 00:26:15,060
David thought,

330
00:26:15,164 --> 00:26:16,841
I need to take action.

331
00:26:16,945 --> 00:26:19,911
And he ran
into that opportunity.

332
00:26:20,652 --> 00:26:23,752
He was offended in his spirit

333
00:26:23,858 --> 00:26:27,692
That this
unrighteous person could

334
00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:29,599
Terrorize and paralyze

335
00:26:29,636 --> 00:26:32,202
All the armies of israel.
And he said,

336
00:26:32,308 --> 00:26:34,908
Something can be done,
something must be done.

337
00:26:35,013 --> 00:26:37,046
And he took action.

338
00:26:38,219 --> 00:26:41,653
Well, what have you got to say
for yourself, young man?

339
00:26:42,695 --> 00:26:44,727
Don't worry about
this philistine, my king.

340
00:26:44,832 --> 00:26:46,776
I'll go and fight him.

341
00:26:47,348 --> 00:26:49,581
Don't be ridiculous!

342
00:26:50,622 --> 00:26:51,854
There's no way you can
fight this philistine

343
00:26:51,957 --> 00:26:53,689
And possibly win.

344
00:26:54,529 --> 00:26:55,861
You're only a boy.

345
00:26:55,965 --> 00:26:58,131
He's been a man of war
since his youth.

346
00:26:58,236 --> 00:27:01,136
I have been taking care
of my father's sheep.

347
00:27:01,242 --> 00:27:04,542
When a lion or a bear comes
to steal a lamb from the flock,

348
00:27:04,648 --> 00:27:08,382
I go after it with a club and
rescue the lamb from its mouth.

349
00:27:08,489 --> 00:27:11,589
If the animal turns on me,
I seize it by the jaw

350
00:27:11,695 --> 00:27:13,261
And club it to death.

351
00:27:14,201 --> 00:27:16,244
I have done this
to both lions and bears,

352
00:27:16,349 --> 00:27:18,948
And this pagan philistine
is like one of them.

353
00:27:20,190 --> 00:27:22,923
Because he has defied
the armies of the living god.

354
00:27:25,801 --> 00:27:28,000
All right.

355
00:27:30,911 --> 00:27:32,210
Go ahead.

356
00:27:38,793 --> 00:27:40,492
And may the lord be with you.

357
00:27:57,172 --> 00:27:59,105
I cannot go in these, my king.

358
00:27:59,210 --> 00:28:00,676
Because I am not used to them.

359
00:28:09,997 --> 00:28:14,098
When he shed that armor,
it has much to do with him

360
00:28:14,206 --> 00:28:17,517
Realizing it impeded
his giftedness.

361
00:28:18,893 --> 00:28:20,192
And in his case,

362
00:28:20,296 --> 00:28:23,129
Even his skills. Because
they were someone else's skills.

363
00:28:23,234 --> 00:28:25,100
They were someone else's tools.

364
00:28:25,205 --> 00:28:26,804
And he had his own tools.

365
00:28:26,908 --> 00:28:29,607
And, god had gifted him
in the way to use those.

366
00:28:31,317 --> 00:28:34,483
I think the principle here
is that each of us,

367
00:28:34,589 --> 00:28:37,022
We're to use what
god's trained us in,

368
00:28:37,128 --> 00:28:39,261
Not try to look
to somebody else and say

369
00:28:39,366 --> 00:28:41,799
I wish I was like them,
I wish I could do it like them,

370
00:28:41,904 --> 00:28:44,515
I wish I had what they had.
We take what we have,

371
00:28:44,621 --> 00:28:47,420
And we use it faithfully
and steward it responsibly,

372
00:28:47,525 --> 00:28:50,158
And god will bless it
and victories will be won.

373
00:28:59,716 --> 00:29:03,583
Armed with only a sling and
his belief in the power of god,

374
00:29:04,859 --> 00:29:08,560
David chooses five smooth stons
and boldly enters the fray.

375
00:29:15,024 --> 00:29:17,257
What we ultimately learn
about this shepherd

376
00:29:17,295 --> 00:29:20,995
Is that he has
somehow come to sense

377
00:29:21,203 --> 00:29:23,135
God is at the heart

378
00:29:23,239 --> 00:29:24,972
Of all that he achieves.

379
00:29:25,645 --> 00:29:27,176
Even though I walk through

380
00:29:27,181 --> 00:29:29,280
The valley of
the shadow of death,

381
00:29:30,420 --> 00:29:32,753
I will fear no evil.

382
00:29:32,858 --> 00:29:35,558
For you are with me.

383
00:30:30,158 --> 00:30:32,357
You come against me with sword,

384
00:30:32,462 --> 00:30:35,295
Spear and javelin,

385
00:30:36,236 --> 00:30:37,502
But I come against you

386
00:30:37,606 --> 00:30:40,372
In the name of the lord
of heaven's armies.

387
00:30:40,478 --> 00:30:42,744
The god of the armies of israel,

388
00:30:42,849 --> 00:30:45,227
Whom you have defied!

389
00:30:46,668 --> 00:30:47,933
This day,

390
00:30:48,037 --> 00:30:50,470
The lord will conquer you,

391
00:30:50,575 --> 00:30:53,675
And I will kill you,
and cut off your head!

392
00:30:55,552 --> 00:30:59,619
And then I will give the dead
bodies of your men to the birds

393
00:30:59,726 --> 00:31:01,559
And wild animals.

394
00:31:01,664 --> 00:31:06,732
And the whole world will know
that there is a god in israel.

395
00:31:08,777 --> 00:31:11,477
And all those
gathered here will know

396
00:31:11,583 --> 00:31:13,593
That the lord
rescues his people!

397
00:31:13,699 --> 00:31:16,865
But not with sword and spear.

398
00:31:17,940 --> 00:31:19,872
The battle is the lord's!

399
00:31:19,977 --> 00:31:23,344
And he will give you to us!

400
00:32:59,470 --> 00:33:01,436
When david slew goliath,

401
00:33:02,276 --> 00:33:03,641
The philistines were terrified.

402
00:33:03,746 --> 00:33:05,511
They were not ready for battle.

403
00:33:12,540 --> 00:33:14,506
This battle is the lord's.

404
00:33:14,611 --> 00:33:16,243
There is a god in israel.

405
00:33:16,347 --> 00:33:19,147
God is triumphant. It wasn't
about him, it was about god.

406
00:33:19,253 --> 00:33:21,286
On david!

407
00:33:22,259 --> 00:33:23,791
It's not about me,
it's about thee...

408
00:33:23,895 --> 00:33:26,662
And people saw that in him
and they wanted to follow that.

409
00:33:30,642 --> 00:33:32,307
They have a breath
of life in them now.

410
00:33:32,412 --> 00:33:33,944
Now they start getting loud.

411
00:33:35,184 --> 00:33:36,916
Courage inspires courage.

412
00:33:37,020 --> 00:33:41,755
The company of great warriors
come together around david.

413
00:33:46,417 --> 00:33:49,284
The road is littered with
their bodies and their armor,

414
00:33:49,390 --> 00:33:51,556
And their weapons and so forth.

415
00:33:55,367 --> 00:33:56,966
David's life

416
00:33:57,071 --> 00:34:01,538
Inspires the emergence
of a class of notable heroes.

417
00:34:02,515 --> 00:34:03,747
They're called
david's mighty men.

418
00:34:12,178 --> 00:34:13,744
That shock and awe

419
00:34:13,948 --> 00:34:17,281
Starts to destroy
the morale on the inside ranks.

420
00:34:20,293 --> 00:34:24,694
When something like that would
happen, and a panic ensues...

421
00:34:25,604 --> 00:34:27,269
The weaker ones in the middle

422
00:34:27,374 --> 00:34:29,240
Start to freak out.

423
00:34:42,848 --> 00:34:45,715
David charges
into the chaos of battle,

424
00:34:45,721 --> 00:34:48,621
A clash of bronze,
bone, and blood.

425
00:35:03,923 --> 00:35:05,522
David leads the hebrew army

426
00:35:05,626 --> 00:35:07,292
To total victory
against the philistines,

427
00:35:07,396 --> 00:35:09,528
The greatest power of the day.

428
00:35:10,101 --> 00:35:11,311
But more than that,

429
00:35:11,414 --> 00:35:13,580
He stepped forward to show
the world through his bravery

430
00:35:13,686 --> 00:35:16,519
And through his faith,
that god is with us.

431
00:35:17,493 --> 00:35:18,792
But how will this
remarkable young man,

432
00:35:18,896 --> 00:35:22,296
Whom samuel secretly anointed
as the future king of israel,

433
00:35:22,403 --> 00:35:25,303
Deal with the man
who still wears the crown?

434
00:35:51,704 --> 00:35:54,303
Your brothers
can inform your father

435
00:35:54,409 --> 00:35:58,343
That you will be in my service
and not be returning home.

436
00:36:00,087 --> 00:36:02,886
You will become
captain of my guard.

437
00:36:06,299 --> 00:36:07,698
Many battles await you.

438
00:36:09,606 --> 00:36:11,049
Oh, and...

439
00:36:12,489 --> 00:36:14,088
Bring your instrument.

440
00:36:15,227 --> 00:36:17,160
Of course, my king.

441
00:36:18,133 --> 00:36:20,099
With the victory
over the philistine enemy,

442
00:36:20,204 --> 00:36:23,537
Not only is david now a
recognized warrior for israel,

443
00:36:23,643 --> 00:36:26,176
But a surprising
new friendship begins to grow

444
00:36:26,282 --> 00:36:29,316
Between david and
saul's own heir to the throne,

445
00:36:29,422 --> 00:36:31,254
His son, jonathan.

446
00:36:31,359 --> 00:36:34,059
Jonathan is a part
of the supporting cast,

447
00:36:34,131 --> 00:36:36,697
But he plays
a really prominent role.

448
00:36:36,803 --> 00:36:41,982
He early on understands
that god has chosen david.

449
00:36:46,666 --> 00:36:49,066
When it comes to israel,
the right to rule

450
00:36:49,071 --> 00:36:51,704
Doesn't pass
necessarily from father to son.

451
00:36:51,810 --> 00:36:53,976
God will pick
the right person to lead.

452
00:36:54,081 --> 00:36:56,747
David understood that.
And jonathan understood that,

453
00:36:56,853 --> 00:36:59,385
Which is why jonathan is
willing to make way for david.

454
00:37:00,125 --> 00:37:01,824
David!

455
00:37:02,964 --> 00:37:05,664
-Might I have a word?
-Of course, prince jonathan.

456
00:37:06,738 --> 00:37:09,371
After what you did today,
just jonathan will do.

457
00:37:14,632 --> 00:37:16,398
A beautiful bow.

458
00:37:17,237 --> 00:37:19,036
Yes, the finest
in all of israel.

459
00:37:20,911 --> 00:37:22,810
And now it's yours.

460
00:37:22,914 --> 00:37:25,880
Oh no, sir. I can't
take your bow from you.

461
00:37:26,856 --> 00:37:29,889
No, david, you have not
taken anything from me.

462
00:37:31,130 --> 00:37:34,197
In fact, you have given much
to me, and to our people...

463
00:37:34,804 --> 00:37:36,336
Hope.

464
00:37:36,440 --> 00:37:39,918
Courage. Dignity. A future.

465
00:37:41,060 --> 00:37:45,828
These valuable gifts
you have given us as a nation.

466
00:37:46,972 --> 00:37:49,305
And now, on behalf

467
00:37:49,410 --> 00:37:51,809
Of the people of israel,

468
00:37:52,382 --> 00:37:54,015
I gift you this.

469
00:37:59,730 --> 00:38:01,363
Thank you.

470
00:38:01,467 --> 00:38:02,799
There is more.

471
00:38:03,671 --> 00:38:07,872
David, son of jesse...

472
00:38:12,900 --> 00:38:15,500
I offer you my allegiance.

473
00:38:17,242 --> 00:38:18,474
Jonathan,

474
00:38:18,578 --> 00:38:20,811
Son of saul,

475
00:38:21,751 --> 00:38:24,017
You will always have mine.

476
00:38:26,393 --> 00:38:29,426
The message
or the symbolism is clear.

477
00:38:29,532 --> 00:38:33,833
Jonathan recognizes that david
is not just another person,

478
00:38:33,941 --> 00:38:35,473
He's even
not just another warrior.

479
00:38:35,577 --> 00:38:38,110
He may actually be more suitable

480
00:38:38,216 --> 00:38:41,995
To lead the people
of israel one day than he is.

481
00:38:43,003 --> 00:38:44,869
Jonathan understands
the word of the lord,

482
00:38:44,973 --> 00:38:46,806
And follows
the word of the lord,

483
00:38:46,844 --> 00:38:50,211
Even if it seems like it's
personally disadvantageous.

484
00:38:50,317 --> 00:38:53,083
What a remarkable
young man he was.

485
00:38:54,960 --> 00:38:57,626
All of israel
celebrates david's victory

486
00:38:57,731 --> 00:38:59,797
Festivities are held
at the house of saul

487
00:38:59,902 --> 00:39:02,402
In the city of gibeah.

488
00:39:03,877 --> 00:39:07,177
In an act of humility
and submission to the lord,

489
00:39:07,284 --> 00:39:09,327
David presents
the trophies of war

490
00:39:09,433 --> 00:39:12,199
To the high priest
of israel, ahimelech.

491
00:39:12,304 --> 00:39:16,871
This includes the famed
sword of goliath of gath.

492
00:39:16,981 --> 00:39:20,481
All glory be
to the lord of heaven's army.

493
00:39:22,458 --> 00:39:26,091
Forever and ever.

494
00:39:28,035 --> 00:39:30,001
-Amen!
-Amen.

495
00:39:31,307 --> 00:39:32,540
Amen!

496
00:39:32,644 --> 00:39:37,878
David the shepherd boy
is now david the giant killer.

497
00:39:39,101 --> 00:39:41,501
The leadership of israel,
as laid out in deuteronomy,

498
00:39:41,606 --> 00:39:42,738
Is three.

499
00:39:42,842 --> 00:39:45,642
The king, the high priest,
and the prophet.

500
00:39:45,747 --> 00:39:47,846
The priest
is there to help people

501
00:39:47,951 --> 00:39:49,617
In their worship of god.

502
00:39:50,823 --> 00:39:53,757
The separation of the roles
of priest, prophet, and king

503
00:39:53,863 --> 00:39:57,496
Is really an innovation
of the israelite people.

504
00:39:58,738 --> 00:40:01,938
The whole world now knows
that there is a god in israel.

505
00:40:02,079 --> 00:40:05,079
There is a god in israel!

506
00:40:06,053 --> 00:40:08,019
How do you recover
from being god's chosen

507
00:40:08,124 --> 00:40:09,701
To no longer being god's chose?

508
00:40:09,705 --> 00:40:11,737
There's a god in israel!

509
00:40:11,842 --> 00:40:13,975
There's a god in israel!

510
00:40:14,915 --> 00:40:16,547
Saul begins to become depresse.

511
00:40:16,651 --> 00:40:18,517
And then
what made matters worse?

512
00:40:18,622 --> 00:40:21,155
The more that saul got
to spend time with david,

513
00:40:21,260 --> 00:40:22,659
What does saul see?

514
00:40:22,763 --> 00:40:25,563
That the presence of god
is on david.

515
00:40:27,139 --> 00:40:29,338
With the rise of david's fame,

516
00:40:29,443 --> 00:40:33,310
The evil spirit in the soul
of king saul grows even darker.

517
00:40:43,782 --> 00:40:48,183
And that leads to that
intensified anger and jealousy

518
00:40:48,324 --> 00:40:51,024
And depression that
saul has towards david.

519
00:40:54,369 --> 00:40:58,769
All over israel, women gather
to dance and chant the words,

520
00:40:58,777 --> 00:41:00,776
"saul has slain his thousands,

521
00:41:00,881 --> 00:41:03,348
And david
his tens of thousands."

522
00:41:03,454 --> 00:41:05,653
King saul,
one of the most tragic people

523
00:41:05,758 --> 00:41:07,124
In all of scripture,

524
00:41:07,228 --> 00:41:10,639
Will be disfigured by
his growing jealousy of david.

525
00:41:10,745 --> 00:41:13,645
But as our story unfolds
over the next three episodes,

526
00:41:13,751 --> 00:41:16,684
David's epic struggle with saul
will reveal something amazing

527
00:41:16,790 --> 00:41:18,656
About his total faith in god.

528
00:41:18,761 --> 00:41:21,127
Because even though
david knows that he was chosen

529
00:41:21,199 --> 00:41:22,698
As the future king,

530
00:41:22,802 --> 00:41:25,702
He accepts that saul
is still god's appointed ruler.

531
00:41:25,808 --> 00:41:30,008
And only god can determine
when or how his reign will end.

532
00:41:30,951 --> 00:41:32,117
Join me next time
for another episode

533
00:41:32,220 --> 00:41:34,386
Of david, king of israel .

534
00:41:40,681 --> 00:41:42,614
Coming up next

535
00:41:44,989 --> 00:41:46,988
I have a mission for you.

536
00:41:47,427 --> 00:41:49,126
Avenge my enemies,

537
00:41:49,131 --> 00:41:50,630
And with victory,

538
00:41:50,734 --> 00:41:53,567
The hand of my daughter,
princess michal.

539
00:42:00,553 --> 00:42:04,053
The lord as witness
to a bond between us.

540
00:42:05,029 --> 00:42:06,728
As long as
the son of jesse is alive...

541
00:42:07,811 --> 00:42:09,377
You will never be king!

542
00:42:09,549 --> 00:42:10,547
Stop!

543
00:42:17,430 --> 00:42:18,896
Do not forget about me.

544
00:42:19,000 --> 00:42:29,071
I will not.

545
00:42:29,121 --> 00:42:33,671
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