1 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:14,600 Who is he? 2 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:19,600 - He is Samuel the prophet. - That old man in those clothes is Samuel? 3 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:22,400 He is the only man of whom Saul is afraid. 4 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:33,400 Your Majesty. The prophet Samuel is coming into the court. 5 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:10,600 Samuel. 6 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:14,000 You've always been a stranger to our court. 7 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:18,000 We bid thee welcome 8 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:22,000 Who is that man? 9 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:28,200 - He is Captain of Hosts. His name is Abner - Saul will have him as councilor of court 10 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:33,400 And these, are they the sons of Saul then? 11 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:38,200 Jonathan, Jishvi, ish-besob. 12 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:40,000 His sons. 13 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:44,200 His sons. 14 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:48,400 When I grew old, I made my sons judges.. 15 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:53,400 ..for I had judged Israel all the days of my life. 16 00:03:54,400 --> 00:04:01,400 But my sons would not walk in God's but to bribe prejudice judgement. 17 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:06,600 And the elders of Israel came to me, and he did say unto me... 18 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:11,000 ...give us a King to judge us.. 19 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:13,400 Like all the nations. A king.... 20 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:15,600 ...and I prayed to the Lord... 21 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:17,800 and He said.... 22 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:24,000 The people of Israel have not rejected thee, but rejected me... 23 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:28,600 The Lord God...they have forsaken me and served other Gods. 24 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:37,200 So they do also unto thee, Samuel. Now therefore they must have a king to reign over them. 25 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:44,000 So spoke the Lord to me in the darkness of my heart. 26 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:48,200 and I told his words, to all of thee, who asked for a King. 27 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:55,000 ..and I said, this King will take your sons. 28 00:04:56,000 --> 00:05:00,200 ..and he will set them to reap his harvests, to make his instruments of war 29 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:05,400 but he will take your fields and your vineyards and give them to his servants. 30 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:11,800 And ye shall all cry out on that day, because of your King. 31 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:15,400 But ye would not hear me. 32 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:21,200 But we will have a King, like all the nations. 33 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:24,800 A king to judge us and to fight our battles. 34 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:29,000 The Lord told me in my ear. 35 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:34,400 I will send thee a man of the land of Benjamin. 36 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:40,800 And thou shall anoint him King over the people of Israel 37 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:45,000 and he shall save them out of the hands of the Philistines. 38 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:48,800 Saul... 39 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:54,400 When I saw thee, the Lord said unto me. 40 00:05:56,600 --> 00:06:02,000 behold of a man, who shall reign over my people. 41 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:19,600 Samuel... 42 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:25,800 Of all in His will, thou art beloved of the Lord. 43 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:36,200 We honor Samuel, of course. 44 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:41,000 But the last of the great judges have not called up the whole court of the kingdom... 45 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:45,600 only to tell us the old story, that all of us know so well. 46 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:49,000 Saul. I will tell thee what thou does not know. 47 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:54,200 I will tell thee what the Lord said to me last night. 48 00:06:58,600 --> 00:06:59,800 Leave us. 49 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:36,800 Speak 50 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:44,800 The glory of Israel is departed from the ark of God is taken. 51 00:07:53,800 --> 00:08:00,600 In all of my Kingdom Samuel, everyone is aware that the Ark of the Convenent is in the hands of the enemy. 52 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:07,000 This was a needful sacrifice not to be avoided with making our peace with the Philistines. 53 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:15,800 Saul, when the Ark was taken from thee, the Lord has raked the Kingdom of Israel from thee on that day. 54 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:18,000 Pay no heed to him Sire. 55 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:20,000 Samuel is old beyond the years of wit. 56 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:21,200 Old indeed.... 57 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:23,800 and near to death Saul 58 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:28,800 Yet last night, the word of the Lord came to me again. 59 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:32,800 Leave us. 60 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:40,800 Samuel... 61 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:44,600 What said the Lord unto thee? 62 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:47,400 The Lord said.. 63 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:50,600 It repentive Me that Saul is King.. 64 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:57,200 for he have turned back from following me and broken my commandments.. 65 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:03,600 Thus speak the Lord and it grieved me and I cried to the Lord all night... 66 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:06,200 and when he answered me he said.... 67 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:16,200 How long would thou mourn the fall, seeing how I have rejected him from reigning over Israel. 68 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:31,000 Am I not King? 69 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:35,400 Look with thine eyes Samuel. 70 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:38,600 Do I not sit before thee... 71 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:41,000 on the throne of Israel. 72 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:43,400 The Lord said.. 73 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:48,200 I have provided me a King. 74 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:49,800 Another? 75 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:53,800 Thou art a goodly young man Saul. 76 00:09:55,400 --> 00:10:01,000 There was not among all the children in Israel a goodlier person than thou. 77 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:08,600 When thou were little in thy own eyes, did I not make thee head of the tribes of Israel. And did not the Lord anoint thee to be King? 78 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:20,000 I have obeyed the laws. 79 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:22,600 I have followed the ritual. 80 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:25,200 Thou art a rebel in thine heart Saul. 81 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:29,000 The law has made an insurrection against God. 82 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:36,000 Because thou has rejected the Lord, he has also rejected thee from being King. 83 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:40,600 Samuel... 84 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:42,400 If I have sinned... 85 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:47,000 If I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord.. 86 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:51,600 and thy words 87 00:10:54,400 --> 00:10:56,600 it is because I feared the people. 88 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:00,200 And obeyed their voice. 89 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:02,600 Samuel... 90 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:11,000 Who is he? 91 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:18,400 Who is that man, who shall be King of Israel after me? 92 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:21,000 The Lord said to me.... 93 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:24,800 Look not upon his height. 94 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:30,000 ..for the Lord seeth not how men seeth. 95 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:33,800 One pure in heart. 96 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:35,600 Who is he? 97 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:45,200 Before I die, it has been given to me to anoint one King who shall be chosen from Bethlehem. 98 00:11:46,800 --> 00:11:51,400 And the spirit of the Lord shall be on him from that day forward. 99 00:12:01,600 --> 00:12:03,000 Who is that man? 100 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:08,200 I have not come to thee with prophecies but to bid thee farewell. 101 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:11,800 The Lord hath departed from thee. 102 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:16,600 And evil spirit hath made its home in thee. 103 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:22,200 I shall come no more to this hall. 104 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:26,000 Nevertheless, I mourn for thee. 105 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:53,800 David. 106 00:12:56,800 --> 00:12:58,800 - Wonderful David. - Hekla. 107 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:11,400 I have been awaiting thee Hekla. 108 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:15,000 The last born, does he please thee. 109 00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:20,000 Ey! He is beautiful. Make him walk. 110 00:13:20,400 --> 00:13:21,600 No he's too little. 111 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:25,800 - Oh come now, let's put him down. - No David, I don't think he's grown enough for that. 112 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:29,200 - See how he walks? - Look, he goes to his mother. 113 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:31,000 He's very funny. 114 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:35,200 Look at him. 115 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:39,800 - Come Hekla - Close thine eyes. 116 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:43,600 - Why? - Now David, no questions. 117 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:49,600 Open them. 118 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:54,200 Tis beautiful Hekla, I'm in need of it. 119 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:56,600 I thank thee. I must try it right away. 120 00:13:58,400 --> 00:13:59,800 Stay here and watch. 121 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:05,800 Why art thou sad now? 122 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:08,200 I had a very bad dream. 123 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:10,600 Thou should not think of it. 124 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:14,800 Don't laugh David. I dreamed that l had been taken far from thee, very far 125 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:18,800 No one could ever separate us, beloved. 126 00:14:19,600 --> 00:14:23,600 - Oh would what thou sayeth were true. - Thou should trust me. 127 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:28,800 The same way I trust my sling. Watch this. 128 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:33,400 If I do not slice that tree, thou dream will come true. 129 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:37,200 No wait. 130 00:14:37,800 --> 00:14:39,400 David, I'm so afraid. 131 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:47,400 Why art thou afraid, I am here with thee. 132 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:09,600 Thine eyes frighten me sometimes, my love. 133 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:14,600 But were thee otherwise, perhaps I would not love thee as I do. 134 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:18,200 - Does thou love me truly. - Why does thou ask? 135 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:22,800 Please forgive me Abner. 136 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:30,600 Often times, I think that the advantages of courting a King's daughter, might well be the only source of thy feelings. 137 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:42,400 It will not be easy to carry out our plans, if you have such doubts 138 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:53,200 I love thee Abner, I shall help thee realize thine ambitions. 139 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:55,000 Our ambitions. 140 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:57,800 Nevertheless, it will be an arduous undertaking. 141 00:15:58,200 --> 00:16:01,200 Not for the Captain of the Host of Israel or the daughter of Saul. 142 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:04,000 There will be many hinderances. 143 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:08,400 - They will not be difficult. - I am certain Abner. 144 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:11,200 My father, be not fearful of him. 145 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:15,400 A quick victory of the Philistines was indeed a terrible blow to him. 146 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:20,000 I with my great Host, will pass over the land of Saul. 147 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:22,600 The land of Saul. 148 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:29,200 Our last victory over Israel was not complete, because I did not slaughter that old imbecile. 149 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:36,400 But out new invasion will be the end of Saul, and thou shall be the new King of Israel. 150 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:42,800 Remember when old Saul was my captive? It was thee who asked me to spare his life. 151 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:46,000 What did we keep as our spoils? 152 00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:50,000 The Sacred Ark. 153 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:56,600 But now, I want much more than that. 154 00:17:02,400 --> 00:17:04,800 Now I will have Old Saul's blood. 155 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:15,000 Each one of ye shall rule over the land ye have conquered. 156 00:17:16,200 --> 00:17:18,000 Aye, as Kings. 157 00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:24,000 As monarchs governing by our laws and rituals. 158 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:29,600 ....ye shall command absolute obedience. Receive tribute and pass judgement. 159 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:35,000 Yet none of thee shall ever forget, that I shall remain your King. 160 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:46,200 The King of Kings! 161 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:05,600 These few days have passed so swiftly, David. 162 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:08,800 My turn to plow will pass swiftly too. 163 00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:11,800 - And thou will think of thy glad? - Thou art asked me that? 164 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:15,400 I shall be without thee for so long. 165 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:20,400 - Art thou afraid? - No David, with thee, not! 166 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:22,000 And in a storm, if I were not with thee? 167 00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:27,400 - Then I should be afraid. - But I should run to thee, wherever thy were. 168 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:29,400 - Truly? - Yes truly. 169 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:33,600 -And if it were raining very hard? - Of course, even if there was to be another flood. 170 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:35,600 Thou art so kind to me David. 171 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:49,000 - But David, I must go now. - Please Hekla, don't go now , it rains still 172 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:51,600 - I must not darry, it's late. - Don't go. 173 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:15,400 Why Lord? Why my Lord? 174 00:19:20,600 --> 00:19:23,000 Thy hope is a vain one Father. 175 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:27,800 I know better what I do, than one who attacks innocents. 176 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:32,400 David. The Lord alone knows the scope of His own deeds on earth. 177 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:36,000 And there remains not else for us to do, save to yeild to his will. 178 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:41,800 But the death of my Hekla. This has destroyed my life, father. 179 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:46,600 God, by this deed, has only destroyed your mortal love, David. 180 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:52,000 But also rendered thy love more beautiful, for he makes of it a spiritual thing. 181 00:19:53,200 --> 00:20:00,200 Thou shall love another time, thou shall see and then this will indeed comfort thee. It will comfort thee to think of Hekla. 182 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:07,000 Pardon me, father. 183 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:10,200 It is of the Lord, thou shall ask pardon, not me. 184 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:14,000 And I pray to the Lord, that He will give thee pardon. 185 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:28,000 King, the agility and power of the Persian chariots have inspired this model. 186 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:35,200 The chariot is drawn by four horses and is entirely armoured with leather and bronz. 187 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:40,000 Here and here. These lances will revolve like so many sides 188 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:46,200 -And wreak havoc. - Then thou thinketh we are invincible? 189 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:48,800 Oh, no question my Lord. 190 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:53,000 But the most powerful weapon that I know, is an enormous man. 191 00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:58,200 But the most powerful weapon that I know, is an enormous man. 192 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:03,600 He dwelleth in the caves, beyond the town of Gath, refusing all commerce with the world. 193 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:08,000 A human weapon that would so fierce set panic in the enemy ranks. 194 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:11,000 When he is unleashed, he cannot be stopped. 195 00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:12,800 And who is this man? 196 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:15,800 His name is Goliath. 197 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:20,400 Who is able to enroll such a monster in my ranks? 198 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:25,200 A petty cut-throat. A rascal named Kreb. He is waiting without, my Lord. 199 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:28,000 Show him in. 200 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:50,400 Glory to be, oh King of the Philistines. 201 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:55,000 Art thou Kreb? Yes, oh flaming, torch of my life, flaming paragon of all our virtues. 202 00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:59,600 Thou art the most powerful, the most generous and the most.... 203 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:01,600 Enough! 204 00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:05,800 -Enough! -He is my friend, he does all that I bid him too. 205 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:07,600 I want thee to bring him here. 206 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:11,200 Bring him to the feast of the God Dagon. 207 00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:16,400 If he is, as my Captain says, I shall give thee they weight in gold. 208 00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:21,600 Oh, but I'm very heavy. As heavy as a camel. 209 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:24,000 Out with him. 210 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:09,400 Goliath. 211 00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:15,000 Goliath. Where art thou? 212 00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:32,600 Goliath, it's Kreb, thy friend, Kreb. 213 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:54,000 it's Kreb, thy friend, Kreb. 214 00:23:57,200 --> 00:23:59,400 My brother and friend, friend and brother. 215 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:02,600 At last I see thee again, after all these months. 216 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:05,200 Greetings to thee Goliath, from thy humble servant. 217 00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:12,200 How many times I have thought of thee. I have jealously cherished in my soul, the recollection of thy affection for me. 218 00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:19,200 And now, at long last, I stand before thee, and now I can greet thee as a flaming paragon of my life. 219 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:25,000 You are the only comfort of my tormented existence. 220 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:28,000 How can I thank thee Goliath? 221 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:33,400 But first of all, lit me pay tribute to thee with a tiny word of modest praise. 222 00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:37,800 hou art invincible Goliath, everyone knows thou art the strongest man in the world. 223 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:42,000 No, no don't kill me. 224 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:46,000 Don't snuff out the wretched existence of thy only friend. 225 00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:50,800 Have I not always brought thee gold? And wait til thou sees the gold I shall get this time. 226 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:52,800 There's enough to fill thy cave. 227 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:02,800 Thou will always be my best friend Goliath. 228 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:07,600 I had better tell thee the reason why I came here to see thee. 229 00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:14,600 The King has sent me to see thee. He is mustering men for a great war. 230 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:19,000 If thou agrees to fi ght for him, he will give thee all the gold of his iris. 231 00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:25,400 And that's not all, there's more. There will also be the King's personal presence to you. 232 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:30,600 The most beautiful girls in the court.Say it with thou will Goliath, thou must! 233 00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:34,200 The most beautiful girls. 234 00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:07,200 Oh Mighty King! 235 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:12,200 I have brought thee Goliath. 236 00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:04,000 Bring the rock of Samson. 237 00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:14,600 This stone has never been lifted aloft by one man, since the distance days when Samson himself lifted it. 238 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:22,600 This will be the true test of thy strength. 239 00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:39,400 And the Lord said onto Samuel, fill thy horn with oil and gold. 240 00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:42,600 I will send thee to Jesse, the Bethlhemite. 241 00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:46,200 For I have provide Me a King, among his sons. 242 00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:50,400 To save Israel out of the hands of the Philistines. 243 00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:20,400 Samuel. 244 00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:23,200 I greet thee wife of Jessie. 245 00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:28,800 The Lord has chosen one, from amongst thy sons. 246 00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:34,400 And I am come to fi nd him and the Lord shall name him. 247 00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:38,800 This is Eliab, our first born son. 248 00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:49,000 The Lord said: Look not upon his height, nor his contenance, for the Lord sees, not as man sees. 249 00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:55,000 If the foreordained of the Lord is here, it could only be this one. 250 00:32:57,400 --> 00:33:00,400 Neither is he the one the Lord has chosen. 251 00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:07,200 Neither is he the one the Lord has chosen. 252 00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:19,400 Thou art certain, that thou has shown all the children of Jessie? 253 00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:23,400 - Blessed be thou, Samuel. - Jessie. 254 00:33:24,600 --> 00:33:27,400 - Thou has here all thy children? - David. 255 00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:31,000 All accept my youngest son. Here he is. David. 256 00:33:41,600 --> 00:33:43,200 This is he. 257 00:33:52,800 --> 00:33:55,200 David, son of Jessie. 258 00:33:56,200 --> 00:34:01,400 The Lord has appointed thee to be Prince over his inhabitants. 259 00:34:11,600 --> 00:34:14,600 Thou art troubled in thy heart David? 260 00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:23,400 It is true. I am troubled. 261 00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:27,200 It is written: Who knows what is good for a man in his life, in all the days of his earthly.... 262 00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:31,200 ..... life which he spent as a shadow? 263 00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:35,600 For who can tell a man, what shall be art to him under the sun. 264 00:34:36,600 --> 00:34:39,200 We know that thou art a Prophet Samuel. 265 00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:45,400 That which ye have been already, and everything to be, hath already been. 266 00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:51,000 And God seeks again, that which has been passed away. 267 00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:55,800 It is also written, far better the poor but wise youth 268 00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:57,800 than an old and foolish king. 269 00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:03,400 If thou thus speaks about me Samuel, it is true, I am indeed poor. 270 00:35:04,800 --> 00:35:07,400 - But wise. - I shall come to thee again... 271 00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:10,400 ...for the Lord has told me.. 272 00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:14,600 ....that I am to annoint me King. 273 00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:26,000 Did you say "King" Samuel?' 274 00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:31,000 Yes Jessie. It is not the son of Saul, but you Son David... 275 00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:35,200 ....who shall be called by God to reign as King in Israel. 276 00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:43,400 But of the great events that await thee in the future David thou must not ever speak to any man. 277 00:35:44,400 --> 00:35:48,400 These things must all be kept secret. Forget it not! 278 00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:57,600 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, for God has already accepted thy works. 279 00:35:59,200 --> 00:36:03,200 The Spirit of the Lord shall be upon thee from this day forward. 280 00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:17,600 David. 281 00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:22,600 Sarah, what art thou doing here? Thou should sleep now. 282 00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:23,800 I could not. 283 00:37:25,400 --> 00:37:28,000 - Art thou leaving? - I am going now. 284 00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:33,000 - Then I will wake father and mother. - No, no Sarah, don't! 285 00:37:34,200 --> 00:37:37,600 - No, please say farewell to them for me. - But may I not come with thee? 286 00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:42,800 No, not now Sarah. But I shall return.....soon. 287 00:37:43,800 --> 00:37:45,400 I shall wait. 288 00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:06,600 Thy will be done oh Lord. 289 00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:13,000 Thy servant has left his loved ones, so that he may devote his life to serving his people of Israel. 290 00:38:15,600 --> 00:38:18,200 May thy servant prove worthy of this mission. 291 00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:20,600 With thy help. 292 00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:39,600 Many trials await thee David, but with thy faith, thou shall be strong. 293 00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:45,000 Thy departure in days to come, will bring great joy to your loved ones. 294 00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:51,000 In three days and nights, thou shall have reached Jerusalem. 295 00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:15,200 Help a poor blind man. Help me! 296 00:39:17,400 --> 00:39:19,800 Have pity on me. 297 00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:31,200 The finest snakes in Israel 298 00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:36,800 The most beautiful snakes in Israel. Two shakkels. 299 00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:44,600 I have slaves for sale. 300 00:39:46,600 --> 00:39:49,200 Slaves from Moab. Cheap at 30 shakkels. 301 00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:53,400 In the fields, they can pull plows better than oxen, and you can feed them for much less. 302 00:39:53,600 --> 00:39:56,600 They're cheap at 30 shakkels. 303 00:39:58,200 --> 00:40:00,800 It's like giving them away. What say thou? 304 00:40:04,200 --> 00:40:06,200 Fine. Unyoke them quick and give them to him. 305 00:40:09,200 --> 00:40:10,200 Go you are free! 306 00:40:10,400 --> 00:40:13,200 Thou buy slaves, to set them free? 307 00:40:14,800 --> 00:40:16,600 And none of thee touch them either. 308 00:40:19,800 --> 00:40:21,600 - Thank you kind Lord. - Thank you. 309 00:40:50,800 --> 00:40:52,600 Help! 310 00:40:53,200 --> 00:40:54,200 Oh, help me! 311 00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:44,400 Why are these men being punished? 312 00:41:45,200 --> 00:41:47,800 Because they had rebelled against Saul's Captain 313 00:41:48,200 --> 00:41:53,000 .... and they are condenmed to die in this place of thirst. They are my sons. 314 00:41:53,400 --> 00:41:55,800 In three days, they'd not had a drop of water. 315 00:41:57,200 --> 00:42:01,000 Why should they let them die like this? How can the Lord permit this? 316 00:42:14,200 --> 00:42:15,600 Look at that. 317 00:42:16,600 --> 00:42:18,000 Water......give me water... 318 00:42:20,400 --> 00:42:24,000 They will kill you. You must go, please. 319 00:42:24,200 --> 00:42:25,200 Drink. Do not be afraid. 320 00:43:01,600 --> 00:43:03,400 Jerusalemites! Why are you the curse of your own people. 321 00:43:03,800 --> 00:43:07,000 You are prey to godliness, wickedness and cowardness. 322 00:43:07,600 --> 00:43:10,400 Ye have trampled our laws under foot... 323 00:43:11,000 --> 00:43:13,200 Ye have trampled our laws under foot... 324 00:43:14,800 --> 00:43:16,400 Why? 325 00:43:17,800 --> 00:43:19,400 The Spirit of Evil is in thee. 326 00:43:21,200 --> 00:43:24,600 Yet the Spirit of Evil is stronger than those who govern thee. 327 00:43:25,600 --> 00:43:27,600 Saul! 328 00:43:28,600 --> 00:43:30,000 Thou art to blame for it. 329 00:43:35,800 --> 00:43:41,200 Thy corruption and perverted ways of living have made thee an evil man. 330 00:43:41,600 --> 00:43:43,800 It has destroyed the good life in us. 331 00:43:45,200 --> 00:43:49,000 Rise against the false liberties, which the tyrannts of Israel have given you. 332 00:43:51,200 --> 00:43:56,400 I say you will remain prisoners of your evil spirits, if you do not find in your hearts..... 333 00:43:57,400 --> 00:44:00,200 .....the strenght to rebel and redeem yourselves. 334 00:44:01,400 --> 00:44:05,200 Damn shall ye be that still remain in the bottomless chasm of sin. 335 00:44:10,800 --> 00:44:12,800 I come to arrest this man. 336 00:44:13,200 --> 00:44:17,600 This man is under our protection. Come shepard, into the house of God. 337 00:44:32,000 --> 00:44:33,600 Miserable shepard. 338 00:44:35,600 --> 00:44:37,800 Telling the people to rise against their King. 339 00:44:41,000 --> 00:44:45,800 Father, thou should not fret too much over all this, nor exaggerate all the importance of it. 340 00:44:47,600 --> 00:44:49,000 - Exaggerate thou say? - Yes. 341 00:44:49,800 --> 00:44:51,800 A shepard dares to accuse a King of Israel..... 342 00:44:52,800 --> 00:44:58,200 and moreover receive the protection of our own High Priests. Are we to attach no importance to this? 343 00:44:58,800 --> 00:44:59,800 Have you all forgot? 344 00:45:02,200 --> 00:45:05,000 Have you all, so soon, forgot? 345 00:45:07,600 --> 00:45:11,600 The last prophecy of Samuel. 346 00:45:14,000 --> 00:45:18,600 For he did not speak of ye, my sons......... He did not say one of them.... 347 00:45:19,200 --> 00:45:22,600 Not.......not once Jonathan. 348 00:45:23,800 --> 00:45:26,400 When I die he said. 349 00:45:28,600 --> 00:45:31,000 When I die, it will be given to me to..... 350 00:45:33,400 --> 00:45:34,600 .....annoint one King. 351 00:45:35,000 --> 00:45:36,000 Your Majesty.... 352 00:45:36,200 --> 00:45:40,200 Your Majesty.... 353 00:45:41,400 --> 00:45:44,800 ..first to reign in Israel, he chose a warrior. This David is a mere boy. 354 00:45:45,000 --> 00:45:48,200 -I want him brought to me. - But this is impossible father. 355 00:45:48,800 --> 00:45:51,200 - He's in the priest's care. - Yes, the High Priests protect him. 356 00:45:51,600 --> 00:45:52,600 Protect him from what? 357 00:45:53,800 --> 00:45:57,800 - I want this David brought to me. - How shall we do it father? 358 00:45:58,400 --> 00:46:00,000 - By force? - I have commanded you to do it. 359 00:46:00,400 --> 00:46:01,400 Sire, leave this matter to me. 360 00:46:01,800 --> 00:46:06,000 No, if I leave it to thee Abner, I will not leave him alone.... 361 00:46:06,400 --> 00:46:11,800 .....to all the others, thieves, criminals, to feed the vultures.. 362 00:46:13,000 --> 00:46:14,800 and the royal orchards. 363 00:46:18,800 --> 00:46:20,400 No, first I will see him alive..... 364 00:46:23,000 --> 00:46:27,000 ...I would talk with this shepard. 365 00:46:30,800 --> 00:46:32,000 Bring him to me. 366 00:46:39,200 --> 00:46:44,200 Father may well be right. This young shepard may have things to tell us. 367 00:46:44,600 --> 00:46:46,000 What does thou think Abner? 368 00:46:47,800 --> 00:46:50,000 What I may think, is not thy concern. 369 00:46:51,000 --> 00:46:53,800 I apologize for having put a question to the Captain of our Host. 370 00:47:05,800 --> 00:47:08,000 There is far too much stirring among the people now. 371 00:47:08,400 --> 00:47:11,400 I would not have this David sow more trouble in the soul of my father. 372 00:47:11,800 --> 00:47:13,800 Already vexed by the prophecy of Samuel. 373 00:47:14,400 --> 00:47:16,000 So thou too, fear this David? 374 00:47:17,000 --> 00:47:18,600 I fear no man. 375 00:47:19,400 --> 00:47:22,200 But I am tired of the evil spirit of these false prophets. 376 00:47:23,600 --> 00:47:26,600 - Were I only King of Israel. - And thou shall be. 377 00:47:27,400 --> 00:47:29,600 Thou shall sit on this throne one day. 378 00:47:49,000 --> 00:47:52,800 I tell thee, it is no desire of mine to advocate rebellion against Royal Authoritie 379 00:47:53,600 --> 00:47:57,600 I am not at odds with the laws of Israel, nor the rule of my King. 380 00:47:58,000 --> 00:48:02,000 Does thou mean that it is no longer permissible to speak ones own mind? 381 00:48:02,800 --> 00:48:06,600 By stirring up the people, thou has gone against the supreme authority of Israel. 382 00:48:07,000 --> 00:48:09,400 I have seen fights and corruption arise everywhere. 383 00:48:10,400 --> 00:48:11,800 Wherefore I said, which I have said. 384 00:48:12,000 --> 00:48:14,600 The insolence of this shepard, is an afront to the court. 385 00:48:15,200 --> 00:48:20,400 Did David not make clear, the reason why he behaved the way he did? 386 00:48:23,400 --> 00:48:25,400 I believe that we should hear David further. 387 00:48:26,400 --> 00:48:28,400 Unless of course, it does displease thee. 388 00:48:30,400 --> 00:48:33,600 I will have an opinion on one matter, from this wise shepard. 389 00:48:34,200 --> 00:48:35,000 This is ridiculous. 390 00:48:35,600 --> 00:48:39,600 To seek the council of a shepard, one might as well seek the judgement of the people. 391 00:48:40,800 --> 00:48:44,200 This wretched shepard is not here to judge us, but to be judged. 392 00:48:44,600 --> 00:48:48,400 As one of the respected coucillors of Israel, Benjamin is fully entitled to speak here. 393 00:48:49,600 --> 00:48:53,400 - So, if it please thee, thou shall put thy question to David. - I thank thee Princess. 394 00:48:56,000 --> 00:48:59,800 There is one clause in the peace, which we made with the Philistines.... 395 00:49:00,600 --> 00:49:02,200 .......putting a limit on the making of weapons..... 396 00:49:02,800 --> 00:49:06,600 ....and stating that only our officers and palace guards may bear arms. 397 00:49:08,600 --> 00:49:12,400 David, son of Jessie, what think thou of these limitations. 398 00:49:13,400 --> 00:49:17,000 My Prince. To my mind, there is not one way to solve that.... 399 00:49:17,400 --> 00:49:21,200 Tis shameful to ask a shepard to solve riddles, which concern only rulers. 400 00:49:22,800 --> 00:49:24,800 We will hear this shepard. 401 00:49:30,600 --> 00:49:31,800 Leave us. 402 00:49:32,800 --> 00:49:34,400 Leave us, I say. 403 00:49:53,800 --> 00:49:55,400 Does thou believe in omens? 404 00:49:58,400 --> 00:50:01,200 There, above our head, sits the bird of night. 405 00:50:04,800 --> 00:50:06,800 There, above our head, sits the bird of night. 406 00:50:07,400 --> 00:50:09,600 David of Bethlehem..... 407 00:50:32,600 --> 00:50:34,800 David of Bethlehem. 408 00:50:37,200 --> 00:50:41,000 Thou has grieveously offended me in public, I am aware of it. 409 00:50:42,800 --> 00:50:46,600 I have a mighty heart... 410 00:50:49,200 --> 00:50:52,000 Speak now about peace with the Philistines. 411 00:50:52,400 --> 00:50:53,400 Your Majesty...... 412 00:50:53,800 --> 00:50:58,000 The treaty limits the use of weapons to the offi cers of our Host and guards of the Palace.... 413 00:51:01,000 --> 00:51:04,200 It is true, that it is only my officers and guards..... 414 00:51:05,600 --> 00:51:07,800 .....that bear weapons. 415 00:51:11,200 --> 00:51:12,200 So then? 416 00:51:13,000 --> 00:51:18,200 But the treaty has put no limit on the number of officers and guards thou may have. 417 00:51:28,800 --> 00:51:32,800 David, thou has sharp wits. I have heard much of thine sharp wits. 418 00:51:39,400 --> 00:51:41,800 Yet, I cannot hate thee. Come. Come here. 419 00:51:44,200 --> 00:51:45,800 Come nearer to me. 420 00:51:49,000 --> 00:51:50,600 Come, David of Bethlehem. 421 00:51:54,600 --> 00:51:57,600 - Drink. - I am not thirsty, Your King. 422 00:51:59,200 --> 00:52:03,000 Thou may choose either cup and I will drink from the other. 423 00:52:06,200 --> 00:52:10,000 No, I will drink from both. They are not poisoned. 424 00:52:12,000 --> 00:52:16,000 I have sent out my servants, to the markets and to the countryside.... 425 00:52:17,800 --> 00:52:22,800 I've inquired about thee, David of Bethlehem. I hear that.... 426 00:52:24,200 --> 00:52:26,200 thou art a wiley hunter and cunning hands for music. 427 00:52:27,800 --> 00:52:29,800 Will thou play for me David? 428 00:52:31,600 --> 00:52:35,400 Will thou stay and sing thine songs...... 429 00:52:36,000 --> 00:52:38,600 ...to make my spirit well again, David? 430 00:52:39,000 --> 00:52:40,400 I shall obey thee Oh King. 431 00:52:41,800 --> 00:52:43,400 Thou shall obey me... 432 00:52:46,200 --> 00:52:48,000 Thou shall stay in my palace. 433 00:52:51,200 --> 00:52:53,400 Thou shall remain with me. 434 00:52:54,800 --> 00:52:56,600 David of Bethlehem. 435 00:53:46,400 --> 00:53:49,800 The sway of David over thine father waxes greater everyday. 436 00:53:50,200 --> 00:53:52,800 We shall find a way to make him powerless before long. 437 00:53:53,600 --> 00:53:56,400 I hope so. But I am troubled most of all, by the ways of thine sister. 438 00:53:58,800 --> 00:54:02,600 - Think thou that she may cause vextation? - If David were to fall in love with her, yes. 439 00:54:04,200 --> 00:54:07,800 - Oh, I have a watchful eye, Abner. -That cursed shepard. 440 00:54:08,200 --> 00:54:10,200 And now the people praise him to the skies. 441 00:54:10,600 --> 00:54:13,400 If he remains at court, our plans will surely be in danger. 442 00:54:13,800 --> 00:54:17,200 - Somedays it's clear to me, what David covets. -What is that? 443 00:54:17,400 --> 00:54:21,400 The throne of Israel. Thou has forgotten the prophet of Samuel? 444 00:54:22,200 --> 00:54:26,000 His spell is already on my sister, and on my brethern, not on me! 445 00:54:27,400 --> 00:54:30,000 Calm thyself Abner. 446 00:54:30,600 --> 00:54:32,200 For thine apprehensions are excessive. 447 00:54:37,200 --> 00:54:38,400 Bow Saul. 448 00:54:40,000 --> 00:54:43,600 Bow to the victorious hero of a hundred battles. 449 00:54:44,600 --> 00:54:46,400 Thou has suffered thine first defeat. 450 00:54:48,000 --> 00:54:49,400 Why? 451 00:54:50,200 --> 00:54:52,200 Because thou art no longer the soul of yesteryear. 452 00:54:53,000 --> 00:54:55,600 The Saul who was beloved of all the people of Israel. 453 00:54:56,400 --> 00:54:58,600 The Saul who was feared by his enemies. 454 00:55:00,400 --> 00:55:03,000 The Saul, of whom my father Jessie, often spoke. 455 00:55:19,400 --> 00:55:23,200 Oh Lord, help him. Forsake him not. 456 00:55:24,200 --> 00:55:27,200 And defer that day that he will no longer be King. 457 00:55:29,200 --> 00:55:33,000 Restore to him, his wisdom and thine protection. 458 00:55:33,400 --> 00:55:35,400 I beg of thee. 459 00:55:38,000 --> 00:55:39,600 David. 460 00:55:51,000 --> 00:55:53,600 What art thy doing, all alone here, in the throne room? 461 00:55:55,800 --> 00:55:59,600 Nothing, my Princess. 462 00:56:00,200 --> 00:56:05,200 I was seeking thee David. My father awaited thee in his quarters. He is weary and would hear thine songs again. 463 00:56:08,000 --> 00:56:11,800 - I shall go forth, my Princess. - My name is Michel. 464 00:56:15,000 --> 00:56:19,000 I thank thee.....Michel. 465 00:56:22,800 --> 00:56:25,800 I rejoice that thou has made my father calmer in spirit. 466 00:56:26,600 --> 00:56:29,400 Thy sweet presence and counciil are a very great help to him. 467 00:56:29,800 --> 00:56:34,600 Were it not that it made its way into the minds of the wise, my council would be gone on the wings of the wind. 468 00:56:35,400 --> 00:56:38,200 That is true. But thou were able to do more...... 469 00:56:38,600 --> 00:56:41,000 .......thy has made thy way, into our hearts. 470 00:56:43,800 --> 00:56:47,600 When I said the wise, the one I truly had in mind was thee. 471 00:56:52,000 --> 00:56:54,600 Go David. My father awaits thee. 472 00:57:14,200 --> 00:57:18,200 Well done Jonathan! Thine arm is a strong and steady one. 473 00:57:19,000 --> 00:57:22,800 - Like unto the arm of Saul. - He was a great King in his time. 474 00:57:24,200 --> 00:57:28,600 But age is upon him. And with his wits, he has also lost his strength. 475 00:57:30,200 --> 00:57:34,200 He knows not, in which dire straits, his realm is in now. 476 00:57:34,800 --> 00:57:38,600 Look at me. I am compelled to hurl darts at mere images of the foe, instead of...... 477 00:57:39,200 --> 00:57:43,000 ...bearing arms, so as to wrestle the sacred ark from those cursed Philistines. 478 00:57:44,000 --> 00:57:45,200 Thus fear not Johnathan. 479 00:57:45,400 --> 00:57:49,400 I tell thee that the day will indeed come, and that day is not far removed either. 480 00:57:50,000 --> 00:57:54,600 - The day will come, when the people of Israel will once more.. - David, thou speak as a prophet. 481 00:57:56,800 --> 00:57:58,400 Long have I ceased to hope anymore. 482 00:57:59,800 --> 00:58:03,800 Thou art wrong Johnathan. I have not spoken as a prophet. 483 00:58:04,600 --> 00:58:05,600 But as a man. 484 00:58:06,000 --> 00:58:09,800 A man who has faith and devine justice and is ready to serve its cause. 485 00:58:12,000 --> 00:58:14,000 Even by main forces, tis needed? 486 00:58:17,400 --> 00:58:19,600 Yes, I would even use force. 487 00:58:29,400 --> 00:58:31,000 And this? How does it serve thee? 488 00:58:32,800 --> 00:58:35,200 This is a weapon of a prophet. I will show thee. 489 00:58:40,800 --> 00:58:43,800 In thine hands rests the fate of Israel, Benjamin. 490 00:58:45,400 --> 00:58:48,200 Saul trusts thy wisdom and hence may be an adversary. 491 00:58:51,200 --> 00:58:55,200 To redeem the authority of the King, the sacred Ark must be returned to Jerusalem. 492 00:58:56,400 --> 00:59:00,800 - Thou knows that there is unrest, that grips our land. - I shall try not to deceive his faith. 493 00:59:01,200 --> 00:59:06,200 Even were it to cost us all the gold in Israel. Whatever is demanded by the Philistines. 494 00:59:07,600 --> 00:59:10,600 - Promise it. - I will do as thou say, Abner. 495 00:59:23,000 --> 00:59:24,600 Listen carefull Lazar...... 496 00:59:26,000 --> 00:59:31,400 The Israelites are ready to pay, what thou wishes. Provided thou returns their sacred Ark. 497 00:59:32,800 --> 00:59:39,800 Abner, the Captain of their Host was my Lord also. We'll send Benjamin as emmersary to thee. 498 00:59:41,400 --> 00:59:46,000 Thou this emmersary is a wise man, and speaks with a silver tongue, one needs not listen. 499 00:59:46,400 --> 00:59:50,400 Tis my Lord Abner, who asks me to tell thee that thou shall never hear him oh King. 500 01:00:07,800 --> 01:00:09,600 The madness of this Saul... 501 01:00:11,600 --> 01:00:13,600 ...he dares ask for the Ark. 502 01:00:15,400 --> 01:00:19,400 I shall take the Ark of Jerusalem only when I have slain old Saul. 503 01:00:20,600 --> 01:00:24,400 Send Goliath to the Oasis of Goth, to lie in ambush for the emmersary. 504 01:01:46,000 --> 01:01:49,800 And it is because of her that thou must always carry this with thee? 505 01:01:55,400 --> 01:01:57,200 Was she beautiful? 506 01:02:01,800 --> 01:02:03,200 Yes, Michel. 507 01:02:04,800 --> 01:02:07,200 A man seeks an ideal in a woman's love. 508 01:02:08,200 --> 01:02:12,000 In my eyes, Hekla was everything. She was true perfection. 509 01:02:13,200 --> 01:02:15,400 Her presence alone, gladened my heart and soul. 510 01:02:17,400 --> 01:02:20,000 So with such a memory as this.. 511 01:02:21,600 --> 01:02:23,600 ..thou will not love another woman easily. 512 01:02:24,600 --> 01:02:26,000 I know not Michel..... 513 01:02:27,200 --> 01:02:31,000 .....before I thought this was true. But now... now, I am not certain. 514 01:02:36,400 --> 01:02:40,400 The murder of Benjamin is indeed a hard blow my King. 515 01:02:41,600 --> 01:02:43,400 Israel will long mourn him. 516 01:02:44,400 --> 01:02:46,600 He was one of Israels greatest men. 517 01:02:48,200 --> 01:02:51,200 This mishap may stir up the feeling that we need a new king. 518 01:02:52,200 --> 01:02:56,000 A new king to restore the good name of a crown now scorned. 519 01:02:56,800 --> 01:02:58,600 But this peril could easily be avoided. 520 01:02:59,400 --> 01:03:03,200 - How? - By making David the adversary of the Philistine King. 521 01:03:04,600 --> 01:03:05,400 David? 522 01:03:07,800 --> 01:03:11,600 David is the only man, who has a chance in succeeding in this mission. 523 01:03:13,200 --> 01:03:16,600 He has already given sufficient proof of his wisdom and cunning. 524 01:03:17,800 --> 01:03:19,000 Very well, call him. 525 01:03:26,000 --> 01:03:27,800 Thou has been helpful to my father, the King.... 526 01:03:28,200 --> 01:03:32,200 ....and thou art helpful to me, I thank thee very much. 527 01:03:32,800 --> 01:03:35,600 I am no more the sad and lonely girl that I once was. 528 01:03:37,600 --> 01:03:41,400 No, I am happy, but how long will it last? 529 01:03:42,200 --> 01:03:43,400 Michel... 530 01:03:47,800 --> 01:03:49,600 It can last forever, if thou will it. 531 01:04:16,000 --> 01:04:17,400 David, son of Jessie. 532 01:04:19,200 --> 01:04:21,400 King Saul will see thee. 533 01:04:30,400 --> 01:04:31,800 Why art thou in my quarters? 534 01:04:35,800 --> 01:04:39,000 Has thou finished thy sweet trist with that shepard now? 535 01:04:39,200 --> 01:04:41,800 That shepard is a councillor in the court. 536 01:04:42,000 --> 01:04:46,000 One who turns to the prophet of the evil spirit dwelling in the King. Our own father. 537 01:04:46,600 --> 01:04:48,000 What says thou? 538 01:04:49,400 --> 01:04:53,200 That he is trying to strengthen his place in court, and is using thee to do it. 539 01:04:54,200 --> 01:04:56,200 How is it possible for thee to say such things? 540 01:04:56,600 --> 01:04:59,600 David is deserving of the esteem of our people and of his King. 541 01:05:00,000 --> 01:05:04,000 - He is worthy. - And worthy also to have a royal Princess love him? 542 01:05:05,800 --> 01:05:09,600 Surely. Were he to have a royal Princess to love him. 543 01:05:18,800 --> 01:05:24,200 Samuel is dead and all his realm mourns. 544 01:05:25,600 --> 01:05:28,600 They have bedded him in his birthplace. 545 01:05:29,000 --> 01:05:30,000 But the Philistines.... 546 01:05:33,600 --> 01:05:36,800 ....they are gathering themselves together, the Philistines 547 01:05:37,200 --> 01:05:38,400 I have seen them. 548 01:05:39,400 --> 01:05:40,800 I've seen the Host of them. 549 01:05:45,000 --> 01:05:47,600 Now I am afraid and my heart is greatly troubled. 550 01:05:50,400 --> 01:05:52,200 When I enquired of the Lord... 551 01:05:54,800 --> 01:05:56,800 ....The Lord answered me not. 552 01:05:59,600 --> 01:06:01,000 Neither by prophetcies... 553 01:06:02,400 --> 01:06:04,200 Neither by prophetcies... 554 01:06:05,600 --> 01:06:08,200 The Philistines gather their army to battle. 555 01:06:10,400 --> 01:06:13,200 There goes out a champion from their camp, named Goliath. 556 01:06:16,800 --> 01:06:20,800 Goliath, of Gath. Goliath whose height is 6 cubits of despair. 557 01:06:21,600 --> 01:06:27,800 He has a helmet of brass upon his head and his armor the coat of nail and the weight of the coat is..... 558 01:06:29,200 --> 01:06:35,200 5000 shakkels of brass. The shaft of his spear is like a weavers beam. 559 01:06:37,000 --> 01:06:41,000 And his spears head, weighs 600 shakkels of iron. 560 01:06:42,400 --> 01:06:44,000 And this man has said.... 561 01:06:45,400 --> 01:06:47,400 ....I defy the armies of Israel. 562 01:06:49,200 --> 01:06:50,600 Give me a man... 563 01:06:52,800 --> 01:06:54,600 ...that we may fi ght together. 564 01:07:00,400 --> 01:07:02,000 If I were that man. 565 01:07:05,000 --> 01:07:06,200 Never. 566 01:07:10,200 --> 01:07:12,400 Why am I not that man? 567 01:07:15,800 --> 01:07:19,200 Thy has great confusion in thy heart, David. 568 01:07:19,600 --> 01:07:21,600 But thou must have no fear. 569 01:07:22,800 --> 01:07:25,000 It is the will of God, that guides thee. 570 01:07:25,400 --> 01:07:30,800 He will give thou strength, so that thou may return to his chosen people... 571 01:07:31,400 --> 01:07:35,200 ..the sacred Ark, the symbol of Israel faith. 572 01:07:36,600 --> 01:07:39,000 Go thy way David, son of Jessie. 573 01:07:39,600 --> 01:07:43,600 And tremble not, in thine heart. 574 01:07:44,400 --> 01:07:46,000 Aye Samuel. 575 01:08:23,400 --> 01:08:24,400 David stay. 576 01:08:25,400 --> 01:08:27,600 David, thou will be slain, as was Benjamin. 577 01:08:29,600 --> 01:08:32,000 I beg of thee, David stay! 578 01:08:34,200 --> 01:08:38,200 Thou must not ask me to stay Michel. Thou knows that I must go. 579 01:08:40,000 --> 01:08:41,400 But if thou does not return..... 580 01:09:47,000 --> 01:09:48,600 -Where are you going? - Go no further my Lord. 581 01:09:49,000 --> 01:09:54,400 A great misfortune has befallen us. The Philistines are destroying everything. Tis the end of Israel. 582 01:09:55,000 --> 01:09:57,000 Bau, return to Jerusalem and warn the court. 583 01:09:57,200 --> 01:09:58,600 The rest of you follow me. 584 01:10:43,400 --> 01:10:46,000 The Philistines have invaded Israel. 585 01:10:47,200 --> 01:10:48,400 Tis war! 586 01:11:01,600 --> 01:11:05,400 We of Israel, have done not to bring about this grievous event. 587 01:11:07,800 --> 01:11:11,400 A mercenary have invaded our land. 588 01:11:12,000 --> 01:11:15,800 They have already destroyed our outer most cities and slaughtered our people 589 01:11:17,000 --> 01:11:21,000 As the new moon rises, they will be at the very gates of Jerusalem. 590 01:11:21,600 --> 01:11:24,600 Johnathan, has thou forgotten that Jerusalem is the heart of Israel? 591 01:11:25,800 --> 01:11:31,000 And to leave it undefended might be a grievous error, for the enemy has more than 10 fold of the total of all our forces. 592 01:11:32,200 --> 01:11:34,800 Remember that another defeat, may well be the last one. 593 01:11:35,400 --> 01:11:39,200 No Isac. Fear. A cursed shameful fear. 594 01:11:40,800 --> 01:11:43,200 Gaze on it. It's here among thee. 595 01:11:44,200 --> 01:11:48,000 It fits like a shameful mask on all your faces. 596 01:11:49,000 --> 01:11:52,800 It is the same fear which prompted ye one day, to betray my father Saul in another battle. 597 01:11:54,200 --> 01:11:57,800 You went mad with fear and fled. Cowards! 598 01:11:58,600 --> 01:12:02,400 But there is no one who can stay that Host Johnathan. This will be the end of us. 599 01:12:03,000 --> 01:12:04,600 No, not yet. 600 01:12:06,000 --> 01:12:10,000 The eyes of Ashdod will never come near enough to see the city of King Saul. 601 01:12:12,600 --> 01:12:14,400 It's for us to attack them! 602 01:13:44,200 --> 01:13:46,200 The Host of Israel oh King. 603 01:14:11,800 --> 01:14:12,800 This is madness. 604 01:14:13,000 --> 01:14:15,600 Wherefore art thou not stayed Johnathan, to defend Jerusalem? 605 01:14:16,000 --> 01:14:17,400 David, my place is here. 606 01:14:17,800 --> 01:14:20,400 I shall attempt the impossible; to stem the Philistines. 607 01:14:20,800 --> 01:14:23,000 But, it's suicide. Behold them. 608 01:14:27,000 --> 01:14:28,800 The impossible is for God to perform. 609 01:14:29,200 --> 01:14:33,200 I shall go alone to Ashdod, to speak with him, as I once did with Saul. 610 01:15:05,000 --> 01:15:06,200 Who art thou? 611 01:15:06,800 --> 01:15:08,200 David, son of Jessie. 612 01:15:09,000 --> 01:15:10,800 David, son of Jessie? 613 01:15:12,400 --> 01:15:13,600 The shepard David? 614 01:15:26,800 --> 01:15:29,800 The renown of thy wisdom has spread far and wide. 615 01:15:33,800 --> 01:15:35,200 But it is useless. 616 01:15:37,600 --> 01:15:39,400 Useless, stupid wisdom. 617 01:15:40,200 --> 01:15:44,000 So it is in thee, that the Israelites trust? 618 01:15:44,800 --> 01:15:48,600 Thou art the one that calms down that old fool Saul? 619 01:15:49,600 --> 01:15:51,000 What does thou want? 620 01:15:52,000 --> 01:15:56,000 I tell thee, in the name of the Lord, to return to us the sacred Ark. 621 01:15:57,000 --> 01:16:00,600 And not to pass with thy host on the land of Israel. 622 01:16:01,000 --> 01:16:02,400 Thou shepard... 623 01:16:03,600 --> 01:16:05,800 ...thy insolence has no limit. 624 01:16:07,200 --> 01:16:12,000 hine Israelites have armed anew, despite the peace which we made with them at Goth. 625 01:16:12,800 --> 01:16:16,200 And thou asks me to keep my host out of thine land? 626 01:16:16,600 --> 01:16:21,200 I do not ask thee to keep it out. But God wills it so, such as God's law. 627 01:16:21,600 --> 01:16:25,600 Thou cannot destroy a people that is defeated. 628 01:16:25,800 --> 01:16:27,200 Such as God's law. 629 01:16:29,400 --> 01:16:31,000 My only God is gold. 630 01:16:32,600 --> 01:16:34,400 My only law is Goliath. 631 01:16:37,800 --> 01:16:41,800 Defeat Goliath, and I shall not destroy Israel. 632 01:16:45,200 --> 01:16:46,800 David, son of Jessie. 633 01:16:49,000 --> 01:16:50,400 Goliath. 634 01:19:52,000 --> 01:19:55,000 Look at the sky Goliath. The vultures are flying for thee. 635 01:21:15,800 --> 01:21:17,000 Forward! 636 01:23:58,400 --> 01:24:02,200 Stop. The King has been slain. We have been defeated. 637 01:25:32,400 --> 01:25:35,000 What are you doing here? What is this? 638 01:25:38,800 --> 01:25:40,000 What is this? 639 01:25:41,800 --> 01:25:44,200 What is this? A target? 640 01:25:45,400 --> 01:25:47,600 A wine skin? Are you rehearsing the murder of your King? 641 01:25:48,000 --> 01:25:50,200 No, the wine skin is below the throne. 642 01:25:50,800 --> 01:25:54,600 This is proof, that the man we would kill, is thine enemy in thy very court. 643 01:25:56,200 --> 01:25:57,200 I am very grateful. 644 01:25:58,800 --> 01:26:03,600 I will now have you going and hold your tongues, or I will have them cut out of your mouths. 645 01:26:04,600 --> 01:26:09,000 Away with you, away. Return not to Israel. 646 01:26:11,200 --> 01:26:13,400 Abner, are you mad? 647 01:26:14,400 --> 01:26:16,200 I told you to plan this deed alone. 648 01:26:17,200 --> 01:26:20,000 It is a secret, known only to us. 649 01:26:20,800 --> 01:26:23,600 A secret you understand. From all Israel. 650 01:26:44,200 --> 01:26:45,000 Abner! 651 01:26:47,200 --> 01:26:49,000 Abner, Abner! I beg of you, listen to me. Do not do this. 652 01:26:49,400 --> 01:26:52,600 But it is now we must smytte him, for it may well prove to be our last chance. 653 01:26:53,000 --> 01:26:55,400 The people favor David. They will rise and father... 654 01:26:55,800 --> 01:26:58,000 Thy Father is agreed. Thou knows how he fears David and when we are finished with him,... 655 01:26:58,400 --> 01:27:01,200 ...the people will bow down to the will of the King. 656 01:27:01,600 --> 01:27:04,200 No. Do not do this. Entrust the task to others. 657 01:27:05,600 --> 01:27:09,600 I must not. I will not have it go wrong. I must do it myself. 658 01:27:10,400 --> 01:27:14,200 Listen Abner. Let us forego all this. Let us flee from here. 659 01:27:15,400 --> 01:27:18,400 Oh, do not do this. I beg of you, do not do it. 660 01:27:19,600 --> 01:27:20,600 - Let me go! - No. 661 01:27:21,000 --> 01:27:21,800 There is no time to lose. 662 01:27:25,400 --> 01:27:28,000 Abner... 663 01:29:36,600 --> 01:29:37,200 Abner... 664 01:29:52,000 --> 01:29:54,000 Now my father, thou art free. 665 01:29:54,600 --> 01:29:56,200 Thou has slain thine evil spirit. 666 01:29:59,200 --> 01:30:01,200 No, he has slain Abner. 667 01:30:05,200 --> 01:30:07,600 And the evil spirit in Saul is still living. 668 01:30:08,200 --> 01:30:10,200 It will perish only with his death. 669 01:30:12,200 --> 01:30:14,000 I know my destiny.... 670 01:30:16,000 --> 01:30:19,800 I know also the destiny of the people of Israel. Take him away. 671 01:30:26,200 --> 01:30:28,400 Glory to David! Hero of Israel. 672 01:30:29,200 --> 01:30:31,800 -Long live David! - Long live Saul. 673 01:30:32,400 --> 01:30:33,600 King of Israel. 674 01:30:39,400 --> 01:30:42,000 I have sinned David, I admit that... 675 01:30:43,800 --> 01:30:45,600 ...l wanted to do thee harm. 676 01:30:47,000 --> 01:30:49,400 But on this date, I saw what is precious to mine eyes. 677 01:30:52,000 --> 01:30:53,400 Michel. 678 01:30:53,800 --> 01:30:58,000 Take thou my daughter, her will I give thee to wife. Be thou vailant to Israel. 679 01:30:58,600 --> 01:31:00,400 To fight the Lord's battles. 680 01:31:01,600 --> 01:31:03,000 To fight the Lord's battles. 681 01:31:04,600 --> 01:31:08,600 ..for thou shall do great things.