A horse whinnies in the middle of a chaotic battle set in Israel’s Elah Valley. Fierce Philistine and Israelite soldiers wave swords and spears at each other while fighting both on horseback and on foot. What has everyone so worked up? Just the fact that an inexperienced young sheepherder named David (played by 24-year-old Michael Iskander) has faced off against the 11-foot-tall Philistine giant named Goliath (Martyn Ford) and, with just a sling and a well-aimed stone, killed him.
When House of David‘s second season begins, war has officially broken out, and the primary goal for the Israelites is to keep David, who is poised to become king of Israel, safe at any cost. After all, slaying Goliath was just the start of David’s Biblical story — and we’re far from its end.
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