House of David

I know well the story of King David and still this series has me on the edge of my seat as we get to delve deeper into both Saul's and David's story, as interpreted by the writer's perspective. The series presents ideas regarding societal influence and human behaviors that we may have never considered while simply reading the scriptural text. I absolutely love that there's not an actor that I've seen anywhere before and yet they all brilliantly portray their characters. I certainly hope that we can expect several seasons of this series because it would be cruel to stop at season 1! Well done! 10/10 for me!

Why did they pick an actor who looks nothing like the biblical description of David! There's definitely plenty of liberties taken from the biblical text. The mother quoting psalms that weren't even written yet to David in episode 2. I could go on and on. While there's moments that it goes back to the biblical text, there's also outright made up things that did not happen to David. I don't want to post spoilers, but it's distracting to see Goliath attack David in the first episode when that also did not happen. There's plenty of real deep drama in the Biblical text for there to be any need to make up so much BS. We have multiple books from that time period, why not write from 1&2 Samuel, 1&2 kings, psalms, 1& 2 Chornicles, there's endless story line there.

Stunning work . Epic drama in a good way. Not my religion but it doesn't make it less enjoyable. Would be a pity if people are reviewing for or against on religious grounds, it will put people off and do the show a disservice I think. Really liked the filming and the colours of everything . Lots of high quality actors that don't overplay. Storyline is great for someone that is only familiar with the basic David and Goliath story. Only complaint I have is the cutting between child David and adult David bit jarring as they look nothing alike. Thoroughly enjoyed the rest so I'll forgive it 9 3/4 stars so far.

My family and I happened upon this mini series by chance. We ended up binge watching and staying up all night. It was captivating, we aren't scholars but are religious as Christians and it felt accurate. We have loved watching this series and hope more Biblical series continue. Great job prime!!! We also appreciated the quality of acting as well as the top name casts. You can tell money was spent to make a quality mini series as well as the writing. We were highly impressed and plan to keep watching as more and more are produced. We also had to open our bible and find the names and revisit some of the story for ourselves which was great. Again - great job Prime Movies!!!

One reviewer gave it a low review because they said they were trying too hard to make it like Game of Thrones. CLEARLY this person has never read the Old Testament because Game of Thrones pales in comparison to the fighting over kingdoms in that part of the Bible. This show does a fantastic job bringing that era in history to life.

As this show goes, I found it as accurate as it could be, considering the Bible is "aerodynamic", seeing as it is very good at getting to the point and not going too in detail with things that ultimately don't matter. So they had to do what they had to do to fill in the blanks with this show, the same way they did with The Chosen, but I feel like it's better done, and more Biblically accurate, that that show. I'd absolutely recommend if you're interested in seeing the Bible fleshed out before your eyes.