House of David

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!!!

This could have been an epic series by jus few changes done. Instead of making a melodramatic soap opera ending with the battle between David and Goliath, this alone should have been given an entire episode. The greatest king who ever lived deserved it. David should have walked the field of battle like he had the entire army of God's angels behind him and not showing any fear although he was a man. He was anointed by God, after all. Also, he wasn't supposed to be touched by Goliath in any way, he was guarded by God. Too bad, to much family drama shown and less history or the portrayal 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!

There is much to love about this production, but Michal teaching David to read? Michal giving David the big motivational speech before he went off to slay Goliath? Saul's wife clearly a dominant personality compared to Saul, orchestrating all kinds of political machinations behind his back? The two princesses trotting off to the battlefront to "awaken" the king? It seems like in modern storytelling behind every strong male character there now needs to be a stronger female character teaching him how to be strong. I have nothing against strong female characters--in stories that involve strong female characters. The story of David involves none.

As for as Biblical series go, the first three episodes is one of the best I've seen so far.

They caveat every episode with a statement that some drama has been added to fill out the story however they have tried to remain biblically accurate overall. Yes there is some additional dialogue and aspects not expressely stated in scripture however I don't think it contradicts anything written. The show is not meant to be a substitute for actually reading the Bible, it's supposed to be entertainment based on the Biblical story. Largely they've done a pretty good job.

I see some very petty complaints from those giving bad reviews like Samuel being called a "Seer" rather than a "Prophet". Yet the bible literally says in those days prophets were called seers (1 Samuel 9:9).

Enjoy it for what it is, an entertaining biblical adaptation.