Mar 4, 2009
Please, please…
…please tell me this reviewer just decided not to mention the Saul and David biblical connection to NBC’s new series Kings. Part of my heart is sinking thinking that this might not be true. That he/she didn’t actually get that this series is a retelling of what I thought was a pretty well-known story…eep. I’m an atheist/agnostic/idunno, but even I know the story of Saul and David.
I mean, David Shepherd defeats Goliath in the first ep. The kingdom’s name is Gilboa. The daughter is named Michelle. The king’s son is named Jack. The king’s advisor’s last name is Samuels.
That said, I am disappointed in how they handled the name of Silas/Saul’s wife. In the show it’s Rose, in the Torah it’s Ish-Bosheth and Ashba’al. Tell me those names aren’t cooler than Rose? Tell me. You can’t!
“Hi, I’m Ish-Bosheth.”
