大卫王 (1997)

　　1997美国剧情片《大卫王》由Robert Markowitz导演，Nathaniel Parker主演，影片讲述的是：
The tribes of Israel need to defeat the superior might of the Philistines Now appoint a king to lead us such as all the other nations have I Samuel 85 And so the prophet Samuel gives the Hebrews their first king Saul a simple farmer who with Gods help becomes a brave and mighty warlord who leads the united tribes of Israel against their enemies Saul however has incessant doubts about his mission Not trustful enough of divine wisdom he acts of his own accord and thus sins against the Lord The influential prophet Samuel turns away from Saul in order to select a new king according to Gods will David He is still a young boy tending sheep in the fields when secretly Samuel oints him as the next king of the Israelites When David as courageous as he is intelligent emerges victorious from his encounter with Goliath the Philistines most powerful warrior he becomes a hero His fame arouses the jealousy of King Saul who senses that David is going to dispute his right to be king and tries to kill him David flees from Saul and finds many supporters and loyal companions who believe that he is destined to be king In exile David waits for his time to come since he does not want to take the place of Saul by violence He is young and in the prime of his strength while King Saul is a broken man When Saul falls upon his sword after losing a battle Davids hour is at hand The new King David conquers Jerusalem The magnificent city is to become the royal residence for the glorious hero who now plans to leave the business of war to others in future and to become a King of Peace However this temperamental man with so many years of battle behind him and still in the bloom of youth is not predestined for a quiet orderly life at all Very soon he plunges into an illicit love affair with Bathsheba a married woman an affair that threatens to become the kings undoing when it turns out that she is expecting his child To conceal his adulterous fatherhood the king sends Bathshebas husband Uriah one of his best and most loyal soldiers to his death and then marries her The prophet and royal adviser Nathan announces to David that his act will result in divine punishment the Lord will not countenance such an outrage Violence and evil will continue in Davids own family and bring disaster upon the heads of the numerous sons born to David from his wives and concubines Then the child of David and Bathsheba dies She gives him another son Solomon but very soon David suffers another sharp blow of fate his grownup son Absalom kills one of his brothers for the latters rape of his sister David is far too mild in response to this not only does he fail to bring the incestuous seducer to justice he also leaves the fratricide unpunished The king does not realise that he is gradually losing control over his family and that his hold on the people is also growing weaker For David is obsessed with his plan of building the finest and largest temple in the world in Jerusalem He demands immense sums from the populace for this project even though God has commanded him to leave the completion of the building to his successors Davids ambitious son Absalom thus finds it very easy to drum up support for a conspiracy against his father After a fierce battle culminating in Absaloms death David makes it back to Jerusalem