Tonight on the ABC Of Kings and Prophets airs with an all new Tuesday March 15, season 1 episode 2 called “Let the Wicked Be Ashamed.” On tonight’s episode, Saul (Ray Winstone) confides his worries in David; (Olly Rix) Ishbaal (James Floyd) hires an assassin to kill the prophet; Ahinoam, (Simone Kessell) in an effort to unite the tribes of Israel, proposes a strategic marriage.
On the last episode, in the series premiere, King Saul arranged a strategic marriage for his daughter Merav, which he hoped will unify the 12 Israelite tribes against the Philistines; and, in the midst of the wedding preparations, Prophet Samuel brought him a message from God: destroy the Amalekites. In other events, the shepherd David traveled to the King’s palace in Gibeah in hopes of settling his family’s debts. Did you watch the last episode? If you missed it, we have a full and detailed recap right here for you.
On tonight’s episode as per the ABC synopsis, “Saul confides his worries in David; Ishbaal hires an assassin to kill the prophet; Ahinoam, in an effort to unite the tribes of Israel, proposes a strategic marriage; a traitor is exposed; and David returns home, where he receives life-altering news from a surprise visitor.”
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Tonight’s episode of ‘Of Kings And Prophets’ kicks off with King Saul preparing to go off to a war council – a meeting to try and prevent more blood shed. He says goodbye to his daughter Michal, and tells her that her brother Ishbaal will be in charge while he is gone. Michal is still upset over Mattiyahu’s death – and she clearly has a chip on her shoulder.
Saul is meeting with King Achish to try and come to a truce – he reminds Achish that he committed an act of war by killing Mattiyahu, but he is willing to overlook it if they can come to some sort of agreement. Apparently, Achish is not in the mood to make any deals. He snarls at Saul, “Surrender your city now and maybe I will let your children live.”
In the tent, the prophet Samuel appears to be possessed – but it’s nothing to be alarmed about, it happens every time he talks to God. After Samuel snaps out of his possessed eye-rolling, Aaron asks him what God had to say. He tells Aaron to grab his bag – they must be on their way, God told him to anoint a new king.
Meanwhile, Saul is still trying to undo the damage that the prophet has already done by telling the people that he would be “torn from his throne.” Saul has ordered his solders to put on a show and recreate the Battle Of Alkamities in this city square to remind the people what he has accomplished and done for them. Saul and Michael watch from the balcony and Saul is upset that no one is cheering for him.
A brawl breaks out in the middle of the city between Saul’s few supporters, and the people who want him dethroned for disobeying the prophet. King Saul is upset, so his daughter sends for the harpist David– the music soothes him and calms him down. David and Saul have a heart to heart about the prophets, the King is upset because he can’t feel Elohim anymore.
Michal corners David outside of the palace and asks what Saul told him – David won’t spill the beans because the King has taken him in to confidence. Michal knows that her father is upset over the prophecies.
Yoab is hard at work with the army, he has a run-in with the King’s son Ishbaal – who reminds him that he is the one in charge. Ishbaal has bigger fish to fry, he pays his assassin a visit and announces that he wants him to kill the prophet Samuel. He blames Samuel for the people rebelling against his father King Saul. Ishbaal says he wants Samuel dead before he anoints another.
King Saul is trying to reunite the tribes to strengthen his kingdom. His wife goes to bat for him and convinces them not to take the prophet’s warnings seriously. Every tribe pledges, however Etain refuses to pledge his loyalty because he blames Saul for his son’s Mattiyahu death. They are running out of time before they must go to war with the Palestinians, Saul’s wife takes Etain aside and promises that her son
Jonathan will marry his daughter. Etain finally agrees to join them in the march against the Palestinians – and promises to bring along his 10,000 soldiers.
Little does Saul and his wife know, some of the leaders are scheming against them. Hanuch pledges his allegiance to Saul. But, he is planning on abandoning the King and taking his 6,000 soldiers over to the Palestine army. As soon as battle commences, half of King Saul’s soldiers are going to abandon him. Back at the castle, there is some more betrayal occurring – apparently Saul’s concubine is also scheming to help tear him from the throne.
Michal overhears her brother Ishbaal meeting with the assassin, he couldn’t find Samuel – but he did find Aaron and brought him back to the palace. Aaron gets roughed up a bit and he finally talks and tells Ishbaal that Samuel has not anointed a new king yet, and he leads the assassin back to Samuel. But, Samuel kills Ishbaal’s assassin and the attempt on his life is foiled.
Meanwhile, Michal and David are waiting for Jonathan to get back so that they can tell him what Ishbaal is up to. Michal confronts her brother, and tells him that he can’t mess with the gods’ will. Ishbaal reminds her that if a new king is anointed, they will no longer be Princes and Princesses, and their father could be killed. Tensions rise and David runs in to rescue Michal, which only upsets Ishbaal more.
Later that night at the Palace, Saul’s wife announces the marriage of the her son Jonathan and Sarah from the House of Judah – they celebrate with a huge feast. Sarah tries to make conversation with her new husband, but he is focused on the upcoming war, and doesn’t seem too interested. David is playing the harp, Ishbaal joins him and threatens him. He warns David that if he tells anyone about his plans – he will not hesitate to kill David.
David learns form a little boy that Hanoch is deserting Saul – he rushes and tells the King and his wife what he has learned. Saul is furious, Hanoch has been his friend for years. He thanks David for coming to him and then says that he is going to have his men search Hanoch’s chambers. Michal is thrilled that David has helped his father – she sends one of her servants to bring David to her chambers later at night.
When David arrives at the castle, he is shocked to see that it wasn’t Michal that called for him, but her mother the Queen. She explains to David that he was right, they found silver in Hanoch’s tent – he really is a traitor, without his men – they are doomed and could lose the war. The Queen seduces David, just in case she is about to meet her maker, and when he tries to stop her she reminds him that “refusing the queen could get him killed.” The Queen’s daughter Merav is listening in on the entire thing.
King Saul makes an example out of Hanuch. He has his men drag Hanuch and his entire family to the city square to be hanged. David begs the King to spare Hanuch’s 9 year old son. But, King Saul has the entire family killed. David is upset – he decides to leave the city in the middle of the night, and packs a bag. He bumps in to Michal, she is upset because she sent for him and they couldn’t find him, probably because he was busy having sex with her mother. Michal tries to explain why her father had the boy killed – but David doesn’t want to hear it.
He says his goodbyes and marches out of town to Bethlehem. When he arrives in Bethlehem, the prophet Samuel is there waiting for him. Samuel tells David to kneel, and then says that Elohim has anointed him to look over the people of Israel – Elohim has chosen David as King.
THE END!