Beginning with Joshua and the fall of Jerico and ending with the birth of King Solomon, the next segment of 'The Bible' is, once again a mixed bag.
The spies meeting and threatening Rahab and her family, then offering to spare them from the coming attack, did not in any way ring true with Biblical events. In fact, an old Science Fiction TV show called 'The Time Tunnel' showed the same incident much better. The best part of the snippet was the blowing of the horns, the mighty shouts and the crumbling of the walls.
Next up was the story of Samson. It had a lovely beginning but quickly went down hill. Showing him married to a Philistine woman and then having her killed as motivation for killing Israel's enemies, did not ring true. This was a bloody and violent segment. At the end, what happened was true, with Samson knocking down the pillars and killing thousands, but 'when' it occurred was incorrectly shown. He was their prisoner for several years and his hair had begun to grow back. It did not happen just after they captured him.
Entire Samuel and the people demanding a king. The prophet anoints King Saul who disobeys God's command to slay everyone and everything belonging to the enemy. The leader looses God's favor and David is anointed to be the next king. While the jealousy part rings true and chasing David through the hills and caves, some of the incidents shown are not any where in the Bible. Saul is killed in battle and David becomes king.
Oh, and the most famous scene with David and Goliath is included as is the King dancing through the streets when they bring the arc into the city. Him dancing with Bathsheba however, is not shown in the Bible.
David takes Jerusalem and the part where they go through the sewers is marvelous. It becomes his capital. What did not ring true was his friendship with Uriah, whose wife, Bathsheba, David later takes as his lover and then his wife, after he kills the soldier. It shows the low moment for the king and the best part was his pleading before God to spare the life of his child.
It ends with the David and Bathsheba and their young son Solomon, whom David knows will build the temple of God.
The spies meeting and threatening Rahab and her family, then offering to spare them from the coming attack, did not in any way ring true with Biblical events. In fact, an old Science Fiction TV show called 'The Time Tunnel' showed the same incident much better. The best part of the snippet was the blowing of the horns, the mighty shouts and the crumbling of the walls.
Next up was the story of Samson. It had a lovely beginning but quickly went down hill. Showing him married to a Philistine woman and then having her killed as motivation for killing Israel's enemies, did not ring true. This was a bloody and violent segment. At the end, what happened was true, with Samson knocking down the pillars and killing thousands, but 'when' it occurred was incorrectly shown. He was their prisoner for several years and his hair had begun to grow back. It did not happen just after they captured him.
Entire Samuel and the people demanding a king. The prophet anoints King Saul who disobeys God's command to slay everyone and everything belonging to the enemy. The leader looses God's favor and David is anointed to be the next king. While the jealousy part rings true and chasing David through the hills and caves, some of the incidents shown are not any where in the Bible. Saul is killed in battle and David becomes king.
Oh, and the most famous scene with David and Goliath is included as is the King dancing through the streets when they bring the arc into the city. Him dancing with Bathsheba however, is not shown in the Bible.
David takes Jerusalem and the part where they go through the sewers is marvelous. It becomes his capital. What did not ring true was his friendship with Uriah, whose wife, Bathsheba, David later takes as his lover and then his wife, after he kills the soldier. It shows the low moment for the king and the best part was his pleading before God to spare the life of his child.
It ends with the David and Bathsheba and their young son Solomon, whom David knows will build the temple of God.
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