Saul's death has plunged the Israelite forces into disarray. David has been proclaimed King of the Israelites — but so has Saul's weaselly son Ishaboshoth. One by one the Israelite leaders defect to David's side, but they pay for their desertion. Finally, David is in complete control and is crowned King. He takes over Jerusalem as the capital and can now sit back and relax with his three wives. But trouble looms when he falls in love with Bathsheba. The subsequent wedding is disrupted by Nathan, a wild-looking holy man, who paints vivid and frightening pictures of the past, present and future. (2 Samuel 1-8)