Netflix’s New ‘House of David’ is Pure Feministic Revisionism

Staff Writer

Netflix’s House of David has released its first few episodes, and like King David’s rebellious third son Absalom, should be summarily put down.

According to the promo material, the show “tells the story of the ascent of the biblical figure, David, who eventually becomes the most renowned and celebrated king of Israel. The series follows the once-mighty King Saul as he falls victim to his own pride. At the direction of God, the prophet Samuel anoints an unlikely, outcast teenager as the new king. As Saul loses his power over his kingdom, David finds himself on a journey to discover and fulfill his destiny, navigating love, loss, and violence in the court of the very man he’s destined to replace. As one leader falls, another must rise,”

Seemingly inspired by an ‘introduction to feminism’ class at UC Berkley, The Passion Translation, and Amazon’s Rings of Power, the show’s bizarre revisionism is a sight to behold.

While that summary seems benign and inoffensive, the content is more subversive. In fact, even a PCUSA pastor who just broke up with her live-in lesbian girlfriend and is now hate-reading the bible during her annual Pride Sermon couldn’t come up with plotlines and interpolations this unbiblical.

Offering his review of the first three episodes, Byle Holte on X (@SirBylHolte) succinctly sums up the many problems so far:

Anyone else INCENSED that Amazon would have the audacity to rewrite The Bible like it’s cheap fanfiction?

Their “House of David” show shamelessly takes a crucial part of King Saul’s immortal story, and attributes it to his wife instead. In the Bible, she’s only mentioned once (1 Samuel 14:50) and with no narrative depth.

In the series, she’s become the STRONG WOMAN who’s secretly guiding King Saul to greatness. It is SHE who goes to the Witch of Endor on Saul’s behalf, instead of him going for himself like in The Bible.

In effect, the writers co-opt THE MAN’S story so that a woman can be seen to be more powerful than she naturally would have been in biblical times.

All in the name of FEMALE EMPOWERMENT AND AGENCY.

This is the same kind of shameless re-imagining that Amazon’s feminist writing room did to TOLKIEN’S LORD OF THE RINGS. Because UPLIFTING WOMEN is apparently more important than HONORING THE WORD OF GOD. It’s laughable, except it’s too insulting to be funny. Anyone else watching and noticing this?