Rei Davi

Rei Davi (English: King David)^[1] is a Brazilian miniseries produced and broadcast by RecordTV. It premiered on January 12, 2012, and ended on May 3, 2012.^[2] The series is based on the Books of Samuel and a part of I Kings.

Rei Davi
Genre	Miniseries Biblical epic
Written by	Vivian de Oliveira
Directed by	Edson Spinello
Starring	Leonardo Brício Renata Dominguez Gracindo Júnior Iran Malfitano Maria Ribeiro Camila Rodrigues Élder Gattelly Cláudio Fontana
Country of origin	Brazil
Original language	Portuguese
No. of episodes	30
Production
Running time	50 min.
Original release
Network	RecordTV
Release	January 24 (2012-01-24) – May 3, 2012 (2012-05-03)

Synopsis

The plot is based on I Samuel and II Samuel. It shows the life of David, a shepherd son of Jesse, who will become the most important king of Israel. After he wins several battles, including slaying the giant Goliath, king Saul marries him to Saul's younger daughter Michal, but she is always envious of David's other wives because of her infertility. King Saul, his main enemy, wants to kill him, but is slain in battle alongside his oldest son Jonathan, David's closest friend. David assumes the throne of Judah, ruling the land that belongs to his tribe, but even so he will have enemies: Saul's younger son Etbaal takes over the throne of Israel. After the death of Etbaal, David becomes the king of Israel and makes the city of Jerusalem the capital of his, now united, kingdom.

Cast

Actor	Character
Leonardo Brício	David[3]
Renata Dominguez	Bate-Seba[4]
Maria Ribeiro	Michal[3][5]
Iran Malfitano	Abner[5]
Camila Rodrigues	Merab[5][6]
Gracindo Júnior	Saul[5]
Angela Leal	Edna [7]
Marly Bueno	Ahinoam[5]
Paulo Figueiredo	Ahitophel[7][8]
Roger Gobeth	Amnon[9]
Léo Rosa	Absalom[7][9]
Bianca Castanho	Selima[7]
Thierry Figueira	Ziba[10]
Rodrigo Phavanello	Eliabe[11]
João Vitti	Joabe[12]
Cláudio Fontana	Jônatas[5]
Roberta Gualda	Tirsa[13]
Raquel Nunes	Rispai[14]
Gabriel Gracindo	Husai[7]
Alexandre Barillari	Urias[7][15][16]
Raymundo de Souza	Agague[17]
Vitor Hugo	Mephiboshet[18]
Leandro Léo	Davi (young)[19]
Clemente Viscaíno	Jessé[7]
André Segatti	Paltiel (Palti)[7]
Thelmo Fernandes	Profeta Natã[20][21]
Caetano O'Maihlan	Baaná
Cibele Larrama	Allat [22][23]
Júlia Fajardo	Tamar[7][9]
Rômulo Estrela	Adriel[6]
Amanda Diniz	Merabe (young)
Roney Villela	Doegue[24]
Daniel Andrade	Esbaal[5]
Isaac Bardavid	Samuel[25][26]
Yunes Chamil	Aimeleque[27]
Oberdan Júnior	Josias[7]
Daniel Ávila	Jonadabe
Eduardo Semerjian	Eliã[7]
Élder Gatelly	Sacerdote Abiatar[28]
Daniel Bouzas	Itai[29]
Janaína Ávila	Abigail[30]
Bernardo Segreto	Joabe (young)
Felipe Kannenberg	Aquis[31]
Cacau Mello	Raquel[32]
Eline Porto	Mical (young)
Thaís Vaz	Maaca[33]

Production

The series had scenes filmed in stockshot in the Desert of Chile and in cities of Canada, like Cache Creek and Kamloops.^[34] There were scenes in Rio Grande and in other cities outside of São Paulo, like Diamantina, in Minas Gerais.

Some actors had to learn Hebrew and how to make bread, besides customs of the time of the Bible and tactics of war. The series cost R$25,000,000.

Broadcast

The series was broadcast on Tuesdays and Thursday from January 24, 2012 to May 3, 2012. It was rerun from October 22, 2012 to December 17, 2012 and again from November 16, 2015 to January 18, 2016.^[35]

In the United States it aired on MundoMax in 2013.^[36] It also aired on Univision from December 11, 2017 to January 12, 2018 at 8pm/7c.^[37]