"The Bible" series episode 2 aired last night on The History Channel and the web is buzzing again. This second episode seemed to stir up more controversy than the first in terms of biblical accuracy. It seemed to be a real life version of the highlights of Sunday school class featuring the walls of Jericho coming down at the hands of Joshua, Samson and his hair and David bringing down the giant Goliath.  

The most talked about story on the web from episode 2 was Samson. He was played by African-American actor, Nonso Anozie, who was strong in stature and was a very believeable Samson. Unfortunately, many people can not wrap their minds around a black man being in that role, when in reality there were people of all ethic groups living and traveling through that region at the time. Regardless, that should not sour the meaning and wonderful description of the story. The other question people seem to have is in the bible, Samson was a man far from God's heart and following his fleshy desires more often than not. In the show's character, Samson was close to God.  

As for the story of David, it was well depicted. Some say David was already a armor bearer for Saul at the time he fought Goliath and not a mere farmer. Also, the whole process with Samuel picking David to be king was not shown. This does not simply mean inaccuracy but perhaps a shortage of time to go through each progression. King Saul's jealousy issues with David were very telling and humanly portrayed in episode two which was interesting to see played out.  

All of the official ratings have not come out yet for last night's episode but if it was anywhere close to last weeks premiere of 14 million, then the series will do just fine. When Jesus comes across the screen in the final 3 episodes, more people will tune in to see how he is portrayed.