Hamilton hit musical brings King David’s story to life

Both men want to show what they can do, but have to wait. God promises kingship to David. Yet he was persecuted by King Saul for years. Hamilton has to watch Washington appoint incompetent generals, leaving Hamilton alone to do the paperwork. But the wait is rewarded: David becomes king and Hamilton becomes the Prime Minister of the Treasury of the United States.

And then it goes badly. David and Hamilton start an affair and rely on their own skills to clean up the debris. David hatches a cunning plan that ends with Uriah’s murder. It does not work. God sees injustice and David’s illegitimate son perishes.

Hamilton also relies on himself rather than God: “When my prayers were answered with indifference”, he raps in the musical, “I took a pen and wrote my own greeting.” This sentence is the beginning of the end. His plan also turned out to be wrong in the end. He suffers enormous damage to his reputation and his career is over. Worse yet, Hamilton’s son dies as a direct result of his father’s actions. Philip Hamilton loses a duel in which he unsuccessfully defends his father’s honor.