What is described as the 6th Payment of David's Punishment?

• A. Amnon dies in battle
• B. David pardons Absalom
• C. Absalom is murdered by Joab as he hangs in a tree
• D. Tamar returns to Jerusalem

Answer: (C)

The situation described as the sixth payment is the moment when Absalom dies at the hands of Joab while hanging in a tree. This event is a climactic consequence of David’s earlier sin with Bathsheba and the turmoil that followed in his family. Absalom’s death occurs during the forest battle when his hair gets caught in a tree, and Joab and his men kill him, despite David’s pleas to spare him. This death embodies the escalation of the punishment: from personal sin to family strife and then to violent, tragic outcomes that ripple through David’s kingdom. The other choices point to earlier events in the narrative (Amnon’s murder by Absalom; Tamar’s return or related actions) and do not represent the sixth and final major punitive consequence described in the sequence.