What is described as the 3rd Payment of David's Punishment?

• A. David has to retreat from Jerusalem
• B. Absalom murders Amnon in revenge
• C. the child died
• D. Amnon desires and rapes Tamar

Answer: (B)

The idea being tested is how David’s punishment unfolds in stages after his sin with Bathsheba. After Nathan speaks God’s verdict, the consequences begin to play out in David’s family. The death of the child born to Bathsheba is the first clear punishment that comes directly from that prophecy. Soon after, Absalom kills Amnon in revenge for Tamar, which is a drastic, personal blow within the royal household and intensifies the pattern of harm flowing from the king’s sin. In the sequence many Bible study resources present, this act is counted as the third major punishment because it follows the initial tragedy and its immediate fallout and leads into the next upheaval, where David must flee Jerusalem during Absalom’s rebellion. So the event described as the third payment is Absalom murdering Amnon in revenge.