David prophesies the punishment that will fall upon him, stating "the sword shall never depart from your house." When David acknowledges that he has sinned, Nathan advises him that his sin is forgiven and he will not die, but the child will. In fulfillment of Nathan's words, David's son Absalom, fueled by vengeance and lust for power, rebels. Absalom's forces are routed at the battle of the Wood of Ephraim, and he is caught by his long hair in the branches of a tree where, contrary to David's order, he is killed by Joab, the commander of David's army. David laments
Christen Mule as mayor for the last time in 1585. One of Mule's sons Niels Kristensson Mule was Bailiff from 1572 to 78. Son Bertel Mule was mayor of Oslo from 1605 to 1610, when he was appointed to the Court in the Uplands. He is the only example known of a father and son in the mayoral chair in Oslo before the fire in 1624. The favors that Mule received were largely motivated by his work during the siege of Akershus in 1567 during the Nordic Seven Years' War. Mule probably played a key role in the city's citizen militias and