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
David Tree David Tree David Tree (15 July 1915 in London – 4 November 2009), born Ian David Parsons, was an English stage and screen actor from a distinguished theatrical family whose career in the 1930s included roles in numerous stage presentations as well as in thirteen films produced between 1937 and 1941, among which were 1939's "Goodbye Mr. Chips" and two of producer Gabriel Pascal's adaptations of Shaw classics, 1938's "Pygmalion", in which he portrayed Freddy Eynsford-Hill, and 1941's "Major Barbara", in which he was Charles Lomax. Tree was born in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, the son of theatre critic Alan