Tension amongst the tribes culminates in the revolt of Sheva ben Bichri from the tribe of Benjamin

The tribe of Judah and the rest of the tribes argue with each other concerning who will escort David back to Jerusalem. This plants the seeds for yet another civil war.

David wants to return kindness to Barzilai from Gilad, who took care of David when he fled Jerusalem to the east bank.

After hearing the side of Mifeboshet son of Yonatan, David rules that he and Ziva divide the state in half.

As David crosses the Jordan, Shimi ben Gera greets him and begs for forgiveness. David has to calm down Avishai who wants to kill Shimi, and then David swears to him that he will not harm him.

With the civil war over and Avshalom dead, David has to reinstate his kingdom. The tribes show their allegiance to him.

Upon hearing about the death of his son, David cries uncontrollably, until he is harshly rebuked by Yoav.

Avshalom is buried in the forest of Effraim, and Yoav sends Achimaatz and the Kushite to bring the tidings of the war to King David

The civil war is over quickly. Avshalom riding his mule, gets his hair stuck in a tree, and is hanging there... easy pickin's for Yoav to finish off... Like picking the fruit from the tree...

David organizes his men for battle against Avshalom's army.