And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also.(2 Samuel 11:17)
Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;(2 Samuel 11:18)
And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,(2 Samuel 11:19)
And if so be that the king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?
Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.(2 Samuel 11:21)
So the messenger went, and came and showed David all that Joab had sent him for.(2 Samuel 11:22)
And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entering of the gate.(2 Samuel 11:23)
