Joab sent a messenger to tell David everything that was happening in the war.
When the men of the city came out, they fought and killed some of David's soldiers—Uriah the Hittite was one of them.
He gave the messenger these orders: When you finish telling the king everything that has happened,
When Jehu was told what had happened, he said, “Put the heads in two piles at the city gate, and leave them there until morning.”