Then Joab sent ⌞a messenger⌟ to report to David all the details of the battle.
The men of the city came out and fought Joab. Some of the people, namely, some of David’s mercenaries, fell and died—including Uriah the Hittite.
And he commanded the messenger, “When you finish telling the king about the battle,
A messenger told him, “They’ve brought the heads of the king’s heirs.” Jehu said, “Put them in two piles at the entrance to the gateway until morning.”