The messenger said, “Their men overpowered us and came to attack us in the field. Then we forced them back to the entrance of the city gate.
The messenger left, and when he arrived, he reported to David everything Joab told him to say.
The archers on the wall shot down at your mercenaries, and some of Your Majesty’s mercenaries died. Your man Uriah the Hittite also is dead.”