Joab sent someone to report to David all the details of the battle.
Then the men of the city came out and attacked Joab, and some of the men from David’s soldiers fell in battle; Uriah the Hittite also died.
He commanded the messenger, “When you’ve finished telling the king all the details of the battle —
When the messenger came and told him, “They have brought the heads of the king’s sons,” the king said, “Pile them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until morning.”