Then Jo´ab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;
And the men of the city went out, and fought with Jo´ab: and there fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uri´ah the Hittite died also.
and charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,
And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning.