Joab sent word to inform David of all of the events of the battle.
When the men of the city came out, they fought with Joab, and some people among those who served David fell; Uriah the Hittite died among them.
He instructed the messenger, “When you finish telling the king all the details of the battle,
So the messenger came and told him, saying, “They have brought the heads of the king’s sons.” Then he said, “Put them in two heaps at the entry of the gate until morning.”