So the messengerdepartedand cameand reportedto Davidallthat Joabhad senthim [to tell].
WhostruckdownAbimelechthe sonof Jerubbesheth?Did not a womanthrowan uppermillstoneon him from the wallso that he diedat Thebez?Whydid you goso nearthe wall?'--then you shall say,'Your servantUriahthe Hittiteis deadalso.'"
The messengersaidto David,"The menprevailedagainstus and cameout againstus in the field,but we pressedthem as faras the entranceof the gate.
