The messengersaidto David,"The menprevailedagainstus and cameout againstus in the field,but we pressedthem as faras the entranceof the gate.
So the messengerdepartedand cameand reportedto Davidallthat Joabhad senthim [to tell].
"Moreover, the archersshotat your servantsfrom the wall;so someof the king'sservantsare dead,and your servantUriahthe Hittiteis alsodead."
