And Yo’aḇ sent and reported to Dawiḏ all the events of the battle,
And the men of the city came out and fought with Yo’aḇ. And some of the people of the servants of Dawiḏ fell. And Uriyah the Ḥittite also died.
and commanded the messenger, saying, “When you have finished reporting all the events of the battle to the sovereign,
Then a messenger came and informed him, saying, “They have brought the heads of the sovereign’s sons.” And he said, “Make them two heaps at the entrance of the gate until morning.”