When Joab sent and reported to David all the events of the war,
Then the men of the city came out and attacked Joab, and some of the troops of David’s officers fell; and Uriah the Hittite also died.
he charged the messenger saying, “When you finish reporting all the events of the war to the king,
When a messenger came and told him saying, “They have brought the heads of the king’s sons,” he said, “Put them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until morning.”