Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;
The men of the city went out and fought with Joab. Some of the people fell, even of David’s servants; and Uriah the Hittite died also.
and he commanded the messenger, saying, “When you have finished telling all the things concerning the war to the king,
A messenger came and told him, “They have brought the heads of the king’s sons.” He said, “Lay them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until the morning.”