2 Samuel 11:17-19

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

¹⁷ The men of the city came out and fought with Joab; and some of the servants of David among the people fell. Uriah the Hittite was killed as well. ¹⁸ Then Joab sent and told David all the news about the fighting; ¹⁹ and he instructed the messenger, ‘When you have finished telling the king all the news about the fighting,