2 Samuel 11:18-20

21st Century King James Version

¹⁸ Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war,

¹⁹ and charged the messenger, saying, “When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,

²⁰ and if so be that the king’s wrath arise and he say unto thee, ‘Why approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye fought? Knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?