2 Samuel 11:18-20

Lexham English Bible

¹⁸ Joab sent and told David all of the news of the battle. ¹⁹ He instructed the messenger, saying, “As you are finishing to speak all the news of the battle to the king, ²⁰ if the anger of the king rises and he says to you, ‘Why did you go near the city to fight? Did you not know that they would shoot from atop the wall?