2 Samuel 11:23-25

New American Standard Bible

²³ The messenger said to David, “The men prevailed against us and came out against us in the field, but we ^[a]pressed them as far as the entrance of the gate. ²⁴ Also, the archers shot at your servants from the wall; so some of the king’s servants died, and your servant Uriah the Hittite also died.” ²⁵ Then David said to the messenger, “This is what you shall say to Joab: ‘Do not let this thing ^[b]displease you, for the sword devours one as well as another; ^[c]fight with determination against the city and overthrow it’; and thereby encourage him.”