23. He told David: “The men had the advantage over us and came out into the open against us, but we pushed them back to the entrance of the city gate.
24. Then the archers shot at your servants from the wall above, and some of the king’s servants died; and your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.”
25. David said to the messenger: “This is what you shall say to Joab: ‘Do not let this be a great evil in your sight, for the sword devours now here and now there. Strengthen your attack on the city and destroy it.’ Encourage him.”
26. When the wife of Uriah heard that her husband had died, she mourned her lord.
27. But once the mourning was over, David sent for her and brought her into his house. She became his wife and bore him a son. But in the sight of the Lord what David had done was evil.