16. So Joab assigned Uriah to a spot close to the city wall where he knew the enemy’s strongest men were fighting.
17. And when the enemy soldiers came out of the city to fight, Uriah the Hittite was killed along with several other Israelite soldiers.
18. Then Joab sent a battle report to David.
19. He told his messenger, “Report all the news of the battle to the king.
20. But he might get angry and ask, ‘Why did the troops go so close to the city? Didn’t they know there would be shooting from the walls?