The men of the city went out and fought with Joab.
Some of the people fell, even of David’s servants; and Uriah the Hittite died also.
Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war; and he commanded the messenger, saying, “When you have finished telling all the things concerning the war to the king, it shall be that, if the king’s wrath arise, and he asks you, ‘Why did you go so near to the city to fight?
Didn’t you know that they would shoot from the wall?