13 David invited him to supper and made him drunk. But again that night Uriah did not go home; instead he slept on his blanket in the palace guardroom.
14 The next morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by Uriah.
15 He wrote: “Put Uriah in the front line, where the fighting is heaviest, then retreat and let him be killed.”
16 So while Joab was besieging the city, he sent Uriah to a place where he knew the enemy was strong.
17 The enemy troops came out of the city and fought Joab's forces; some of David's officers were killed, and so was Uriah.
18 Then Joab sent a report to David telling him about the battle,
19 and he instructed the messenger, “After you have told the king all about the battle,