14 And it came to be in the morning that Dawiḏ wrote a letter to Yo’aḇ and sent it by the hand of Uriyah.
15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, “Set Uriyah in the front of the heaviest battle, and you shall turn away from him, and he shall be smitten and shall die.”
16 And it came to be, as Yo’aḇ watched the city, that he appointed Uriyah to the place where he knew there were brave men.
17 And the men of the city came out and fought with Yo’aḇ. And some of the people of the servants of Dawiḏ fell. And Uriyah the Ḥittite also died.
18 And Yo’aḇ sent and reported to Dawiḏ all the events of the battle,
19 and commanded the messenger, saying, “When you have finished reporting all the events of the battle to the sovereign,
20 then it shall be, if the sovereign’s wrath rises and he says to you, ‘Why did you go so near to the city when you fought? Did you not know that they would shoot from the wall?