2 Samuel 11:18-20

Good News Translation

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, ²⁰ he may get angry and ask you, ‘Why did you go so near the city to fight them? Didn't you realize that they would shoot arrows from the walls?