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say, 'And by the way, your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead.'"
22
Joab's messenger arrived in Jerusalem and gave the king a full report.
23
He said, "The enemy was too much for us. They advanced on us in the open field, and we pushed them back to the city gate.
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But then arrows came hot and heavy on us from the city wall, and eighteen of the king's soldiers died."
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