2 Samuel 11:21-23

Lexham English Bible

²¹ Who killed Abimelech the son of Jerub-bosheth,^[a] if not a woman who threw an upper millstone on him from atop the wall and he died at Thebez? Why did you go near the wall?’ Then you shall say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite also died.’” ²² Then the messenger left, and he came and told David all that Joab had sent him to say. ²³ The messenger said to David, “Because the men overpowered us,^[b] the men came out to us in the field, but we forced them back^[c] to the entrance of the gate.