Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;
Then Joab sent and told David ... The report needs no comment. It is sufficient to say that it was worthy of the quarter from which it came; and in possessing so terrible a secret as the premeditated murder of Uriah, the wily Joab perceived his advantage, not only for an understanding on account of say military errors he might have committed, but for all other delinquencies.