en_tn_condensed/2sa/11/18.md

Joab sent word to David

The phrase "sent word" means that he sent a messenger to give a report. AT: "Joab sent a messenger to David to give a report" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)

Why did you go so near ... from the wall?

Joab says that David may rebuke him by asking these rhetorical questions. These questions may be written as statements. AT: "You should not have gone so near to the city to fight. You should have known that they would shoot from the wall." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)

shoot from the wall

This refers to men of the city shooting arrows down at their enemy from the top of the city wall. AT: "shoot arrows at you from the top of the city wall" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)