Sa mu el 456 a small skirmish with a few casualties . It must be a large - scale opera - tion to capture the besieged city . Joab understands that this is the only solution that justifies sacrificing warriors, amongst them Uriah . Thereupon, he plans a three - stage operation : Stage A— A small group of his best warriors will advance from the Israelite camping places that surround the city . The group will intentionally expose itself and stay very close to the city gate . The besieged commanders will not miss such an opportunity to remove all the bars, stones and all the elements that strengthen the gate’s doors and preventing the enemy from breaking through the gate . Once the gate’s door ( or double door ) opens, a larger Ammonite raiding unit will attack the Israelite smaller unit in the field opposite the gate . The Ammonites will probably not resist such a raid, since they need a limited victory to raise the morale of their besieged capital . Stage B— At the same time a larger Isr...
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