Quotes about Strategy
“If the Arameans are too strong for me,” said Joab, “then you will come to my rescue. And if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will come to your rescue.
— 2 Samuel 10:11
When the Arameans saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they regrouped.
— 2 Samuel 10:15
So as Joab besieged the city, he assigned Uriah to a place where he saw the strongest enemy soldiers.
— 2 Samuel 11:16
if the king’s anger flares, he may ask you, ‘Why did you get so close to the city to fight? Did you not realize they would shoot from atop the wall?
— 2 Samuel 11:20
Now, therefore, assemble the rest of the troops, lay siege to the city, and capture it. Otherwise I will capture the city, and it will be named after me.”
— 2 Samuel 12:28
Then go to the king and speak these words to him.” And Joab put the words in her mouth.
— 2 Samuel 14:3
So Joab got up, went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
— 2 Samuel 14:23
Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give me counsel. What should we do?”
— 2 Samuel 16:20
Ahithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”
— 2 Samuel 16:21
Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.
— 2 Samuel 17:1
I will attack him while he is weak and weary; I will throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will flee; I will strike down only the king
— 2 Samuel 17:2
This proposal seemed good to Absalom and all the elders of Israel.
— 2 Samuel 17:4