29 January 2010

God's Killings in 1 Samuel

Here's a summary of God's killings in 1 Samuel.
Killing Event Verse Estimated number killed Cumulative total
1 God killed Eli's sons 4:11 2 2
2 God smote them with hemorrhoids in their secret parts 5:6 3000 3002
3 50,070 killed for looking into the ark of the Lord 6:19 50,070 53,072
4 The Lord thundered with great thunder upon the Philistines 7:10-11 1000 54,072
5 The Ammonite Massacre 11:11 1000 55,072
6 Jonathan's very first slaughter 14:14 20 55,092
7 God forces the Philistines to kill each other 14:20 1000 56,092
8 The Amalekite massacre 15:2-3 10,000 66,092
9 Samuel hacks Agag to pieces before the Lord 15:32-33 1 66,093
10 The Lord said unto David, go and smite the Philistines 23:2-5 1000 67,093
11 The Lord smote Nabal 25:38 1 67,094
12 David spends the day killing Amalekites 30:17 1000 68,094
13 Israelite soldiers killed (to punish Saul for not killing all the Amalekites -- or for not inquiring of the Lord) 31:1 100 68,194
14 Saul and his sons 31:2-4 4 68,198

There are other notable killings in 1 Samuel that involve God in one way or another. I didn't include them in God's killings since it wasn't entirely clear (to me at least) that God was directly involved. Here are a few posts about these killings.

Let me know if I missed any or if I got some of the numbers wrong.

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