A Catalogue of God's Killings

During a discussion on the horrors described in the Bible, an evangelical Christian tells me that... "You are taking what is a very limited number of "atrocities" in the OT and making them the focus of God's activities."

Limited number? Thanks to the excellent book  "Drunk with Blood" by Steve Wells, we can see the list of atrocities in full...

http://www.amazon.com/Drunk-Blood-Gods-Killings-Bible/dp/0988245116

	Event	Ref	Estimated Deaths	Category	Comments
1	The Flood	Gen 7:23	20,000,000	Annihilation	Hard to imagine this one ever being beaten. God kills the population of an entire planet.
2	Abraham's war to rescue Lot	Gen 14:17-19	1,000	Slaughter	Melchizedek thanks God for helping Abraham slaughter the enemies of Sodom.
3	Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed	Gen 19:24	2,000	Holocaust	God promises not to "smite every thing living" again, which is good, then goes on to destroy two cities with brimstone and fire.
4	Lot's wife is killed	Gen 19:26	1	Slaying	God kills Lot's wife as she flees for her life because she looks back at her home town, where her friends and family are being smashed and burned alive. But to be fair, God did tell her not to look.
5	All the men in a city are killed	Gen 34:1-31, Judith 9:2-3	1,000	Bloodbath	Jacob's sons slaughter the recently circumcised male population of a city, with a sword provided by God. Then, they steal all the possessions and enslave their wives.
6	God kills Er	Gen 38:7	1	Execution	We are not told what Er had done.
7	God kills Onan	Gen 38:10	1	Execution	Onan (Er's brother) had to die because he refused to make his dead brother's wife pregnant.
8	A worldwide famine that lasted 7 years	Gen 41:25-54	70,000	Slaughter	God starves everyone on the planet (as predicted in a dream by Joseph)
9	The first plague of Egypt	Ex 7:15-27 , Wis 11:7-	10,000	Slaughter	God tells Moses to tell Aaron to use his magic rod so as to turn all the water in Egypt into blood, for 7 days.
10	A killer hailstorm	Ex 9:25	300,000	Slaughter	God uses fire and hell to kill everyone in Egypt who was outdoors, unless they were Israelites.
11	God kills every Egyptian first-born child (and animal)	Ex 12:29-30	500,000	Atrocity	But why? According to the Bible, God says He did this to demonstrate His signs & wonders, to introduce himself to the Egyptians, to show what He can do, to show there is none like Him, so that everyone will know his name, to give us a story to tell our children and grandchildren, to show that the whole earth belongs to him and to prove that He is God
12	God drowns an army	Ex 14:8-26	5,000	Carnage	Moses leads about three million Israelites (plus their flocks, herds, cattle, plus the Egyptian's silver, gold, and clothes) out of Egypt, but God hardens the pharoah's heart so that he sends an army after them. God drowns the army in the Red Sea after He's removed the wheels from the chariots.
13	The Amalekites are killed by a magically powered army	Ex 17:13	1,000	Carnage	God gives the Israelite army the power to kill the Amalekites as long as Moses holds his hands in the air. Aaron and Hur hold his arms up when he gets tired. God subsequently declares an eternal holy war against the Amalekites.
14	Friends and family are forced to kill each other	Ex 32:27-28	3,000	Massacre	The Levites obey God's command to demonstrate they are "on the Lord's side" by killing their family, friends, and neighbours for God
15	Death by plague for creating a golden calf	Ex 32:35	1,000	Slaughter	God sends a plague because of the golden calf that Aaron made.
16	God burns Aaron's sons to death	Lev 10:1-3	2	Brutality	Aaron's sons offer "strange fire" to God, which annoys Him, so He burns them alive. And Aaron is told not to mourn the death of his sons or God will kill him too, and others.
17	Death by stoning	Lev 24:10-23	1	Execution	God orders a blasphemer to be stoned to death.
18	Burned to death, for complaining	Num 11:1	100	Slaughter	After spending years wandering around in the desert, some people complained. So God burned them to death.
19	Death by plague, for complaining	Num 11:33	10,000	Slaughter	When people complained about a lack of food, God conjures up 6 trillion quail and feeds people until it comes out their noses. Then He kills many of them with "a very great plague."
20	Ten scouts are killed for reporting bad news	Num 14:35-45	110	Execution	The scouts report seeing some giants. This upsets the people and annoys God who threatens to kill everyone. Moses reminds God that killing his chosen people would be bad publicity if the Egyptians hear about it, so God just kills the scouts. Then sends the Amelekites and Canaanites to smite the people.
21	A man is stoned to death for gathering sticks on the Sabbath	Num 15:32-35	1	Execution	God tells Moses that everyone must stone the Sabbath breaker to death. So they do. This is immediately followed by an instruction for the people to sew fringes on their clothes.
22	Korah, his friends and their families are buried alive for challenging Moses' authority	Num 16:27	9	Brutality	God devises a test - If Korah and his friends and his families die a natural death, then Moses is not chosen by God. But if they are buried alive, then Moses is God's special friend. And it came to pass, they were buried alive.
23	God burns 250 people to death for burning incense	Num 16:35	250	Holocaust	250 of Korah's followers burned some incense (it was Moses' idea). So God burned them all to death, for some reason.
24	God kills 14,700 people for complaining about God's killings	Num 16:49	14,700	Carnage	The people who witnessed the two previous events complained about the killings, so God kills 14,700 of them with a plague.
25	The killing of the Aradites	Num 21:1-2	3,000	Massacre	King Arad (a Canaanite) fought the Israelites when they enter his land. So God helps the Israelites to kill everyone in several Canaanite cites.
26	God sends serpents to bite people who complained about a lack of food and water	Num 21:6	100	Slaughter	Moses asks God how to get rid of the fiery snakes and God instructs moses to make a fiery serpent out of brass and put it on a pole. When someone bitten by a fiery snake looks at the brass fiery snake, they won't die. And it worked!
27	Phineas murders a couple and ends a plague.	Num 25:1-11	24,002	Slaughter	Some of Moses people were intimate with a different tribe, so God sends a plague. Phineas sees a couple in a compromising position and kills them with a spear. God is pleased with this and stops the plague.
28	The destruction of the Midianites	Num 31:1-35	200,000	Genocide	God commands Moses to send his armies to kill every male, Balaam, and the five kings. They capture the women and children and animals, and valuables, and burn the cities. Then they return to Moses who is not pleased so they kill all the male children and the non-virgin women, but keep 32,000 virgins alive for themselves. It is not explained how the Israeli soldiers could determine if a woman was a virgin or not.
29	God slowly kills the Israelite army	Dt 2:14-16	500,000	?	The entire Israeli fighting force is wiped out by God (hand of the LORD was against them), over 38 years. Perhaps this just means they died of old age?
30	God kills all the giants	Dt 2:21-22	5,000	Genocide	God destroys an entire race of giants (the Zamzummim). He also claims to have wiped out other races: Horim, Avim, Caphtorim, etc.
31	The killing of King Sihon's people	Dt 2:33-34	5,000	Terrorism	The Israelites negotiate with King Sihon to pass through his lands peacefully, but God hardens the King's heart in order to start a war. God and the Israelites kill the king along with every man, woman, and child in every city in the kingdom.
32	The destruction of Og and the populations of 60 cities	Dt 3:6	60,000	Genocide	The Israelite army go from city to city killing all the men, women, and children. 60 cities in total. King Og, a giant, is also killed.
33	The Jericho massacre	Jos 6:21	1,000	Massacre	God instructs Joshua to march around Jericho with seven priests blowing seven trumpets made of rams' horns. This causes the city walls to collapse so that Joshua's army can kill all the men, women and children and livestock, take possession of all the valuables, and then burn what remains to the ground.
34	The killing of Aachen and his family	Jos 7:10-26	5	Slaughter	Joshua sends spies to the land of Ai who report that Ai will be easy to conquer with just a few thousand men. Joshua sent 3,000 soldiers but they were defeated. God explains the defeat happened because Achen stole something and so in order to successfully wipe out the people of Ai, Achen must be burned to death, along with his family. So Joshua does what God says, rounds up Achan, his family, his livestock and all their possessions - and they were burned to death after they'd been stoned. And this made God less angry.
35	The invasion of Ai	Jos 8:1-25	12,000	Massacre	God tells Joshua to destroy Ai like he destroyed Jericho. So the Israelites kill the Ai soldiers, burn the city, slaughter all the women and children, kill the King of Ai and hang his dead body on a tree. Then Joshua kills some animals as a "peace offering" (!) to God.
36	God stops the sun to provide more daylight (for killing)	Jos 10:10-11	5,000	Massacre	Five Amorite kings form a coalition to try and bring Joshua's run of massacres to an end. God turns up and “discomfits" the Amorites and then chases them "along the way.” He then produces a killer hailstorm and finally God stops the earth rotating so that the Sun doesn't move for 24 hours so that Joshua has enough daylight to finish killing Amorites.
37	The killing of the kings	Jos 10:26	10,000	Slaughter	The five Amorite Kings realise the game is up and hide in a cave. Joshua's men find the Kings, kill their armies, kill the Kings and hang their bodies in trees for a few hours. Then the bodies are put back into the cave where they were hiding and cover the entrance with rocks. "Which remain until this very day" apparently.
38	The destruction of 7 cities	Jos 10:28-42	7,000	Massacre (Genocide?)	Joshua follows orders from God to destroy 7 cities (Makkedah, Libnah, Lachish, Gezer, Eglon, Hebron and Debir) and kill all the inhabitants: men , women & children and possibly animals depending on how we interpret "utterly destroyed all that breathed"
39	The destruction of 20 more cities	Jos 11:8-12	20,000	Genocide	King Jabin of Hazor hears about the rampaging Israelite armies who are destroying city after city and forms a coalition of 20 Kings. But God tells Joshua not to worry - He will "deliver them up all slain". And indeed, all 20 cities were utterly destroyed until "there was not any left to breathe" and then they were set on fire. Note that God "hardened" the hearts of the Kings to make all this happen… "For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly"
40	The destruction of the Anakim	Jos 11:20-21	5,000	Genocide	Joshua is commanded by God to kill the Anakim ("a people great and tall") which he does, and destroys all their cities too.
41	An attack on the Canaanites and the Perizzites	Jg 1:4	10,000	Massacre	God selects the tribe of Judah to kill the Canaanites and take their land. Then they capture a king and cut off his thumbs and his big toes. And then he dies.
42	A massacre in Jerusalem	Jg 1:8	1,000	Massacre	The children of Judah take Jerusalem and then set the city on fire.
43	Five more cities destroyed	Jg 1:9-25	5,000	Ethnic Cleansing	The populations of at least 5 cities are massacred. As an aside, this story includes a strange reference to the inhabitants of the valley who had chariots of iron which prevented them being killed.
44	The killing of King Chushanrishathaim	Jg 3:7-10	1,000	Execution and massacre	The Israelites annoy God by worshipping other gods, so he sells them into slavery under King Chushanrishathaim for eight years. Then God raises up a hero among the Israelites - Othiniel - who goes to war against Chushanrishathaim, killing him and his soldiers.
45	The killing of Egion	Jg 3:15-22	1	Execution	The Israelites annoy God (again) so He sells them into slavery (again) this time for 18 years under Eglon the king of Moab. Eventually, God raises up a hero among the Israelites (again) - this time it's Ehud - who kills Egion with a knife which he describes as a "message from God"
46	Death to the Moabites	Jg 3:28-29	10,000	Atrocity	Ehud blows a trumpet for the Israelites to follow him. So they do and kill 10,000 Moab soldiers. Not one of them escaped.
47	The killing of the Philistines	Jg 3:31	600	Atrocity	Shamgar kills 600 Philistines with a sharp stick (I'm not making this up). "And he also saved Israel".
48	More killing of Canaanites	Jg 4:15-16	1,000	Massacre	The Israelites annoy God (again) so He sells them into slavery (again) this time to Jabin, a Canaanite king. Eventually, God raises up a hero among the Israelites (again) - this time it's Barak - who totally destroy's Jabin's army. Except for the captain - Sisera - who escapes. But not for long...
49	Death by tent peg.	Jg 4:18-22	1	Execution	Jael (Heber's wife) invites Sisera to spend the night in her tent. She gives him a drink, tucks him up in bed, and when he's asleep she drives a tent peg through his head with a hammer.
50	More killing of Midianites	Jg 7:22	120,000	Ethnic Cleansing	The Israelites annoy God (again) so He sells them into slavery (again) this time to the Midianites. Eventually, God raises up a hero among the Israelites (again) - this time it's Gideon - who takes a fighting force to destroy the massive Midianite army. God intervenes by making the Midiantes kill each other.
51	Thousands die when God sends an evil spirit	Jg 9:23-27	2,000	Massacre	Abimelech had 70 brothers, but wanted to be king so he killed them all except for one (Jotham). To resolve this, God sends an evil spirit to cause trouble between Abimelech and the people of Shechem. Abimelech kills everyone in Shechem, except for 1000 people who hide in a tower which Abimelech sets on fire. A woman throws a millstone out of the tower which crushes Abimelech's skull, but doesn't kill him. Abimelech asks a soldier to kill him because he didn't want it said that he was killed by a woman. And so God's plan was fulfilled.
52	The killing of the Ammonites	Jg 11:32-33	20,000	Massacre	The Israelites annoy God (again) so He sells them into slavery (for the 5th time) this time to the Ammonites. Eventually, God raises up a hero among the Israelites (again) - this time it's Jephthah, who with God's help slaughters the Ammonites in 20 cities.
53	Jephthah kills his daughter	Jg 11:39	1	Filicide	Jephthah returns home after slaughtering the Ammonites and his daughter came dancing to meet him. She was so happy. What she didn't know is that Jephthah had been inspired by God to promise to kill whoever greeted him when he returned home. So obviously, he had to kill his daughter. And set fire to her.
54	42,000 die for failing the "shibboleth" test	Jg 12:4-7	42,000	Atrocity	The Ephraimites were angry with Jephthah because he didn't invite them to help slaughter the Ammonites. So Jephthah decides to start a civil war. And wins. Some Ephraimites escape and head to the River Jordan. Jephthah had some of his men at the river with a cunning test. Anyone trying to cross the river was asked to say the word “Shibboleth.” If they couldn't pronounce it properly, it proved they were an Ephramite and they would be killed. 42,000 Ephraimites failed the test. And were killed.
55	Samson kills people for their clothes	Jg 14:19	30	Carnage	The Israelites annoy God (again) so He "delivers" them (again) this time to the Phlistines. Eventually, God raises up a hero among the Israelites (again) - this time it's Samson. The spirit of God helps Samson kill a lion and God sends bees to make honey fem the carcass. He bets his friends 30 garments that they can't guess what happened. Samson loses the bet but the Spirit of the Lord comes upon him and he goes to the town of Ashkelon, kills 30 men and steals their clothes to pay his friends who won the bet.
56	Death by donkey jawbone	Jg 15:14-15	1,000	Brutality	ISamson's father-in-law gives Samson's wife away to one of his friends because he throughout Samson hated her. but offers his other daughter to Samson as compensation. Samson has a better idea which was to catch 300 foxes, tie their tails together, set them on fire and then let them loose in the Philistine's grain fields. This annoyed the Philistines so they burned Samson's wife and father-in-law to death. Later, Samson was held captive but the spirit of the Lord came upon him and he broke free, found a donkey's jawbone and killed 1,000 men with it. Then God made water come out of the jawbone for Samson to drink.
57	Samson's Revenge	Jg 16:27-30	3,000	Suicide Attack	Delilah cuts Samson's hair which is the source of his magical strength. The Philistines capture him, gouge out his eyes, and put him in prison. Later the Philistines bring Samson out of jail to entertain them at a party. Samson calls to God for strength And the house collapses, killing 3,000 men, women and children. And Samson.
58	War with the Benjamites	Jg 20:35-37	65,100	Carnage	The town of Gibeah was the scene of an incident where a concubine was chopped up, and the inhabitants of Gibeah were from the tribe of Benjamin. So God tells the other Israelite tribes to go to war with the Benjamites and He sends the tribe of Judah first. But 22,000 Israelites died. So God tells them to fight the Benjamites again but another 18,000 Israelites were killed. God gives them a third instruction to attack, and this time it works. 25,100 Benjamites are killed.
59	Civil wars and stolen virgins	Jg 21:10-14	4,000	Genocide	The Israelites kill every man, woman, child and animal in every Benjamite town and village and then they burn everything to the ground. Then the Israelite army heads to the town of Jabeshgilead and kills everyone except for the virgin women (400). But they needed another 200 virgins so 200 soldiers head off to a dancing festival at Shiloh, hide in the bushes and catch the Shiloh virgins when they come out to dance.
60	Two bad priests and a series of battles	1 Sam 2:25, 4:11	34,002	Carnage	An old priest named Eli had two sons, Hophni and Phinehas who were also priests, but badly behaved. God sends various terrifying, threatening messages to Eli. Then God sends the Philistines to kill Eli's sons, but they end up killing 34,000 Israeli soldiers as well.
61	Death by haemorrhoids	1 Sam 5:1-12	3,000	Brutality	The Philistines stole the ark of the covenant and took it to the town of Ashdod. So God destroys the people of Asdod and gives the survivors haemorrhoids (or maybe tumours - depends on the version of the Bible). So the people of Ashdod send the ark to the city of Gath. And God kills the population with haemorrhoids (or tumours in the groin). The Gathites send the ark to Ekron where God kills most of the population and gives the rest haemorrhoids.
62	Death for looking in the ark	1 Sam 6:19	50,070	Slaughter	Philistine priests make five golden haemorrhoids and five golden mice and put them, with the ark, on a cart pulled by two cows. The cows head toward Bethshemesh. Sadly, the people of Bethshemesh looked into the ark when the cart rolled into town so God killed 50,070 people.
63	The Lord thundered a great thunder upon the Philistines	1 Sam 7:10-11	1,000		The Israelites ask Samuel to ask God to save them. Samuel kills a lamb and roasts it. Then the Philistines attack but God creates thunder to distract the attackers and the Israelites kill the Philistines.
64	Ammonites killed again	1 Sam 11:6-13	1,000	Massacre	The Spirit of the Lord inspires Saul heard kill some oxen, chop them up into 12 pieces and send one piece to each tribe of Israel. Consequently Israel forms an army of 330,000 fighting men. The next day Saul and his army kill the Ammonites.
65	Uncircumcised men are killed	1 Sam 14:12-14	20	Massacre	Jonathan decides to kill some uncircumcised men, assuming God will help. His plan is to confront some Philistines and if they say "Come up to us, and we will show you something," then Jonathan will attack them. And sure enough, that's what they said, and Jonathan killed about 20 of them.
66	God makes Philistines kill each other	1 Sam 14:20	1,000	Atrocity	The Israelites only have two swords, so God creates an earthquake and the Philistines kill each other.
67	The Amalekite genocide	1 Sam 15:2-3	10,000	Genocide	God commands the Israelites to smite Amalek, utterly destroy everything they have, kill the men and women, kill the infants and suckling, and kill the ox and sheep, camel and donkeys. So Saul sends 210,000 soldiers and they kill everything and everyone, except for the king, Agag. He also didn't kill the best sheep, oxen, and lambs. And God wasn't happy about that.
68	Samuel kills Agag	1 Sam 15:32-33	1	Execution	Samuel was very upset that Saul hadn't killed Agag because God had commandedevery Amalekite to be killed. So Samuel hacks Agog to pieces.
69	Goliath	1 Sam 17:51, 2 Sam 21:19	1	Execution	A Philistine named Goliath, who was nearly 10 feet tall, issues a fight challenge. David says that God will deliver Goliath to him, and He does. David kills him with a slingshot and cuts off his head. (There is a different Bible story where Elhanan kills Goliath but most people ignore that one)
70	David buys a wife with 200 Philistine foreskins	1 Sam 18:27	200	Brutality	Saul becomes jealous of David and tries to kill him a few times. That doesn't work so he offers David a couple of his daughters, but David refuses them. Finally, Saul offers to sell one of his daughters for 100 Philistine foreskins. David accepts this offer and ends up killing 200 Philistines so he presented Saul with 200 foreskins instead of 100 and therefore becomes king Saul's son in law because Saul now had evidence that the Lord was with David.
71	Smiting of the Philistines	1 Sam 23:2-5	10,000	Massacre	The Philistines were fighting against Keilah and robbing the threshing floors. David asks God if he should kill the Philistines, and God agreed to deliver them into his hand. So David killed them.
72	God kills Nabal	1 Sam 25:38	1	Brutality	David hears about a rich man (Nabal) and sends 10 of his men to visit Nabal. Tha gang ask Nabal to hand over his possessions but he refuses. So David promises to kill Nabal and all of his men. Nabal's wife (Abigail) visits David and brings lots of food and wine as a peace offering. It works and David decides to leave Nabal alone. Abigail tells Nabal the news but he becomes paralysed and ten days later, God kills him.
73	David's random killing sprees	1 Sam 27:8-11	60,000	Genocide(s)	David decides to join the Philistines. Every day, David and his men would go out and slaughter various populations: The south of Judah; the Jerahmeelites; the Kenites; the Geshurites; the Gezrites; the Amalekites, and some Egyptians. On each killing spree, he killed everyone: men, women and infants. And so the Philistine king (Achish) loved David.
74	David kills some Amalekites	1 Sam 30:17	1,000	Massacre	The Amalekites destroy the Philistine city of Ziklag. David asks a priest to use his ephod to ask God for advice. And God says to kill the Amalekites (again?) which David does.
75	God kills Saul and his sons, etc.	1 Sam 31:2, 2 Chr 10:6	100	Slaughter	God regreets making Saul the king so He gives the kingdom to David. God them sends a message to Saul using Samuel as a messenger. (Samuel was dead but a witch brings him back to life). Samuel tells Saul that God will kill him and his sons by delivering the Israelite army into the hands of the Philistines. And that's what happened, on mount Gilboa. Then God kills Saul's sons. and then Saul dies in four different ways: Saul commits suicide by falling on his sword (Samuel 31.4); he is also killed by an Amalekite (2 Samuel 1.8-10); the Philistines kill him (2 Samuel 21.12) and God kills him (1 Chronicles 10.13-14).
76	Kill the messenger	2 Sam 1:15	1	Execution	An Amalekite messenger visits David with news that he had put the mortally wounded Saul out of his misery. The messenger had Saul's bracelet and crown as gifts for David. So David instructs one of his young men to kill the messenger. Which he does
77	The killing and mutilation of Rechab and Baanah	2 Sam 4:12	2	Brutality	David becomes king of Judah and Saul’s son (Ishbosheth) king of Israel. God kills Ishbosheth's father and brother. Rechab and Baanah (Ishbosheth’s captains) kill Ishbosheth, cut off his head and take it to David. David is not impressed and on David's order, his young men kill Rechab and Baanah, cut off their hands and feet, and hang their mutilated bodies up over the pool in Hebron.
78	God helps David kill some Philistines	2 Sam 5:19-25	2,000	Massacre	David asks God if he should attack the Philistines, and God says yes and that He will help David kill them. And He does. Then David asks God if they should do it again and God says yes, but to attack from behind this time when God gives the signal (a rustling in the trees). And that works.
79	Death for touching the ark	2 Sam 6:6-7, 1 Chr 13:9-10	1	Execution	David takes 30,000 of his men to bring the ark back to Jerusalem. On the way back an ox trips and the ark starts to fall. Uzzah reaches out to steady the cart and accidentally touches the ark so God kills him.
80	David kills prisoners of war	2 Sam 8:2	667	Atrocity	David defeats the Moabites then makes them lie down on the ground, and measures them off with a length of cord. Every two lengths were put to death, and the third length was allowed to live and were enslaved.
81	A series of multiple killings	2 Sam 8 - 10	66,850	Ethnic Cleansing	David kills more Philistines then he kills Hadadezer, the king of Zobah and captures 1000 chariots and 20,000 soldiers. He then cripples most of the 1,000 horses he's taken. Next he kills 22,000 Syrians, closely followed by another 47,000 Syrians.
82	Death to the Edomites	2 Sam 8:13-14, 1 Kg 11:15-16, 1 Chr 18:12, Ps 60:1	25,000	Massacre	David kills 18,000 Edomites in the valley of salt. Then his captain (Joab) kills every male in Edom, which took 6 months.
83	Death to the children of Ammon	2 Sam 11:1, 1 Chr 20:1	1,000	Ethnic Cleansing	David sends Joab and a massive army to destroy the people of Ammon and besiege the city of Rabbah.
84	God kills a baby. Slowly	2 Sam 12:14-18	1	Brutality	David makes Uriah's wife pregnant and sends Uriah off to battle to be killed. God doesn't approve so God has David's wives raped by his neighbours while everyone else watches. Then God kills David's baby over the course of seven days
85	Human sacrifice to end a famine	2 Sam 21:1-9	3,000	Savagery	God causes the Israelites to suffer a three-year famine because Saul killed some Gibeonites. David asks the Gibeonites for advice on how to make God stop the famine. They agree that the best solution is to kill two of Saul's sons and five of his grandsons and expose their bodies on a hill for God. And sure enough, this persuaded God to cease the famine.
86	A random selection of killings by david's Mighty Men	2 Sam 23, 1 Chr 11	3,400	Carnage	Adino and/or Jashobeam kill 1100. The son of Dodo kills Philistines until his hand was stuck to his sword. Shammah slays Philistines. Abishai kills 300 Philistines with his spear. Benaiah the son of Jehoiada kills two giant men then kills a lion in a pit on a snowy day. Then he kills a 7 foot tall Egyptian warrior with the Egyptian's spear.
87	God kills thousands because of a census	2 Sam 24:15, 1 Chr 21:14	200,000	Atrocity	God was angry so He asks David to organise a census (or possibly Satan asked David depending which account you read). After the census, the prophet Gad told David God was still angry, and explained to David that God was giving him three choices: Seven years of famine, three months of losing battles, or three days of pestilence. David couldn't decide so God chose the pestimelnce option for him. 70,000 men died. Then God sends an angel to destroy Jerusalem, but changed his mind at the last minute. Finally, Gad (not God) tells David to kill some animals to stop God killing people and that worked.
88	David's deathbed wish (two killings)	1 Kg 2:29-46	2	Execution	The dying David instructs his son Solomon eliminate Joab and Shimei. Solomon sends his hitman (Benaiah) to carry out the killings.
89	Death by lion	1 Kg 13:11-24	1	Brutality	A man of God is told by God not to eat and drink. A prophet convinces the man of God to have some bread and water. God tells him that He is angry about this, and a lion kills the man of God.
90	God kills another child	1 Kg 14:17	1	Savagery	Jeroboam is worried about his son, so he sends his wife to ask the blind prophet Ahijah for advice. It's bad news. Ahijah explains that although God made Jeroboam king, Jeroboam is the worst king in history. Therefore, God will kill all of Jeroboam's sons and dispose of Jeroboam's family as though they were dung, then feed whatever is left of them to dogs or birds. And finally, God will kill Jeroboam's sick son. Sure enough, as soon as Jeroboam's wife returns home God kills the sick boy.
91	God kills the rest of the family	1 Kg 15:29	10	Brutality	Jeroboam has provoked God. This makes God angry so He recruits Baasha to kill Jeroboam's family. Which he does.
92	Baasha's family and friends	1 Kg 16:11-12	20	Slaughter	God is now angry with Baasha for killing Jeroboam's family even though it was God's idea. So God sends a prophet (Jehu) to tell Baasha that God will kill everyone in Baasha's family and their bodies will be eaten by dogs and birds. For some reason, God waits until Baasha dies of old age then recruits Zimri to kill Baasha's family and friends.
93	Zimri burns to death	1 Kg 16:18-19	1	Immolation	The new king of Israel (Omri) accompanied by "all the Israelites" attack the town where Zimri lives - so Zimri burns himself to death because of the sins that he had committed.
94	God creates a 3 year drought	1 Kg 17:1, Luke 4:25, James 5:17-18	3,000	Slaughter	God prevents rainfall for three years.
95	450 religious leaders die in a prayer contest	1 Kg 18:22-40	450	Atrocity	Ahab worhsips the god Baal and Yahweh doesn't like this. So Elijah suggests a prayer contest to determine which god was the real God. All the prophets of Baal meet Elijah on Mt. Carmel and he tells them to kill a bull, chop it up, and put the pieces on some wood and then ask Baal to set it on fire. But nothing happens. So Elijah prays to God and sure enough, a fire appears from heaven and then Elijah tells the spectators to slaughter the 450 prophets.
96	The killing of the Syrians	1 Kg 20:20-21	10,000	Slaughter	A prophet tells King Ahab that God is sending a large population of Syrians to be killed. So Ahab rounds up about 7,000 fighters and kills the Syrians with a "great slaughter."
97	100,000 Syrians die for being cheeky about God	1 Kg 20:28-29	100,000	Atrocity	An anonymous "man of God" tells the King Ahab that God would wipe out the Syrians for calling him a god of the hills and not a god of the valleys. Sure enough, God delivers the Syrians into Ahab's hand and the Israelites kill 100,000 Syrians in just one day.
98	27,000 Syrians die when a wall falls on them	1 Kg 20:30	27,000	Massacre	Some of the cheeky Syrians escape from Ahab so God kills 27,000 of them by making a wall fall on them. The Syrian King (Benhadad) escaped. Ahab signs a treaty with Benhadad and lets him live.
99	God sends a lion to kill a man for not killing someone	1 Kg 20:35-36	1	Execution	God instructs one of the prophets to ask a man to would him with a sword. So he does but the man refuses. The prophet tells him that because of this, a lion will kill him. And he was right. Then the prophet asks another man to wound him with a sword, and he did.
100	God kills Ahab	1 Kg 20:42, 22:35	1	Execution	The wounded prophet, in disguise, ambushes Ahab and tells him a story that isn't true, then tells him that God is going to kill Ahab and his family for not killing king Benhadad. And God arranges for this to happen.
101	102 men burn to death	2 Kg 1:10-12	102	Holocaust	King Ahaziah hurts himself and sends a messenger to ask Baalzebub if he will recover. An angel tells Elijah to tell some messengers to tell King Ahaziah that God will kill him for contacting the wrong god. The King figures out it was Elijah who's behind this so Ahaziah sends some men to find him. Elijah is sitting on top of a hill and the men tell him to come down. Elijah tells the men that if he is a man of God then fire will come down. And it does and 51 men burn to death. Ahaziah finds out about this and sends another 51 men. And the same thing happens. So Ahaziah sends another 51 men and this time Elijah comes quietly.
102	God killed Ahaziah for asking the wrong God	2 Kg 1:16-17, 2 Chr 22:7-9	1	Execution	Elijah comes down from the mountain to talk to king Ahaziah and explains that because the king sent messengers to the wrong god (Baalzebub) then he will die in bed. And he does.
103	Death by bear for mocking baldness	2 Kg 2:23-24	42	Slaughter	Elisha was walking to Bethel wan a gang of young boys started making fun of his bald head. So He curses them in the name of the Lord and two bears appear from the woods and tear 42 of the boys to pieces.
104	Death to the Moabites	2 Kg 3:18-25	5,000	Massacre	Elisha tells the Israelites that God will give them victory over the Moabites. Plus, God wants the Moabites' trees cut down, their water supplies blocked and their farm land ruined with stones. And that's what they do. Eventually the Moabite king sacrifices his own son as a burnt offering, so the Israelites stop killing and go home.
105	A skeptic is trampled to death	2 Kg 7:2-20	1	Lynching	There was a famine in Samaria (a cup of bird dung was selling for the equivalent of $32 and women were planning when to eat each other's sons.) But Elisha has a message from God - soon 7lbs of flour and 15lbs of barley will sell for the equivalent of $6. A man openly challenges this idea saying that prices could never fall that much in one day and Elisha predicts his death. Later that day, God frightens the Syrians so much they leave town. Sure enough, the price of flour and barley falls as predicted and the sceptical man is trampled to death.
106	A seven year famine	2 Kg 8:1	7,000	Atrocity	God calls for a seven year famine. Not sure why.
107	Jehoram is killed	2 Kg 9:24	1	Execution	God recruits Jehu to kill everyone in Ahab's family. He strats with Ahab's son Jehoram (shot through the heart - body dumped in a field)
108	Jezebel is killed	2 Kg 9:33-37	1	Execution	Jehu arrives at Jezebel's house (Ahab's wife) and her eunuchs throw her out of a window. (Jehu's horse tramples her to death. Dogs eat her remains)
109	Ahab's 70 sons beheaded	2 Kg 10:6-10	70	Massacre	Jehu writes letters to the rulers of Jezreel telling them he wants the heads of all 70 of Ahab's sons. Tomorrow. So they did, and delivered the heads to Jehu in two baskets.
110	Ahab's hometown family, friends, and priests	2 Kg 10:11	20	Massacre	Jehu heads to Ahab's old hometown, Jezreel. He finds all of Ahab's family, friends, and anyone associaed with Ahab. And kills them, as instructed by God.
111	Jehu killed Ahaziah's family	2 Kg 10:12-13, 2 Chr 22:7-9	42	Massacre	Jehu's next stop on his killing mission is the family of king Ahaziah. He meets them and kills them. All 42 of them.
112	Jehu and his partner kill the rest of Ahab's family	2 Kg 10:17	20	Massacre	Jesu bumps into his old friend, Jehonadab, and takes him for a ride on his chariot to Samaria. When they get there they kill the rest of Ahab's family, according to God's instructions.
113	Jehu assembled the followers of Baal and then slaughtered them all	2 Kg 10:18-25	1,000	Slaughter	Jehu calls an assembly to worship Baal. But it was a trick! He was lying so that he could kill all the followers of Baal. He tells 80 of his men to kill the worshippers and says he will kill any man who lets a worshipper escape. The plan works and all the worshippers are killed. God is so pleased He informs Jehu that his sons will be kings of Israel for the next four generations.
114	Death to a Priest and Queen	2 Kg 11:17-20	2	Terrorism	Jehoiada makes an arrangement for the king and the people to be God’s people. This requires them to destroy the religious symbols of other religions and kill their priests. First victim is Mattan, the priest of Baal, followed by Queen Athaliah
115	Killed by lions	2 Kg 17:25-26	10	Brutality	Some people did not worship God because they didn't know what God required, so He sent lions to kill them.
116	185,000 soldiers killed in their sleep	2 Kg 19:34, 37:36	185,000	Atrocity	185,000 Assyrian soldiers are killed in their sleep by an angel of the Lord.
117	Death to King Sennacherib	2 Kg 19:37, Tobit 1:21	1	Execution	Hezekiah is informed that he and his people would soon be eating their own excrement and drinking their own urine. He asks Isaiah for advice and he states that God will use a spirit to send the king of Assyria to Ninevah where he will be killed. And he was (by his own son).
118	Death to various priests	2 Kg 23:20	100	Executions	Josiah's mission requires him to kill priests who worship the sun, moon, planets and stars and burn their bones.
119	Another holy war	1 Chr 5:18-22	50,000	Atrocity	The Reubenites, Gadites and half the tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 men ready for military service. So they make war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish, and Nodab. And because the Reubenites and their allies put their trust in God, they wiped out whoever they were fighting against. Plus, they took away 50,000 camels, 250,000 sheep, 2,000 donkeys, and 100,000 slaves.
120	Death to half a million Israelite soldiers	2 Chr 13:17-18	500,000	Carnage	King Abijah of Judah and Jeroboam of Israel are at war. Abijah stands on a hill and delivers a speech to all the soldiers of both sides (1.2 million in total). Then Jeroboam's men attack from behind. So the men of Judah cry to God, blow some trumpets and shout, so God delivers the Israelites into their hands and 500,000 Israelite soldiers are killed, for some reason.
121	Jeroboam	2 Chr 13:20	5	Execution	Having killed 500,000 Israelite soldiers, God kills their leader (Jeroboam) because he had done more evil than everyone who lived before him. God then kills the rest of Jeroboam's family (obviously).
122	A million Ethiopians killed	2 Chr 14:9-14	1,000,000	Ethnic Cleansing	God likes king Asa of Judah because he forbids other religions and destroys their temples, and drives homosexuals out of his land. So when 1 million Ethiopians attack Judah, Asa asks God for help and he kills them all
123	A great multitude kill each other	2 Chr 20:22-25	30,000	Massacre	A great multitude of Ammonites, Moabites, and Edomites gather to attack the kingdom of Judah. Jehoshaphat prays for God to help. God informs Jahaziel that there's no need to fight - God will sort things out. And He does. He forces the Ammonites and the Moabites to kill the Edomites, and vice versa until they had all killed each other. Then the people of Judah took as many valuables as possible from the dead bodies, over the course of three days.
124	Jehoram's bowels fall out	2 Chr 21:14-19	1	Brutality	King Jehoram of Judah killed his borhters and made the people of Jerusalem prostitute themselves. So God inflicted Jehoram with a disease that made his bowels fall out (after two years).
125	Jehoram's sons	2 Chr 22:1	3	Execution	God sends some Arabians to kill Jehoram's sons and wives.
126	Ahaziah of Judah	2 Chr 22:7-8	1	Execution	King Ahaziah of Judah, while hiding in Samaria, becomes the latest victim of Jehu's God-inspired killing spree.
127	Death to Joash	2 Chr 24:20-25	10,000	Massacre	The spirit of God comes upon Zechariah but this doesn't go down well with the people, who stone him to death. His last words are to pray for vengeance, So God sends an army from Syria to kill the Judean army and the royal family.
128	The destruction of Amaziah	2 Chr 25:15-27	1,000	Execution	King Amaziah did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, but not wholeheartedly. First, he kills the people who killed his father, then kills 10,000 Edomites, then killsanother 10,000 Edomites by pushing them off a cliff. So far so good, but then he began to worship the Edomite gods. So God sends a prophet to tell Amaziah that God will destroy him. Sure enough, years later, after his army had been killed, there was a conspiracy against Amaziah and he was killed.
129	Death to Ahaz	2 Chr 28:1-5	10,000	Slaughter	God didn't like King Ahaz so he delivers him and his army into the hand of the king of Syria
130	120,000 valiant men killed	2 Chr 28:6	120,000	Atrocity	God delivers Ahaz to another king (Pekah the king of Israel). 120,000 valiant men die in one day and 200,000 women and children are taken for slaves.
131	The fall of Jerusalem	2 Chr 36:16-17	10,000	Massacre	God is annoyed with the people of Jerusalem so he sends the Babylonians to kill them. Young men, little girls, the elderly and the infirm. God has them all killed, without pity and without mercy.
132	The Purim killings: God hath done these things	Esther 2 - 9, 10:4	75,813	Massacres	Esther goes n a killing spree. The victims are: Two treasonous chamberlains; Haman; 500 men in Sushan; Haman's sons; 300 more men in Sushan; and 75,000 people who were planning to kill Jews. (Might have to remove this entry as it's not clear if God approved).
133	God and Satan kill Job's children and slaves	Job 1:18-19	60	Brutality	One day, some angels paid a visit to God, and Satan came with them. God and Satan have a chat about Job (who God thinks is perfect) but Satan says the only reason Job worships God is because God spoils him. So God and Satan decide to see how much suffering it would take for Job to turn against God. Next thing Job knows, a series of messengers turn up informing him that: The Sabeans had taken his livestock and killed his servants; a fire from God had incinerated Job's sheep and slaves; a srong wind had knocked down the house that Job's children were in and killed them all. But despite all that, Job still worshipped God.
134	Hananiah	Jer 28:15-16	1	Execution	The prophet Hananiah informs the people of Judah that they will soon be free from the rule of Nebuchadnezzar, which contradicts what Jeremiah had been telling everyone. Then God tells Jeremiah to tell Hananiah that He wants everyone to serve Nebuchadnezzar, even the animals, and in any case, God will kill him within a year. And that's what happens.
135	Ezekiel's wife	Ezek 24:15-18	1	Execution	God announces he is going to kill the people of Jerusalem but first he's going to keill Ezekiel's wife. Which He does, and He also commands Ezekiel not to mourn her death.
136	Susanna	Dan 13:6-62	2	Execution	While Susanna is having a wash in the orchard, some old men who were watching try to blackmail her into having sex. With the help of the holy spirit, Daniel proves they are guilty and they are killed
137	Judith beheads a sleeping man	Judith 13:6-10	1	Execution	Judith asks God to help her kill her enemies. So God makes her even more beautiful than she was so she can seduce and murder the Assyrian general, Holofernes. They have a party and when he falls asleep she cuts off his head.
138	Judith's strategy	Judith 15:1-6	1,000	Atrocity	Judith tells the Israelites to hang Holofernes' head on the wall so that the Assyrians are thrown off guard and can then be attacked as they are running away (with God's help). And that's exactly what happened.
139	Mathathias kills two people	1 Mac 2:24-25	2	Lynchings	Mathathias kills a Jew who was offering sacrifice on an altar, plus an official.
140	Mathathias slays some sinners	1 Mac 2:44	100	Massacre	Mathathias and his friends form an army and kill sinners and wicked people. Then they circumcise as many uncircumcised children as they can find.
141	Andronicus	2 Mac 4:38	1	Execution	Menelaus asked Andronicus to kill Onias, which he did. So God inspires Antiochus to kill Andronicus.
142	Lysimachus	2 Mac 4:42	1	Execution	A mob kill Lysimachus by stoning, then clubbing him to death and throwing ashes on him.
143	Judas Machabeus	1 Mac 3:1-26, 2 Mac 8:5-6	4,900	Massacre	Judas Machabeus becomes the leader of the Jews and acquires fame by travelling throughout Judah, killing the wicked. He kills Apollonius and his soldiers, then with God's help he destroys Seron's army.
144	JGorgias's soldiers killed	1 Mac 3:44-4:24	3,000	Massacre	Judas and his army are unarmed, so God wipes out an opposing army for them.
145	The Hanukkah killings	1 Mac 4:34-5:7	17,000	Massacres	Lysias attacks Judas with a 60,000 strong army. God helps Judas kill 5000 of them. Then he kills the children of Esau, burns to death the children of Bean and then kills the children of Ammon.
146	The Machabees brothers	1 Mac 5:21-51	37,000	Massacres	Judas and his brothers (Simon and Jonathan) attack the Gentiles in Galilee and Galaad. Simon kills 3000 Galilean heathens and takes their wives and children captive. Judas and his army go to Bosor and kill every male, take all their spoils, and set fire to it. Timotheus' army attacks but Judas' men blow trumpets and pray so Timotheus' army flee in terror and Judas' men kill about 8,000 of them. Then Judas kills every male in the city of Maspha and burns it down. Then he does the same to Casbon and Mageth and the other cities of Galaad. Timotheus returns with a bigger army, but Judas defeats them. Next, Judas invades the great city of Ephron, kills every male, and burns it. Next, they attack the children of Esau, burn the walls and towers in Chebron, destroy all the altars and statues and loot the cities.
147	Nicanor's army	1 Mac 7:32-47, 2 Mac 8:24, 15:27	147,002	Atrocities	With God's help, Judas' army kill more than 9,000 in the Nicanor army, then another 20,000 in Timotheus and Bacchides’s army. It is aleo revealed that the Jews and Macedonians killed 120,000 Galatians, because of the help they had from heaven.
148	Jonathan and Simon	1 Mac 9:46-49, 2 Mac 8:30-33, 10:61	1,000	Massacre	Jonathan's army, with God's help, kills 1000 of Bachides' soldiers.
149	The five horsemen	2 Mac 8:32-10:38	21,100	Massacre	The Jews attack the Gentiles again but this time God sends five horsemen from heaven who thorw darts and fireballs at the Gentiles, killing 20,500 soldiers and 600 horsemen.
150	Antiochus	2 Mac 9:5-28	1	Brutality	Anitochus was a king who mistreated the Jews so God gave him an incurable bowel disease, plus worms swarmed out of his body, his skin fell off and he smelled so bad no one could go near him. later we are told Antiochus is stoned to death and beheaded and his body chopped into pieces.
151	Idumeans and Gentiles in towers	2 Mac 10:16-17	40,100	Massacres	Judas asks God to help him attack the Idumeans. 20,000 die. Then some Gentiles escape to two towers with the help of some of simon's men. So Judas killed the men who allowed the escape then killed more than 20,000 people in the towers.
152	Nicanor's head and hand	1 Mac 7:33-48, 2 Mac 15:1-35	35,000	Brutality	God helps Judas kill Nicanor, so Nicanor's army throw down their weapons. The Israelites slaughter them all as they flee. Then they behead Nicanor chop off his hand, and hang them up for public view. And everyoen was filled with joy.
153	Death in Cades	1 Mac 11:74	3,000	Massacre	Jonathan prays resulting in the killing of 3000 men in Cades.
154	Holocaust in the tower of Azotus	1 Mac 16:10	2,000	Holocaust	Simon's son, John, burns 2000 men to death.
155	Deadly beasts	Wisdom 11:7-8	1,000	Savagery	God sends bears, lions, and unknown fire-breathing beasts, sending out stinking smoke or shooting sparks from their eyes.
156	Ananias and Sapphira	Acts 5:5-10	2	Executions	Ananias and his wife, Sapphira, sold some land, gave some of the money to the apostles and kept the rest. Peter finds out and Ananias immediately falls down dead. Later, Peter interrogates Sapphira about matter and she backs up Ananias' version of events. So she falls down dead too.
157	Herod Aggripa	Acts 12:23	1	execution	King Herod Aggripa gives a speech to the people and they love it and praise him. But God didn't like this at all so he sends an angel to kill him.
158	Jesus	Rom 8:32, 1 Pet 1:1820	1	Filicide	God kills His own son and He had the whole thing planned from the very beginning.

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Genocide

Any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group as such:
(a) Killing members of the group,
(b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group,
(c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part,
(d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group,
(e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.

Three points are particularly important in the above definition:
- Genocide requires intent,
- The intent must be to destroy a group, in whole or in part,
- The groups identified by the convention are defined in terms of nationality, ethnicity, race or religion.

Definitions from the Oxford English Dictionary

Annihilation
Complete destruction or obliteration

Ehtnic Cleansing
The mass expulsion or killing of members of one ethnic or religious group in an area by those of another.

Atrocity
An extremely wicked or cruel act, typically one involving physical violence or injury

Filicide
The killing of one’s son or daughter

Assassination
Murder (an important person) for political or religious reasons

Suicide Attack
An attack upon a target, in which an attacker intends to kill others and/or cause great damage, knowing that he or she will either certainly or most likely die in the process.

Brutality
Savage physical violence; great cruelty

Execution
The carrying out of a sentence of death on a condemned person

Massacre
An indiscriminate and brutal slaughter of many people:

Slaying
The killing of a person or animal:

Slaughter
Kill (people or animals) in a cruel or violent way, typically in large numbers

Carnage
The killing of a large number of people 

Holocaust
Destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, especially caused by fire or nuclear war

Lynhcing
Kill (someone) for an alleged offence without a legal trial, especially by hanging

Bloodbath
An event or situation in which many people are killed in an extremely violent way

Immolation
To kill or offer as a sacrifice, especially by burning

Savagery
The quality of being fierce or cruel