Bible - Violence & Killings

A Bible full of Violence, Killings & Murder

Jesus, the Christian God is depicted as full of boundless Love, Mercy and Forgiveness. But on further investigation, the Biblical God is equally full of Anger, Rage and Revenge.

The table below lists events which led to the deaths of approximately 25,000,000 (25 Million) people based on Biblical texts and estimates.

NOTE: All figures are Estimated (EST), unless the Actual figure is identified in the specified Bible verse

25M Deaths In The Bible

How are they calculated?

20,000,000 dead EST. 1 of 158 The Flood of Noah

GENESIS 7:23

1,000 dead EST. 2 of 158 Abraham's war to rescue Lot

GENESIS 14:17-19

2,000 dead 3 of 158 Sodom and Gomorrah

GENESIS 19:24

1 dead 4 of 158 Lot's wife

GENESIS 19:26

1,000 dead EST. 5 of 158 While they were sore, Dinah's brethren slew all the males

GENESIS 34:1-31

JUDITH 9:2-3

1 dead 6 of 158 Er for being wicked in the sight of the Lord

GENESIS 38:7

1 dead 7 of 158 Onan for spilling his seed

GENESIS 38:10

70,000 dead EST. 8 of 158 A seven year worldwide famine

GENESIS 41:25-54

10,000 dead EST. 9 of 158 There will be blood: The first plague of Egypt

EXODUS 7:15-27

WISDOM 11:7-8

300,000 dead EST. 10 of 158 The seventh plague: Hail

EXODUS 9:25

500,000 dead EST. 11 of 158 Firstborn Egyptian children

EXODUS 12:29-30

5,000 dead EST. 12 of 158 The Lord took off their chariot wheels

EXODUS 14:8-26

1,000 dead EST. 13 of 158 Amalekites

EXODUS 17:13

3,000 dead 14 of 158 Who is on the Lord's side?: Forcing friends and family to kill each other

EXODUS 32:27-28

1,000 dead EST. 15 of 158 Aaron's golden calf

EXODUS 32:35

2 dead 16 of 158 God burns Aaron's sons to death for offering "strange fire"

LEVITICUS 10:1-3

1 dead 17 of 158 A blasphemer is stoned to death

LEVITICUS 24:10-23

100 dead EST. 18 of 158 When the people complained, God burned them to death

NUMBERS 11:1

10,000 dead EST. 19 of 158 While the flesh was still between their teeth, the Lord smote them will a very great plague

NUMBERS 11:33

10 dead 20 of 158 Ten scouts are killed for their honest report

NUMBERS 14:35-45

1 dead 21 of 158 A man gathering sticks on the Sabbath day is stoned to death

NUMBERS 15:32-35

9 dead EST. 22 of 158 Korah, his companions, and their families are buried alive

NUMBERS 16:27

250 dead 23 of 158 God burns 250 people to death for burning incense

NUMBERS 16:35

14,700 dead 24 of 158 God kills 14,700 for complaining about God's killings

NUMBERS 16:49

3,000 dead EST. 25 of 158 The massacre of the Aradies

NUMBERS 21:1-2

100 dead EST. 26 of 158 God sent serpents to bite people for complaining about the lack of food and water

NUMBERS 21:6

24,002 dead 27 of 158 Phineas's double murder: A killing to end God's killing

NUMBERS 25:1-11

200,000 dead EST. 28 of 158 The Midianite massacre: Have ye saved all the women alive?

NUMBERS 31:1-35

500,000 dead EST. 29 of 158 God slowly killed the Israelite army

DEUTERONOMY 2:14-16

5,000 dead EST. 30 of 158 God the giant killer

DEUTERONOMY 2:21-22

5,000 dead EST. 31 of 158 God hardens King Sihon's heart so all his people can be killed

DEUTERONOMY 2:33-34

60,000 dead EST. 32 of 158 Og and all the men women, and children in 60 cities

DEUTERONOMY 3:6

1,000 dead EST. 33 of 158 The Jericho massacre

JOSHUA 6:21

5 dead EST. 34 of 158 Achan and his family

JOSHUA 7:10-26

12,000 dead 35 of 158 The Ai massacre

JOSHUA 8:1-25

5,000 dead EST. 36 of 158 God stops the sun so Joshua can get his killing done in the daylight

JOSHUA 10:10-11

5 dead 37 of 158 Five kings killed and hung on trees

JOSHUA 10:26

7,000 dead EST. 38 of 158 Joshua utterly destroyed all that breathed as the Lord commanded

JOSHUA 10:28-42

20,000 dead EST. 39 of 158 The genocide of twenty cities: There was not any left to breathe

JOSHUA 11:8-12

5,000 dead EST. 40 of 158 The Anakim: some more giant killing

JOSHUA 11:20-21

10,000 dead 41 of 158 The Lord delivered the Canaanites and Perizzites

JUDGES 1:4

1,000 dead EST. 42 of 158 The Jerusalem massacre

JUDGES 1:8

5,000 dead EST. 43 of 158 Five massacres, a wedding, and God-proof iron chariots

JUDGES 1:9-25

1,000 dead EST. 44 of 158 The Lord delivered Chushanrishathaim

JUDGES 3:7-10

1 dead 45 of 158 Ehud delivers a message from God

JUDGES 3:15-22

10,000 dead 46 of 158 God delivers 10,000 lusty Moabites

JUDGES 3:28-29

600 dead 47 of 158 Shamgar killed 600 Philistines with an ox goad

JUDGES 3:31

1,000 dead EST. 48 of 158 Barak and God massacre the Canaanites

JUDGES 4:15-16

1 dead 49 of 158 Jael pounds a tent stake through a sleeping man's skull

JUDGES 4:18-22

120,000 dead 50 of 158 Gideon's story: The Lord set every man's sword against his fellow

JUDGES 7:22

1,000 dead 51 of 158 A city is massacred and 1000 burn to death because of God's evil spirit

JUDGES 9:23-27

20,000 dead EST. 52 of 158 The Ammonite massacre

JUDGES 11:32-33

1 dead 53 of 158 Jephthah's daughter

JUDGES 11:39

42,000 dead 54 of 158 42,000 die for failing the "shibboleth" test

JUDGES 12:4-7

30 dead 55 of 158 Samson murdered 30 men for their clothes

JUDGES 14:19

1,000 dead 56 of 158 Samson killed 1000 men with the jawbone of an ass

JUDGES 15:14-15

3,000 dead 57 of 158 Samson killed 3000 in a suicide terrorist attack

JUDGES 16:27-30

65,100 dead 58 of 158 A holy civil war (it had something to do with rotting concubine body part messages)

JUDGES 20:35-37

4,000 dead EST. 59 of 158 The end of Judges: two genocides and 200 stolen virgins

JUDGES 21:10-14

34,002 dead 60 of 158 God killed Eli's sons and 34,000 Israelite soldiers

1 SAMUEL 2:25

1 SAMUEL 4:11

3,000 dead EST. 61 of 158 God smote them with hemorrhoids in their secret parts

1 SAMUEL 5:1-12

50,070 dead 62 of 158 50,070 killed for looking into the ark of the Lord

1 SAMUEL 6:19

1,000 dead EST. 63 of 158 The Lord thundered a great thunder upon the Philistines

1 SAMUEL 7:10-11

1,000 dead EST. 64 of 158 Another Ammonite massacre (and another God-inspired body part message)

1 SAMUEL 11:6-13

20 dead 65 of 158 Jonathan's first slaughter

1 SAMUEL 14:12-14

1,000 dead EST. 66 of 158 God forces the Philistines to kill each other

1 SAMUEL 14:20

10,000 dead EST. 67 of 158 The Amalekite genocide

1 SAMUEL 15:2-3

1 dead 68 of 158 Samuel hacks Agag to death before the Lord

1 SAMUEL 15:32-33

1 dead 69 of 158 In the valley of Elah: Goliath

1 SAMUEL 17:51

2 SAMUEL 21:19

200 dead 70 of 158 David buys a wife with 200 Philistine foreskins

1 SAMUEL 18:27

10,000 dead EST. 71 of 158 The Lord said to David, Go and smite the Philistines

1 SAMUEL 23:2-5

1 dead 72 of 158 God killed Nabal (and David got his wife and other stuff)

1 SAMUEL 25:38

60,000 dead EST. 73 of 158 David commits random acts of genocide for the Philistines

1 SAMUEL 27:8-11

1,000 dead EST. 74 of 158 David spends the day killing Amalekites

1 SAMUEL 30:17

100 dead EST. 75 of 158 God kills Saul, his sons, and his soldiers (because Saul didn't kill all the Amalekites)

1 SAMUEL 31:2

2CHRONICLES 10:6

1 dead 76 of 158 David kills the messenger

2 SAMUEL 1:15

2 dead 77 of 158 David killed, mutilated, and hung Rechab and Baanah

2 SAMUEL 4:12

2,000 dead EST. 78 of 158 God helps David smite the Philistines from the front and the rear

2 SAMUEL 5:19-25

1 dead 79 of 158 God killed Uzzah for trying to keep the ark from falling

2 SAMUEL 6:6-7

1CHRONICLES 13:9-10

667 dead EST. 80 of 158 David killed two-thirds of the Moabite POWs and enslaved the rest

2 SAMUEL 8:2

65,850 dead 81 of 158 And the Lord gave David victory wherever he went

2 SAMUEL 8:10

25,000 dead EST. 82 of 158 David killed every male in Edom

1,000 dead EST. 83 of 158 Thus did David do to all the children of Ammon

2 SAMUEL 11:1

1CHRONICLES 20:1

1 dead 84 of 158 God slowly kills a baby

2 SAMUEL 12:14-18

7 dead 85 of 158 Seven sons of Saul are hung up before the Lord

2 SAMUEL 21:1-9

3,400 dead EST. 86 of 158 David's mighty men and their amazing killings

2 SAMUEL 23:1

1CHRONICLES 11:1

70,000 dead 87 of 158 God killed 70,000 because of David had a census that God (or Satan) told him to do

2 SAMUEL 24:15

1CHRONICLES 21:14

2 dead 88 of 158 Solomon murdered Job and Shimei (per David's deathbed wish)

1 KINGS 2:29-46

1 dead 89 of 158 A tale of two prophets

1 KINGS 13:11-24

1 dead 90 of 158 Jeroboam's son: God kills another child

1 KINGS 14:17

10 dead EST. 91 of 158 Jeroboam's family

1 KINGS 15:29

20 dead EST. 92 of 158 Baasha's family and friends

1 KINGS 16:11-12

1 dead 93 of 158 Zimri burns to death

1 KINGS 16:18-19

3,000 dead EST. 94 of 158 The drought of Elijah

1 KINGS 17:1

LUKE 4:25

JAMES 5:17-18

450 dead 95 of 158 Elijah kills 450 religious leaders in a prayer contest

1 KINGS 18:22-40

10,000 dead EST. 96 of 158 The first God-assisted slaughter of the Syrians

1 KINGS 20:20-21

100,000 dead 97 of 158 God killed 100,000 Syrians for calling him a god of the hills

1 KINGS 20:28-29

27,000 dead 98 of 158 God killed 27,000 Syrians by making a wall fall on them

1 KINGS 20:30

1 dead 99 of 158 God sent a lion to kill a man for not smiting a prophet

1 KINGS 20:35-36

1 dead 100 of 158 God killed Ahab for not killing a captured king

1 KINGS 20:42

1 KINGS 22:35

102 dead 101 of 158 God burned 102 men to death for asking Elijah to come down from his hill

2KINGS 1:10-12

1 dead 102 of 158 God killed Ahaziah for asking the wrong God

2KINGS 1:16-17

2CHRONICLES 22:7-9

42 dead 103 of 158 God sent bears to kill 42 boys for making fun of a prophet's bald head

2KINGS 2:23-24

5,000 dead EST. 104 of 158 The Lord delivered the Moabites

2KINGS 3:18-25

1 dead 105 of 158 A skeptic is trampled to death

2KINGS 7:2-20

7,000 dead EST. 106 of 158 God's seven year famine

2KINGS 8:1

1 dead 107 of 158 Jehoram of Israel

2KINGS 9:24

1 dead 108 of 158 Jezebel

2KINGS 9:33-37

70 dead 109 of 158 Ahab's sons: 70 heads in two baskets

2KINGS 10:6-10

20 dead EST. 110 of 158 Ahab's hometown family, friends, and priests

2KINGS 10:11

42 dead 111 of 158 Jehu killed Ahaziah's family

2KINGS 10:12-13

2CHRONICLES 22:7-9

20 dead EST. 112 of 158 Jehu and his partner kill the rest of Ahab's family

2KINGS 10:17

1,000 dead EST. 113 of 158 Jehu assembled the followers of Baal and then slaughtered them all

2KINGS 10:18-25

2 dead 114 of 158 Mattan the priest of Baal and Queen Athaliah

2KINGS 11:17-20

10 dead EST. 115 of 158 God sent lions to eat those who didn't fear him enough

2KINGS 17:25-26

185,000 dead 116 of 158 An angel killed 185,000 sleeping soldiers

2KINGS 19:34

2KINGS 37:36

1 dead 117 of 158 God caused King Sennacherib to be killed by his sons

2KINGS 19:37

TOBIT 1:21

100 dead EST. 118 of 158 Josiah killed all the priests of the high places

2KINGS 23:20

50,000 dead EST. 119 of 158 Just another holy war

1CHRONICLES 5:18-22

500,000 dead 120 of 158 God killed a half million Israelite soldiers

2CHRONICLES 13:17-18

1 dead 121 of 158 Jeroboam

2CHRONICLES 13:20

1,000,000 dead 122 of 158 God killed a million Ethiopians

2CHRONICLES 14:9-14

30,000 dead EST. 123 of 158 Friendly fire: God forced "a great multitude" to kill each other

2CHRONICLES 20:22-25

1 dead 124 of 158 God made Jehoram's bowels fall out

2CHRONICLES 21:14-19

3 dead EST. 125 of 158 God killed Jehoram's sons

2CHRONICLES 22:1

1 dead 126 of 158 Ahaziah of Judah

2CHRONICLES 22:7-8

10,000 dead EST. 127 of 158 Joash, the princes, and army of Judah

2CHRONICLES 24:20-25

1,000 dead EST. 128 of 158 God destroyed Amaziah

2CHRONICLES 25:15-27

10,000 dead EST. 129 of 158 God smote Ahaz with the king of Syria

2CHRONICLES 28:1-5

120,000 dead 130 of 158 God killed 120,000 valiant men for forsaking him

2CHRONICLES 28:6

10,000 dead EST. 131 of 158 The fall of Jerusalem

2CHRONICLES 36:16-17

75,813 dead 132 of 158 The Purim killings: God hath done these things

ESTHER 2:1

ESTHER 9:1

ESTHER 10:4

60 dead EST. 133 of 158 God and Satan kill Job's children and slaves

JOB 1:18-19

1 dead 134 of 158 Hananiah

JEREMIAH 28:15-16

1 dead 135 of 158 Ezekiel's wife

EZEKIEL 24:15-18

2 dead 136 of 158 Oh! Susanna

DANIEL 13:6-62

1 dead 137 of 158 Judith is blessed above all women (for cutting off a sleeping man's head)

JUDITH 13:6-10

1,000 dead EST. 138 of 158 The Judith massacre: hang ye up this head upon our walls

JUDITH 15:1-6

2 dead 139 of 158 Mathathias's double murder

1MACCABEES 2:24-25

100 dead EST. 140 of 158 Mathathias and his friends slay the wicked sinners

1MACCABEES 2:44

1 dead 141 of 158 God killed Andronicus, the sacrilegious wretch

2MACCABEES 4:38

1 dead 142 of 158 A Jewish mob killed Lysimachus, the sacrilegious fellow

2MACCABEES 4:42

4,900 dead EST. 143 of 158 God helped Judas Machabeus destroy the wicked

1MACCABEES 3:1-26

2MACCABEES 8:5-6

3,000 dead 144 of 158 Judas and his unarmed men kill 3000 of Gorgias's soldiers

1MACCABEES 3:44

1MACCABEES 4:24

17,000 dead EST. 145 of 158 The Hanukkah killings

1MACCABEES 4:34

1MACCABEES 5:7

37,000 dead EST. 146 of 158 The Machabees brothers slaughter the heathens

1MACCABEES 5:21-25

147,002 dead 147 of 158 Nicanor's army: The Almighty being their helper, they slew above nine thousand men

1MACCABEES 7:32-47

2MACCABEES 8:24

2MACCABEES 15:27

1,200 dead 148 of 158 Jonathan and Simon destroy the wicked out of Israel

1MACCABEES 9:46-49

2MACCABEES 8:30-33

2MACCABEES 10:61

21,400 dead EST. 149 of 158 Five heavenly horsemen cast darts and fireballs at the enemy

2MACCABEES 8:32

2MACCABEES 10:38

1 dead 150 of 158 God killed Antiochus with an incurable bowel disease

2MACCABEES 9:5-28

40,000 dead 151 of 158 Idumeans, traitors, and Jews in two towers

2MACCABEES 10:16-17

35,000 dead 152 of 158 Nicanor's head: A manifest sign of the help of God

1MACCABEES 7:33-48

2MACCABEES 15:1-35

3,000 dead 153 of 158 Aliens at Cades

1MACCABEES 11:74

2,000 dead 154 of 158 John burns to death 2000 in the tower of Azotus

1MACCABEES 16:10

1,000 dead EST. 155 of 158 God sent wasps to slowly destroy people

WISDOM 12:8-9

2 dead 156 of 158 Ananias and Sapphira

ACTS 5:5-10

1 dead 157 of 158 Herod Aggripa

ACTS 12:23

1 dead 158 of 158 Jesus

ROMANS 8:32

1 PETER 1:24

* EST. - Estimated figure based on the Biblical event itself, and realistic scenario modelling

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