'Death' in the Bible

He also defeated the Moabites, and after making them lie down on the ground, he measured them off with a cord. He measured every two cord lengths of those to be put to death and one length of those to be kept alive. So the Moabites became David’s subjects and brought tribute.

Then King David longed to go to Absalom, for David had finished grieving over Amnon’s death.

Now the whole clan has risen up against your servant and said, ‘Hand over the one who killed his brother so we may put him to death for the life of the brother he murdered. We will destroy the heir!’ They would extinguish my one remaining ember by not preserving my husband’s name or posterity on earth.”

But in response, Ittai vowed to the king, “As the Lord lives and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king is, whether it means life or death, your servant will be there!”

Abishai son of Zeruiah asked, “Shouldn’t Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the Lord’s anointed?”

For my grandfather’s entire family deserves death from my lord the king, but you set your servant among those who eat at your table. So what further right do I have to keep on making appeals to the king?”

When David came to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the 10 concubines he had left to take care of the palace and placed them under guard. He provided for them, but he was not intimate with them. They were confined until the day of their death, living as widows.

The Gibeonites said to him, “We are not asking for money from Saul or his family, and we cannot put anyone to death in Israel.”“Whatever you say, I will do for you,” he said.

For the waves of death engulfed me;the torrents of destruction terrified me.

The ropes of Sheol entangled me;the snares of death confronted me.

And now, as the Lord lives, the One who established me, seated me on the throne of my father David, and made me a dynasty as He promised—I swear Adonijah will be put to death today!”

The king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go to your fields in Anathoth. Even though you deserve to die, I will not put you to death today, since you carried the ark of the Lord God in the presence of my father David and you suffered through all that my father suffered.”

Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up, struck down Joab, and put him to death. He was buried at his house in the wilderness.

So God said to him, “Because you have requested this and did not ask for long life or riches for yourself, or the death of your enemies, but you asked discernment for yourself to understand justice,

Therefore, Solomon tried to kill Jeroboam, but he fled to Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, where he remained until Solomon’s death.

Then King Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was in charge of forced labor, but all Israel stoned him to death. King Rehoboam managed to get into the chariot and flee to Jerusalem.

But Obadiah said, “What sin have I committed, that you are handing your servant over to Ahab to put me to death?

Then Jehu will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, and Elisha will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Jehu.

Then seat two wicked men opposite him and have them testify against him, saying, “You have cursed God and the king!” Then take him out and stone him to death.

The two wicked men came in and sat opposite him. Then the wicked men testified against Naboth in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death with stones.

Then they sent word to Jezebel, “Naboth has been stoned to death.”

When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned to death, she said to Ahab, “Get up and take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite who refused to give it to you for silver, since Naboth isn’t alive, but dead.”

After the death of Ahab, Moab rebelled against Israel.

Elisha went out to the spring of water, threw salt in it, and said, “This is what the Lord says: ‘I have healed this water. No longer will death or unfruitfulness result from it.’”

They served some for the men to eat, but when they ate the stew they cried out, “There’s death in the pot, man of God!” And they were unable to eat it.

You must completely surround the king with weapons in hand. Anyone who approaches the ranks is to be put to death. You must be with the king in all his daily tasks.”

Then Jehoiada the priest ordered the commanders of hundreds in charge of the army, “Take her out between the ranks, and put to death by the sword anyone who follows her,” for the priest had said, “She is not to be put to death in the Lord’s temple.”

So they arrested her, and she went through the horse entrance to the king’s palace, where she was put to death.

All the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet, for they had put Athaliah to death by the sword in the king’s palace.

However, he did not put the children of the murderers to death, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses where the Lord commanded, “Fathers must not be put to death because of children, and children must not be put to death because of fathers; instead, each one will be put to death for his own sin.”

Judah’s King Amaziah son of Joash lived 15 years after the death of Israel’s King Jehoash son of Jehoahaz.

A conspiracy was formed against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. However, men were sent after him to Lachish, and they put him to death there.

The Lord afflicted the king, and he had a serious skin disease until the day of his death. He lived in a separate house, while Jotham, the king’s son, was over the household governing the people of the land.

So the king of Assyria listened to him and marched up to Damascus and captured it. He deported its people to Kir but put Rezin to death.

The king of Babylon put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah went into exile from its land.

Judah’s sons: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanite woman. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the Lord’s sight, so He put him to death.

After Hezron’s death in Caleb-ephrathah, his wife Abijah bore Ashhur to him. He was the father of Tekoa.

but he did not inquire of the Lord. So the Lord put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.

David said, “My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house that is to be built for the Lord must be exceedingly great and famous and glorious in all the lands. Therefore, I must make provision for it.” So David made lavish preparations for it before his death.

Then King Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was in charge of the forced labor, but the Israelites stoned him to death. However, King Rehoboam managed to get into his chariot to flee to Jerusalem.

Whoever would not seek the Lord God of Israel would be put to death, young or old, man or woman.

So he did what was evil in the Lord’s sight like the house of Ahab, for they were his advisers after the death of his father, to his destruction.

You must completely surround the king with weapons in hand. Anyone who enters the temple is to be put to death. You must be with the king in all his daily tasks.”

Then Jehoiada the priest sent out the commanders of hundreds, those in charge of the army, saying, “Take her out between the ranks, and put anyone who follows her to death by the sword,” for the priest had said, “Don’t put her to death in the Lord’s temple.”

So they arrested her, and she went by the entrance of the Horses’ Gate to the king’s palace, where they put her to death.

All the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet, for they had put Athaliah to death by the sword.

Jehoiada died when he was old and full of days; he was 130 years old at his death.

However, he did not put their children to death, because—as it is written in the Law, in the book of Moses, where the Lord commanded—“Fathers must not die because of children, and children must not die because of fathers, but each one will die for his own sin.”

Judah’s King Amaziah son of Joash lived 15 years after the death of Israel’s King Jehoash son of Jehoahaz.

From the time Amaziah turned from following the Lord, a conspiracy was formed against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. However, men were sent after him to Lachish, and they put him to death there.

So King Uzziah was diseased to the time of his death. He lived in quarantine with a serious skin disease and was excluded from access to the Lord’s temple, while his son Jotham was over the king’s household governing the people of the land.

Isn’t Hezekiah misleading you to give you over to death by famine and thirst when he says, “Yahweh our God will deliver us from the power of the king of Assyria”?

In those days Hezekiah became sick to the point of death, so he prayed to the Lord, and He spoke to him and gave him a miraculous sign.

Hezekiah rested with his fathers and was buried on the ascent to the tombs of David’s descendants. All Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem paid him honor at his death. His son Manasseh became king in his place.

So his servants conspired against him and put him to death in his own house.

Anyone who does not keep the law of your God and the law of the king, let a fair judgment be executed against him, whether death, banishment, confiscation of property, or imprisonment.

“All the royal officials and the people of the royal provinces know that one law applies to every man or woman who approaches the king in the inner courtyard and who has not been summoned—the death penalty. Only if the king extends the gold scepter will that person live. I have not been summoned to appear before the king for the last 30 days.”

For my people and I have been sold out to destruction, death, and extermination. If we had merely been sold as male and female slaves, I would have kept silent. Indeed, the trouble wouldn’t be worth burdening the king.”

who wait for death, but it does not come,and search for it more than for hidden treasure,

In famine He will redeem you from death,and in battle, from the power of the sword.

so that I prefer strangling—death rather than life in this body.

When disaster brings sudden death,He mocks the despair of the innocent.

My face has grown red with weeping,and darkness covers my eyes,

Abaddon and Death say,“We have heard news of it with our ears.”

Yes, I know that You will lead me to death—the place appointed for all who live.

God spares his soul from the Pit,his life from crossing the river of death.

But if they do not obey,they will cross the river of deathand die without knowledge.

Have the gates of death been revealed to you?Have you seen the gates of deep darkness?

For there is no remembrance of You in death;who can thank You in Sheol?

Be gracious to me, Lord;consider my affliction at the hands of those who hate me.Lift me up from the gates of death,

Consider me and answer, Lord my God.Restore brightness to my eyes;otherwise, I will sleep in death.

The ropes of death were wrapped around me;the torrents of destruction terrified me.

The ropes of Sheol entangled me;the snares of death confronted me.

My strength is dried up like baked clay;my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.You put me into the dust of death.

“What gain is there in my death,if I go down to the Pit?Will the dust praise You?Will it proclaim Your truth?

to deliver them from deathand to keep them alive in famine.

Evil brings death to the wicked,and those who hate the righteous will be punished.

Like sheep they are headed for Sheol;Death will shepherd them.The upright will rule over them in the morning,and their form will waste away in Sheol,far from their lofty abode.

My heart shudders within me;terrors of death sweep over me.

Let death take them by surprise;let them go down to Sheol alive,because evil is in their homes and within them.

For You delivered me from death,even my feet from stumbling,to walk before God in the light of life.

Our God is a God of salvation,and escape from death belongs to the Lord God.

He cleared a path for His anger.He did not spare them from deathbut delivered their lives to the plague.

From my youth,I have been afflicted and near death.I suffer Your horrors; I am desperate.

What man can live and never see death?Who can save himself from the power of Sheol?Selah

If the Lord had not been my helper,I would soon rest in the silence of death.

They band together against the life of the righteousand condemn the innocent to death.

They loathed all foodand came near the gates of death.

For he did not think to show kindness,but pursued the afflicted, poor, and brokenheartedin order to put them to death.

It is not the dead who praise the Lord,nor any of those descending into the silence of death.

The ropes of death were wrapped around me,and the torments of Sheol overcame me;I encountered trouble and sorrow.

For You, Lord, rescued me from death,my eyes from tears,my feet from stumbling.

The death of His faithful onesis valuable in the Lord’s sight.

The Lord disciplined me severelybut did not give me over to death.

for her house sinks down to deathand her ways to the land of the departed spirits.

Her feet go down to death;her steps head straight for Sheol.

For she has brought many down to death;her victims are countless.

Her house is the road to Sheol,descending to the chambers of death.

but the one who misses me harms himself;all who hate me love death.”

Ill-gotten gains do not profit anyone,but righteousness rescues from death.