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'Killed' in the Bible

So I stood next to him and killed him, because I knew that he wouldn't live after he had fallen. I took the crown that had been on his head, along with the bracelet that had been on his arm, and I have brought them to your majesty."

Verse ConceptsBraceletsHeadsHead coveringOrnamentsKilling Kings

Then David called out to one of his young men and ordered him, "Go up to him and cut him down!" So he attacked him and killed him.

Verse ConceptsKings Summoning

David told him, "Your blood is on your own head, because your own words testified against you! After all, you said, "I myself have killed the LORD's anointed!'"

Verse ConceptsBlood, Figurative UseHeadsThe Lord's AnointedKilling KingsWitness Against Oneselftraitors

Meanwhile, other soldiers of David had killed 360 of Abner's men from the tribe of Benjamin.

Verse ConceptsThree To Four HundredThree Hundred And AboveKilling Within Israel

He said this because Joab and his brother Abishai murdered Abner after he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.

Verse ConceptsWhy People Did ThingsKilling Named Individuals

While they were in the house, they struck him, killed him, and cut off his head while he was lying on his bed in his bedroom. They took his head, and traveled all night along the Arabah road.

Verse ConceptsBedroomsBeheadingWalking All NightBeds

when the man who told me "Look! Saul is dead!' thought he was bringing me good news, I arrested him and had him killed at Ziklag as the reward I gave him for his news.

Verse ConceptsNewsGood News

So David commanded his personal guards, and they killed Rechab and Baanah, cut off their hands and feet, and hung up their bodies beside the pool at Hebron. They took Ish-bosheth's head and buried it in Abner's tomb at Hebron.

Verse ConceptsGallowsHangingPunishment, Legal Aspects OfMutilationPoolsDisfigurementSkullsCutting Off Hands And FeetAnother's Burial PlacePeople Hung To DeathKilling Named Individuals

David flew into a rage because the LORD had killed Uzzah. That's why that place is called Perez-uzzah to this day.

Verse ConceptsAngry PeopleGiven Names To This Day

When Arameans came from Damascus to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David killed 22,000 of them.

Verse ConceptsTwenty Thousand And UpGroups HelpingNumbers Of Foreigners Killedsyria

But the Arameans retreated from Israel, and David's forces killed 700 of their charioteers, 40,000 soldiers, and mortally wounded Shobach, the commander of their army. As a result, Shobach died there.

Verse ConceptsSeven To Nine HundredForty Thousand And UpPeoples Who Fled

In the message, he wrote: "Assign Uriah to the most difficult fighting at the battle front, and then withdraw from him so that he will be struck down and killed."

Verse ConceptsBetrayalTreachery

Who killed Jerubbesheth's son Abimelech? Didn't a woman kill him by throwing an upper millstone on him from the wall at Thebez? Why did you go so close to the wall?' then tell him, "Your servant Uriah the Hittite also died.'"

Verse ConceptsMillstonesBeing Killed By A RockKilling Named Individuals

""Why did you despise what the LORD has promised by doing what is detestable in his sight? ""You struck down Uriah the Hittite with a battle sword. ""You took his wife to be your own. ""You killed him with the sword of the Ammonite army.

Verse ConceptsForgettingevil, believers' responses toSanctity Of LifeSuffering, Causes OfWord Of GodKilling Named IndividualsTransferring Wives

But David's brother Shimeah's son Jonadab reported, "Your majesty, don't assume they've killed all of the young men the king's sons only Amnon has died, since that was Absalom's intention from the day Amnon raped his sister Tamar.

Verse ConceptsPrincesNamed SistersKilling Named IndividualsHalf brothers

"I've been a widowed woman ever since my husband died," she answered. "Your humble servant used to have two sons, but they got into a fight out in the field. Because there was no one to keep them apart, one of them attacked the other and killed him.

Verse ConceptsServanthood, In SocietyTwo SonsKilling Brothers

David had Saul's bones and the bones of his son Jonathan removed from the custody of certain men from Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the public square in Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them that is, back on the day when the Philistines had killed Saul on Mount Gilboa.

Verse ConceptsSecrecyBonesPeople Hung To Death

But Zeruiah's son Abishai came to David's aid, attacked the Philistine, and killed him. After this, David's army told him, "You're not going out anymore with us to battle, so Israel's beacon won't be extinguished!"

Verse ConceptsNot Extinguishing

Sometime later after this incident, there was another battle with the Philistines at Gob. Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, who had been fathered by giants.

Verse ConceptsGiantsKilling Named Individuals

In yet another battle at Gob, Jaare-oregim the Bethlehemite's son Elhanan killed Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear resembled that of a weaver's beam.

Verse ConceptsCraftsmenSpearsBeamsKilling Named Individuals

When he defied Israel, David's brother Shimeah's son Jonathan killed him.

These four giants, who had been fathered by a giant in Gath, were killed at the hands of David and his servants.

Verse ConceptsFour People

Here's a list of the names of David's special forces: Josheb-basshebeth the Tahkemonite was head of the Three; he was nicknamed Adino the Eznite because he killed 800 men in a single battle engagement.

Verse ConceptsThe Mighty MenSeven To Nine HundredKilling Many People

but Shammah stood his ground in the middle of the field, defended it, and killed the Philistines. And the LORD brought about a great victory.

Verse ConceptsSwords

Jehoiada's son Benaiah, who was a valiant man, accomplished great things. He was from Kabzeel. He killed two men named Ariel from Moab and then he also went down into a pit and struck down a lion during a snow storm one day.

Verse ConceptsPitsSnowStrength, HumanChampionsKilling Wild AnimalsDeliverance From LionsCold WeatherHoles In The Ground

He also killed a soldier from Egypt. Of handsome appearance, the Egyptian carried a spear, but Benaiah attacked him with a staff, snatched the spear out of the Egyptian's hand and killed him with his own spear.

Verse ConceptsConfrontationSpears

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