'Slaughter' in the Bible
But these enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them--bring [them] here and slaughter them [in] my presence!'"
Now the passage of scripture that he was reading aloud was this: "He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and like a lamb before its shearer [is] silent, so he did not open his mouth.
And a voice came to him, "Get up, Peter, slaughter and eat!"
And I also heard a voice saying to me, 'Get up, Peter, slaughter and eat!'
Just as it is written, "On account of you we are being put to death the whole day [long]; we are considered as sheep for slaughter."
For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham [as he] was returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,
You have lived self-indulgently on the earth and have lived luxuriously. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter.
And another horse came out, fiery red, and it was granted to the one seated on it to take peace from the earth, and that they would slaughter one another, and a large sword was given to him.