483 verses contain “kill” (in the KJV: 238, in the BSB: 373) — showing 201–300
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And he
slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a
spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and
plucked the
spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and
slew him with his own
spear.
He also
killed an Egyptian, a huge man. Although the Egyptian had a
spear in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club,
snatched the
spear from his hand, and
killed the Egyptian with his own
spear.
Moreover thou knowest also what
Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto
Abner the son of
Ner, and unto
Amasa the son of Jether, whom he
slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his
girdle that was about his loins, and in his
shoes that were on his feet.
Moreover, you know what
Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to
Abner son of
Ner and
Amasa son of Jether, the two commanders of the armies of Israel. He
killed them in peacetime to
avenge the blood of war. He
stained with the blood of war the belt around his
waist and the
sandals on his feet.
So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and
slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up, struck down
Joab, and
killed him. He was buried at his own home in the wilderness.
Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her
bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise
slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.
Then the woman whose son was alive spoke to the king because she
yearned with
compassion for her son. “Please, my lord,” she said, “give her the living
baby. Do not
kill him!” But the other woman said, “He will be neither mine nor yours. Cut him in two!”
Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise
slay it: she is the mother thereof.
Then the king gave his ruling: “Give the living
baby to the first woman. By no means should you
kill him; she is his mother.”
For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken
Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the
Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon’s wife.
Pharaoh king of Egypt had attacked and captured
Gezer. He had set it on fire,
killed the
Canaanites who lived in the city, and given it as a
dowry to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.
(For six months did
Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in
Edom:)
Joab and all Israel had stayed there six months, until he had
killed every male in
Edom.
And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band, when David
slew them of Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus.
and had gathered men to himself. When David killed the Zobaites, Rezon captained a band of raiders and went to Damascus, where they settled and gained control.
Solomon sought therefore to
kill Jeroboam. And
Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto
Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.
Solomon therefore sought to
kill Jeroboam. But
Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt, to
Shishak king of Egypt, where he remained until the death of Solomon.
If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto
Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall
kill me, and go again to
Rehoboam king of Judah.
If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, their hearts will return to their lord,
Rehoboam king of Judah; then they will
kill me and return to
Rehoboam king of Judah.”
And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and
slew him: and his
carcase was cast in the way, and the
ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the
carcase.
As he went on his way, a lion met him on the road and
killed him, and his body was left lying in the road, with the
donkey and the lion standing beside it.
And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was
disobedient unto the word of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath
torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake unto him.
When the prophet who had brought him back from his journey heard this, he said, “It is the man of God who disobeyed the command of the LORD. Therefore the LORD has delivered him to the lion, and it has
mauled him and
killed him, according to the word that the LORD had spoken to him.”
Even in the third year of
Asa king of Judah did
Baasha slay him, and reigned in his
stead.
In the third year of
Asa’s reign over Judah,
Baasha killed Nadab and reigned in his place.
And also by the hand of the prophet
Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the LORD against
Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, in
provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of
Jeroboam; and because he
killed him.
Moreover, the word of the LORD came through the prophet
Jehu son of Hanani against
Baasha and his house, because of all the evil he had done in the sight of the LORD,
provoking Him to anger with the work of his hands and becoming like the house of
Jeroboam, and also because
Baasha had struck down the house of
Jeroboam.
And Zimri went in and
smote him, and
killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of
Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his
stead.
So in the twenty-seventh year of
Asa’s reign over Judah, Zimri went in, struck Elah down, and
killed him. And Zimri reigned in his place.
And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee
whither I know not; and so when I come and tell
Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall
slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.
I do not know where the Spirit of the LORD may carry you off when I leave you. Then when I go and tell
Ahab and he does not find you, he will
kill me. But I, your servant, have feared the LORD from my youth.
And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold,
Elijah is here: and he shall
slay me.
And now you say, ‘Go tell your lord that
Elijah is here!’ He will
kill me!”
Now
Ahab told
Jezebel everything that
Elijah had done and how he had
killed all the prophets with the sword.
Then
Jezebel sent a
messenger unto
Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to
morrow about this time.
So
Jezebel sent a
messenger to
Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time
tomorrow I do not make your life like the lives of those you
killed!”
And he said, I have been very
jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have
forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
“I have been very
zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have
forsaken Your covenant,
torn down Your altars, and
killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”
And he said, I have been very
jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have
forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
“I have been very
zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have
forsaken Your covenant,
torn down Your altars, and
killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”
Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall
slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and
slew him.
Then the prophet said to him, “Because you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, as soon as you depart from me a lion will kill you.” And when he left, a lion found him and killed him.
And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou
killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs
licked the blood of
Naboth shall dogs
lick thy blood, even thine.
Tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Have you not murdered a man and seized his land?’ Then tell him that this is also what the LORD says: ‘In the place where the dogs
licked up the blood of
Naboth, there also the dogs will
lick up your blood—
yes, yours!’”
And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to
kill and to make alive, that this man
doth send unto me to recover a man of his
leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.
When the king of Israel read the letter, he
tore his clothes and asked, “Am I God,
killing and giving life, that this man expects me to cure a
leper? Surely you can see that he is seeking a quarrel with me!”
And the king of Israel said unto
Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I
smite them? shall I
smite them?
And when the king of Israel saw them, he asked
Elisha, “My father, shall I
kill them? Shall I
kill them?”
And he answered, Thou shalt not
smite them: wouldest thou
smite those whom thou hast taken
captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.
“Do not kill them,” he replied. “Would you kill those you have captured with your own sword or bow? Set food and water before them, that they may eat and drink and then return to their master.”
If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.
If we say, ‘Let us go into the city,’ we will die there from the famine in the city; but if we sit here, we will also die. So come now, let us go over to the camp of the Arameans. If they let us live, we will live; if they kill us, we will die.”
And
Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou
wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds
wilt thou set on fire, and their young men
wilt thou
slay with the sword, and
wilt dash their children, and
rip up their women with child.
“Why is my lord
weeping?” asked
Hazael. “Because I know the evil you will do to the Israelites,”
Elisha replied. “You will set fire to their fortresses,
kill their young men with the sword,
dash their little ones to pieces, and
rip open their
pregnant women.”
And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye be righteous: behold, I
conspired against my master, and
slew him: but who
slew all these?
The next morning,
Jehu went out and stood before all the people and said, “You are innocent. It was I who
conspired against my master and
killed him. But who
killed all these?
So
Jehu slew all that remained of the house of
Ahab in
Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until he left him none remaining.
So
Jehu killed everyone in
Jezreel who remained of the house of
Ahab, as well as all his great men and close friends and priests, leaving him without a single
survivor.
And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, that
Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, and
slay them; let none come forth. And they
smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of
Baal.
When he had finished making the burnt offering,
Jehu said to the guards and officers, “Go in and
kill them. Do not let
anyone out.” So the guards and officers put them to the sword, threw the bodies out, and went into the inner room of the temple of
Baal.
But Jehosheba daughter of King
Joram, the sister of
Ahaziah, took
Joash son of
Ahaziah and
stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered. She put him and his
nurse in a
bedroom to hide him from
Athaliah, and he was not
killed.
But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD.
And Jehoiada the priest ordered the commanders of hundreds in charge of the army, “Bring her out between the ranks, and put to the sword
anyone who follows her.” For the priest had said, “She must not be put to death in the house of the LORD.”
And all the people of the land went into the house of
Baal, and
brake it down; his altars and his images
brake they in pieces thoroughly, and
slew Mattan the priest of
Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD.
So all the people of the land went to the temple of
Baal and
tore it down. They
smashed the altars and idols to pieces, and they
killed Mattan the priest of
Baal in front of the altars. And Jehoiada the priest posted guards for the house of the LORD.
And the servants of
Joash rose up and formed a
conspiracy and
killed him at Beth-
millo, on the road down to Silla.
And conspirators
plotted against
Amaziah in Jerusalem, and he fled to
Lachish. But men were sent after him to
Lachish, and they
killed him there.
Then Shallum son of
Jabesh conspired against
Zechariah, struck him down and
killed him in front of the people, and reigned in his place.
For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and
smote Shallum the son of
Jabesh in Samaria, and
slew him, and reigned in his
stead.
Then Menahem son of Gadi went up from Tirzah to Samaria, struck down and
killed Shallum son of
Jabesh, and reigned in his place.
But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his,
conspired against him, and
smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king’s house, with
Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he
killed him, and reigned in his room.
Then his officer, Pekah son of Remaliah,
conspired against him along with
Argob, Arieh, and fifty men of
Gilead. And at the citadel of the king’s palace in Samaria, Pekah struck down and
killed Pekahiah and reigned in his place.
And Hoshea the son of Elah made a
conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and
smote him, and
slew him, and reigned in his
stead, in the
twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
Then Hoshea son of Elah led a
conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah. In the
twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah, Hoshea attacked Pekah,
killed him, and reigned in his place.
And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which
slew some of them.
Now when the settlers first lived there, they did not worship the LORD, so He sent lions among them, which killed some of them.
Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they
slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land.
So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, “The peoples that you have removed and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the requirements of the God of the land. Because of this, He has sent lions among them, which are indeed killing them off.”
And the servants of Amon
conspired against him, and
slew the king in his own house.
Then the servants of Amon
conspired against him and
killed the king in his palace.
And the people of the land
slew all them that had
conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made
Josiah his son king in his
stead.
But the people of the land
killed all those who had
conspired against King Amon, and they made his son
Josiah king in his place.
In his days Pharaoh-nechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king
Josiah went against him; and he
slew him at
Megiddo, when he had seen him.
At the end of
Josiah’s reign, Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt marched up to help the king of Assyria at the Euphrates River. King
Josiah went out to
confront him, but Neco faced him and
killed him at
Megiddo.
But it came to pass in the seventh month, that
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and
smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at
Mizpah.
In the seventh month, however,
Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family, came with ten men and struck down and
killed Gedaliah, along with the Judeans and Chaldeans who were with him at
Mizpah.
And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of
Gath that were born in that land
slew, because they came down to take away their cattle.
Shuthelah, Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son, Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son. Ezer and Elead were
killed by the natives of
Gath, because they went down to
steal their
livestock.
And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons; and the Philistines
slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.
The Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons, and they
killed Saul’s sons
Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.
And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his
spear against three hundred slain by him at one time.
This is the list of David’s mighty men: Jashobeam son of Hachmoni was chief of the officers; he
wielded his
spear against three hundred men, whom he
killed at one time.
And
Abishai the brother of
Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up his
spear against three hundred, he
slew them, and had a name among the three.
Now
Abishai, the brother of
Joab, was chief of the Three, and he lifted his
spear against three hundred men,
killed them, and won a name along with the Three.
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a
valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he
slew two
lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and
slew a lion in a pit in a
snowy day.
And Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a man of
valor from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. He struck down two champions of Moab, and on a
snowy day he went down into a pit and
killed a lion.
And he
slew an Egyptian, a man of great
stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian’s hand was a
spear like a
weaver’s beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and
plucked the
spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and
slew him with his own
spear.
He also
killed an Egyptian, a huge man five cubits tall. Although the Egyptian had a
spear like a
weaver’s beam in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club,
snatched the
spear from his hand, and
killed the Egyptian with his own
spear.
But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David
slew of the Syrians seven thousand men which fought in
chariots, and forty thousand
footmen, and
killed Shophach the captain of the host.
But the Arameans fled before Israel, and David killed seven thousand of their charioteers and forty thousand foot soldiers. He also killed Shophach the commander of their army.
And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at
Gezer with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite
slew Sippai, that was of the children of the
giant: and they were subdued.
Some time later, war broke out with the Philistines at
Gezer. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite
killed Sippai, a
descendant of the
Rephaim, and the Philistines were subdued.
And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of
Jair slew Lahmi the brother of
Goliath the Gittite, whose
spear staff was like a
weaver’s beam.
Once again there was a battle with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of
Jair killed Lahmi the brother of
Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose
spear was like a
weaver’s beam.
and when he
taunted Israel,
Jonathan the son of David’s brother Shimei
killed him.
And after certain years he went down to
Ahab to Samaria. And
Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that he had with him, and persuaded him to go up with him to
Ramoth-
gilead.
And some years later he went down to visit
Ahab in Samaria, where
Ahab sacrificed many sheep and cattle for him and the people with him, and urged him to march up to
Ramoth-
gilead.
But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a
whoring, like to the whoredoms of the house of
Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father’s house, which were better than
thyself:
but you have walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and have caused Judah and the people of Jerusalem to
prostitute themselves, just as the house of
Ahab prostituted itself. You have also
killed your brothers, your father’s family, who were better than you.
And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made
Ahaziah his youngest son king in his
stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So
Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.
Then the people of Jerusalem made
Ahaziah, the youngest son of Jehoram, king in his place, since the raiders who had come into the camp with the Arabs had
killed all the older sons. So
Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.
And it came to pass, that, when
Jehu was
executing judgment upon the house of
Ahab, and found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brethren of
Ahaziah, that ministered to
Ahaziah, he
slew them.
So while
Jehu was
executing judgment on the house of
Ahab, he found the rulers of Judah and the sons of
Ahaziah’s brothers who were serving
Ahaziah, and he
killed them.
But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took
Joash the son of
Ahaziah, and
stole him from among the king’s sons that were slain, and put him and his
nurse in a
bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of
Ahaziah,)
hid him from
Athaliah, so that she
slew him not.
But Jehoshabeath daughter of King Jehoram took
Joash son of
Ahaziah and
stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered, and she put him and his
nurse in a
bedroom. Because Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram and the wife of Jehoiada the priest, was
Ahaziah’s sister, she
hid Joash from
Athaliah so that she could not
kill him.
Then all the people went to the house of
Baal, and
brake it down, and
brake his altars and his images in pieces, and
slew Mattan the priest of
Baal before the altars.
So all the people went to the temple of
Baal and
tore it down. They
smashed the altars and idols to pieces and
killed Mattan the priest of
Baal in front of the altars.
Thus
Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but
slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require it.
Thus King
Joash failed to remember the kindness that
Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had extended to him. Instead,
Joash killed Jehoiada’s son. As he lay dying,
Zechariah said, “May the LORD see this and call you to account.”
And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants
conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and
slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the
sepulchres of the kings.
And when the Arameans had withdrawn, they left
Joash severely wounded. His own servants
conspired against him for
shedding the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and they
killed him on his bed. So he died and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.
Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he
slew his servants that had
killed the king his father.
As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his
grasp,
Amaziah executed the servants who had murdered his father the king.
Now after the time that
Amaziah did turn away from following the LORD they made a
conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to
Lachish: but they sent to
Lachish after him, and
slew him there.
From the time that
Amaziah turned from following the LORD, a
conspiracy was formed against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to
Lachish. But men were sent after him to
Lachish, and they
killed him there.
For Pekah the son of Remaliah
slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, which were all
valiant men; because they had
forsaken the LORD God of their fathers.
For in one day Pekah son of Remaliah
killed 120,000
valiant men in Judah. This happened because they had
forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers.
And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim,
slew Maaseiah the king’s son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah that was next to the king.
Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, killed Maaseiah the son of the king, Azrikam the governor of the palace, and Elkanah the second to the king.
So they
killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and
sprinkled it on the altar: likewise, when they had
killed the rams, they
sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they
killed also the lambs, and they
sprinkled the blood upon the altar.
So they slaughtered the bulls, and the priests took the blood and
sprinkled it on the altar. They slaughtered the rams and
sprinkled the blood on the altar. And they slaughtered the lambs and
sprinkled the blood on the altar.
And the priests
killed them, and they made
reconciliation with their blood upon the altar, to make an
atonement for all Israel: for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel.
And the priests slaughtered the goats and put their blood on the altar for a sin offering, to make
atonement for all Israel, because the king had ordered the burnt offering and the sin offering for all Israel.
Then they
killed the
passover on the
fourteenth day of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were
ashamed, and
sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings into the house of the LORD.
And on the
fourteenth day of the second month they slaughtered the
Passover lamb. The priests and Levites were
ashamed, and they consecrated themselves and brought burnt offerings to the house of the LORD.
For there were many in the congregation that were not
sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the
killing of the passovers for every one that was not clean, to
sanctify them unto the LORD.
Since there were many in the assembly who had not consecrated themselves, the Levites were in charge of slaughtering the
Passover lambs for every unclean person to
consecrate the lambs to the LORD.
And his servants
conspired against him, and
slew him in his own house.
Then the servants of Amon
conspired against him and
killed him in his palace.
But the people of the land
slew all them that had
conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made
Josiah his son king in his
stead.
But the people of the land
killed all those who had
conspired against King Amon, and they made his son
Josiah king in his place.
So
kill the
passover, and
sanctify yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that they may do according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
Slaughter the
Passover lambs,
consecrate yourselves, and make preparations for your fellow countrymen to carry out the word of the LORD given by Moses.”
And they slaughtered the
Passover lambs, while the priests
sprinkled the blood handed to them and the Levites
skinned the animals.
For the priests and the Levites were
purified together, all of them were pure, and
killed the
passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.
All the priests and Levites had
purified themselves and were
ceremonially clean. And the Levites slaughtered the
Passover lamb for all the exiles, for their priestly brothers, and for themselves.
And our
adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and
slay them, and cause the work to cease.
And our enemies said, “Before they know or see a thing, we will come into their midst, kill them, and put an end to the work.”
Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to
slay thee;
yea, in the night will they come to
slay thee.
Later, I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was confined to his house. He said: “Let us meet at the house of God inside the temple. Let us shut the temple doors because they are coming to kill you— by night they are coming to kill you!”
Nevertheless they were
disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and
slew thy prophets which
testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.
But they were
disobedient and rebelled against You; they
flung Your law behind their backs. They
killed Your prophets, who had
admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.
And the letters were sent by posts into all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to
kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the
thirteenth day of the
twelfth month, which is the month
Adar, and to take the
spoil of them for a prey.
And the letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces with the order to destroy,
kill, and
annihilate all the Jews—young and old, women and children—and to
plunder their possessions on a single day, the
thirteenth day of
Adar, the
twelfth month.
Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to
slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would
assault them, both little ones and women, and to take the
spoil of them for a prey,
By these letters the king permitted the Jews in each and every city the right to
assemble and defend themselves, to destroy,
kill, and
annihilate all the forces of any people or province hostile to them, including women and children, and to
plunder their possessions.
Thus the Jews
smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that
hated them.
The Jews put all their enemies to the sword,
killing and destroying them, and they did as they pleased to those who
hated them.
And in
Shushan the palace the Jews
slew and destroyed five hundred men.
In the citadel of
Susa, the Jews
killed and destroyed five hundred men,
The ten sons of
Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews,
slew they; but on the
spoil laid they not their hand.
They
killed these ten sons of
Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, but they did not lay a hand on the
plunder.
On that day the number of those that were slain in
Shushan the palace was brought before the king.
On that day the number of those
killed in the citadel of
Susa was reported to the king,
And the king said unto
Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in
Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of
Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces? now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be done.
who said to Queen
Esther, “In the citadel of
Susa the Jews have
killed and destroyed five hundred men, including
Haman’s ten sons. What have they done in the rest of the royal provinces? Now what is your petition? It will be given to you. And what further do you request? It will be fulfilled.”
But the other Jews that were in the king’s provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and
slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey,
The rest of the Jews in the royal provinces also assembled to defend themselves and rid themselves of their enemies. They
killed 75,000 who
hated them, but they did not lay a hand on the
plunder.
For resentment
kills a
fool, and
envy slays the simple.
He shall
suck the poison of asps: the
viper’s tongue shall
slay him.
He will
suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a
viper will
kill him.
The murderer rising with the light
killeth the poor and
needy, and in the night is as a
thief.
When
daylight is gone, the murderer rises to
kill the poor and
needy; in the night he is like a
thief.
Yea, for thy sake are we
killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
Slay them not, lest my people
forget:
scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
Do not
kill them, or my people will
forget.
Scatter them by Your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.
He destroyed their vines with
hail, and their sycomore trees with
frost.
He
killed their vines with hailstones and their
sycamore-figs with
sleet.
They
slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.
She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.
She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table.
The desire of the
slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.
The
craving of the slacker
kills him because his hands refuse to work.
A time to
kill, and a time to
heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
a time to
kill and a time to
heal, a time to break down and a time to build,
And the
firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the
needy shall lie down in safety: and I will
kill thy root with famine, and he shall
slay thy
remnant.
Then the
firstborn of the poor will find pasture, and the
needy will lie down in safety, but I will
kill your root by famine, and your
remnant will be slain.
