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It is often used to describe acts of violence, warfare, or divine judgment throughout the biblical narrative. The Berean Standard Bible uses more contemporary language, but the concept remains integral to understanding various biblical events and teachings. Old Testament Usage In the Old Testament, "slew" is frequently used in the context of battles and divine retribution. One of the earliest instances is found in the account of Cain and Abel, where Cain "slew" his brother Abel out of jealousy and anger (<a href="/genesis/4-8.htm">Genesis 4:8</a>). This act of fratricide marks the first recorded murder in the Bible and sets a precedent for the consequences of sin and disobedience to God. The term is also prevalent in the narratives of the Israelite conquests. For example, in the account of David and Goliath, David "slew" the Philistine giant with a sling and a stone, demonstrating God's power and favor upon David (<a href="/1_samuel/17-50.htm">1 Samuel 17:50</a>). This event is pivotal in establishing David's future kingship and God's deliverance of Israel from its enemies. In the context of divine judgment, the term is used to describe God's actions against the wicked. In <a href="/exodus/12-29.htm">Exodus 12:29</a>, during the final plague in Egypt, the Lord "slew" all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, an act that led to the liberation of the Israelites from slavery. New Testament Usage In the New Testament, the term "slew" is less frequently used but still significant. It often appears in recounting the persecution and martyrdom of early Christians. In <a href="/acts/7-52.htm">Acts 7:52</a>, Stephen, the first Christian martyr, accuses the Jewish leaders of being "betrayers and murderers" of the prophets, whom their ancestors "slew." This accusation highlights the continuity of opposition to God's messengers throughout history. The term is also used in reference to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. In <a href="/acts/2-23.htm">Acts 2:23</a>, Peter, speaking to the crowd at Pentecost, declares that Jesus was "delivered by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, and you, by the hands of the lawless, have slain Him." This underscores the theological understanding that Jesus' death was both a human act of violence and a divine act of redemption. Theological Implications The concept of "slew" in the Bible often carries deep theological implications. It serves as a reminder of the seriousness of sin and the reality of divine justice. The act of slaying, whether by human hands or divine intervention, is frequently portrayed as a response to disobedience, idolatry, or moral corruption. Moreover, the instances where God commands or enacts slaying highlight His sovereignty and holiness. They serve as a warning to the faithful about the consequences of turning away from God's commandments and the importance of living a life in accordance with His will. In the New Testament, the slaying of Jesus is central to the Christian message of salvation. It is through His death and resurrection that believers are offered forgiveness and eternal life, transforming the act of slaying from one of condemnation to one of hope and redemption. Conclusion The term "slew" encapsulates a range of actions and events that are pivotal to the biblical narrative. Whether in the context of human conflict, divine judgment, or the redemptive work of Christ, it serves as a powerful reminder of the gravity of sin and the profound nature of God's justice and mercy.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (imp.) of Slay.2. (v.) imp. of Slay.3. (v. t.) See Slue.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/337.htm">337. anaireo -- to take up, take away, make an end</a> ... an end NASB Word Usage do away (1), executed (1), kill (4), killed (2), put...to death (8), put to death (3), slain (1), slay (3), slaying (1), slew (1), takes ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/337.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/4969.htm">4969. sphazo -- to slay, slaughter</a> ... Word Origin from a prim. root sphag- Definition to slay, slaughter NASB Word Usage slain (7), slay (2), slew (1). kill, slay, wound. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4969.htm - 6k<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/2491.htm">2491. chalal -- pierced</a> ... chalal. 2491a . pierced. Transliteration: chalal Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-lawl') Short Definition: kill. kill, profane, slain man, slew, deadly wounded ... /hebrew/2491.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/7819.htm">7819. shachat -- to slaughter, beat</a> ... 5), deadly (1), kill (2), killed (1), kills (1), offer (1), slain (5), slaughter (17), slaughtered (28), slaughtering (1), slaughters (2), slay (16), slew (5). ... /hebrew/7819.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/2026.htm">2026. harag -- to kill, slay</a> ... killing (3), kills (2), murdered (2), murderer (1), murderers (1), occurs (1), slain (16), slaughter (1), slay (14), slayer (2), slays (2), slew (11), smitten ... /hebrew/2026.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/7523.htm">7523. ratsach -- to murder, slay</a> ... the manslayer (1), manslayer (18), murder (7), murdered (2), murderer (12), murderer shall be put (1), murderers (1), murders (1), put to death (1), slew (1). ... /hebrew/7523.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/5221.htm">5221. nakah -- to smite</a> ... 1), slain (11), slapped (1), slaughter (1), slaughtered (1), slaughtering (2), slay (5), slayer (1), slayers (1), slaying (1), slays (1), slew (8), smashed (1 ... /hebrew/5221.htm - 7k <a href="/hebrew/6992.htm">6992. qetal -- to slay</a> ... Word Origin (Aramaic) corresponding to qatal Definition to slay NASB Word Usage kill (1), killed (1), slain (3), slay (1), slew (1). slay. ... /hebrew/6992.htm - 6k<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><a href="/library/josephus/the_antiquities_of_the_jews/chapter_6_how_herod_slew.htm">How Herod Slew Hyrcanus and Then Hasted Away to Caesar, and ...</a> ... CHAPTER 6. How Herod Slew Hyrcanus And Then Hasted Away To Caesar, And Obtained The Kingdom From Him Also; And How A Little Time Afterward, He Entertained ... /.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 6 how herod slew.htm<a href="/library/josephus/the_antiquities_of_the_jews/chapter_7_how_herod_slew.htm">How Herod Slew Sohemus and Mariamne and Afterward Alexandra and ...</a> ... CHAPTER 7. How Herod Slew Sohemus And Mariamne And Afterward Alexandra And Costobarus, And His Most Intimate Friends, And At Last The Sons Of Babbas Also. ... /.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 7 how herod slew.htm<a href="/library/josephus/the_antiquities_of_the_jews/chapter_7_how_john_slew.htm">How John Slew his Brother Jesus in the Temple; and How Bagoses ...</a> ... CHAPTER 7. How John Slew His Brother Jesus In The Temple; And How Bagoses Offered Many Injuries To The Jews; And What Sanballat Did. ... /.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 7 how john slew.htm<a href="/library/josephus/the_antiquities_of_the_jews/chapter_7_how_athaliah_reigned.htm">How Athaliah Reigned Over Jerusalem for Five [Six] Years when ...</a> ... CHAPTER 7. How Athaliah Reigned Over Jerusalem For Five [Six] Years When Jehoiada The High Priest Slew Her And Made Jehoash, The Son Of Ahaziah, King. ... /.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 7 how athaliah reigned.htm<a href="/library/josephus/the_wars_of_the_jews_or_history_of_the_destruction_of_jerusalem/chapter_6_how_the_zealots.htm">How the Zealots when they were Freed from the Idumeans, Slew a ...</a> ... CHAPTER 6. How The Zealots When They Were Freed From The Idumeans, Slew A Great Many More Of The Citizens; And How Vespasian Dissuaded The Romans When They ... /.../chapter 6 how the zealots.htm<a href="/library/josephus/the_antiquities_of_the_jews/chapter_6_how_jehu_was.htm">How Jehu was Anointed King, and Slew Both Joram and Ahaziah; as ...</a> ... Tribes. CHAPTER 6. How Jehu Was Anointed King, And Slew Both Joram And Ahaziah; As Also What He Did For The Punishment Of The Wicked. 1 ... /.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 6 how jehu was.htm<a href="/library/irenaeus/fragments_from_the_lost_writings_of_irenaeus/fragment_xlv_and_balaam_the.htm">Fragment Xlv. "And Balaam the Son of Beor they Slew with the Sword ...</a> ... Fragment XLV. "And Balaam the son of Beor they slew with the sword.? "And [4889] Balaam the son of Beor they slew with the sword ... /.../fragments from the lost writings of irenaeus/fragment xlv and balaam the.htm<a href="/library/josephus/the_antiquities_of_the_jews/chapter_12_how_david_fled.htm">How David Fled to Ahimelech and Afterwards to the Kings of the ...</a> ... CHAPTER 12. How David Fled To Ahimelech And Afterwards To The Kings Of The Philistines And Of The Moabites, And How Saul Slew Ahimelech And His Family. ... /.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 12 how david fled.htm<a href="/library/josephus/the_antiquities_of_the_jews/chapter_6_how_nebuchadnezzar_when.htm">How Nebuchadnezzar, when He had Conquered the King of Egypt Made ...</a> ... CHAPTER 6. How Nebuchadnezzar, When He Had Conquered The King Of Egypt Made An Expedition Against The Jews, And Slew Jehoiakim, And Made Jeholachin His Son King ... /.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 6 how nebuchadnezzar when.htm<a href="/library/josephus/the_antiquities_of_the_jews/chapter_7_how_david_fell.htm">How David Fell in Love with Bathsheba, and Slew Her Husband Uriah ...</a> ... From The Death Of Saul To The Death Of David. CHAPTER 7. How David Fell In Love With Bathsheba, And Slew Her Husband Uriah, For Which He Is Reproved By Nathan. ... /.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 7 how david fell.htm<a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/s/slew.htm">Slew (206 Occurrences)</a> ... 3. (vt) See Slue. Multi-Version Concordance Slew (206 Occurrences). Matthew 21:39 And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him. (KJV WBS) ... /s/slew.htm - 38k<a href="/topical/e/elhanan.htm">Elhanan (4 Occurrences)</a> ... In the Authorized Version (2 Samuel 21:19) it is recorded that "Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath." The Revised ... /e/elhanan.htm - 10k<a href="/topical/l/lionlike.htm">Lionlike (2 Occurrences)</a> ... 2 Samuel 23:20 And 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: he went down ... /l/lionlike.htm - 7k<a href="/topical/a/altar-hearths.htm">Altar-hearths (2 Occurrences)</a> ... 2 Samuel 23:20 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, he slew the two'sons of Ariel of Moab: he went ... /a/altar-hearths.htm - 7k<a href="/topical/j/josi'ah.htm">Josi'ah (50 Occurrences)</a> ... 2 Kings 21:24 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. ... /j/josi'ah.htm - 21k<a href="/topical/r/remali'ah.htm">Remali'ah (13 Occurrences)</a> ... him, and smote him in Samaria, in the castle of the king's house, by Argob and by Arieh; and with him were fifty men of the Gileadites; and he slew him, and ... /r/remali'ah.htm - 10k<a href="/topical/m/mid'ian.htm">Mid'ian (47 Occurrences)</a> ... Midian. (See RSV). Numbers 31:7 And they warred against Midian, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew every male. (See RSV). ... /m/mid'ian.htm - 20k<a href="/topical/a/abishai.htm">Abishai (25 Occurrences)</a> ... Samuel 18:2, 5, 12). He slew the Philistine giant Ishbi-benob, who threatened David's life (2 Samuel 21:15-17). He was the chief ... /a/abishai.htm - 19k<a href="/topical/a/athali'ah.htm">Athali'ah (17 Occurrences)</a> ... 2 Kings 11:20 So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet; and they slew Athaliah with the sword at the king's house. (See RSV). ... /a/athali'ah.htm - 11k<a href="/topical/b/benai'ah.htm">Benai'ah (43 Occurrences)</a> ... the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, he smote the two altar-hearths of Moab; he went down also and slew a lion ... /b/benai'ah.htm - 18k<a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/superhero-fiction.html">Is it wrong for a Christian to be a fan of superhero fiction? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/life-David.html">Who was David in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/gleaning-in-the-Bible.html">What is the meaning of gleaning in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://clyx.com/term/slew.htm">Slew: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a> <a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div>Slew (206 Occurrences)<a href="/matthew/21-39.htm">Matthew 21:39</a> And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him. (KJV WBS)<a href="/matthew/22-6.htm">Matthew 22:6</a> And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them. (KJV DBY WBS)<a href="/matthew/23-31.htm">Matthew 23:31</a> Wherefore ye witness to yourselves, that ye are sons of them that slew the prophets. (ASV DBY)<a href="/matthew/23-35.htm">Matthew 23:35</a> That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. (KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/mark/14-12.htm">Mark 14:12</a> And the first day of unleavened bread, when they slew the passover, his disciples say to him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare, that thou mayest eat the passover? (DBY)<a href="/luke/11-48.htm">Luke 11:48</a> It follows that you bear testimony to the actions of your forefathers and that you fully approve thereof. They slew, you build. (WEY)<a href="/luke/13-4.htm">Luke 13:4</a> Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? (KJV)<a href="/acts/3-15.htm">Acts 3:15</a> but the originator of life ye slew, whom God raised from among the dead, whereof we are witnesses. (DBY)<a href="/acts/5-30.htm">Acts 5:30</a> The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree. (KJV ASV WBS YLT)<a href="/acts/10-39.htm">Acts 10:39</a> And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree: (KJV ASV DBY WBS)<a href="/acts/12-2.htm">Acts 12:2</a> and slew James, the brother of John, with the sword. (DBY)<a href="/acts/22-20.htm">Acts 22:20</a> And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him. (KJV ASV WBS)<a href="/romans/7-11.htm">Romans 7:11</a> For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me. (KJV ASV DBY WBS)<a href="/1_john/3-12.htm">1 John 3:12</a> Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous. (KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS)<a href="/genesis/4-8.htm">Genesis 4:8</a> And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)<a href="/genesis/4-25.htm">Genesis 4:25</a> And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew. (KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV)<a href="/genesis/34-26.htm">Genesis 34:26</a> And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)<a href="/genesis/38-7.htm">Genesis 38:7</a> And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)<a href="/genesis/38-10.htm">Genesis 38:10</a> And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)<a href="/genesis/49-6.htm">Genesis 49:6</a> O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honor, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they digged down a wall. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)<a href="/exodus/2-12.htm">Exodus 2:12</a> And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand. (KJV WBS)<a href="/exodus/12-27.htm">Exodus 12:27</a> that you shall say,'It is the sacrifice of Yahweh's Passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he struck the Egyptians, and spared our houses.'" The people bowed their heads and worshiped. (See RSV)<a href="/exodus/13-15.htm">Exodus 13:15</a> And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)<a href="/leviticus/8-15.htm">Leviticus 8:15</a> And he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make reconciliation upon it. (KJV ASV WBS)<a href="/leviticus/8-23.htm">Leviticus 8:23</a> And he slew it; and Moses took of the blood of it, and put it upon the tip of Aaron's right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot. (KJV ASV WBS)<a href="/leviticus/9-8.htm">Leviticus 9:8</a> Aaron therefore went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself. (KJV JPS ASV WBS)<a href="/leviticus/9-12.htm">Leviticus 9:12</a> And he slew the burnt offering; and Aaron's sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled round about upon the altar. (KJV JPS ASV WBS)<a href="/leviticus/9-15.htm">Leviticus 9:15</a> And he brought the people's offering, and took the goat, which was the sin offering for the people, and slew it, and offered it for sin, as the first. (KJV JPS ASV WBS)<a href="/leviticus/9-18.htm">Leviticus 9:18</a> He slew also the bullock and the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings, which was for the people: and Aaron's sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled upon the altar round about, (KJV JPS ASV WBS)<a href="/numbers/3-13.htm">Numbers 3:13</a> for all the firstborn are mine. On the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I made holy to me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and animal. They shall be mine. I am Yahweh." (See RSV)<a href="/numbers/8-17.htm">Numbers 8:17</a> For all the firstborn among the children of Israel are mine, both man and animal. On the day that I struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them for myself. (See RSV)<a href="/numbers/21-24.htm">Numbers 21:24</a> Israel struck him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, even to the children of Ammon; for the border of the children of Ammon was strong. (See RSV)<a href="/numbers/21-35.htm">Numbers 21:35</a> So they struck him, and his sons and all his people, until there was none left him remaining: and they possessed his land. (See RSV)<a href="/numbers/31-7.htm">Numbers 31:7</a> And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)<a href="/numbers/31-8.htm">Numbers 31:8</a> And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)<a href="/deuteronomy/4-42.htm">Deuteronomy 4:42</a> that the manslayer might flee there, who kills his neighbor unawares, and didn't hate him in time past; and that fleeing to one of these cities he might live: (See NAS)<a href="/joshua/7-5.htm">Joshua 7:5</a> The men of Ai struck about thirty-six men of them, and they chased them from before the gate even to Shebarim, and struck them at the descent. The hearts of the people melted, and became like water. (See RSV)<a href="/joshua/8-21.htm">Joshua 8:21</a> And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew the men of Ai. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS)<a href="/joshua/8-22.htm">Joshua 8:22</a> The others came out of the city against them, so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side. They struck them, so that they let none of them remain or escape. (See NAS)<a href="/joshua/9-26.htm">Joshua 9:26</a> And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not. (KJV JPS ASV WBS)<a href="/joshua/10-10.htm">Joshua 10:10</a> And the LORD discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to Bethhoron, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah. (KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV)<a href="/joshua/10-26.htm">Joshua 10:26</a> And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening. (KJV WBS)<a href="/joshua/11-17.htm">Joshua 11:17</a> Even from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them. (KJV WBS)<a href="/judges/1-4.htm">Judges 1:4</a> And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men. (KJV WBS)<a href="/judges/1-5.htm">Judges 1:5</a> And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites. (KJV WBS)<a href="/judges/1-10.htm">Judges 1:10</a> And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai. (KJV WBS)<a href="/judges/1-17.htm">Judges 1:17</a> And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah. (KJV WBS)<a href="/judges/3-29.htm">Judges 3:29</a> And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valor; and there escaped not a man. (KJV WBS)<a href="/judges/3-31.htm">Judges 3:31</a> And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel. (KJV WBS)<a href="/judges/7-25.htm">Judges 7:25</a> And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan. (KJV JPS ASV WBS)<a href="/judges/8-17.htm">Judges 8:17</a> And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)<a href="/judges/8-18.htm">Judges 8:18</a> Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, so were they; each one resembled the children of a king. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)<a href="/judges/9-24.htm">Judges 9:24</a> That the cruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, which slew them; and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the killing of his brethren. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)<a href="/judges/9-43.htm">Judges 9:43</a> He took his men and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the fields; and he looked and saw the men coming out of the city, and he rose against them and slew them. (DBY NAS RSV)<a href="/judges/9-44.htm">Judges 9:44</a> And Abimelech, and the company that was with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and the two other companies ran upon all the people that were in the fields, and slew them. (KJV DBY WBS NAS RSV)<a href="/judges/9-45.htm">Judges 9:45</a> And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt. (KJV JPS ASV WBS)<a href="/judges/9-54.htm">Judges 9:54</a> Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A women slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died. (KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS)<a href="/judges/12-6.htm">Judges 12:6</a> Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)<a href="/judges/15-15.htm">Judges 15:15</a> And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith. (KJV DBY WBS RSV)<a href="/judges/16-24.htm">Judges 16:24</a> And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which slew many of us. (KJV WBS)<a href="/judges/16-30.htm">Judges 16:30</a> And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)<a href="/judges/20-45.htm">Judges 20:45</a> And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them. (KJV WBS)<a href="/1_samuel/1-25.htm">1 Samuel 1:25</a> And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli. (KJV ASV WBS RSV)<a href="/1_samuel/4-2.htm">1 Samuel 4:2</a> And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)<a href="/1_samuel/6-19.htm">1 Samuel 6:19</a> He struck of the men of Beth Shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of Yahweh, he struck of the people fifty thousand seventy men; and the people mourned, because Yahweh had struck the people with a great slaughter. (See RSV)<a href="/1_samuel/11-11.htm">1 Samuel 11:11</a> And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that they which remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together. (KJV WBS)<a href="/1_samuel/14-13.htm">1 Samuel 14:13</a> And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armourbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armourbearer slew after him. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)<a href="/1_samuel/14-32.htm">1 Samuel 14:32</a> And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat them with the blood. (KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV)<a href="/1_samuel/14-34.htm">1 Samuel 14:34</a> And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say unto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and slay them here, and eat; and sin not against the LORD in eating with the blood. And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and slew them there. (KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV)<a href="/1_samuel/17-35.htm">1 Samuel 17:35</a> And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)<a href="/1_samuel/17-36.htm">1 Samuel 17:36</a> Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God. (KJV WBS)<a href="/1_samuel/17-50.htm">1 Samuel 17:50</a> So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David. (KJV JPS ASV WBS)<a href="/1_samuel/17-51.htm">1 Samuel 17:51</a> Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled. (KJV JPS ASV WBS)<a href="/1_samuel/18-27.htm">1 Samuel 18:27</a> Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king's son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife. (KJV JPS ASV WBS)<a href="/1_samuel/19-5.htm">1 Samuel 19:5</a> For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause? (KJV WBS RSV)<a href="/1_samuel/19-8.htm">1 Samuel 19:8</a> And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled from him. (KJV JPS ASV WBS)<a href="/1_samuel/22-18.htm">1 Samuel 22:18</a> And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod. (KJV JPS ASV WBS)<a href="/1_samuel/23-5.htm">1 Samuel 23:5</a> And David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and slew them with a great slaughter. So David save the inhabitants of Keilah. (See JPS ASV)<a href="/1_samuel/29-5.htm">1 Samuel 29:5</a> Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands? (KJV WBS)<a href="/1_samuel/30-2.htm">1 Samuel 30:2</a> And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way. (KJV JPS ASV WBS)<a href="/1_samuel/31-2.htm">1 Samuel 31:2</a> And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Melchishua, Saul's sons. (KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV)<a href="/2_samuel/1-10.htm">2 Samuel 1:10</a> So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord. (KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV)<a href="/2_samuel/3-30.htm">2 Samuel 3:30</a> So Joab, and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle. (KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT RSV)<a href="/2_samuel/4-7.htm">2 Samuel 4:7</a> For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)<a href="/2_samuel/4-10.htm">2 Samuel 4:10</a> When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings: (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)<a href="/2_samuel/4-12.htm">2 Samuel 4:12</a> And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)<a href="/2_samuel/8-5.htm">2 Samuel 8:5</a> And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succor Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men. (KJV WBS RSV)<a href="/2_samuel/8-13.htm">2 Samuel 8:13</a> David got him a name when he returned from smiting the Syrians in the Valley of Salt, even eighteen thousand men. (See RSV)<a href="/2_samuel/10-18.htm">2 Samuel 10:18</a> And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew the men of seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who died there. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)<a href="/2_samuel/14-6.htm">2 Samuel 14:6</a> And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him. (KJV DBY WBS)<a href="/2_samuel/14-7.htm">2 Samuel 14:7</a> And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth. (KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV)<a href="/2_samuel/18-15.htm">2 Samuel 18:15</a> And ten young men that bare Joab's armor compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him. (KJV JPS ASV WBS)<a href="/2_samuel/21-1.htm">2 Samuel 21:1</a> Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David inquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites. (KJV DBY WBS)<a href="/2_samuel/21-12.htm">2 Samuel 21:12</a> And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the street of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, in the day that the Philistines slew Saul in Gilboa; (See JPS ASV)<a href="/2_samuel/21-18.htm">2 Samuel 21:18</a> And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the sons of the giant. (KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV)<a href="/2_samuel/21-19.htm">2 Samuel 21:19</a> And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam. (KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV)<a href="/2_samuel/21-21.htm">2 Samuel 21:21</a> And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimeah the brother of David slew him. (KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV)<a href="/2_samuel/23-8.htm">2 Samuel 23:8</a> These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time. (KJV JPS WBS RSV)<a href="/2_samuel/23-12.htm">2 Samuel 23:12</a> But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew the Philistines: and the LORD wrought a great victory. (KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV)<a href="/2_samuel/23-18.htm">2 Samuel 23:18</a> And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and slew them, and had the name among three. 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