Death Toll: Murder | Plague | War | Caprice | Immolation | Buried Alive | Tent Stake
Statistics
Victim / Victims
Citations and Circumstances
1
Abel
Genesis 4:8 | Killed by his brother Cain
Unspecified* (20,000,000?)
Everyone on Earth except Noah’s family
Genesis 7:6 | FLOODING
1
Lot’s wife
Genesis 19:26 | Turned into a pillar of salt for looking back at the firebombing of Sodom
Unspecified* (500?)
All males in the town of Shechem
Genesis 34:25 | MASSACRE BY SWORD: While sleeping: The Israelites also stole the livestock and everything else that wasn’t nailed down
2
Hamor & Shechem
Genesis 34:26 | SWORD Killed by Dinah’s brothers
1
Er, Judah’s eldest son
Genesis 38:2-6 | UNKNOWN: (He was wicked)
1
Onan, Judah’s next son
Genesis 38:7 | Killed by God for wanking
1
Egyptian taskmaster by Moses
Exodus 2:11-12: | UNKNOWN: Killed for beating an Israelite slave
3,000
Recently escaped Israelite slaves
Exodus 32:27-28 | The people get tired of waiting for Moses and party with a golden calf.
2
High Priest Aaron’s sons: Nadab and Abihu
Leviticus 10.1 | Junior priests are torched by YHWH for using the wrong incense for sacrifice
1
Israelite military scouts
Num. 14:36-37 | PLAGUE: Negative report on military challenges
2
Israelite male and Midianite female
Num. 25:7-8 | SIMULTANEOUS IMPALEMENT: Thrust through with a spear during coitus
250
Kohath, Dathan, Abiram On and other Reubenites
Num. 16:35 | BURIED ALIVE AND TORCHES: Rebelled against Moses and used the wrong incense.
24,000
Sinful Israelites
Num. 25: 8-9 | PLAGUE God sends a plague to kill Israelites fornicating with Midianites and Moabites
36
Israelite soldiers
Josh. 7:5 | BATTLE AGAINST AI: Killed because God was mad a Achan
1
Achan
Josh. 7:25 | STONED AND BURNED: For keeping war booty
Unknown
Achan’s family and livestock
Josh. 7:26 | STONED AND BURNED: For being related to Achan
12,000
Men, women and children of AI
Joshua 8:21-23 | CIVILIAN SLAUGHTER: YHWH sanctioned atrocity
5
Amorite Kings
Josh. 10:20 | HUNG FROM TREES: For being Amorites.
1
Moabite King Eglon
Judges 3:20-22 | DAGGER: Assassination by Ehud
10,000
Moabites
Judges 3:28 | BATTLE: Ambush by Eglon’s soldiers
600
Philistines
Judges 3:31 | OXGOAD: Attacked by new Judge Shamgar.
1
Moabite Captain Sisera
Judges 4:31 | TENT STAKE POUNDED THROUGH THE SKULL: by Jael while he slept
2
Midianite generals Oreb and Zeeb
Judges 7:25 | BEHEADING: by the Ephraimite army
120.000
Midianite swordsmen
Judges 8:10 | BATTLE CASUALTIES: by the Ephraimite army
2
Midianite kings Zebah and Zalmunna
Judges 8:21 | SWORD: Killed by Gideon, judge of Israel
Unspecified* (500)
Men of the town of Peniel
Judges 8:17 | SWORD: Killed by Gideon, judge of Israel
Unspecified* (10,000)
Almost all Sheshemites
Judges 9:45 | MILITARY MASSACRE: by Abimelech
1000
Sheshemites who escaped the massacre
Judges 9:49 | BURNING TO DEATH: by Abimelech torches the tower where they are hiding
1
Abimelech
Judges 9:53 | STONE TO THE HEAD/THEN SWORD: Woman crushes his head
Unspecified* (20,000)
Everyone in 20 Ammonite cities
Judges11:32-33 | BATTLE CASUALTIES: Japhtheh defeats the Ammonites with God’s help
1
Jephthah’s virgin daughter
Judges11:39 | CHILD SACRIFICE: Japhtheh sacrifices his daughter to thank YHWH
42,000
Ephraimites
Judges 12:5-6 | SWORD: The Ephraimites did not help warlord Jephthah against the Ammonites. So he taught them a lesson.
30
Random Ashkelon Philistines
Judges 14:5-6 | STRUCK DOWN: Killed by Samson because he needed their outfits
2
Samson’s ex wife and her father
Judges 15:3-6 | BURNING: Philistines burn Samson’s ex wife and father because she denied him sex and made him angry enough to burn their fields.
1,000
Philistines
Judges 15:16 | DONKEY JAWBONE: “With the jawbone of a donkey, I’ve piled them in heaps!”
Unspecified* (1,000+)
Philistines
Judges 16:30 | FALLING DEBRIS: Samson wrecks a very large house.
1
Judges 19:26 | GANG RAPE: Given over to the party crowd who abuse her all night until dead.
22,000
Israelite soldiers
Judges 20:21 | BATTLE CASUALTIES: Israelites die in first battle with Benjaminites. See story
18,000
Israelite soldiers
Judges 20: 25 | BATTLE CASUALTIES: Israelites die in second battle with Benjaminites. See story
18,000
Israelite soldiers
Judges 20: 25 | BATTLE CASUALTIES: Israelites die in second battle with Benjaminites. See story
30
Israelite soldiers
Judges 20:31 | BATTLE CASUALTIES: Israelites die in third battle with Benjaminites. See story
25,000
Benjaminite soldiers
Judges 20:46 | BATTLE CASUALTIES: Benjaminites die in fourth battle. See story
Unspecified*
All citizens of Benjaminite citizen genocide
Judges 20:48 | CIVILIAN SLAUGHTER: Every Benjaminite city burned. See story
Unspecified* (1,000+)
Everyone in the town of Jabesh Gilead except virgins
Judges 21:10 | CIVILIAN SLAUGHTER: Killed for failing to join the attack on Benjamin. See story
All citizens of Makkedah*
Canaanite civilians
Josh.10:28 | CIVILIAN EXECUTION: *Death toll not reported.
34,000
Israelites
1 Samuel 4:1, 10 | BATTLE: Routed by the Philistines and lost the Ark of the Covenant.
1
Eli
1 Samuel 4:18 | ACCIDENT TRIGGERED BY TRAUMA: Falls off his chair, breaks his neck
200
Philistines
1 Samuel 18:27 | SWORD: Killed by future King David and pals for their foreskins, his dowry
1
Ish-Bosheth
2 Samuel 4:6 | STABBING/DECAPITATION: Saul’s son killed by Rekab and Baanah
2
Rekab and Baanah
2 Samuel 4:12 | EXECUTION: For killing Ish-Bosheth, also hands and feet severed.
1
Captain Uzzah
2 Samuel 6:7 | STRUCK DOWN BY YHWH: Uzzah grabbed the Ark to save it from falling off an ox cart.
850
Priests of Baal
1 Kings 18:27 | SWORD: Slaughtered by Israelites who see the error of their ways after magic contest
1
King of Moab’s son
2 Kings 3:26-27 | HUMAN SACRIFICE: King barbeques son to gain victory on battle.
1
Joshua ben Joseph, Son of God
Matthew 6:6 | CRUCIFIXION: The Lord sacrifices him to save humankind.
2
Gestas and Dismas
Christian Tradition | CRUCIFIXION: Positioned to the left and right of Jesus.
Unspecified*
All boys under 2 in the Bethlehem region
Matthew 2:16 | INFANT EXECUTION: Herod orders all infant boys under 2 killed.
1
John the Baptist
Mark 6:26-28 | BEHEADING: Angered Herodias
Unspecified*
Galileans
Luke 13:1 | MASS STATE EXECUTION: Pontius Pilate then mixes their blood with Judean sacrifices
1
St. Stephen
Acts 6-7 | STONING: Angered the council of Jerusalem by promoting Joshua ben Joseph
7,000
10% of the population
Revelation 11:3–13 | EARTHQUAKE: No particular reason
332,780
NOTE: * These entries do not include total dead