The Death Toll People and cities slaughtered by God or on his orders. (And please don't say this is the old testament and doesn't apply to christians...Jesus is God, right? And if it's in the bible and you're a christian you have to believe it's true) This document is currently being modified to include chapter and verse references and for cosmetic reasons. Thank you for your patience. Also, thanks to Jeff for providing those chapters and verses. My apologies for the lack of chapter and verse notation. At the time I was reading the bible, I never thought this happy little list would ever be seen by anyone but myself. The effort required to look up each and every incident is too much for someone with a limited amount of time, such as myself. And NO! I don't hate god because he killed a bunch of people. Do you hate Freddy Krueger because he killed a bunch of people? You cannot hate things which do not exist. The number dead if stated is listed to the left. I have starred my personal favorite "acts of God," as far as meanness and utter disregard for innocence or guilt. Anyone who thinks TV is violent should read this book. The random unjustified slaughter is amazing. Killed by God ? -- Drowned everyone in the whole world except for Noah and his family (Genesis 7) 1 -- Saltified Lot's wife (Genesis 19:26) ? -- Burned all of the people of Sodom and Gomorrah (except for "good" Lot who offered his virgin daughters to a mob of men and then slept with both of them himself later) 1 -- Slew Er, Judah's firstborn son (Genesis 38:7) 1 -- Er's brother, Onan (38:10) ? -- The firstborn in all of Egypt ? -- Drowned the pharoah and all of his gang in the Red Sea 2 -- Nadab and Abihu for making a fire ? -- Burned some Jews for complaining ? -- Sent a plague against Jews for being greedy 11 -- Sent a plague on Jews who gave the chosen land a bad report ? -- Korah and other Jews who didn't like Moses 14,700 -- Sent a plague on Jews apparently for the hell of it "many" -- Sent serpents on Jews ? -- Philistines 50,070 -- Jews who looked in the ark of the covenant 1 -- Nabal for scorning David 1 -- Uzzah for touching the ark when trying to keep it from falling 1 -- David and Bathsheba's child 70,000 -- Sent a pestilence because David sinned 102 -- Sent fire down on Ahaziah's men 42 -- Sent bears to kill children who mocked Elisha ? -- Sent lions to kill invaders 185,000 -- Assyrians 80,000 -- Lots of bad Israelites Killed on God's orders by the Jews ? Jacob's sons killed every man in Shechem 3,000 Jews worshipping the golden calf 1 Man gathering wood on a Sunday ? Canaan ? Took the city of Heshbon from the Amorites ? All of the people of Bashan 24,000 Jews who followed Baal ? All Midianites except for the virgin girls ? Everyone in Jericho but Rahab, a hooker who betrayed her city ? Achan and his family(who had nothing to do with it) for stealing ? Everyone in the cities of Ai, Makkedah, Libnath, Jarmuth, Geder, Hormah, Arad, Addellam, Bethel, Tappuah, Hepher, Apheh, Lasheron, Madon, Tasnach, Megiddo, Kedesh, Jokneam, Dor, Goiim, Terzah, and all of the Amorites. 10,004 The men of Bezek ? The people of Jerusalem, Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai ? The people of Zephath, Gaza, Ashkelon, Ekron, and the king of Moab, Eglon. ? The army of Sisera and the men of Karkor ? Jephthah destroyed 20 cities ? Samson killed 30 men who solved his riddle, the Philistines, and tons of people when he died 50,100 The men of the tribe of Benjamin ? The tribe of Jabesh-gilead ? The Ammonites, the Philistines and the Amelekites 331,269 David killed a whole bunch of people 3 Solomon killed a few people too ? All of Jeroboam's extended family ? All of Baasha's extended family 450 Prophets of Baal 793,000 All Jewish Baal-followers 127,000 Arameans 1 Man who wouldn't strike a prophet ? Moabites 172 Jezebel, Ahab's sons, Joram, their priests, and their friends 142 Ahaziah's relatives ? All of Baal's followers 1 Athaliah for killing sons 1 Mattan the Baal priest 10,002 Edomites and two servents ? All of the pregnant women in Tirzah 20,000 Hezekiah killed a bunch of people 500,000 Israelites killed each other 50,000 Ethiopians 23,000 Seerites 510 Haman's army 75,300 More of the army So the grand total comes to: more than 399,933 people killed by God ...going only on the numbers listed (not counting, oh, say, the entire population of the world at the time of Noah, 3 cities, and other such things that were not enumerated in the Bible). more than 2,017,956 people killed by followers of God ...not even counting the 65 cities they destroyed without seeing fit to give any numbers. Oh, and we don't want to forget... ? Satan killed Job's children after God told him that he could. Whoo-hoo, what a bad guy in comparison with our just and merciful Lord God.