- Chapter 97 in Drunk with Blood: God's killings in the Bible.
- 1 Kings 20.36
- Number Killed: 1
- A neighbor in the word of the Lord
- Number Killed: 1
- Table of God's killings
- Who has killed more Satan or God?
- God's next killing
- Who has killed more Satan or God?
More information about God's killings, with a chapter on each of the 135 killing events, can be found int the book:
6 comments:
This one I wasn't too sure of either, because of the lack of detail. However, it seems clear enough to label as unjust and just plain ridiculous. I suppose the moral of this story is to do whatever is commanded of you by god or his prophets.
" I suppose the moral of this story is to do whatever is commanded of you by god or his prophets."
Yeah, I suppose that's it, but what if you obeyed and smote (smited?) the prophet? Would God send a lion to eat you for smiting his prophet? He send a couple of bears to rip up 42 little boys for making fun of a prophet's bald head. Maybe it's a lion for disobeying a prophet and bears for making fun of them.
It's probably best to just stay the hell away from God and his prophets.
The rest of the story ... This "son of the prophet" wanted to deceive King Ahab (and presumably YAHWEH wanted to deceive him as well). Why? To see if he would kill someone who let a captive free. The king does not kill the lying prophet (who says he let a captive free) so YAHWEH kills the king. 1 Kings 20:37-43
Apparently the first guy should have known that this son of a prophet had a master plan of deception - approved by God - and anyone who does not support the plan would be punished with immediate death. After all, God has a right to know if someone will kill someone who gave mercy to someone else who did not deserve mercy ... and if he wants you to deceive people to find out, well you better do it!
I tell you honestly. I don't see how this can be good.
I agree, Robert.
I should probably add something about "the rest of the story" -- which leads to God's next killing: king Ahab.
smited is wrong, but sounds better than smote !
Wow; that's a crazy-ass convoluted plan... neither rhyme nor reason to it.
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