21 February 2010

God killed king Ahaziah (of Israel) for asking the wrong god

Chapter 100 in Drunk with Blood: God's killings in the Bible.

2 Kings 1.16-17

Number Killed: 1

Ahaziah of Israel

Table of God's killings

Who has killed more Satan or God?

God's next killing

More information about God's killings, with a chapter on each of the 135 killing events, can be found int the book:

Drunk With Blood: God's killings in the Bible

4 comments:

Matthew Blanchette said...

So, God commits regicide; why is Elijah not jailed as an accomplice, again?

busterggi said...

I guess an apologise for Baalzebub would explain that king Ahaziah's prayer was answered but the answer was no because Baalzebub works in mysterious ways.

Daniel said...

I wonder how the apologetics deal with obvious passages like this that clearly indicate there are OTHER gods? Even though this is explicit in the first commandment, there's nothing like some actual stories that name names and show their godly rivalry.

skanksta said...

Agreed Daniel, I always thought it was funny even @ 10 years old, that when Moses and Aaron have a 'god-off' with the Pharaoh's priests, they can do quite a tidy bit of magic themselves !

Even Baal worshippers seem able to pull of the odd rain dance.

If only we had Brucker still - he said these were probably done by 'evil spirits'!

The logic of that vs. an (ahem) omnipotent god makes your brain ache, lol.