Here's a summary of God's killings in Judges.
| Killing Event
| Verse
| Estimated number killed
| Cumulative total
|
1
| God delivers the Canaanites and Perizzites
| Judges 1:4
| 10,000
| 10,000
|
2
| The Jerusalem Massacre
| Judges 1:8
| 1000
| 11,000
|
3
| Ten Massacres, a wedding, and some God-proof iron chariots
| Judges 1:9-25
| 10,000
| 21,000
|
4
| The LORD delivered Chushanrishathaim
| Judges 3:7-10
| 1000
| 22,000
|
5
| Ehud delivers a message from God: a knife in the belly
| Judges 3:15-22
| 1
| 22,001
|
6
| God delivers 10,000 lusty Moabites
| Judges 3:28-29
| 10,000
| 32,001
|
7
| Barak and God Massacre the Canaanites
| Judges 4:14
| 1000
| 33,001
|
8
| Jael pounds a tent stake through a
sleeping man's head
| Judges 4:18-25
| 1
| 33,002
|
9
| God forces Midianite soldiers to kill each other
| Judges 7:22, Judges 8:10
| 120,000
| 153,002
|
10
| A city is massacred and 1000 burn to death because of God's evil spirit
| Judges 9:23-33
| 2001
| 155,003
|
11
| The Ammonite massacre
| Judges 11:32-33
| 20,000
| 175,003
|
12
| Jephthah's daughter
| Judges 11:32-33
| 1
| 175,004
|
13
| The spirit of the Lord comes on Samson and he murders 30 men for their clothes
| Judges 14:19
| 30
| 175,034
|
14
| The Spirit of the Lord comes upon Samson and he kills 1000 men with the jawbone of an ass
| Judges 15:14-15
| 1000
| 176,034
|
15
| Samson's God-assisted act of terrorism
| Judges 16:27-30
| 3,000
| 179,034
|
16
| A Holy Civil War
| Judges 20:35-37
| 65,100
| 244,134
|
There are other notable killings in Judges that involve God in one way or another. I didn't include them in God's killings since it wasn't entirely clear (to me at least) that God was directly involved. Here are a few posts about these killings.
Let me know if I missed any or if I got some of the numbers wrong.
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This post has been linked for the HOT5 Daily 12/12/2009, at The Unreligious Right
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