| Killing Event | Verse | Estimated number killed | Cumulative total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | God killed Eli's sons | 4:11 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | God smote them with hemorrhoids in their secret parts | 5:6 | 3000 | 3002 |
| 3 | 50,070 killed for looking into the ark of the Lord | 6:19 | 50,070 | 53,072 |
| 4 | The Lord thundered with great thunder upon the Philistines | 7:10-11 | 1000 | 54,072 |
| 5 | The Ammonite Massacre | 11:11 | 1000 | 55,072 |
| 6 | Jonathan's very first slaughter | 14:14 | 20 | 55,092 |
| 7 | God forces the Philistines to kill each other | 14:20 | 1000 | 56,092 |
| 8 | The Amalekite massacre | 15:2-3 | 10,000 | 66,092 |
| 9 | Samuel hacks Agag to pieces before the Lord | 15:32-33 | 1 | 66,093 |
| 10 | The Lord said unto David, go and smite the Philistines | 23:2-5 | 1000 | 67,093 |
| 11 | The Lord smote Nabal | 25:38 | 1 | 67,094 |
| 12 | David spends the day killing Amalekites | 30:17 | 1000 | 68,094 |
| 13 | Israelite soldiers killed (to punish Saul for not killing all the Amalekites -- or for not inquiring of the Lord) | 31:1 | 100 | 68,194 |
| 14 | Saul and his sons | 31:2-4 | 4 | 68,198 |
There are other notable killings in 1 Samuel 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.
- Did God help David kill Goliath?
- David bought his first wife with 200 Philistine foreskins
- David joined the Philistines and committed random acts of genocide for them
Let me know if I missed any or if I got some of the numbers wrong.
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