Fear and RESPECT God because God “HAS” killed an estimated 25 Million.
I kill ... I wound ... I will make my arrows drunk with blood, and mine sword shall devour flesh. Deuteronomy 32:39-42
The table shows two numbers: The number given by the Bible, if
any, and an estimate, when no biblical number is available.
Total number killed by God in the Bible
- Using biblical numbers only: 2,821,364
- With estimates: 25 million
(The table has been updated to include God's killings in the
Apocrypha/Deuterocanonical books. I'll be adding the missing Apocryphal stories
in the next few days.)
Killing Event |
Reference |
Bible's Number |
Estimate |
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1 |
20,000,000 |
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2 |
1,000 |
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3 |
2,000 |
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4 |
1 |
1 |
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5 |
2 |
1,000 |
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6 |
1 |
1 |
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7 |
1 |
1 |
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8 |
70,000 |
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9 |
10,000 |
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10 |
300,000 |
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11 |
500,000 |
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12 |
600 |
5,000 |
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13 |
1,000 |
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14 |
Who is on the Lord's side?: Forcing friends and family to kill each other |
3,000 |
3,000 |
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15 |
1,000 |
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16 |
2 |
2 |
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17 |
1 |
1 |
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18 |
100 |
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19 |
While the flesh was still between their teeth, the Lord smote them will a very great plague |
10,000 |
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20 |
10 |
110 |
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21 |
A man gathering sticks on the Sabbath day is stoned to death |
1 |
1 |
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22 |
3 |
9 |
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23 |
250 |
250 |
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24 |
14,700 |
14,700 |
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25 |
3,000 |
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26 |
God sent serpents to bite people for complaining about the lack of food and water |
100 |
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27 |
24,002 |
24,002 |
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28 |
6 |
200,000 |
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29 |
500,000 |
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30 |
5,000 |
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31 |
God hardens King Sihon's heart so all his people can be killed |
1 |
5,000 |
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32 |
1 |
60,000 |
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33 |
1,000 |
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34 |
1 |
5 |
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35 |
12,000 |
12,000 |
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36 |
God stops the sun so Joshua can get his killing done in the daylight |
5,000 |
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37 |
5 |
10,000 |
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38 |
Joshua utterly destroyed all that breathed as the Lord commanded |
7 |
7,000 |
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39 |
The genocide of twenty cities: There was not any left to breathe |
2 |
20,000 |
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40 |
5,000 |
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41 |
10,000 |
10,000 |
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42 |
1,000 |
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43 |
5,000 |
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44 |
1 |
1,000 |
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45 |
1 |
1 |
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46 |
10,000 |
10,000 |
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47 |
600 |
600 |
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48 |
1,000 |
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49 |
1 |
1 |
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50 |
Gideon's story: The Lord set every man's sword against his fellow |
120,000 |
120,000 |
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51 |
A city is massacred and 1000 burn to death because of God's evil spirit |
1,001 |
2,000 |
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52 |
20,000 |
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53 |
1 |
1 |
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54 |
42,000 |
42,000 |
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55 |
30 |
30 |
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56 |
1,000 |
1,000 |
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57 |
3,000 |
3,000 |
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58 |
A holy civil war (it had something to do with rotting concubine body part messages) |
65,100 |
65,100 |
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59 |
4,000 |
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60 |
34,002 |
34,002 |
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61 |
3,000 |
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62 |
50,070 |
50,070 |
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63 |
1,000 |
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64 |
Another Ammonite massacre (and another God-inspired body part message) |
1,000 |
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65 |
20 |
20 |
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66 |
1,000 |
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67 |
10,000 |
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68 |
1 |
1 |
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69 |
1 |
1 |
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70 |
200 |
200 |
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71 |
10,000 |
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72 |
1 |
1 |
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73 |
60,000 |
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74 |
1,000 |
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75 |
God kills Saul, his sons, and his soldiers because Saul didn't kill all the Amalekites |
4 |
100 |
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76 |
1 |
1 |
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77 |
2 |
2 |
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78 |
God helps David smite the Philistines from the front and the rear |
2,000 |
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79 |
1 |
1 |
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80 |
David killed two-thirds of the Moabite POWs and enslaved the rest |
667 |
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81 |
65,850 |
66,850 |
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82 |
15,000 |
25,000 |
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83 |
1,000 |
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84 |
1 |
1 |
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85 |
7 |
3,000 |
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86 |
1,403 |
3,400 |
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87 |
God killed 70,000 because of David had a census that God (or Satan) told him to do |
70,000 |
200,000 |
|
88 |
2 |
2 |
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89 |
1 |
1 |
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90 |
1 |
1 |
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91 |
10 |
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92 |
20 |
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93 |
1 |
1 |
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94 |
3,000 |
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95 |
450 |
450 |
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96 |
10,000 |
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97 |
God killed 100,000 Syrians for calling him a god of the hills |
100,000 |
100,000 |
|
98 |
27,000 |
27,000 |
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99 |
1 |
1 |
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100 |
1 |
1 |
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101 |
God burned 102 men to death for asking Elijah to come down from his hill |
102 |
102 |
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102 |
1 |
1 |
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103 |
God sent bears to kill 42 boys for making fun of a prophet's bald head |
42 |
42 |
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104 |
5,000 |
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105 |
1 |
1 |
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106 |
7,000 |
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107 |
1 |
1 |
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108 |
1 |
1 |
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109 |
70 |
70 |
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110 |
20 |
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111 |
42 |
42 |
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112 |
20 |
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113 |
Jehu assembled the followers of Baal and then slaughtered them all |
1,000 |
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114 |
2 |
2 |
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115 |
10 |
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116 |
185,000 |
185,000 |
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117 |
1 |
1 |
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118 |
100 |
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119 |
50,000 |
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120 |
500,000 |
500,000 |
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121 |
1 |
1 |
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122 |
1,000,000 |
1,000,000 |
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123 |
Friendly fire: God forced "a great multitude" to kill each other |
30,000 |
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124 |
1 |
1 |
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125 |
3 |
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126 |
1 |
1 |
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127 |
1 |
10,000 |
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128 |
1 |
1,000 |
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129 |
1 |
10,000 |
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130 |
120,000 |
120,000 |
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131 |
10,000 |
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132 |
75,813 |
75,813 |
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133 |
10 |
60 |
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134 |
1 |
1 |
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135 |
1 |
1 |
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136 |
2 |
2 |
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137 |
Judith is blessed above all women (for cutting off a sleeping man's head) |
1 |
1 |
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138 |
1,000 |
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139 |
2 |
2 |
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140 |
100 |
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141 |
1 |
1 |
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142 |
1 |
1 |
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143 |
800 |
4,900 |
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144 |
3,000 |
3,000 |
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145 |
5,000 |
17,000 |
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146 |
11,000 |
37,000 |
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147 |
Nicanor's army: The Almighty being their helper, they slew above nine thousand men |
147,002 |
147,002 |
|
148 |
Jonathan and Simon destroy the wicked out of Israel |
1 Mac 9:46-49, 2 Mac 8:30-33, 10:61 |
1,000 |
1,200 |
149 |
Five heavenly horsemen cast darts and fireballs at the enemy |
21,103 |
21,400 |
|
150 |
1 |
1 |
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151 |
Idumeans, traitors, and Jews in two towers |
40,000 |
40,100 |
|
152 |
Nicanor's head: A manifest sign of the help of God |
35,000 |
35,000 |
|
153 |
Aliens at Cades |
3,000 |
3,000 |
|
154 |
John burns to death 2000 in the tower of Azotus |
2,000 |
2,000 |
|
155 |
God sent wasps to slowly destroy people |
1,000 |
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156 |
2 |
2 |
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157 |
1 |
1 |
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Totals |
2,821,363 |
24,994,827 |
Page by Steve Wells