1 Chronicles
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Cruelty and Violence in 1 Chronicles

  1. God killed Er for being "evil in the sight of the Lord." 2:3

  2. The sons of Reuben made war with the Hagarites and "there fell down many slain, because the war was from God." They did pretty well for themselves, too, in God's war, taking 250,000 sheep and 100,000 slaves. 5:18-22

  3. But the Israelites "transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them." So God inspired the Assyrians to go to war with the Israelites. 5:25-26

  4. Saul died for refusing God's order to kill all of the Amalekites (15:2-3, 18-19) and for consulting a witch (1 Sam.28:8-19). 10:13-14

  5. "David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain." 11:6

  6. The chief of David's captains killed with his own spear 300 guys at one time. 11:11

  7. Abishai killed 300 men with his spear. 11:20

  8. "Benaiah ... slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion." 11:22

  9. God kills Uzza for trying to keep the ark from falling. 13:9-10

  10. "The LORD said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thine hand."
    God tells David to go to war with the Philistines, promising to deliver them into his hand. 14:10

  11. "God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand."
    God helps David slaughter his enemies. 14:11

  12. "David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the host of the Philistines." 14:16

  13. "David also houghed all the chariot horses." 18:4

  14. David kills 7000 men in chariots and 40,000 footmen. 19:18

  15. David's army "wastes the children of Ammon ... besieged Rabbah ... and destroyed it." 20:1

  16. David tortures all the inhabitants of several cities "with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes." 20:3

  17. God kills 70,000 men because David had a census. 21:7