Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'slew' occurs 226 times in the standard works.

69 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'slew' in the standard works and contain 30.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 30 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Sam. 23:18-21 (5 in 4 verses)

1 Chr. 11:20-23 (5 in 4 verses)

Num. 31:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)


2 Kgs. 10:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

 10:7 And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel.

 10:8 And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning.

 10:9 And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye be righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these?




2 Kgs. 14:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Judg. 7:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 16:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 39:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 52:10 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Jn. 3:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 5:50 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 34:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 10:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 1:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 8:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 9:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 17:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 17:50-51 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 14:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 21:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 20:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 21:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 20:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 25:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 28:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 33:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Esth. 9:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 41:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 41:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 40:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 185 1 186
Gen. 7 0 7
Ex. 2 0 2
Lev. 6 0 6
Num. 3 0 3
Josh. 6 0 6
Judg. 23 0 23
1 Sam. 17 1 18
2 Sam. 21 0 21
1 Kgs. 14 0 14
2 Kgs. 25 0 25
1 Chr. 16 0 16
2 Chr. 17 0 17
Neh. 1 0 1
Esth. 4 0 4
Ps. 5 0 5
Isa. 1 0 1
Jer. 10 0 10
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 4 0 4
Dan. 2 0 2
NT 11 0 11
BM 26 0 26
DC 0 0 0
PGP 4 0 4
TOTAL 226 1 227

2 Kgs. 9:31
And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who slew his master?

2 Kgs. 10:7
And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel.

2 Kgs. 10:9
And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye be righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these?

2 Kgs. 10:11
So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until he left him none remaining.

2 Kgs. 10:14
And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing house, even two and forty men; neither left he any of them.

2 Kgs. 10:17
And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the Lord, which he spake to Elijah.

2 Kgs. 11:18
And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the Lord.

2 Kgs. 11:20
And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king's house.

2 Kgs. 12:20
And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla.

2 Kgs. 14:5
And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father.

2 Kgs. 14:6
But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the Lord commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

2 Kgs. 14:7
He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.

2 Kgs. 14:19
Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.

2 Kgs. 15:10
And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.

2 Kgs. 15:14
For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.

2 Kgs. 15:30
And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.

2 Kgs. 16:9
And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.

2 Kgs. 17:25
And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the Lord: therefore the Lord sent lions among them, which slew some of them.

2 Kgs. 21:23
And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.

2 Kgs. 21:24
And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.

2 Kgs. 23:20
And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there upon the altars, and burned men's bones upon them, and returned to Jerusalem.

2 Kgs. 23:29
In his days Pharaoh-nechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.

2 Kgs. 25:7
And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.

2 Kgs. 25:21
And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their land.