Deuteronomy 21:22-23

A Man Hanged on a Tree Is Cursed

22“And if a man has committed a crime punishable by death and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree, 23 ahis body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall bury him the same day, for ba hanged man is cursed by God. cYou shall not defile your land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance.

Joshua 10:26-28

26And afterward Joshua struck them and put them to death, and he hanged them on five trees. And dthey hung on the trees until evening. 27But at the time of the going down of the sun, Joshua commanded, and ethey took them down from the trees and threw them into the cave where they had hidden themselves, and they set large stones against the mouth of the cave, which remain to this very day.

28As for fMakkedah, Joshua captured it on that day and struck it, and its king, with the edge of the sword. He devoted to destruction every person in it; he left none remaining. And he did to the king of Makkedah gjust as he had done to the king of Jericho.

Joshua 10:30

30And the Lord gave it also and its king into the hand of Israel. And he struck it with the edge of the sword, and every person in it; he left none remaining in it. And he did to its king has he had done to the king of Jericho.

Joshua 10:33

33Then Horam king of iGezer came up to help Lachish. And Joshua struck him and his people, until he left none remaining.

Esther 7:10

10And the king said, “Hang him on that.” jSo they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. kThen the wrath of the king abated.

Psalms 107:40

40 lhe pours contempt on princes
and mmakes them wander nin trackless wastes;

Psalms 110:5

5 The Lord is at your oright hand;
he will pshatter kings on qthe day of his wrath.

Acts 12:23

23Immediately ran angel of the Lord struck him down, because she did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last.

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