Judges 8:20-21

20So he said to Jether his firstborn, “Rise and kill them!” But the young man did not draw his sword, for he was afraid, because he was still a young man. 21Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Rise yourself and fall upon us, for as the man is, so is his strength.” And Gideon arose and akilled Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took bthe crescent ornaments that were on the necks of their camels.

1 Samuel 15:33

33And Samuel said, cAs your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women.” And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces before the Lord din Gilgal.

2 Samuel 1:15

15Then eDavid called one of the young men and said, “Go, execute him.” And he struck him down so that he died.

2 Samuel 4:12

12And David commanded his young men, and they killed them and cut off their hands and feet and hanged them beside the pool at Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it fin the tomb of Abner at Hebron.

1 Kings 2:31

31The king replied to him, gDo as he has said, strike him down and bury him, hand thus take away from me and from my father’s house the guilt for the blood that Joab shed without cause.

1 Kings 2:34

34Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and struck him down and put him to death. And he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

1 Kings 2:46

46Then the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he went out and struck him down, and he died.

iSo the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.

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