Lexicon :: Strong's H2491 - ḥālāl

Jacob’s sons came to the slaughter and plundered the city because their sister had been defiled.

“They are not to marry a woman defiled by prostitution.[fn] They are not to marry one divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.

“He is not to marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one defiled by prostitution. He is to marry a virgin from his own people,

“Anyone in the open field who touches a person who has been killed by the sword or has died, or who even touches a human bone, or a grave, will be unclean for seven days.

“A person who is clean is to take hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle the tent, all the furnishings, and the people who were there. He is also to sprinkle the one who touched a bone, a grave, a corpse, or a person who had been killed.

A people rise up like a lioness;

they rouse themselves like a lion.

They will not lie down until they devour the prey

and drink the blood of the slain.

Along with the others slain by them, they killed the Midianite kings ​— ​Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.

“You are to remain outside the camp for seven days. All of you and your prisoners who have killed a person or touched the dead are to purify yourselves on the third day and the seventh day.

“If a murder victim is found lying in a field in the land the LORD your God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who killed him,

“All the elders of the city nearest to the victim will wash their hands by the stream over the young cow whose neck has been broken.

“I will make my arrows drunk with blood

while my sword devours flesh —

the blood of the slain and the captives,

the heads of the enemy leaders.”[fn]

The LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for at this time tomorrow I will cause all of them to be killed before Israel. You are to hamstring their horses and burn their chariots.”

Along with those the Israelites put to death, they also killed the diviner, Balaam son of Beor, with the sword.

but Abimelech pursued him, and Gaal fled before him. Numerous bodies were strewn as far as the entrance of the city gate.

When the people saw him, they praised their god and said:

Our god has handed over to us

our enemy who destroyed our land

and who multiplied our dead.

Then the Benjaminites came out against the troops and were drawn away from the city. They began to attack the troops as before, killing about thirty men of Israel on the highways, one of which goes up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah through the open country.

the men of Israel would return to the battle. When Benjamin had begun to strike them down, killing about thirty men of Israel, they said, “They’re defeated before us, just as they were in the first battle.”

The men of Israel and Judah rallied, shouting their battle cry, and chased the Philistines to the entrance of the valley and to the gates of Ekron.[fn] Philistine bodies were strewn all along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron.

The Philistines fought against Israel, and Israel’s men fled from them and were killed on Mount Gilboa.

The next day when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his three sons dead on Mount Gilboa.

The splendor of Israel lies slain on your heights.

How the mighty have fallen!

Jonathan’s bow never retreated,

Saul’s sword never returned unstained,[fn]

from the blood of the slain,

from the flesh[fn] of the mighty.

How the mighty have fallen in the thick of battle!

Jonathan lies slain on your heights.

These are the names of David’s warriors:

Josheb-basshebeth the Tahchemonite was chief of the officers.[fn] He wielded his spear[fn] against eight hundred men that he killed at one time.

Abishai, Joab’s brother and son of Zeruiah, was leader of the Three.[fn] He wielded his spear against three hundred men and killed them, gaining a reputation among the Three.

Earlier, when David was in Edom, Joab, the commander of the army, had gone to bury the dead and had struck down every male in Edom.

Many of the Hagrites were killed because it was God’s battle. And they lived there in the Hagrites’ place until the exile.

The Philistines fought against Israel, and Israel’s men fled from them. Many were killed on Mount Gilboa.

The next day when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his sons dead on Mount Gilboa.

This is the list of David’s warriors:

Jashobeam son of Hachmoni was chief of the Thirty;[fn] he wielded his spear against three hundred and killed them at one time.

Abishai, Joab’s brother, was the leader of the Three.[fn] He raised his spear against three hundred men and killed them, gaining a reputation among the Three.

Then Abijah and his people struck them with a mighty blow, and five hundred thousand fit young men of Israel were killed.

From the city, men[fn] groan;

the mortally wounded cry for help,

yet God pays no attention to this crime.

Its brood gulps down blood,

and where the slain are, it is there.

For they persecute the one you struck

and talk about the pain of those you wounded.

abandoned[fn] among the dead.

I am like the slain lying in the grave,

whom you no longer remember,

and who are cut off from your care.[fn]

You crushed Rahab like one who is slain;

you scattered your enemies with your powerful arm.

For she has brought many down to death;

her victims are countless.[fn]

The noisy city, the jubilant town,

is filled with celebration.

Your dead did not die by the sword;

they were not killed in battle.

Their slain will be thrown out,

and the stench of their corpses will rise;

the mountains will flow[fn] with their blood.

For the LORD will execute judgment

on all humanity with his fiery sword,

and many will be slain by the LORD.

If my head were a flowing spring,

my eyes a fountain of tears,

I would weep day and night

over the slain of my dear[fn] people.

If I go out to the field,

look ​— ​those slain by the sword!

If I enter the city,

look ​— ​those ill from famine!

For both prophet and priest

travel to a land they do not know.

Those slain by the LORD on that day will be scattered from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, gathered, or buried. They will be like manure on the soil’s surface.

Now the cistern where Ishmael had thrown all the corpses of the men he had struck down was a large one[fn] that King Asa had made in the encounter with King Baasha of Israel. Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it with the slain.

Those who were slain will fall in the land of the Chaldeans,

those who were pierced through, in her streets.

Therefore, look, the days are coming

when I will punish Babylon’s carved images.

Her entire land will suffer shame,

and all her slain will lie fallen within her.

Babylon must fall because of the slain of Israel,

even as the slain of the whole earth fell

because of Babylon.