How many times did God want to kill someone in the Old Testament?

Answer 1

Answer 1

my answer is none. god is too much of a loving, forgiving guy to want to kill someone.

Answer 2

Moses comes to mind as an individual:

Exodus 4:24-25New King James Version (NKJV)

24 And it came to pass on the way, at the encampment, that the Lord met him and sought to kill him. 25 Then Zipporah took a sharp stone and cut off the foreskin of her son and cast it at Moses' feet, and said, "Surely you area husband of blood to me!"

And all of mankind here before the Flood:

Genesis 6:5-7New King James Version (NKJV)

5 Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man wasgreat in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6 And the Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. 7 So the Lord said, "I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them."

Answer 3

In addition to the instances mentioned in Answer 2, God brings about the Death of the Firstborn Egyptians in Exodus and slaughters Egyptian charioteers in the Sea of Reeds, He causes the Earth to consume the 250 members of Korah's family when the Korahites demand equality, and prescribes the genocide of the endemic Canaanite tribes when the Israelites return to the land. The idea espoused in Answer 1 that God is too loving to wish to kill people runs counter to the Biblical narrative.