2714 verses about Death

And, behold, they are cast out to the heat by day, and to the frost by night, and they died in great miseries by famine, by sword, and by pestilence.

that you are counted with those who go down into the grave?

they are vanished and gone down to the grave, and others are come up in their steads.

so they perished, because they had no wisdom, they perished through their own foolishness.

They roar and cry before their gods, as men do at the feast when one is dead.

They can save no man from death, neither deliver the weak from the mighty.

Likewise also their gods of wood, and overlaid with gold and with silver, are like to a white thorn in an orchard, that every bird sits upon; as also to a dead body, that is cast forth into the dark.

O Ananias, Azarias, and Misael, bless you⌃ the Lord: praise and exalt him above all forever: for he has rescued us from hell, and saved us from the hand of death: he has delivered us out of the midst of the furnace and burning flame, even out of the midst of the fire has he delivered us.

Then Susanna sighed, and said, I am straitened on every side: for if I do this thing, it is death to me: and if I do it not, I can’t escape your hands.

And it came to pass on the morrow, when the people assembled to her husband Joakim, the two elders came full of their wicked intent against Susanna to put her to death;

Then the assembly believed them, as those that were elders of the people and judges: so they condemned her to death.

you know that they have borne false witness against me, and, behold, I must die; whereas I never did such things as these men have maliciously invented against me.

Therefore when she was led away to be put to death, God raised up the holy spirit of a young youth, whose name was Daniel:

and according to the law of Moses they did to them in such sort as they maliciously intended to do to their neighbor: and they put them to death, and the innocent blood was saved the same day.

and when you come in the morning, if you find not that Bel has eaten up all, we will suffer death: or else Daniel, that speaks falsely against us.

And after these things he fell sick, and perceived that he should die.

And he called his servants, which were honorable, which had been brought up with him from his youth, and he divided to them his kingdom, while he was yet alive.

And Alexander reigned twelve years, and he died.

And they did all put diadems upon themselves after that he was dead, and so did their sons after them many years: and they multiplied evils in the earth.

and he made war against Ptolemy king of Egypt; and Ptolemy was put to shame before him, and fled; and many fell wounded to death.

And there came great mourning upon Israel, in every place where they were;

And whoever shall not do according to the word of the king, he shall die.

And wherever was found with any a book of the covenant, and if any consented to the law, the king’s sentence delivered him to death.

And the women that had circumcised their children they put to death according to the commandment.

And they hanged their babes about their necks, and destroyed their houses, and those who had circumcised them.

And they chose to die, that they might not be defiled with the meats, and that they might not profane the holy covenant: and they died.

and he said, Woe is me! wherefore was I born to see the destruction of my people, and the destruction of the holy city, and to dwell there, when it was given into the hand of the enemy, the sanctuary into the hand of aliens?

her vessels of glory are carried away into captivity, her infants are slain in her streets, her young men with the sword of the enemy.

Wherefore should we live any longer?

And Mattathias and his sons tore their clothes, and put on sackcloth, and mourned exceedingly.

saying, Let us die all in our innocency: heaven and earth witness over us, that you⌃ put us to death without trial.

And they rose up against them in battle on the Sabbath, and they died, they and their wives and their children, and their cattle, to the number of a thousand souls.

And Mattathias and his friends knew it, and they mourned over them exceedingly.

And one said to another, If we all do as our kindred have done, and fight not against the Gentiles for our lives and our ordinances, they will now quickly destroy us from off the earth.

And they took counsel on that day, saying, whoever shall come against us to battle on the Sabbath day, let us fight against him, and we shall in no wise all die, as our kindred died in the secret places.

And the days of Mattathias drew near that he should die, and he said to his sons, Now have pride and rebuke gotten strength, and a season of overthrow, and wrath of indignation.

To-day he shall be lifted up, and to-morrow he shall in no wise be found, because he is returned to his dust, and his thought is perished.

And he blessed them, and was gathered to his fathers.

And he died in the hundred and forty and sixth year, and his sons buried him in the sepulchres of his fathers at Modin, and all Israel made great lamentation for him.

And Judas perceived it, and he went forth to meet him, and struck him, and killed him: and many fell wounded to death, and the rest fled.

for it is better for us to die in battle, than to look upon the evils of our nation and the holy place.

But all the hindmost fell by the sword: and they pursued them to Gazara, and to the plains of Idumaea and Azotus and Jamnia, and there fell of them about three thousand men.

And they joined battle; and there fell of the army of Lysias about five thousand men, and they fell down near them.

But when Lysias saw that his array was put to flight, and the boldness that had come upon those who were with Judas, and how they were ready either to live or to die nobly, he removed to Antioch, and gathered together hired soldiers, that he might come again into Judea with even a greater company.

And they took counsel to destroy the race of Jacob that was in the midst of them, and they began to kill and destroy among the people.

And they were shut up by him in the towers; and he encamped against them, and destroyed them utterly, and burned with fire the towers of the place, with all that were therein.

And all our kindred that were in the land of Tubias have been put to death; and they have carried into captivity their wives and their children and their stuff; and they destroyed there about a thousand men.

and he destroyed all the males with the edge of the sword, and rased the city, and took the spoils thereof, and passed through the city over those who were slain.

And Joseph and Azarias were put to flight, and were pursued to the borders of Judea; and there fell on that day of the people of Israel about two thousand men.

In that day certain priests, desiring to do exploits there, were slain in battle, when as he went out to battle unadvisedly.

And it came to pass, when the king heard these words, he was astonished and moved exceedingly: and he laid him down upon his bed, and fell sick for grief, because it had not befallen him as he looked for.

And he was there many days, because great grief was renewed upon him, and he made account that he should die.

And he called for all his Friends, and said to them, Sleep departs from my eyes, and my heart fails for care.

I percieve that on this account these evils are come upon me, and, behold, I perish through great grief in a strange land.

And king Antiochus died there in the hundred and forty and ninth year.

And Lysias knew that the king was dead, and he set up Antiochus his son to reign, whom he had nourished up being young, and he called his name Eupator.

And he crept under the elephant, and thrust him from beneath, and killed him; and the elephant fell to the earth upon him, and he died there.

And the army killed them. And Demetrius sat upon the throne of his kingdom.

And they gave him credence: and he laid hands on threescore men of them, and killed them in one day, according to the word which the psalmist wrote,

The flesh of your saints did they cast out, And their blood did they shed round about Jerusalem; And there was no man to bury them.

And Bacchides removed from Jerusalem, and encamped in Bezeth; and he sent and took away many of the deserters that were with him, and certain of the people, and he killed them, and cast them into the great pit.

and there fell of Nicanor’s side about five hundred men, and they fled into the city of David.

take vengeance on this man and his army, and let them fall by the sword: remember their blasphemies, and suffer them not to live any longer.

And on the thirteenth day of the month Adar the armies joined battle: and Nicanor’s army was discomfited, and he himself was the first to fall in the battle.

Now when his army saw that Nicanor was fallen, they cast away their arms, and fled.

And they came forth out of all the villages of Judea round about, and closed them in; and these turned them back on those, and they all fell by the sword, and there was not one of them left.

and the thing was known to them, and they sent against them a captain, and fought against them, and many of them fell down wounded to death, and they made captive their wives and their children, and plundered them, and conquered their land, and pulled down their strongholds, and plundered them, and brought them into bondage to this day:

And Demetrius heard that Nicanor was fallen with his forces in battle, and he sent Bacchides and Alcimus again into the land of Judah a second time, and the right wing of his army with them:

And Judas said, let it not be so that I should do this thing, to flee from them: and if our time is come, let us die manfully for our kindred’s sake, and not leave a cause of reproach against our glory.

and the battle waxed sore, and many on both parts fell wounded to death.

And Judas fell, and the rest fled.

And Jonathan and Simon took Judas their brother, and buried him in the sepulchre of his fathers at Modin.

And they bewailed him, and all Israel made great lamentation for him, and mourned many days, and said,

How is the mighty fallen, the savior of Israel!

And the rest of the acts of Judas, and his wars, and the valiant deeds which he did, and his greatness, they are not written; for they were exceeding many.

And it came to pass after the death of Judas, that the lawless put forth their heads in all the coasts of Israel, and all those who wrought iniquity rose up

And they sought out and searched for the friends of Judas, and brought them to Bacchides, and he took vengeance on them, and used them despitefully.

Since your brother Judas has died, we have no man like him to go forth against our enemies and Bacchides, and among them of our nation that hate us.

And they rose up against them from their ambush, and killed them, and many fell wounded to death, and the remnant fled into the mountain, and they took all their spoils.

And the marriage was turned into mourning, and the voice of their minstrels into lamentation.

And there fell of Bacchides’ company that day about a thousand men;

and he began to pull down. At that time was Alcimus stricken, and his works were hindered; and his mouth was stopped, and he was taken with a palsy, and he could no more speak anything and give order concerning his house.

And Alcimus died at that time with great torment.

And Bacchides saw that Alcimus was dead, and he returned to the king: and the land of Judah had rest two years.

And he strengthened the battle exceedingly until the sun went down: and Demetrius fell that day.

And those who had fallen by the sword, with those who were burned, were about eight thousand men.

But when he came near to Azotus, they showed him the temple of Dagon burned with fire, and Azotus and the suburbs thereof pulled down, and the bodies cast abroad, and those who had been burned, whom he burned in the war, for they had made heaps of them in his way.

And Zabdiel the Arabian took off Alexander’s head, and sent it to Ptolemy.

And king Ptolemy died the third day after, and those who were in his strongholds were slain by those who were in the strongholds.

And the king called the Jews to help him, and they were gathered together to him all at once, and they dispersed themselves in the city, and killed that day to the number of a hundred thousand.

Now as soon as Jonathan entered into Ptolemais, they of Ptolemais shut the gates, and laid hands on him; and all those who came in with him they killed with the sword.

And they perceived that he was taken and had perished, and those who were with him; and they encouraged one another, and went on their way close together, prepared to fight.

And they all came in peace into the land of Judah, and they mourned for Jonathan, and those who were with him, and they were sore afraid; and all Israel mourned with a great mourning.

by reason hereof all my kindred have perished for Israel’s sake, and I am left alone.

And now be it far from me, that I should spare my own life in any time of affliction; for I am not better than my kindred.

and they should say, Because I sent him not the money and the children, he perished.

But when he came near to Bascama, he killed Jonathan, and he was buried there.

And Simon sent, and took the bones of Jonathan his brother, and buried him at Modin, the city of his fathers.

And all Israel made great lamentation over him, and mourned for him many days.

And Simon built a monument upon the sepulchre of his father and his kindred, and raised it aloft to the sight, with polished stone behind and before.