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KILLED BY BEHEADING

Genesis 40:19, 22, 41:13

[40:19] Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee. [40:22] But he hanged the chief baker : as Joseph had interpreted to them. [41:13] And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.

I Samuel 17:51

Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine , and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled. (Goliath was beheaded by David.)

II Samuel 4:5-7

[4:5] And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who lay on a bed at noon. [4:6] And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth rib: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped. [4:7] For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him , and took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night.

II Samuel 20:22

Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.

Matthew 14:10, Mark 6:16, 27, Luke 9:9

[Matthew 14:10] And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison. [Mark 6:16] But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead. [Mark 6:27] And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison, [Luke 9:9] And Herod said, John have I beheaded: but who is this, of whom I hear such things? And he desired to see him. (John the Baptist)

Mark 6:25-27

[6:25] And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist . [6:26] And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath's sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her. [6:27] And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison ,

Revelation 20:4

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. (Christ's witnesses)