And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the LORD had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter. 6:19

Trivia: Who cut off the end of Saul's skirt while he was going to the bathroom?

1 Samuel : Science (5)

  1. "The pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and he hath set the world upon them. 2:8
  2. Saul was a foot taller than everyone else in Israel. 9:2
  3. "So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain." 12:18
  4. After Jonathan's first slaughter (20 men in one half acre), God showed his approval with "a very great trembling." 14:15
  5. Goliath was ten feet tall ("six cubits and a span"). 17:4

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