10 Old Testament Killings with Unconventional Weapons

1. The Israelites bring down the walls of Jericho with trumpets and a loud shout (Joshua 6:20)
2. Shamgar uses an ox goad to strike down Philistines (Judges 3:31)
3. Jael uses a tent peg to kill Sisera (Judges 4:21)
4. Gideon's army defeats the Midianites equipped with jars, torches, and trumpets (Judges 7:20)
5. A woman uses a millstone to kill Abimelek (Judges 9:53; see also 2 Samuel 11:18-20)
6. Samson uses a donkey's jawbone to strike down a thousand men (Judges 15:15)
7. Samson brings down the Temple of Dagon on himself and kills thousands of Philistines (Judges 16)
8. The High Priest topples off a bench and breaks his neck (1 Samuel 4)
9. David kills Goliath with a stone (1 Samuel 17:40 and 48-51)
10. Absalom dies by having his head caught in a tree and then speared (2 Samuel 18)