Genesis 38:7

"And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of Jehovah; and Jehovah slew him."

Here, and in the following verses, where it is stated that God also slew Onan, some profess to find a difficulty, but no difficulty exists. "There could have been many ways in which he died, but, whatever the manner of death, the wrath of God lay behind it."[12] Willis also noted that, "The fact that the Lord kills people because of their wickedness is taught in both the O.T. and N.T."[13] N.T. examples of this are in Acts 5:1-11; Acts 12:23; and in Revelation 2:22. Such summary judgments of God never fell upon anyone capriciously, or without due cause. And in all the recorded instances of it, some very grave danger to the covenant people was thus averted. Certainly that was the case in the instances of it here given.