sought to slay # 10_2SA_21_02 # And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; [now the Gibeonites [were] not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.] 
sought to slay # 02_EXO_02_15 # Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well. 
sought to slay # 43_JOH_05_16 # And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.