'Defeating' in the Bible

After his return from defeating Kedorlaomer and the kings who [were] with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh (that [is], the Valley of the King).

[This happened] {after defeating} Sihon king of the Amorites, who [was] reigning in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who [was] reigning in Ashtaroth in Edrei.

{After} the death of Saul, David returned from defeating the Amalekites and he stayed at Ziklag two days.

So David made a name for himself when he returned from defeating Aram in the Valley of Salt, eighteen thousand.