'Smitten' in the Bible
But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men,'so that three hundred and threescore men died.
And when Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer,
then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, to salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and smitten him: for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. And Joram brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass:
And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.
Wherefore hast thou despised the word of Jehovah, to do that which is evil in his sight? thou hast smitten Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
And the people of Israel were smitten there before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter there that day of twenty thousand men.
And I have consumed them, and smitten them through, so that they cannot arise: Yea, they are fallen under my feet.