'Smiting' in the Bible

David earned a reputation when he returned from smiting the Syrians in the Valley of Salt, even eighteen thousand men.

Then he found another man, and said, "Please strike me." The man struck him, smiting and wounding him.

When they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and struck the Moabites, so that they fled before them; and they went forward into the land smiting the Moabites.

It happened, while they were smiting, and I was left, that I fell on my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord Yahweh! will you destroy all the residue of Israel in your pouring out of your wrath on Jerusalem?