~ began to smite ~ 07_JUD_20_31  And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, [and] were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, [and] kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel. #, 07_JUD_20_39  And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite [and] kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons, for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as [in] the first battle. #,