2 Reis 15:16

16 Naquela ocasião Menaém, partindo de Tirza, atacou Tifsa e todos que estavam na cidade e seus arredores, porque eles se recusaram a abrir as portas da cidade. Saqueou Tifsa e rasgou ao meio todas as mulheres grávidas.

2 Reis 15:16 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 15:16

Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the
coasts thereof from Tirzah
The Jewish writers commonly take this Tiphsah to be without the land of Israel, the same with that in ( 1 Kings 4:24 ) on the borders of Syria, and near the Euphrates; but it seems to be some place nearer Samaria, and Tirzah; according to Bunting ^F20, it was but six miles from Samaria:

because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it;
they refused to open the gates of their city to him, and receive him, and acknowledge him as their king; therefore he exercised severity on the inhabitants of it, and the parts adjacent, as far as Tirzah, putting them to the sword:

and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up:
which was a most shocking instance of barbarity, and which he did, to terrify others from following their example. Ben Gersom interprets it of strong towers built on mountains, which he demolished, deriving "haroth", which we render "women with child", from (rh) , "a mountain".

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 Travels p. 169.

2 Reis 15:16 In-Context

14 Então Menaém, filho de Gadi, foi de Tirza a Samaria e atacou Salum, filho de Jabes, assassinou-o e foi o seu sucessor.

15 Os demais acontecimentos do reinado de Salum e a conspiração que liderou estão escritos nos registros históricos dos reis de Israel.

16 Naquela ocasião Menaém, partindo de Tirza, atacou Tifsa e todos que estavam na cidade e seus arredores, porque eles se recusaram a abrir as portas da cidade. Saqueou Tifsa e rasgou ao meio todas as mulheres grávidas.

17 No trigésimo nono ano do reinado de Azarias, rei de Judá, Menaém, filho de Gadi, tornou-se rei de Israel e reinou dez anos em Samaria.

18 Ele fez o que o SENHOR reprova. Durante todo o seu reinado não se desviou dos pecados que Jeroboão, filho de Nebate, levara Israel a cometer.