2 Reyes 15:16

Listen to 2 Reyes 15:16
16 Entonces Manahem hiri贸 a Tifsa y a todos los que estaban en ella y en sus alrededores desde Tirsa, porque no le abrieron las puertas, por eso la hiri贸; y abri贸 el vientre a todas las mujeres que estaban encintas.

2 Reyes 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".


FOOTNOTES:

F20 Travels p. 169.
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2 Reyes 15:16 In-Context

14 Entonces Manahem, hijo de Gadi, subi贸 de Tirsa y vino a Samaria, e hiri贸 a Salum, hijo de Jabes, en Samaria, y lo mat贸 y rein贸 en su lugar.
15 Los dem谩s hechos de Salum y la conspiraci贸n que tram贸, he aqu铆, est谩n escritos en el libro de las Cr贸nicas de los reyes de Israel.
16 Entonces Manahem hiri贸 a Tifsa y a todos los que estaban en ella y en sus alrededores desde Tirsa, porque no le abrieron las puertas, por eso la hiri贸; y abri贸 el vientre a todas las mujeres que estaban encintas.
17 En el a帽o treinta y nueve de Azar铆as, rey de Jud谩, Manahem, hijo de Gadi, comenz贸 a reinar sobre Israel; y rein贸 diez a帽os en Samaria.
18 E hizo lo malo ante los ojos del SE脩OR; todos sus d铆as no se apart贸 de los pecados con que Jeroboam, hijo de Nabat, hizo pecar a Israel.
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