2 Reyes 15:16

Listen to 2 Reyes 15:16
16 Por aquel tiempo, Menajem atac贸 la ciudad de Tifsa. Como no le abrieron las puertas de la ciudad, mat贸 a todos los que viv铆an all铆 y en los alrededores, comenzando por Tirs谩, y les abri贸 el vientre a las mujeres embarazadas.

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 Pero Menajem hijo de Gad铆 lleg贸 de Tirs谩 a Samaria, y all铆 atac贸 a Sal煤n hijo de Jab茅s y lo mat贸, usurpando as铆 el trono.
15 Los dem谩s acontecimientos del reinado de Sal煤n, incluso su conspiraci贸n, est谩n escritos en el libro de las cr贸nicas de los reyes de Israel.
16 Por aquel tiempo, Menajem atac贸 la ciudad de Tifsa. Como no le abrieron las puertas de la ciudad, mat贸 a todos los que viv铆an all铆 y en los alrededores, comenzando por Tirs谩, y les abri贸 el vientre a las mujeres embarazadas.
17 En el a帽o treinta y nueve del reinado de Azar铆as, rey de Jud谩, Menajem hijo de Gad铆 ascendi贸 al trono de Israel, y rein贸 en Samaria diez a帽os.
18 Pero hizo lo que ofende al SE脩OR, pues durante toda su vida jam谩s se apart贸 de los pecados con que Jerobo谩n hijo de Nabat hizo pecar a Israel.
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