2 Kings 15:16
ContextNETBible | At that time Menahem came from Tirzah and attacked Tiphsah. He struck down all who lived in the city and the surrounding territory, because they would not surrender. 1 He even ripped open the pregnant women. |
NIV © biblegateway 2Ki 15:16 |
At that time Menahem, starting out from Tirzah, attacked Tiphsah and everyone in the city and its vicinity, because they refused to open their gates. He sacked Tiphsah and ripped open all the pregnant women. |
NASB © biblegateway 2Ki 15:16 |
Then Menahem struck Tiphsah and all who were in it and its borders from Tirzah, because they did not open to him; therefore he struck it and ripped up all its women who were with child. |
NLT © biblegateway 2Ki 15:16 |
At that time Menahem destroyed the town of Tappuah and all the surrounding countryside as far as Tirzah, because its citizens refused to surrender the town. He killed the entire population and ripped open the pregnant women. |
MSG © biblegateway 2Ki 15:16 |
Using Tirzah as his base, Menahem opened his reign by smashing Tiphsah, devastating both the town and its suburbs because they didn't welcome him with open arms. He savagely ripped open all the pregnant women. |
BBE © SABDAweb 2Ki 15:16 |
Then Menahem sent destruction on Tappuah and all the people in it, and its limits, from Tirzah, because they would not let him come in; and he had all the women who were with child cut open. |
NRSV © bibleoremus 2Ki 15:16 |
At that time Menahem sacked Tiphsah, all who were in it and its territory from Tirzah on; because they did not open it to him, he sacked it. He ripped open all the pregnant women in it. |
NKJV © biblegateway 2Ki 15:16 |
Then from Tirzah, Menahem attacked Tiphsah, all who were there, and its territory. Because they did not surrender, therefore he attacked it . All the women there who were with child he ripped open. |
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LXXM | anerrhxen {V-AAI-3S} |
NET [draft] ITL | At that time <0227> Menahem <04505> came from Tirzah <08656> and attacked <05221> Tiphsah <08607> . He struck down <05221> all <03605> who <0834> lived in the city and the surrounding territory <01366> , because <03588> they would not <03808> surrender <06605> . He even ripped open <01234> the pregnant women <02030> . |
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NETBible | At that time Menahem came from Tirzah and attacked Tiphsah. He struck down all who lived in the city and the surrounding territory, because they would not surrender. 1 He even ripped open the pregnant women. |
NET Notes |
1 tn Instead of “Tiphsah,” the LXX has “Tirzah,” while Lucian’s Greek version reads “Tappuah.” For discussion see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 171. |