Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that [were] therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not [to him], therefore he smote [it; and] all the women therein that were with child he ripped up. (2 Kings 15:16 KJV)
Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the borders thereof, from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up. (2 Kings 15:16 ASV)
Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and its territory from Tirzah, because they did not open [to him]; and he smote [it]: all the women in it that were with child he ripped up. (2 Kings 15:16 DBY)
Then doth Menahem smite Tiphsah, and all who [are] in it, and its borders from Tirzah, for it opened not [to him], and he smiteth [it], all its pregnant women he hath ripped up. (2 Kings 15:16 YLT)
Then Menahem struck Tiphsah, and all who were therein, and the borders of it, from Tirzah: because they didn’t open to him, therefore he struck it; and all the women therein who were with child he ripped up. (2 Kings 15:16 WEB)
Interlinear
Then Menahem <M@nachem> smote <nakah> Tiphsah, <Tiphcach> and all that were therein, and the coasts <g@buwl> thereof from Tirzah: <Tirtsah> because they opened <pathach> not to him, therefore he smote <nakah> it; and all the women therein that were with child <hareh> he ripped up. <baqa`>
Matthew Poole’s Commentary
Ver. 16. Tiphsah; either that Tiphsah mentioned 1Ki 4:24, or another city of that name.
The coasts thereof from Tirzah, i.e. all the people dwelling between Tirzah and Tiphsah.
Because they opened not to him; because they refused to open the gates of their city to him, and to submit to him as conqueror.
The women he ripped up; that by this example of severity he might affright all the rest of the people into obedience.
Patrick/Lowth/Whitby/Lowman Commentary
Menahem smote Tiphsah, Some .take this Tiphsah to be the same with that mentioned in 1Ki 4:24. But that lay upon the river Euphrates, whereas this was near to Tirzah; which was once the royal city of Israel; to the siege of which Josephus thinks Menahem returned after the slaughter of Shallum; not as general of the host, but as their king: but they knowing he had no title to the kingdom, would not open their gates to him. Therefore he took it by force, and spoiled it, and all the territory about it, until he came to Tiphsah, which he used more cruelly.
All the women therein that were with child he ripped up. By which barbarity he thought to terrify the whole kingdom, that none might dare to withstand him.