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2 Kings 15:14-16
New Living Translation
2 Kings 15:14-16
New Living Translation
14 Then Menahem son of Gadi went to Samaria from Tirzah and assassinated him, and he became the next king.
15 The rest of the events in Shallum’s reign, including his conspiracy, are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Israel.
Menahem Rules in Israel
16 At that time Menahem destroyed the town of Tappuah[a] 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.
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- 15:16 As in some Greek manuscripts; Hebrew reads Tiphsah.
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