16 Then from Tirzah, Menahem attacked (A)Tiphsah, all who were there, and its territory. Because they did not surrender, therefore he attacked it. All (B)the women there who were with child he ripped open.

Menahem Reigns in Israel

17 In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah king of Judah, Menahem the son of Gadi became king over Israel, and reigned ten years in Samaria. 18 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord; he did not depart all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin.

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