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14 and go up doth Menahem son of Gadi from Tirzah and cometh in to Samaria, and smiteth Shallum son of Jabesh in Samaria, and putteth him to death, and reigneth in his stead.

15 And the rest of the matters of Shallum, and his conspiracy that he made, lo, they are written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel.

16 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.

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14 Then Menahem son of Gadi went from Tirzah(A) up to Samaria. He attacked Shallum son of Jabesh in Samaria, assassinated(B) him and succeeded him as king.

15 The other events of Shallum’s reign, and the conspiracy he led, are written in the book of the annals(C) of the kings of Israel.

16 At that time Menahem, starting out from Tirzah, attacked Tiphsah(D) and everyone in the city and its vicinity, because they refused to open(E) their gates. He sacked Tiphsah and ripped open all the pregnant women.

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