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Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Kings 15:16

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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15:16 At Tirzah, Menahem heard of King Zechariah’s assassination by Shallum. Menahem gathered his forces and moved against Samaria. • ripped open the pregnant women: This horrible wartime practice, noted in Assyrian and Babylonian documents, is also attributed to King Hazael of Aram (8:12). See also Hos 10:14; 13:16; Amos 1:13.
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