Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Menahem . . . smote Tiphsah—Thapsacus, on the Euphrates, the border city of Solomon's kingdom (I Kings 4:24). The inhabitants refusing to open their gates to him, Menahem took it by storm. Then having spoiled it, he committed the most barbarous excesses, without regard either to age or sex.
Shallum . . . reigned a full month—He was opposed and slain by Menahem, who, according to JOSEPHUS, was commander of the forces, which, on the report of the king's murder, were besieging Tirzah, a town twelve miles east of Samaria, and formerly a seat of the kings of Israel. Raising the siege, he marched directly against the usurper, slew him, and reigned in his stead.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 2 Kings 15:16:
2 Kings 15:8-10
Hosea 4:2
Hosea 13:16
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