For he [was] ruling over all the west of the River from Tiphsah up to Gaza, over all the kings west of the River; and he had peace from every side all around.

At that time Menahem destroyed Tiphsah, all who [were] in it, and all its territory from Tirzah, because [it] had not opened [to him], so he destroyed it and ripped open all of its pregnant women.

[in order] to deliver you from the way of evil, from a man who speaks devious things--

{who are crooked in their ways}, and devious in their paths;

Remove from yourself {deceitful speech}, and abolish {devious talk} from yourself.

He who walks in uprightness fears Yahweh, but he who is devious [in] his ways displeases him.