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1 Crónicas 21
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1 Crónicas 21
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David hace un censo militar(A)
21 Satanás conspiró contra Israel e indujo a David a hacer un censo del pueblo. 2 Por eso David les dijo a Joab y a los jefes del pueblo:
―Id y haced un censo militar que abarque desde Berseba hasta Dan, y traedme el informe para que yo sepa cuántos pueden servir en el ejército.
3 Joab le respondió:
―¡Que el Señor multiplique cien veces a su pueblo! Pero ¿acaso no son todos ellos siervos de mi señor? ¿Para qué quiere hacer esto mi señor? ¿Por qué ha de hacer algo que traiga la desgracia sobre Israel?
4 Sin embargo, la orden del rey prevaleció sobre la opinión de Joab, de modo que este salió a recorrer todo el territorio de Israel. Después regresó a Jerusalén 5 y le entregó a David los resultados del censo militar: En Israel había un millón cien mil que podían servir en el ejército, y en Judá, cuatrocientos setenta mil. 6 Pero Joab no contó a los de las tribus de Leví ni de Benjamín, porque para él era detestable la orden del rey. 7 Dios también la consideró como algo malo, por lo cual castigó a Israel.
8 Entonces David le dijo a Dios: «He cometido un pecado muy grande al hacer este censo. He actuado como un necio. Yo te ruego que perdones la maldad de tu siervo».
9 El Señor le dijo a Gad, el vidente de David: 10 «Anda y dile a David que así dice el Señor: “Te doy a escoger entre estos tres castigos: dime cuál de ellos quieres que te imponga”».
11 Gad fue adonde estaba David y le dijo:
―Así dice el Señor: “Elige una de estas tres cosas: 12 tres años de hambre, o tres meses de persecución y derrota por la espada de tus enemigos, o tres días en los cuales el Señor castigará con peste el país y su ángel causará estragos en todos los rincones de Israel”. Piénsalo bien y dime qué debo responderle al que me ha enviado.
13 ―¡Estoy entre la espada y la pared! —respondió David—. Pero es mejor que yo caiga en las manos del Señor, porque su amor es muy grande, y no que caiga en las manos de los hombres.
14 Por lo tanto, el Señor mandó contra Israel una peste, y murieron setenta mil israelitas. 15 Luego envió un ángel a Jerusalén para destruirla. Y al ver el Señor que el ángel la destruía, se arrepintió del castigo y le dijo al ángel destructor: «¡Basta! ¡Detén tu mano!» En ese momento, el ángel del Señor se hallaba junto a la parcela de Ornán el jebuseo.
16 David alzó la vista y vio que el ángel del Señor estaba entre la tierra y el cielo, con una espada desenvainada en la mano que apuntaba hacia Jerusalén. Entonces David y los ancianos, vestidos de luto, se postraron sobre su rostro. 17 Y David le dijo a Dios: «Señor y Dios mío, ¿acaso no fui yo el que dio la orden de censar al pueblo? ¿Qué culpa tienen estas ovejas? ¡Soy yo el que ha pecado! ¡He actuado muy mal! ¡Descarga tu mano sobre mí y sobre mi familia, pero no sigas hiriendo a tu pueblo!»
David construye un altar(B)
18 Entonces el ángel del Señor le dijo a Gad: «Dile a David que vaya y construya un altar para el Señor en la parcela de Ornán el jebuseo». 19 David se puso en camino, conforme a la palabra que Gad le dio en nombre del Señor.
20 Ornán se encontraba trillando y, al mirar hacia atrás, vio al ángel. Los cuatro hijos que estaban con él corrieron a esconderse. 21 Al ver Ornán que David se acercaba a su parcela, salió a recibirlo y se postró delante de él. 22 David le dijo:
―Véndeme una parte de esta parcela para construirle un altar al Señor, a fin de que se detenga la plaga que está afligiendo al pueblo. Véndemela por su verdadero precio.
23 Ornán le contestó a David:
―Mi señor, yo te la regalo, para que hagas en ella lo que mejor te parezca. Yo mismo te daré los bueyes para los holocaustos, los trillos para la leña y el trigo para la ofrenda de cereal. Todo te lo regalo.
24 Pero el rey David le respondió a Ornán:
―Eso no puede ser. No tomaré lo que es tuyo para dárselo al Señor, ni le ofreceré un holocausto que nada me cueste. Te lo compraré todo por su verdadero precio.
25 Fue así como David le dio a Ornán seiscientas monedas[a] de oro por aquel lugar. 26 Allí construyó un altar al Señor y le ofreció holocaustos y sacrificios de comunión. Luego oró al Señor, y en respuesta Dios envió fuego del cielo sobre el altar del holocausto.
27 Entonces el Señor le ordenó al ángel que envainara su espada. 28 Al ver David que el Señor le había respondido, le ofreció sacrificios. 29 En aquel tiempo, tanto el santuario del Señor que Moisés hizo en el desierto como el altar del holocausto se encontraban en el santuario de Gabaón. 30 Pero David no fue a consultar a Dios a ese lugar porque, por causa de la espada del ángel del Señor, estaba aterrorizado.
Footnotes
- 21:25 seiscientas monedas. Lit. seiscientos siclos.
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David Counts the Fighting Men(A)
21 Satan(B) rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census(C) of Israel. 2 So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, “Go and count(D) the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan. Then report back to me so that I may know how many there are.”
3 But Joab replied, “May the Lord multiply his troops a hundred times over.(E) My lord the king, are they not all my lord’s subjects? Why does my lord want to do this? Why should he bring guilt on Israel?”
4 The king’s word, however, overruled Joab; so Joab left and went throughout Israel and then came back to Jerusalem. 5 Joab reported the number of the fighting men to David: In all Israel(F) there were one million one hundred thousand men who could handle a sword, including four hundred and seventy thousand in Judah.
6 But Joab did not include Levi and Benjamin in the numbering, because the king’s command was repulsive to him. 7 This command was also evil in the sight of God; so he punished Israel.
8 Then David said to God, “I have sinned greatly by doing this. Now, I beg you, take away the guilt of your servant. I have done a very foolish thing.”
9 The Lord said to Gad,(G) David’s seer,(H) 10 “Go and tell David, ‘This is what the Lord says: I am giving you three options. Choose one of them for me to carry out against you.’”
11 So Gad went to David and said to him, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Take your choice: 12 three years of famine,(I) three months of being swept away[a] before your enemies, with their swords overtaking you, or three days of the sword(J) of the Lord(K)—days of plague in the land, with the angel of the Lord ravaging every part of Israel.’ Now then, decide how I should answer the one who sent me.”
13 David said to Gad, “I am in deep distress. Let me fall into the hands of the Lord, for his mercy(L) is very great; but do not let me fall into human hands.”
14 So the Lord sent a plague on Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel fell dead.(M) 15 And God sent an angel(N) to destroy Jerusalem.(O) But as the angel was doing so, the Lord saw it and relented(P) concerning the disaster and said to the angel who was destroying(Q) the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand.” The angel of the Lord was then standing at the threshing floor of Araunah[b] the Jebusite.
16 David looked up and saw the angel of the Lord standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand extended over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown.(R)
17 David said to God, “Was it not I who ordered the fighting men to be counted? I, the shepherd,[c] have sinned and done wrong. These are but sheep.(S) What have they done? Lord my God, let your hand fall on me and my family,(T) but do not let this plague remain on your people.”
David Builds an Altar
18 Then the angel of the Lord ordered Gad to tell David to go up and build an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor(U) of Araunah the Jebusite. 19 So David went up in obedience to the word that Gad had spoken in the name of the Lord.
20 While Araunah was threshing wheat,(V) he turned and saw the angel; his four sons who were with him hid themselves. 21 Then David approached, and when Araunah looked and saw him, he left the threshing floor and bowed down before David with his face to the ground.
22 David said to him, “Let me have the site of your threshing floor so I can build an altar to the Lord, that the plague on the people may be stopped. Sell it to me at the full price.”
23 Araunah said to David, “Take it! Let my lord the king do whatever pleases him. Look, I will give the oxen for the burnt offerings, the threshing sledges for the wood, and the wheat for the grain offering. I will give all this.”
24 But King David replied to Araunah, “No, I insist on paying the full price. I will not take for the Lord what is yours, or sacrifice a burnt offering that costs me nothing.”
25 So David paid Araunah six hundred shekels[d] of gold for the site. 26 David built an altar to the Lord there and sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. He called on the Lord, and the Lord answered him with fire(W) from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.
27 Then the Lord spoke to the angel, and he put his sword back into its sheath. 28 At that time, when David saw that the Lord had answered him on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite, he offered sacrifices there. 29 The tabernacle of the Lord, which Moses had made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering were at that time on the high place at Gibeon.(X) 30 But David could not go before it to inquire of God, because he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the Lord.
Footnotes
- 1 Chronicles 21:12 Hebrew; Septuagint and Vulgate (see also 2 Samuel 24:13) of fleeing
- 1 Chronicles 21:15 Hebrew Ornan, a variant of Araunah; also in verses 18-28
- 1 Chronicles 21:17 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text (see 2 Samuel 24:17 and note); Masoretic Text does not have the shepherd.
- 1 Chronicles 21:25 That is, about 15 pounds or about 6.9 kilograms
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1 Chronicles 21
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David Sins by Counting Israel
21 Satan[a] was against the Israelites. He encouraged David to count the Israelites. 2 So David said to Joab and the leaders of the people, “Go and count all the Israelites. Count everyone in the country—from the town of Beersheba all the way to the town of Dan. Then tell me, so I will know how many people there are.”
3 But Joab answered, “May the Lord make his nation 100 times as large! Sir, all the Israelites are your servants. Why do you want to do this thing, my lord and king? You will make all the Israelites guilty of sin!”
4 But King David was stubborn. Joab had to do what the king said. So Joab left and went through all the country of Israel counting the people. Then he came back to Jerusalem 5 and told David how many people there were. In Israel there were 1,100,000 men who could use a sword. And there were 470,000 men in Judah who could use a sword. 6 Joab did not count the tribes of Levi and Benjamin because he did not like King David’s order. 7 David had done a bad thing in God’s sight, so God punished Israel.
God Punishes Israel
8 Then David said to God, “I have done something very foolish. I have committed a terrible sin by counting the Israelites. Now, I beg you to take the sin away from me, your servant.”
9-10 Gad was David’s seer. The Lord said to Gad, “Go and tell David: ‘This is what the Lord says: I am going to give you three choices. You must choose one of them. Then I will punish you the way you choose.’”
11-12 Then Gad went to David. He said to David, “The Lord says, ‘David, choose which punishment you want: three years without enough food, or three months of running away from your enemies while they use their swords to chase you, or three days of punishment from the Lord. Terrible sicknesses will spread through the country, and the Lord’s angel will go through Israel destroying the people.’ David, God sent me. Now, you must decide which answer I will give to him.”
13 David said to Gad, “I am in trouble! I don’t want some man to decide my punishment. The Lord is very merciful, so let him decide how to punish me.”
14 So the Lord sent terrible sicknesses to Israel, and 70,000 people died. 15 God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem. But when the angel started to destroy Jerusalem, the Lord saw it and felt sorry for all the suffering. So he said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Stop! That is enough!” This happened when the angel of the Lord was standing at the threshing floor of Araunah[b] the Jebusite.[c]
16 David looked up and saw the Lord’s angel in the sky. The angel was holding his sword over the city of Jerusalem. Then David and the elders bowed with their faces touching the ground. They were wearing the special clothes to show their sadness. 17 David said to God, “I am the one who sinned. I gave the order for the people to be counted! I was wrong. The Israelites did not do anything wrong. Lord my God, punish me and my family, but stop the terrible sicknesses that are killing your people.”
18 Then the angel of the Lord spoke to Gad. He said, “Tell David to build an altar to worship the Lord. David must build that altar near the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.” 19 Gad told David this, and David went to Araunah’s threshing floor.
20 Araunah was threshing the wheat. He turned around and saw the angel. His four sons ran away to hide. 21 David walked up the hill to Araunah. Araunah saw him and left the threshing floor. He walked to David and bowed with his face to the ground in front of him.
22 David said to Araunah, “Sell me your threshing floor. I will pay you the full price. Then I can use the area to build an altar to worship the Lord. Then the terrible sicknesses will be stopped.”
23 Araunah said to David, “Take this threshing floor. You are my lord and king, so do whatever you want. Look, I will also give you cattle for the burnt offering. You can have the wooden threshing tools to burn for the fire on the altar. And I will give the wheat for the grain offering. I will give all this to you.”
24 But King David answered Araunah, “No, I will pay you the full price. I will not take anything that is yours and give it to the Lord. I will not give offerings that cost me nothing.”
25 So David gave Araunah about 15 pounds[d] of gold for the place. 26 David built an altar for worshiping the Lord there. David offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. He prayed to the Lord. The Lord answered David by sending fire down from heaven. The fire came down on the altar of burnt offering. 27 Then the Lord commanded the angel to put his sword back into its sheath.
28 David saw that the Lord had answered him on the threshing floor of Araunah, so David offered sacrifices there. 29 (The Lord’s Holy Tent and the altar of burnt offerings were at the high place in the town of Gibeon. Moses had made the Holy Tent while the Israelites were in the desert. 30 David could not go to the Holy Tent to speak with God because he was afraid. He was afraid of the angel of the Lord and his sword.)
Footnotes
- 1 Chronicles 21:1 Satan Or “An adversary,” someone who was against the king.
- 1 Chronicles 21:15 Araunah In Hebrew, “Ornan.” Also in verses 18-25, 28.
- 1 Chronicles 21:15 Jebusite A person who lived in Jerusalem before the Israelites took the city. “Jebus” was the old name for Jerusalem.
- 1 Chronicles 21:25 15 pounds Literally, “600 shekels” (6.9 kg).
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