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1 Chronicles 21
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1 Chronicles 21
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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
1 Crónicas 21
Palabra de Dios para Todos
1 Crónicas 21
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David hace un censo militar
(2 S 24:1-9)
21 Satanás[a] se puso en contra de Israel e incitó a David para hacer un censo en Israel. 2 Entonces David les ordenó a Joab y a los comandantes del ejército:
—Vayan y levanten un censo de Israel, desde Berseba hasta Dan,[b] y tráiganme un informe para que yo sepa cuánta gente hay.
3 Pero Joab le dijo:
—Que el SEÑOR multiplique cien veces el número de gente que hay y que Su Majestad pueda verlo con sus propios ojos. Pero Majestad, ¿qué importancia tiene saber cuántos hay si todos son sus siervos? ¿Por qué va a provocar Su Majestad un motivo de culpa para Israel?
4 Sin embargo, el rey David se mantuvo enérgico en la orden. Así que Joab fue a hacer el conteo por toda la tierra de Israel y regresó a Jerusalén. 5 Joab le entregó el resultado del censo a David. Había en todo Israel 1 100 000 hombres que podían pelear a espada y 470 000 en Judá. 6 Joab no estaba de acuerdo con la orden del rey y por eso no contó a la gente de la tribu de Leví ni de Benjamín. 7 Dios también se molestó con esa orden del rey, y por eso castigó a Israel.
Dios castiga a Israel
8 David le dijo a Dios: «¡He cometido un gran pecado! He sido un tonto, te ruego me perdones». 9 Entonces el SEÑOR le habló a Gad, profeta de David: 10 «Ve y dile a David que el SEÑOR dice: “Escoge entre estos tres castigos. ¿Cuál prefieres?”»
11 Gad fue a ver a David y le dijo:
—El SEÑOR me envió para decirte que escojas entre estos tres castigos: 12 tres años de hambre, tres meses huyendo derrotado del ataque de tus enemigos, o tres días con el castigo del SEÑOR, es decir, pestes por todas partes y el ángel del SEÑOR destruyendo gente por todo el territorio de Israel. Piénsalo, escoge y dímelo para que yo se lo comunique al Señor que me envió.
13 Entonces David le dijo a Gad:
—¡Estoy en un verdadero aprieto! Pero es mejor que mi castigo nos venga del SEÑOR y no de seres humanos, pues su misericordia es grande.
14 Entonces el SEÑOR hizo que cayera una epidemia sobre todo Israel, la cual provocó la muerte de 70 000 israelitas. 15 Dios envió también un ángel para destruir a Israel. Pero cuando el ángel comenzó su trabajo, el SEÑOR cambió de opinión y le dijo al ángel: «¡Basta! ¡Detén tu mano!» El ángel del SEÑOR estaba junto al lugar donde se trilla el trigo, propiedad de Ornán el jebuseo.
16 David miró hacia el cielo y vio al ángel del SEÑOR parado entre el cielo y la tierra con una espada apuntando hacia Jerusalén. Luego David y todos los ancianos, vestidos con ropas ásperas, se postraron rostro en tierra. 17 David le dijo a Dios:
—Yo fui el que ordenó el censo. El que pecó y actuó perversamente fui yo. Esta gente sólo hizo lo que le ordené, sólo me siguieron como ovejitas. No hicieron nada malo. SEÑOR mi Dios, que tu castigo caiga sobre mí y la familia de mi papá, pero te ruego que la epidemia no se extienda más sobre el pueblo.
18 Entonces el ángel del SEÑOR le dijo a Gad que le dijera a David que fuera y construyera un altar para el SEÑOR en el lugar donde se trilla el trigo, propiedad de Ornán el jebuseo. 19 Así que David fue e hizo lo que Gad le había dicho en nombre del SEÑOR.
20 Ornán estaba trillando el trigo con sus cuatro hijos cuando vio al ángel, y sus cuatro hijos fueron a esconderse. 21 Ornán vio que David venía acercándose y salió del lugar para postrarse ante él.
22 David le dijo a Ornán:
—Véndeme el lugar donde trillas tu trigo para que yo pueda hacerle un altar al SEÑOR. Véndemelo al precio justo para que así se termine la epidemia que ataca al pueblo.
23 Ornán le respondió:
—Tómelo. Que el señor mi rey haga lo que crea más conveniente. Mire, yo ofrezco a mis bueyes para sacrificios, los maderos los doy para la hoguera y el grano para las ofrendas. Yo le entrego todo.
24 Pero el rey David dijo nuevamente a Ornán:
—No. Yo te compro el lugar al precio justo porque no voy a ofrecerle al SEÑOR algo que te pertenece. Ni tampoco le voy a ofrecer sacrificios[c] que no me cuesten nada.
25 Así que David le pagó a Ornán el equivalente a 600 monedas[d] de oro por el lugar. 26 Allí David construyó un altar para el SEÑOR y le presentó sacrificios que deben quemarse completamente y ofrendas de paz[e]. David llamó al SEÑOR, y él en respuesta le envió fuego sobre el altar de los sacrificios. 27 Luego el SEÑOR le dio orden al ángel de que guardara su espada.
28 David vio que el SEÑOR le había respondido en el lugar en que Ornán el jebuseo trillaba el trigo y le ofreció sacrificios. 29 La Carpa Sagrada del SEÑOR que Moisés había construido estaba en el santuario sobre Gabaón y allí también estaba el altar de los sacrificios que deben quemarse completamente, 30 pero David no pudo ir a ese lugar a pedirle ayuda a Dios porque quedó atemorizado al ver la espada del ángel del SEÑOR.
Footnotes
- 21:1 Satanás o Un adversario. Esta palabra en hebreo puede referirse a un adversario del rey en general, o a Satanás en particular.
- 21:2 desde Berseba hasta Dan Se refiere a toda la nación de Israel, norte y sur. Dan era un pueblo en la parte norte de Israel y Berseba estaba en la parte sur de Judá.
- 21:24 sacrificios Textualmente sacrificios que deben quemarse completamente.
- 21:25 monedas Textualmente siclos. Ver tabla de pesas y medidas.
- 21:26 ofrendas de paz u ofrendas para festejar.
1 Chronicles 21
New King James Version
1 Chronicles 21
New King James Version
The Census of Israel and Judah(A)
21 Now (B)Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to [a]number Israel. 2 So David said to Joab and to the leaders of the people, “Go, number Israel from Beersheba to Dan, (C)and bring the number of them to me that I may know it.”
3 And Joab answered, “May the Lord make His people a hundred times more than they are. But, my lord the king, are they not all my lord’s servants? Why then does my lord require this thing? Why should he be a cause of guilt in Israel?”
4 Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab. Therefore Joab departed and went throughout all Israel and came to Jerusalem. 5 Then Joab gave the sum of the number of the people to David. All Israel had one million one hundred thousand men who drew the sword, and Judah had four hundred and seventy thousand men who drew the sword. 6 (D)But he did not count Levi and Benjamin among them, for the king’s [b]word was abominable to Joab.
7 And [c]God was displeased with this thing; therefore He struck Israel. 8 So David said to God, (E)“I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing; (F)but now, I pray, take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have done very foolishly.”
9 Then the Lord spoke to Gad, David’s (G)seer, saying, 10 “Go and tell David, (H)saying, ‘Thus says the Lord: “I offer you three things; choose one of them for yourself, that I may do it to you.” ’ ”
11 So Gad came to David and said to him, “Thus says the Lord: ‘Choose for yourself, 12 (I)either [d]three years of famine, or three months to be defeated by your foes with the sword of your enemies overtaking you, or else for three days the sword of the Lord—the plague in the land, with the [e]angel of the Lord destroying throughout all the territory of Israel.’ Now consider what answer I should take back to Him who sent me.”
13 And David said to Gad, “I am in great distress. Please let me fall into the hand of the Lord, for His (J)mercies are very great; but do not let me fall into the hand of man.”
14 So the Lord sent a (K)plague upon Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel fell. 15 And God sent [f]an (L)angel to Jerusalem to destroy it. As [g]he was destroying, the Lord looked and (M)relented of the disaster, and said to the angel who was destroying, “It is enough; now restrain [h]your hand.” And the angel of the Lord stood by the (N)threshing floor of [i]Ornan the Jebusite.
16 Then David lifted his eyes and (O)saw the angel of the Lord standing between earth and heaven, having in his hand a drawn sword stretched out over Jerusalem. So David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell on their faces. 17 And David said to God, “Was it not I who commanded the people to be numbered? I am the one who has sinned and done evil indeed; but these (P)sheep, what have they done? Let Your hand, I pray, O Lord my God, be against me and my father’s house, but not against Your people that they should be plagued.”
18 Therefore, the (Q)angel of the Lord commanded Gad to say to David that David should go and erect an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. 19 So David went up at the word of Gad, which he had spoken in the name of the Lord. 20 Now Ornan turned and saw the angel; and his four sons who were with him hid themselves, but Ornan continued threshing wheat. 21 So David came to Ornan, and Ornan looked and saw David. And he went out from the threshing floor, and bowed before David with his face to the ground. 22 Then David said to Ornan, [j]“Grant me the place of this threshing floor, that I may build an altar on it to the Lord. You shall grant it to me at the full price, that the plague may be withdrawn from the people.”
23 But Ornan said to David, “Take it to yourself, and let my lord the king do what is good in his eyes. Look, I also give you the oxen for burnt offerings, the threshing implements for wood, and the wheat for the grain offering; I give it all.”
24 Then King David said to Ornan, “No, but I will surely buy it for the full price, for I will not take what is yours for the Lord, nor offer burnt offerings with that which costs me nothing.” 25 So (R)David gave Ornan six hundred shekels of gold by weight for the place. 26 And David built there an altar to the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called on the Lord; and (S)He answered him from heaven by fire on the altar of burnt offering.
27 So the Lord commanded the angel, and he returned his sword to its sheath.
28 At that time, when David saw that the Lord had answered him on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he sacrificed there. 29 (T)For the tabernacle of the Lord and the altar of the burnt offering, which Moses had made in the wilderness, were at that time at the high place in (U)Gibeon. 30 But David could not go before it to inquire of God, for he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the Lord.
Footnotes
- 1 Chronicles 21:1 take a census of
- 1 Chronicles 21:6 command
- 1 Chronicles 21:7 Lit. it was evil in the eyes of God
- 1 Chronicles 21:12 seven, 2 Sam. 24:13
- 1 Chronicles 21:12 Or Angel, and so throughout the chapter
- 1 Chronicles 21:15 Or the Angel
- 1 Chronicles 21:15 Or He
- 1 Chronicles 21:15 Or Your
- 1 Chronicles 21:15 Araunah, 2 Sam. 24:16, 18–24
- 1 Chronicles 21:22 Lit. Give
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