1 Samuel 29
La Palabra (España)
David, excluido de la batalla contra Israel
29 Los filisteos concentraron todas sus tropas en Afec, mientras los israelitas estaban acampados en la fuente de Jezrael. 2 Los jefes filisteos desfilaban encabezando escuadrones de cien y de mil soldados, mientras David y sus hombres desfilaban en retaguardia junto a Aquís. 3 Los jefes filisteos preguntaron:
— ¿Qué hacen aquí esos hebreos?
Y Aquís les respondió:
— Este es David, súbdito de Saúl, el rey de Israel, que lleva conmigo un par de años y desde el día que vino a mí hasta hoy no he encontrado nada que reprocharle.
4 Pero los jefes filisteos se enfadaron con él y le dijeron:
— Ordénale que regrese al lugar que le asignaste y que no nos acompañe en la batalla, no sea que nos traicione en el fragor del combate. Podría buscar reconciliarse con su señor a costa de las cabezas de nuestros hombres. 5 ¿No es este el David al que cantaban bailando aquello de “Saúl mató a mil y David a diez mil”?
6 Entonces Aquís llamó a David y le dijo:
— ¡Vive el Señor! que eres un hombre recto y me agrada tu forma de comportarte conmigo en el campamento. Yo no he encontrado nada que reprocharte desde que viniste a mí hasta el presente; pero a los jefes filisteos no les caes bien. 7 Así que regresa en paz y no hagas nada que les desagrade.
8 Y David le replicó:
— Pero, ¿qué he hecho yo? ¿En qué te he fallado desde el día en que me presenté a ti hasta hoy? ¿Por qué no puedo ir yo a combatir contra los enemigos de mi señor el rey?
9 Aquís le respondió:
— De sobra sé que para mí has sido como un enviado de Dios. Pero los jefes filisteos no quieren que nos acompañes en la batalla. 10 Así que mañana por la mañana tú y los servidores que te acompañan os levantáis temprano y, al clarear el día, os marcháis.
11 David y sus hombres madrugaron y regresaron temprano a territorio filisteo, mientras que los filisteos subían hacia Jezrael.
1 Samuel 29
New King James Version
The Philistines Reject David
29 Then (A)the Philistines gathered together all their armies (B)at Aphek, and the Israelites encamped by a fountain which is in Jezreel. 2 And the (C)lords of the Philistines [a]passed in review by hundreds and by thousands, but (D)David and his men passed in review at the rear with Achish. 3 Then the princes of the Philistines said, “What are these Hebrews doing here?”
And Achish said to the princes of the Philistines, “Is this not David, the servant of Saul king of Israel, who has been with me (E)these days, or these years? And to this day I have (F)found no fault in him since he defected to me.”
4 But the princes of the Philistines were angry with him; so the princes of the Philistines said to him, (G)“Make this fellow return, that he may go back to the place which you have appointed for him, and do not let him go down with us to (H)battle, lest (I)in the battle he become our adversary. For with what could he reconcile himself to his master, if not with the heads of these (J)men? 5 Is this not David, (K)of whom they sang to one another in dances, saying:
(L)‘Saul has slain his thousands,
And David his ten thousands’?”
6 Then Achish called David and said to him, “Surely, as the Lord lives, you have been upright, and (M)your going out and your coming in with me in the army is good in my sight. For to this day (N)I have not found evil in you since the day of your coming to me. Nevertheless the lords do not favor you. 7 Therefore return now, and go in peace, that you may not displease the lords of the Philistines.”
8 So David said to Achish, “But what have I done? And to this day what have you found in your servant as long as I have been with you, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?”
9 Then Achish answered and said to David, “I know that you are as good in my sight (O)as an angel of God; nevertheless (P)the princes of the Philistines have said, ‘He shall not go up with us to the battle.’ 10 Now therefore, rise early in the morning with your master’s servants (Q)who have come with [b]you. And as soon as you are up early in the morning and have light, depart.”
11 So David and his men rose early to depart in the morning, to return to the land of the Philistines. (R)And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 29:2 passed on in the rear
- 1 Samuel 29:10 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX adds and go to the place which I have selected for you there; and set no bothersome word in your heart, for you are good before me. And rise on your way
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