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2 Kings 6
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2 Kings 6
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6 The sons of the prophets said to Elisha, Look now, the place where we live before you is too small for us.
2 Let us go to the Jordan, and each man get there a [house] beam; and let us make us a place there where we may dwell. And he answered, Go.
3 One said, Be pleased to go with your servants. He answered, I will go.
4 So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees.
5 But as one was felling his beam, the axhead fell into the water; and he cried, Alas, my master, for it was borrowed!
6 The man of God said, Where did it fall? When shown the place, Elisha cut off a stick and threw it in there, and the iron floated.
7 He said, Pick it up. And he put out his hand and took it.
8 When the king of Syria was warring against Israel, after counseling with his servants, he said, In such and such a place shall be my camp.
9 Then the man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, Beware that you pass not such a place, for the Syrians are coming down there.
10 Then the king of Israel sent to the place of which [Elisha] told and warned him; and thus he protected and saved himself there repeatedly.
11 Therefore the mind of the king of Syria was greatly troubled by this thing. He called his servants and said, Will you show me who of us is for the king of Israel?
12 One of his servants said, None, my lord O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedchamber.
13 He said, Go and see where he is, that I may send and seize him. And it was told him, He is in Dothan.
14 So [the Syrian king] sent there horses, chariots, and a great army. They came by night and surrounded the city.
15 When the servant of the man of God rose early and went out, behold, an army with horses and chariots was around the city. Elisha’s servant said to him, Alas, my master! What shall we do?
16 [Elisha] answered, Fear not; for those with us are more than those with them.
17 Then Elisha prayed, Lord, I pray You, open his eyes that he may see. And the Lord opened the young man’s eyes, and he saw, and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
18 And when the Syrians came down to him, Elisha prayed to the Lord, Smite this people with blindness, I pray You. And God smote them with blindness, as Elisha asked.
19 Elisha said to the Syrians, This is not the way or the city. Follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom you seek. And he led them to Samaria.
20 And when they had come into Samaria, Elisha said, Lord, open the eyes of these men that they may see. And the Lord opened their eyes, and they saw. Behold, they were in the midst of Samaria!
21 When the king of Israel saw them, he said to Elisha, My father, shall I slay them? Shall I slay them?
22 [Elisha] answered, You shall not slay them. Would you slay those you have taken captive with your sword and bow? Set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink and return to their master.
23 So [the king] prepared great provision for them, and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. And the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.
24 Afterward, Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered his whole army and went up and besieged Samaria,
25 And a great famine came to Samaria. They besieged it until a donkey’s head was sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a fourth of a kab of dove’s dung [a wild vegetable] for five shekels of silver.
26 As the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, a woman cried to him, Help, my lord, O king!
27 He said, [For] if he does not help you [No, let the Lord help you!], from where can I get you help? Out of the threshing floor, or out of the winepress?
28 And the king said to her, What ails you? She answered, This woman said to me, Give me your son so we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.
29 So we boiled my son and ate him. The next day I said to her, Give your son so we may eat him, but she had hidden her son.
30 When the king heard the woman’s words, he rent his clothes. As he went on upon the wall, the people looked, and behold, he wore sackcloth inside on his flesh.
31 Then he said, May God do so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day!
32 Now Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him. And the king sent a man from before him [to behead Elisha]. But before the messenger arrived, Elisha said to the elders, See how this son of [Jezebel] a murderer is sending to remove my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door and hold it fast against him. Is not the sound of his master’s feet [just] behind him?
33 And while Elisha was talking with them, behold, [the messenger] came to him [and then the king came also]. And [the relenting king] said, This evil is from the Lord! Why should I any longer wait [expecting Him to withdraw His punishment? What, Elisha, can be done now]?
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El milagro del hacha
6 Un día, los miembros de la comunidad de los profetas dijeron a Eliseo:
—Como puede ver, el lugar donde ahora vivimos con usted nos resulta pequeño. 2 Es mejor que vayamos al Jordán. Allí podremos conseguir madera y construir[a] un albergue.
—Bien, vayan —respondió Eliseo.
3 Pero uno de ellos le pidió:
—Acompañe usted, por favor, a sus servidores.
Eliseo consintió 4 en acompañarlos y cuando llegaron al Jordán empezaron a cortar árboles. 5 De pronto, al cortar un tronco, a uno de los profetas se le zafó el hacha y se le cayó al río.
—¡Ay, maestro! —gritó—. ¡Esa hacha no era mía!
6 —¿Dónde cayó? —preguntó el hombre de Dios.
Cuando se le indicó el lugar, Eliseo cortó un palo, lo echó allí e hizo que el hacha saliera a flote.
7 —Sácala —ordenó Eliseo.
Así que el hombre extendió el brazo y la sacó.
Eliseo captura una tropa aramea
8 El rey de Aram, que estaba en guerra con Israel, deliberó con sus ministros y les dijo: «Vamos a acampar en tal lugar».
9 Pero el hombre de Dios envió este mensaje al rey de Israel: «Procura no pasar por este sitio, porque los arameos están descendiendo hasta allá».[b] 10 Así que el rey de Israel envió a reconocer el lugar que el hombre de Dios había indicado. Y en varias otras ocasiones Eliseo avisó al rey, de modo que este tomó precauciones. 11 El rey de Aram, enfurecido por lo que estaba pasando, llamó a sus ministros y les reclamó:
—¿Quieren decirme quién está informando al rey de Israel?
12 —Nadie, mi señor y rey —respondió uno de ellos—. El responsable es Eliseo, el profeta que está en Israel. Es él quien le comunica todo al rey de Israel, aun lo que usted dice en su alcoba.
13 —Pues entonces averigüen dónde está —ordenó el rey—, para que mande a capturarlo.
Cuando le informaron que Eliseo estaba en Dotán, 14 el rey envió allá un destacamento grande, con caballos y carros de combate. Llegaron de noche y cercaron la ciudad. 15 Por la mañana, cuando el criado del hombre de Dios se levantó para salir, vio que un ejército con caballos y carros de combate rodeaba la ciudad.
—¡Ay, mi señor! —exclamó el criado—. ¿Qué vamos a hacer?
16 —No tengas miedo —respondió Eliseo—. Los que están con nosotros son más que ellos.
17 Entonces Eliseo oró: «Señor, ábrele a Guiezi los ojos para que vea». El Señor así lo hizo y el criado vio que la colina estaba llena de caballos y de carros de fuego alrededor de Eliseo.
18 Como ya los arameos se acercaban a él, Eliseo volvió a orar: «Señor, castiga a esta gente con ceguera». Y él hizo lo que pidió Eliseo.
19 Luego Eliseo les dijo: «Esta no es la ciudad adonde iban; han tomado un camino equivocado. Síganme, que yo los llevaré adonde está el hombre que buscan». Pero los llevó a Samaria.
20 Después de entrar en la ciudad, Eliseo dijo: «Señor, ábreles los ojos, para que vean». El Señor así lo hizo, y ellos se dieron cuenta de que estaban dentro de Samaria. 21 Cuando el rey de Israel los vio, preguntó a Eliseo:
—¿Los mato, mi señor? ¿Los mato?
22 —No, no los mates —contestó Eliseo—. ¿Acaso los has capturado con tu espada y tu arco, para que los mates? Mejor sírveles comida y agua para que coman y beban, y luego vuelvan a su señor.
23 Así que el rey de Israel les dio un tremendo banquete. Cuando terminaron de comer, los despidió y ellos regresaron a su señor. Y las tropas de los arameos no volvieron a invadir el territorio israelita.
Hambre en Samaria
24 Algún tiempo después, Ben Adad, rey de Aram, movilizó todo su ejército para ir a Samaria y sitiarla. 25 El sitio duró tanto tiempo que provocó un hambre terrible en la ciudad, a tal grado que una cabeza de asno llegó a costar ochenta siclos[c] de plata y un cuarto de cab[d] de estiércol de paloma, cinco siclos.[e]
26 Un día, mientras el rey recorría la muralla, una mujer le gritó:
—¡Sálvenos, mi señor y rey!
27 —Si el Señor no te salva —respondió el rey—, ¿de dónde voy a sacar yo comida para salvarte? ¿Del granero? ¿Del lagar? 28 ¿Qué te pasa?
Ella se quejó:
—Esta mujer me propuso que le entregara mi hijo para que nos lo comiéramos hoy y que mañana nos comeríamos el de ella. 29 Pues bien, cocinamos a mi hijo y nos lo comimos, pero, al día siguiente, cuando le pedí que entregara su hijo para que nos lo comiéramos, resulta que ya lo había escondido.
30 Al oír la queja de la mujer, el rey se rasgó las vestiduras. Luego reanudó su recorrido por la muralla, y la gente pudo ver que bajo su túnica real iba vestido de luto. 31 «¡Que Dios me castigue sin piedad —exclamó el rey— si hoy mismo no le corto la cabeza a Eliseo, hijo de Safat!».
32 Mientras Eliseo se encontraba en su casa, sentado con los jefes, el rey le envió un mensajero. Antes de que este llegara, Eliseo dijo a los jefes:
—Ahora van a ver cómo ese asesino envía a alguien a cortarme la cabeza. Pues bien, cuando llegue el mensajero, atranquen la puerta para que no entre. ¿No se oyen los pasos de su señor detrás de él?
33 No había terminado de hablar cuando el mensajero llegó y dijo:
—Esta desgracia viene del Señor; ¿qué más se puede esperar de él?
2 Kings 6
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2 Kings 6
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An Axhead Floats
6 The company(A) of the prophets said to Elisha, “Look, the place where we meet with you is too small for us. 2 Let us go to the Jordan, where each of us can get a pole; and let us build a place there for us to meet.”
And he said, “Go.”
3 Then one of them said, “Won’t you please come with your servants?”
“I will,” Elisha replied. 4 And he went with them.
They went to the Jordan and began to cut down trees. 5 As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axhead fell into the water. “Oh no, my lord!” he cried out. “It was borrowed!”
6 The man of God asked, “Where did it fall?” When he showed him the place, Elisha cut a stick and threw(B) it there, and made the iron float. 7 “Lift it out,” he said. Then the man reached out his hand and took it.
Elisha Traps Blinded Arameans
8 Now the king of Aram was at war with Israel. After conferring with his officers, he said, “I will set up my camp in such and such a place.”
9 The man of God sent word to the king(C) of Israel: “Beware of passing that place, because the Arameans are going down there.” 10 So the king of Israel checked on the place indicated by the man of God. Time and again Elisha warned(D) the king, so that he was on his guard in such places.
11 This enraged the king of Aram. He summoned his officers and demanded of them, “Tell me! Which of us is on the side of the king of Israel?”
12 “None of us, my lord the king(E),” said one of his officers, “but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the very words you speak in your bedroom.”
13 “Go, find out where he is,” the king ordered, “so I can send men and capture him.” The report came back: “He is in Dothan.”(F) 14 Then he sent(G) horses and chariots and a strong force there. They went by night and surrounded the city.
15 When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early the next morning, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. “Oh no, my lord! What shall we do?” the servant asked.
16 “Don’t be afraid,”(H) the prophet answered. “Those who are with us are more(I) than those who are with them.”
17 And Elisha prayed, “Open his eyes, Lord, so that he may see.” Then the Lord opened the servant’s eyes, and he looked and saw the hills full of horses and chariots(J) of fire all around Elisha.
18 As the enemy came down toward him, Elisha prayed to the Lord, “Strike this army with blindness.”(K) So he struck them with blindness, as Elisha had asked.
19 Elisha told them, “This is not the road and this is not the city. Follow me, and I will lead you to the man you are looking for.” And he led them to Samaria.
20 After they entered the city, Elisha said, “Lord, open the eyes of these men so they can see.” Then the Lord opened their eyes and they looked, and there they were, inside Samaria.
21 When the king of Israel saw them, he asked Elisha, “Shall I kill them, my father?(L) Shall I kill them?”
22 “Do not kill them,” he answered. “Would you kill those you have captured(M) with your own sword or bow? Set food and water before them so that they may eat and drink and then go back to their master.” 23 So he prepared a great feast for them, and after they had finished eating and drinking, he sent them away, and they returned to their master. So the bands(N) from Aram stopped raiding Israel’s territory.
Famine in Besieged Samaria
24 Some time later, Ben-Hadad(O) king of Aram mobilized his entire army and marched up and laid siege(P) to Samaria. 25 There was a great famine(Q) in the city; the siege lasted so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels[a] of silver, and a quarter of a cab[b] of seed pods[c](R) for five shekels.[d]
26 As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried to him, “Help me, my lord the king!”
27 The king replied, “If the Lord does not help you, where can I get help for you? From the threshing floor? From the winepress?” 28 Then he asked her, “What’s the matter?”
She answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son so we may eat him today, and tomorrow we’ll eat my son.’ 29 So we cooked my son and ate(S) him. The next day I said to her, ‘Give up your son so we may eat him,’ but she had hidden him.”
30 When the king heard the woman’s words, he tore(T) his robes. As he went along the wall, the people looked, and they saw that, under his robes, he had sackcloth(U) on his body. 31 He said, “May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders today!”
32 Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders(V) were sitting with him. The king sent a messenger ahead, but before he arrived, Elisha said to the elders, “Don’t you see how this murderer(W) is sending someone to cut off my head?(X) Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door and hold it shut against him. Is not the sound of his master’s footsteps behind him?” 33 While he was still talking to them, the messenger came down to him.
The king said, “This disaster is from the Lord. Why should I wait(Y) for the Lord any longer?”
Footnotes
- 2 Kings 6:25 That is, about 2 pounds or about 920 grams
- 2 Kings 6:25 That is, probably about 1/4 pound or about 100 grams
- 2 Kings 6:25 Or of doves’ dung
- 2 Kings 6:25 That is, about 2 ounces or about 58 grams
2 Kings 6
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2 Kings 6
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6 And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.
2 Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye.
3 And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.
4 So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.
5 But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.
6 And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim.
7 Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it.
8 Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.
9 And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come down.
10 And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice.
11 Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not shew me which of us is for the king of Israel?
12 And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.
13 And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.
14 Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.
15 And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?
16 And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them.
17 And Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
18 And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the Lord, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.
19 And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But he led them to Samaria.
20 And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said, Lord, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the Lord opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria.
21 And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?
22 And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.
23 And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.
24 And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
25 And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver.
26 And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.
27 And he said, If the Lord do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?
28 And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow.
29 So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son.
30 And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.
31 Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.
32 But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?
33 And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the Lord; what should I wait for the Lord any longer?
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