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2 Samuel 11
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2 Samuel 11
Nueva Versión Internacional
David y Betsabé
11 En la primavera, que era la época en que los reyes[a] salían de campaña, David mandó a Joab con la guardia real y todo el ejército de Israel para que aniquilara a los amonitas y sitiara la ciudad de Rabá. Pero David se quedó en Jerusalén.
2 Una tarde, al levantarse David de la cama, comenzó a pasearse por la azotea del palacio y desde allí vio a una mujer que se estaba bañando. La mujer era sumamente hermosa, 3 por lo que David mandó que averiguaran quién era y le informaron: «Se trata de Betsabé, que es hija de Elián y esposa de Urías el hitita». 4 Entonces David ordenó que la llevaran a su presencia y, cuando Betsabé llegó, él se acostó con ella. Después de eso, ella volvió a su casa. Hacía poco que Betsabé se había purificado de su menstruación,[b] 5 así que quedó embarazada y se lo hizo saber a David.
6 Entonces David envió este mensaje a Joab: «Mándame aquí a Urías el hitita». Y Joab así lo hizo. 7 Cuando Urías llegó, David preguntó cómo estaban Joab y los soldados, y cómo iba la campaña. 8 Luego dijo: «Vete a tu casa y lávate los pies».[c] Tan pronto como salió del palacio, Urías recibió un regalo de parte del rey, 9 pero en vez de irse a su propia casa, se acostó a la entrada del palacio, donde dormía la guardia real.
10 David se enteró de que Urías no había ido a su casa, así que preguntó:
—Has hecho un viaje largo, ¿por qué no fuiste a tu casa?
11 —En este momento —respondió Urías—, tanto el arca como los hombres de Israel y de Judá se guarecen en simples enramadas, y mi señor Joab y sus oficiales acampan al aire libre, ¿y yo voy a entrar en mi casa para darme un banquete y acostarme con mi esposa? ¡Tan cierto como que usted vive, yo no puedo hacer tal cosa!
12 —Bueno, entonces quédate hoy aquí y mañana te enviaré de regreso —respondió David.
Urías se quedó ese día en Jerusalén. Pero al día siguiente 13 David lo invitó a un banquete y logró emborracharlo. A pesar de eso, Urías no fue a su casa, sino que volvió a pasar la noche donde dormía la guardia real.
14 A la mañana siguiente, David escribió una carta a Joab y se la envió por medio de Urías. 15 La carta decía: «Pongan a Urías al frente de la batalla, donde la lucha sea más dura. Luego déjenlo solo para que lo hieran y lo maten».
16 Por tanto, cuando Joab ya había sitiado la ciudad, puso a Urías donde sabía que estaban los defensores más aguerridos. 17 Los de la ciudad salieron para enfrentarse a Joab, y entre los oficiales de David que cayeron en batalla también perdió la vida Urías el hitita.
18 Entonces Joab envió a David un informe con todos los detalles del combate 19 y dio esta orden al mensajero: «Cuando hayas terminado de contarle al rey todos los pormenores del combate, 20 tal vez se enoje y te pregunte: “¿Por qué se acercaron tanto a la ciudad para atacarla? ¿Acaso no sabían que les dispararían desde la muralla? 21 ¿Quién mató a Abimélec, hijo de Yerubéset?[d] ¿No fue acaso una mujer la que arrojó una piedra de molino desde la muralla de Tebes y lo mató? ¿Por qué se acercaron tanto a la muralla?”. Pues, si te hace estas preguntas, respóndele: “También ha muerto Urías el hitita, su siervo”».
22 El mensajero partió y al llegar contó a David todo lo que Joab había mandado decir.
23 —Los soldados enemigos nos estaban venciendo —dijo el mensajero—, pero cuando nos atacaron a campo abierto pudimos rechazarlos hasta la entrada de la ciudad. 24 Entonces los arqueros dispararon desde la muralla a los soldados de Su Majestad, de modo que murieron varios de los nuestros. También ha muerto Urías el hitita, su siervo.
25 Entonces David dijo al mensajero:
—Dile a Joab de mi parte que no se aflija tanto por lo que ha pasado, pues la espada devora sin discriminar. Dile también que reanude el ataque contra la ciudad, hasta destruirla. Y anímalo.
26 Cuando Betsabé se enteró de que Urías, su esposo, había muerto, hizo duelo por él. 27 Después del luto, David mandó que se la llevaran al palacio y la tomó por esposa. Con el tiempo, ella le dio un hijo. Sin embargo, lo que David había hecho desagradó al Señor.
Footnotes
- 11:1 reyes (LXX, Vulgata y varios mss. hebreos); mensajeros (TM).
- 11:4 Hacía … menstruación. Es decir, no había quedado embarazada por Urías y era tiempo propicio para la concepción.
- 11:8 lávate los pies. Esta expresión podría referirse a tener relaciones sexuales con su esposa.
- 11:21 Yerubéset. Es decir, Yerubaal o Gedeón (véanse Jue 8:35; 9:1,53).
2 Samuel 11
New King James Version
2 Samuel 11
New King James Version
David, Bathsheba, and Uriah
11 It happened in the spring of the year, at the (A)time when kings go out to battle, that (B)David sent Joab and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the people of Ammon and besieged (C)Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem.
2 Then it happened one evening that David arose from his bed (D)and walked on the roof of the king’s house. And from the roof he (E)saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to behold. 3 So David sent and inquired about the woman. And someone said, “Is this not [a]Bathsheba, the daughter of [b]Eliam, the wife (F)of Uriah the (G)Hittite?” 4 Then David sent messengers, and took her; and she came to him, and (H)he lay with her, for she was (I)cleansed from her impurity; and she returned to her house. 5 And the woman conceived; so she sent and told David, and said, “I am with child.”
6 Then David sent to Joab, saying, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” And Joab sent Uriah to David. 7 When Uriah had come to him, David asked how Joab was doing, and how the people were doing, and how the war prospered. 8 And David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and (J)wash your feet.” So Uriah departed from the king’s house, and a gift of food from the king followed him. 9 But Uriah slept at the (K)door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house. 10 So when they told David, saying, “Uriah did not go down to his house,” David said to Uriah, “Did you not come from a journey? Why did you not go down to your house?”
11 And Uriah said to David, (L)“The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and (M)my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are encamped in the open fields. Shall I then go to my house to eat and drink, and to lie with my wife? As you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do this thing.”
12 Then David said to Uriah, “Wait here today also, and tomorrow I will let you depart.” So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day and the next. 13 Now when David called him, he ate and drank before him; and he made him (N)drunk. And at evening he went out to lie on his bed (O)with the servants of his lord, but he did not go down to his house.
14 In the morning it happened that David (P)wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah. 15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, “Set Uriah in the forefront of the [c]hottest battle, and retreat from him, that he may (Q)be struck down and die.” 16 So it was, while Joab besieged the city, that he assigned Uriah to a place where he knew there were valiant men. 17 Then the men of the city came out and fought with Joab. And some of the people of the servants of David fell; and Uriah the Hittite died also.
18 Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war, 19 and charged the messenger, saying, “When you have finished telling the matters of the war to the king, 20 if it happens that the king’s wrath rises, and he says to you: ‘Why did you approach so near to the city when you fought? Did you not know that they would shoot from the wall? 21 Who struck (R)Abimelech the son of [d]Jerubbesheth? Was it not a woman who cast a piece of a millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you go near the wall?’—then you shall say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.’ ”
22 So the messenger went, and came and told David all that Joab had sent by him. 23 And the messenger said to David, “Surely the men prevailed against us and came out to us in the field; then we drove them back as far as the entrance of the gate. 24 The archers shot from the wall at your servants; and some of the king’s servants are dead, and your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.”
25 Then David said to the messenger, “Thus you shall say to Joab: ‘Do not let this thing [e]displease you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your attack against the city, and overthrow it.’ So encourage him.”
26 When the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband. 27 And when her mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house, and she (S)became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done (T)displeased[f] the Lord.
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 11:3 Bathshua, 1 Chr. 3:5
- 2 Samuel 11:3 Ammiel, 1 Chr. 3:5
- 2 Samuel 11:15 fiercest
- 2 Samuel 11:21 Jerubbaal (Gideon), Judg. 6:32ff.
- 2 Samuel 11:25 Lit. be evil in your sight
- 2 Samuel 11:27 Lit. was evil in the eyes of
2 Samuel 11
English Standard Version
2 Samuel 11
English Standard Version
David and Bathsheba
11 (A)(B)In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel. And they ravaged the Ammonites and besieged (C)Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem.
2 It happened, late one afternoon, when David arose from his couch and was walking on (D)the roof of the king's house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful. 3 And David sent and inquired about the woman. And one said, “Is not this (E)Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of (F)Uriah the Hittite?” 4 So David sent messengers and took her, and she came to him, and he lay with her. ((G)Now she had been purifying herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned to her house. 5 And the woman conceived, and she sent and told David, “I am pregnant.”
6 So David sent word to Joab, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” And Joab sent Uriah to David. 7 When Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab was doing and how the people were doing and how the war was going. 8 Then David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and (H)wash your feet.” And Uriah went out of the king's house, and there followed him a present from the king. 9 But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house. 10 When they told David, “Uriah did not go down to his house,” David said to Uriah, “Have you not come from a journey? Why did you not go down to your house?” 11 Uriah said to David, (I)“The ark and Israel and Judah dwell in booths, and my lord Joab and (J)the servants of my lord are camping in the open field. Shall I then go to my house, to eat and to drink and to lie with my wife? As you live, and (K)as your soul lives, I will not do this thing.” 12 Then David said to Uriah, “Remain here today also, and tomorrow I will send you back.” So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day and the next. 13 And David invited him, and he ate in his presence and drank, (L)so that he made him drunk. And in the evening he went out to lie on his couch with (M)the servants of his lord, but he did not go down to his house.
14 In the morning David (N)wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah. 15 In the letter he wrote, “Set Uriah in the forefront of the hardest fighting, and then draw back from him, (O)that he may be struck down, and die.” 16 And as Joab was besieging the city, he assigned Uriah to the place where he knew there were valiant men. 17 And the men of the city came out and fought with Joab, and some of the servants of David among the people fell. Uriah the Hittite also died. 18 Then Joab sent and told David all the news about the fighting. 19 And he instructed the messenger, “When you have finished telling all the news about the fighting to the king, 20 then, if the king's anger rises, and if he says to you, ‘Why did you go so near the city to fight? Did you not know that they would shoot from the wall? 21 (P)Who killed Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Did not a woman cast an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died at Thebez? Why did you go so near the wall?’ then you shall say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.’”
22 So the messenger went and came and told David all that Joab had sent him to tell. 23 The messenger said to David, “The men gained an advantage over us and came out against us in the field, but we drove them back to the entrance of the gate. 24 Then the archers shot at your servants from the wall. Some of the king's servants are dead, and your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.” 25 David said to the messenger, “Thus shall you say to Joab, ‘Do not let this matter displease you, for the sword devours now one and now another. Strengthen your attack against the city and overthrow it.’ And encourage him.”
26 When the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she lamented over her husband. 27 And when the mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house, and (Q)she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord.
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