2 Samuel 17
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17 Entonces Ajitofel dijo a Absalón:
—Permíteme escoger a doce mil hombres, y me levantaré y perseguiré a David esta noche. 2 Caeré sobre él cuando esté cansado y desalentado. Lo atemorizaré, y todo el pueblo que está con él huirá; entonces mataré solo al rey. 3 Él es el hombre a quien buscas. Así haré volver a ti a todo el pueblo; y cuando todos hayan vuelto, todo el pueblo estará en paz.
4 El consejo pareció bueno a Absalón y a todos los ancianos de Israel. 5 Pero Absalón dijo:
—Por favor, llamen también a Husai el arquita, para que escuchemos asimismo lo que él tenga que decir.
6 Cuando Husai vino a Absalón, este le habló diciendo:
—De esta manera ha hablado Ajitofel. ¿Seguiremos su consejo? Si no, habla tú.
7 Husai dijo a Absalón:
—El consejo que ha dado Ajitofel esta vez no es bueno. 8 —Y Husai añadió—: Tú sabes que tu padre y sus hombres son valientes y que están con ánimo provocado, como la osa en el campo a la que le han quitado sus crías. Además, tu padre es hombre de guerra y no pasará la noche con el pueblo. 9 He aquí que ahora estará escondido en alguna cueva o en otro lugar. Y acontecerá que si al comienzo caen algunos del pueblo[a], cualquiera que lo oiga dirá: “Ha habido una matanza entre la gente que sigue a Absalón”. 10 Así, aun el hombre más valiente, cuyo corazón es como el corazón de un león, sin duda desmayará. Porque todo Israel sabe que tu padre es un hombre valiente y que los que están con él son hombres de valor. 11 Aconsejo, pues, que todo Israel se reúna contigo, desde Dan hasta Beerseba, tan numeroso como la arena que está a la orilla del mar; y que tú en persona vayas a la batalla. 12 Entonces iremos contra él en cualquier lugar donde se encuentre y caeremos sobre él, como el rocío cae sobre la tierra. Y no dejaremos vivo a él ni a ninguno de los hombres que están con él. 13 Y si se retira a alguna ciudad, todos los de Israel llevaremos sogas a esa ciudad, y la arrastraremos hasta el arroyo, de manera que no se encuentre allí ni siquiera una piedrecita.
14 Entonces Absalón y todos los hombres de Israel dijeron:
—El consejo de Husai el arquita es mejor que el consejo de Ajitofel.
El SEÑOR había determinado que el acertado consejo de Ajitofel se frustrara, para que el SEÑOR hiciera caer el mal sobre Absalón.
David es informado del plan de Absalón
15 Entonces Husai dijo a los sacerdotes Sadoc y Abiatar:
—De esta y esta manera aconsejó Ajitofel a Absalón y a los ancianos de Israel, y de esta y esta manera los aconsejé yo. 16 Por tanto, manden inmediatamente a informar a David, diciendo: “No pases esta noche en las llanuras del desierto. Cruza sin falta el Jordán, para que no sea aniquilado el rey junto con toda la gente que está con él”.
17 Jonatán y Ajimaas estaban junto a En-rogel. Una criada había de ir e informarles, porque ellos no debían exponerse yendo a la ciudad. Y ellos habían de ir e informar al rey David. 18 Pero un muchacho los vio e informó a Absalón. Por tanto, los dos se dieron prisa y llegaron a la casa de un hombre en Bajurim, quien tenía un pozo en su patio, y se metieron dentro de él. 19 La esposa tomó una manta, la extendió sobre la boca del pozo y tendió sobre ella grano trillado; y nada se supo del asunto. 20 Cuando los servidores de Absalón llegaron a la casa de la mujer, le preguntaron:
—¿Dónde están Ajimaas y Jonatán?
La mujer les respondió:
—Ya han pasado el depósito de agua.
Ellos los buscaron, pero no los hallaron; y se volvieron a Jerusalén.
21 Y sucedió que después que se habían ido, los hombres salieron del pozo. Luego fueron e informaron al rey David diciéndole:
—Levántense y dense prisa para cruzar las aguas, porque así ha aconsejado Ajitofel contra ustedes.
22 Entonces David se levantó, junto con toda la gente que estaba con él, y cruzaron el Jordán. Para el amanecer no quedó ni uno solo que no hubiera cruzado el Jordán.
23 Al ver Ajitofel que no se había seguido su consejo, aparejó el asno, partió y se fue a su casa, en su ciudad. Después de poner en orden su casa, se ahorcó y murió. Entonces fue sepultado en la tumba de su padre.
Confrontación de Absalón y David
24 David llegó a Majanaim, y Absalón cruzó el Jordán con todos los hombres de Israel. 25 Absalón había puesto a Amasa al mando del ejército, en lugar de Joab. Amasa era hijo de un hombre llamado Jeter el israelita[b], que se había unido a Abigaíl hija de Najas y hermana de Sarvia, que era la madre de Joab. 26 Absalón y los de Israel acamparon en la tierra de Galaad.
27 Y aconteció que cuando David llegó a Majanaim, Sobi hijo de Najas, de Rabá de los hijos de Amón; Maquir hijo de Amiel, de Lo-debar; y Barzilai el galaadita, de Rogelim, 28 trajeron camas, tazas, vasijas de barro, trigo, cebada, harina, grano tostado, habas, lentejas, 29 miel, mantequilla, ovejas y queso de vaca, y los presentaron a David y al pueblo que estaba con él, para que comieran. Porque pensaron: “La gente está hambrienta, cansada y sedienta en el desierto”.
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 17:9 Según LXX; heb., de entre ellos.
- 2 Samuel 17:25 Algunos mss. de LXX tienen ismaelita ; cf. 1 Crón. 2:17.
2 Samuel 17
King James Version
17 Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:
2 And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:
3 And I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace.
4 And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
5 Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.
6 And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do after his saying? if not; speak thou.
7 And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time.
8 For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
9 Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.
10 And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men.
11 Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.
12 So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground: and of him and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left so much as one.
13 Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one small stone found there.
14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the Lord had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the Lord might bring evil upon Absalom.
15 Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled.
16 Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.
17 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by Enrogel; for they might not be seen to come into the city: and a wench went and told them; and they went and told king David.
18 Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man's house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they went down.
19 And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.
20 And when Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
21 And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.
22 Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jordan.
23 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
24 Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
25 And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother.
26 So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.
27 And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
28 Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and parched pulse,
29 And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.
2 Samuel 17
English Standard Version
Hushai Saves David
17 Moreover, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue David tonight. 2 I will come upon him while he is (A)weary and discouraged and throw him into a panic, and all the people who are with him will flee. (B)I will strike down only the king, 3 and I will bring all the people back to you as a bride comes home to her husband. You seek the life of only one man,[a] and all the people will be at peace.” 4 And the advice seemed right in the eyes of Absalom and all the elders of Israel.
5 Then Absalom said, “Call (C)Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear what he has to say.” 6 And when Hushai came to Absalom, Absalom said to him, “Thus has Ahithophel spoken; shall we do as he says? If not, you speak.” 7 Then Hushai said to Absalom, “This time the counsel that Ahithophel has given is not good.” 8 Hushai said, “You know that your father and his men are mighty men, and that they are enraged,[b] (D)like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. Besides, your father is expert in war; he will not spend the night with the people. 9 Behold, even now he has hidden himself in one of the pits or in some other place. And as soon as some of the people fall[c] at the first attack, whoever hears it will say, ‘There has been a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom.’ 10 Then even the valiant man, whose heart is like the heart of a lion, will utterly (E)melt with fear, for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and that those who are with him are valiant men. 11 But my counsel is that all Israel be gathered to you, (F)from Dan to Beersheba, (G)as the sand by the sea for multitude, and that you go to battle in person. 12 So we shall come upon him in some place where he is to be found, and we shall light upon him as the dew falls on the ground, and of him and all the men with him not one will be left. 13 If he withdraws into a city, then all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we shall drag it into the valley, until not even a pebble is to be found there.” 14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” (H)For the Lord had ordained[d] to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that the Lord might bring harm upon Absalom.
15 (I)Then Hushai said to Zadok and Abiathar the priests, “Thus and so did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel, and thus and so have I counseled. 16 Now therefore send quickly and tell David, ‘Do not stay tonight at (J)the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over, lest the king and all the people who are with him be (K)swallowed up.’” 17 Now (L)Jonathan and Ahimaaz were waiting at (M)En-rogel. A female servant was to go and tell them, and they were to go and tell King David, for they were not to be seen entering the city. 18 But a young man saw them and told Absalom. So both of them went away quickly and came to the house of a man at (N)Bahurim, who had a well in his courtyard. And they went down into it. 19 (O)And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth and scattered grain on it, and nothing was known of it. 20 When Absalom's servants came to the woman at the house, they said, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” And the woman said to them, “They have gone over the brook[e] of water.” And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
21 After they had gone, the men came up out of the well, and went and told King David. They said to David, (P)“Arise, and go quickly over the water, for thus and so has Ahithophel counseled against you.” 22 Then David arose, and all the people who were with him, and they crossed the Jordan. By daybreak not one was left who had not crossed the Jordan.
23 When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey and went off home to (Q)his own city. He (R)set his house in order and (S)hanged himself, and he died and was buried in the tomb of his father.
24 Then David came to (T)Mahanaim. And Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel. 25 Now Absalom had set (U)Amasa over the army instead of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra the Ishmaelite,[f] who had married Abigal the daughter of (V)Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, Joab's mother. 26 And Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.
27 When David came to Mahanaim, (W)Shobi the son of Nahash from (X)Rabbah of the Ammonites, and (Y)Machir the son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and (Z)Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim, 28 brought beds, basins, and earthen vessels, wheat, barley, flour, parched grain, beans and lentils,[g] 29 honey and curds and sheep and cheese from the herd, for David and the people with him to eat, for they said, “The people are hungry and (AA)weary and thirsty (AB)in the wilderness.”
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 17:3 Septuagint; Hebrew back to you. Like the return of the whole is the man whom you seek
- 2 Samuel 17:8 Hebrew bitter of soul
- 2 Samuel 17:9 Or And as he falls on them
- 2 Samuel 17:14 Hebrew commanded
- 2 Samuel 17:20 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
- 2 Samuel 17:25 Compare 1 Chronicles 2:17; Hebrew Israelite
- 2 Samuel 17:28 Hebrew adds and parched grain
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