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2 Samuel 21
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2 Samuel 21
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David y los gabaonitas
21 Durante el reinado de David pasaron tres años en que no hubo suficiente comida. David le preguntó a Dios por qué los trataba tan mal, y Dios le respondió: «Si ahora ustedes no tienen qué comer, la culpa es de Saúl y de su familia, pues él mató a muchos gabaonitas».
2-3 Los gabaonitas no eran israelitas; eran parientes de los amorreos, pero en los días de Josué, los israelitas habían hecho con ellos un pacto de paz. Sin embargo, Saúl había tratado de destruirlos para que Israel y Judá controlaran todo el territorio.
Por eso David llamó a los gabaonitas y les dijo:
—¿Qué puedo hacer para reparar el daño que Saúl les hizo, y para que ustedes le pidan a Dios que nos bendiga?
4 Los gabaonitas le contestaron:
—Nosotros no queremos dinero, ni tampoco queremos que muera ningún israelita.
El rey David volvió entonces a preguntarles:
—Pues, ¿qué quieren que haga por ustedes?
5-6 Y ellos le respondieron:
—Dios eligió a Saúl como rey de Israel, pero él trató de destruirnos. Queremos que usted nos entregue a siete de los familiares de Saúl. Vamos a matarlos frente al santuario de Dios, que está en Guibeá, pueblo de Saúl.
El rey David se comprometió a entregarles a siete familiares de Saúl. 7 Debido al juramento que ante Dios David le había hecho a Jonatán, le perdonó la vida a su hijo Mefi-bóset. 8 Sin embargo, apresó a Armoní y Mefi-bóset, los dos hijos que Saúl había tenido con Rispá, la hija de Aiá. Y también les entregó a cinco nietos de Saúl, hijos de su hija Merab y de Adriel, el hijo de Barzilai, de Meholá.
9 Los gabaonitas mataron a estos siete descendientes de Saúl al mismo tiempo. Los mataron en un cerro, frente al santuario de Dios. Esto sucedió durante la cosecha de la cebada.
10 En señal de tristeza, Rispá, la viuda de Saúl, se vistió con ropas ásperas, y se acostó sobre una piedra, cerca de los cuerpos de los siete muertos. De día y de noche alejaba de los cuerpos a los buitres y a los animales salvajes, y se quedó allí desde el día en que murieron hasta el día en que llegaron las lluvias.
11-12 Años atrás, cuando los filisteos mataron a Saúl y a Jonatán en Guilboa, habían colgado sus cuerpos en la plaza pública de Bet-sán. Sin embargo, la gente de Jabés se robó los cuerpos y los enterró en su ciudad. Por eso ahora, al saber David lo que estaba haciendo Rispá, fue a Jabés de Galaad para pedir que le entregaran los huesos de Saúl y Jonatán.
13 David juntó los huesos de Saúl y Jonatán con los huesos de los siete muertos; 14 luego mandó que los enterraran juntos en la tumba del padre de Saúl. Esa tumba estaba en Selá, en la región de Benjamín. Y tan pronto como se cumplieron las órdenes del rey David, Dios escuchó sus oraciones y bendijo al país.
Guerras contra los filisteos
15 Los filisteos volvieron a declararle la guerra a Israel, así que David fue con su ejército a pelear contra ellos. Como David ya estaba muy cansado, 16 un gigante trató de matarlo. El gigante se llamaba Isbí-benot, y la punta de su lanza pesaba más de tres kilos; tenía además una espada nueva.
17 Abisai corrió a ayudar a David, y atacó al filisteo y lo mató. Por su parte, los hombres de David le hicieron jurar que ya no saldría a las batallas, pues no querían perder a su líder y quedarse sin su guía.
Peleas contra gigantes (1 Cr 20.4-8)
18 Después de esto, hubo en Gob otra batalla contra los filisteos. Allí, Sibecai el husatita mató a un gigante llamado Saf.
19 Tiempo después, hubo también en Gob otra batalla contra los filisteos. Allí Elhanán hijo de Jaaré-oreguim, el de Belén, mató a Goliat, un hombre de Gat que tenía una lanza enorme.
20 Después hubo otra batalla en Gat. Allí, un gigante que tenía seis dedos en cada mano y en cada pie 21 desafió a los israelitas. Pero lo mató Jonatán, que era hijo de Simei y sobrino de David.
22 Estos cuatro gigantes eran de la familia de Refá, el de Gat, pero David y sus oficiales los mataron.
2 Samuel 21
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2 Samuel 21
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The Gibeonites Avenged
21 During the reign of David, there was a famine(A) for three successive years; so David sought(B) the face of the Lord. The Lord said, “It is on account of Saul and his blood-stained house; it is because he put the Gibeonites to death.”
2 The king summoned the Gibeonites(C) and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not a part of Israel but were survivors of the Amorites; the Israelites had sworn to spare them, but Saul in his zeal for Israel and Judah had tried to annihilate them.) 3 David asked the Gibeonites, “What shall I do for you? How shall I make atonement so that you will bless the Lord’s inheritance?”(D)
4 The Gibeonites answered him, “We have no right to demand silver or gold from Saul or his family, nor do we have the right to put anyone in Israel to death.”(E)
“What do you want me to do for you?” David asked.
5 They answered the king, “As for the man who destroyed us and plotted against us so that we have been decimated and have no place anywhere in Israel, 6 let seven of his male descendants be given to us to be killed and their bodies exposed(F) before the Lord at Gibeah of Saul—the Lord’s chosen(G) one.”
So the king said, “I will give them to you.”
7 The king spared Mephibosheth(H) son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the oath(I) before the Lord between David and Jonathan son of Saul. 8 But the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons of Aiah’s daughter Rizpah,(J) whom she had borne to Saul, together with the five sons of Saul’s daughter Merab,[a] whom she had borne to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite.(K) 9 He handed them over to the Gibeonites, who killed them and exposed their bodies on a hill before the Lord. All seven of them fell together; they were put to death(L) during the first days of the harvest, just as the barley harvest was beginning.(M)
10 Rizpah daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest till the rain poured down from the heavens on the bodies, she did not let the birds touch them by day or the wild animals by night.(N) 11 When David was told what Aiah’s daughter Rizpah, Saul’s concubine, had done, 12 he went and took the bones of Saul(O) and his son Jonathan from the citizens of Jabesh Gilead.(P) (They had stolen their bodies from the public square at Beth Shan,(Q) where the Philistines had hung(R) them after they struck Saul down on Gilboa.)(S) 13 David brought the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from there, and the bones of those who had been killed and exposed were gathered up.
14 They buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in the tomb of Saul’s father Kish, at Zela(T) in Benjamin, and did everything the king commanded. After that,(U) God answered prayer(V) in behalf of the land.(W)
Wars Against the Philistines(X)
15 Once again there was a battle between the Philistines(Y) and Israel. David went down with his men to fight against the Philistines, and he became exhausted. 16 And Ishbi-Benob, one of the descendants of Rapha, whose bronze spearhead weighed three hundred shekels[b] and who was armed with a new sword, said he would kill David. 17 But Abishai(Z) son of Zeruiah came to David’s rescue; he struck the Philistine down and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him, saying, “Never again will you go out with us to battle, so that the lamp(AA) of Israel will not be extinguished.(AB)”
18 In the course of time, there was another battle with the Philistines, at Gob. At that time Sibbekai(AC) the Hushathite killed Saph, one of the descendants of Rapha.
19 In another battle with the Philistines at Gob, Elhanan son of Jair[c] the Bethlehemite killed the brother of[d] Goliath the Gittite,(AD) who had a spear with a shaft like a weaver’s rod.(AE)
20 In still another battle, which took place at Gath, there was a huge man with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—twenty-four in all. He also was descended from Rapha. 21 When he taunted(AF) Israel, Jonathan son of Shimeah,(AG) David’s brother, killed him.
22 These four were descendants of Rapha in Gath, and they fell at the hands of David and his men.
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 21:8 Two Hebrew manuscripts, some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also 1 Samuel 18:19); most Hebrew and Septuagint manuscripts Michal
- 2 Samuel 21:16 That is, about 7 1/2 pounds or about 3.5 kilograms
- 2 Samuel 21:19 See 1 Chron. 20:5; Hebrew Jaare-Oregim.
- 2 Samuel 21:19 See 1 Chron. 20:5; Hebrew does not have the brother of.
2 Samuel 21
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2 Samuel 21
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21 And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David sought the face of Jehovah. And Jehovah said, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put to death the Gibeonites. 2 And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah); 3 and David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of Jehovah? 4 And the Gibeonites said unto him, It is no matter of silver or gold between us and Saul, or his house; [a]neither is it for us to put any man to death in Israel. And he said, What ye shall say, that will I do for you. 5 And they said unto the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us, [b]that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the borders of Israel, 6 let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto Jehovah in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of Jehovah. And the king said, I will give them.
7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of Jehovah’s oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul. 8 But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of [c]Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she bare to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite: 9 and he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the mountain before Jehovah, and they fell all seven together. And they were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, at the beginning of barley harvest.
10 And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water was poured upon them from heaven; and she suffered neither the birds of the heavens to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night. 11 And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.
12 And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the [d]street of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, in the day that the Philistines slew Saul in Gilboa; 13 and he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son: and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged. 14 And they buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin in Zela, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was entreated for the land.
15 And the Philistines had war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines. And David waxed faint; 16 and Ishbi-benob, who was of the sons of the [e]giant, the weight of whose spear was three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with [f]a new sword, thought to have slain David. 17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succored him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the lamp of Israel.
18 And it came to pass after this, that there was again war with the Philistines at [g]Gob: then Sibbecai the Hushathite slew [h]Saph, who was of the sons of the [i]giant. 19 And there was again war with the Philistines at Gob; and Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim the Beth-lehemite slew [j]Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam. 20 And there was again war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the [k]giant. 21 And when he [l]defied Israel, Jonathan the son of [m]Shimei, David’s brother, slew him. 22 These four were born to the [n]giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 21:4 Or, neither for us shalt thou put any man to death in Israel
- 2 Samuel 21:5 Or, so that we have been destroyed
- 2 Samuel 21:8 In 1 Sam. 18:19, Merab.
- 2 Samuel 21:12 Or, broad place
- 2 Samuel 21:16 Hebrew Raphah.
- 2 Samuel 21:16 Or, new armor
- 2 Samuel 21:18 In 1 Chr. 20:4, Gezer.
- 2 Samuel 21:18 In 1 Chr. 20:4, Sippai.
- 2 Samuel 21:18 Hebrew Raphah.
- 2 Samuel 21:19 In 1 Chr. 20:5, the brother of Goliath.
- 2 Samuel 21:20 Hebrew Raphah.
- 2 Samuel 21:21 Or, reproached.
- 2 Samuel 21:21 In 1 Sam. 16:9, Shammah. In 1 Chr. 2:13; 20:7, Shimea
- 2 Samuel 21:22 Hebrew Raphah.
2 Samuel 21
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2 Samuel 21
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21 Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the Lord. And the Lord answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.
2 And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)
3 Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of the Lord?
4 And the Gibeonites said unto him, We will have no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of his house; neither for us shalt thou kill any man in Israel. And he said, What ye shall say, that will I do for you.
5 And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the coasts of Israel,
6 Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto the Lord in Gibeah of Saul, whom the Lord did choose. And the king said, I will give them.
7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the Lord's oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
8 But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:
9 And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the Lord: and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest.
10 And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
11 And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.
12 And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabeshgilead, which had stolen them from the street of Bethshan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa:
13 And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.
14 And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was intreated for the land.
15 Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David waxed faint.
16 And Ishbibenob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David.
17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel.
18 And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the sons of the giant.
19 And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.
20 And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.
21 And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimeah the brother of David slew him.
22 These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
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