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1 Now Ben-hadad, king of Aram, got all his army together, and thirty-two kings with him, and horses and carriages of war; he went up and made war on Samaria, shutting it in.
1 ENTONCES Ben-adad rey de Siria juntó á todo su ejército, y con él treinta y dos reyes, con caballos y carros: y subió, y puso cerco á Samaria, y combatióla.
2 And he sent representatives into the town to Ahab, king of Israel;
2 Y envió mensajeros á la ciudad á Achâb rey de Israel, diciendo:
3 And they said to him, Ben-hadad says, Your silver and your gold are mine; and your wives and children are mine.
3 Así ha dicho Ben-adad: Tu plata y tu oro es mío, y tus mujeres y tus hijos hermosos son míos.
4 And the king of Israel sent him an answer saying, As you say, my lord king, I am yours with all I have.
4 Y el rey de Israel respondió, y dijo: Como tú dices, rey señor mío, yo soy tuyo, y todo lo que tengo.
5 Then the representatives came back again, and said, These are the words of Ben-hadad: I sent to you saying, Give up to me your silver and your gold, your wives and your children;
5 Y volviendo los mensajeros otra vez, dijeron: Así dijo Ben-adad: Yo te envié á decir: Tu plata y tu oro, y tus mujeres y tus hijos me darás.
6 But I will send my servants to you tomorrow about this time, to make a search through your house and the houses of your people, and everything which is pleasing in your eyes they will take away in their hands.
6 Además mañana á estas horas enviaré yo á ti mis siervos, los cuales escudriñarán tu casa, y las casas de tus siervos; y tomarán con sus manos, y llevarán todo lo precioso que tuvieres.
7 Then the king of Israel sent for all the responsible men of the land, and said, Now will you take note and see the evil purpose of this man: he sent for my wives and my children, my silver and my gold, and I did not keep them back.
7 Entonces el rey de Israel llamó á todos los ancianos de la tierra, y díjoles: Entended, y ved ahora cómo éste no busca sino mal: pues que ha enviado á mí por mis mujeres y mis hijos, y por mi plata y por mi oro; y yo no se lo he negado.
8 And all the responsible men and the people said to him, Do not give attention to him or do what he says.
8 Y todos los ancianos y todo el pueblo le respondieron: No le obedezcas, ni hagas lo que te pide.
9 So he said to the representatives of Ben-hadad, Say to my lord the king, All the orders you sent the first time I will do; but this thing I may not do. And the representatives went back with this answer.
9 Entonces él respondió á los embajadores de Ben-adad: Decid al rey mi señor: Haré todo lo que mandaste á tu siervo al principio; mas esto no lo puedo hacer. Y los embajadores fueron, y diéronle la respuesta.
10 Then Ben-hadad sent to him, saying, May the gods' punishment be on me if there is enough of the dust of Samaria for all the people at my feet to take some in their hands.
10 Y Ben-adad tornó á enviarle á decir: Así me hagan los dioses, y así me añadan, que el polvo de Samaria no bastará á los puños de todo el pueblo que me sigue.
11 And the king of Israel said in answer, Say to him, The time for loud talk is not when a man is putting on his arms, but when he is taking them off.
11 Y el rey de Israel respondió, y dijo: Decidle, que no se alabe el que se ciñe, como el que ya se desciñe.
12 Now when this answer was given to Ben-hadad, he was drinking with the kings in the tents, and he said to his men, Take up your positions. So they put themselves in position for attacking the town.
12 Y como él oyó esta palabra, estando bebiendo con los reyes en las tiendas, dijo á sus siervos: Poned. Y ellos pusieron contra la ciudad.
13 Then a prophet came up to Ahab, king of Israel, and said, The Lord says, Have you seen all this great army? See, I will give it into your hands today, and you will see that I am the Lord.
13 Y he aquí un profeta se llegó á Achâb rey de Israel, y le dijo: Así ha dicho Jehová: ¿Has visto esta grande multitud? he aquí yo te la entregaré hoy en tu mano, para que conozcas que yo soy Jehová.
14 And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, The Lord says, By the servants of the chiefs who are over the divisions of the land. Then he said, By whom is the fighting to be started? And he made answer, By you.
14 Y respondió Achâb: ¿Por [mano de] quién? Y él dijo: Así ha dicho Jehová: Por [mano de] los criados de los príncipes de las provincias. Y dijo Achâb: ¿Quién comenzará la batalla? Y él respondió: Tú.
15 Then he got together the servants of all the chiefs who were over the divisions of the land, two hundred and thirty-two of them; and after them, he got together all the people, all the children of Israel, seven thousand.
15 Entonces él reconoció los criados de los príncipes de las provincias, los cuales fueron doscientos treinta y dos. Luego reconoció todo el pueblo, todos los hijos de Israel, que [fueron] siete mil.
16 And in the middle of the day they went out. But Ben-hadad was drinking in the tents with the thirty-two kings who were helping him.
16 Y salieron á medio día. Y estaba Ben-adad bebiendo, borracho en las tiendas, él y los reyes, los treinta y dos reyes que habían venido en su ayuda.
17 And the servants of the chiefs who were over the divisions of the land went forward first; and when Ben-hadad sent out, they gave him the news, saying, Men have come out from Samaria.
17 Y los criados de los príncipes de las provincias salieron los primeros. Y había Ben-adad enviado quien le dió aviso, diciendo: Han salido hombres de Samaria.
18 And he said, If they have come out for peace, take them living, and if they have come out for war, take them living.
18 El entonces dijo: Si han salido por paz, tomadlos vivos; y si han salido para pelear, tomadlos vivos.
19 So the servants of the chiefs of the divisions of the land went out of the town, with the army coming after them.
19 Salieron pues de la ciudad los criados de los príncipes de las provincias, y en pos de ellos el ejército.
20 And every one of them put his man to death, and the Aramaeans went in flight with Israel after them; and Ben-hadad, king of Aram, got away safely on a horse with his horsemen.
20 E hirió cada uno al que venía contra sí: y huyeron los Siros, siguiéndolos los de Israel. Y el rey de Siria, Ben-adad, se escapó en un caballo con alguna gente de caballería.
21 And the king of Israel went out and took the horses and the war-carriages, and made great destruction among the Aramaeans.
21 Y salió el rey de Israel, é hirió la gente de á caballo, y los carros; y deshizo los Siros con grande estrago.
22 Then the prophet came up to the king of Israel, and said to him, Now make yourself strong, and take care what you do, or a year from now the king of Aram will come up against you again.
22 Llegándose luego el profeta al rey de Israel, le dijo: Ve, fortalécete, y considera y mira lo que has de hacer; porque pasado el año, el rey de Siria ha de venir contra ti.
23 Then the king of Aram's servants said to him, Their god is a god of the hills; that is why they were stronger than we: but if we make an attack on them in the lowlands, we will certainly be stronger than they.
23 Y los siervos del rey de Siria le dijeron: Sus dioses son dioses de los montes, por eso nos han vencido; mas si peleáremos con ellos en la llanura, [se verá] si no los vencemos.
24 This is what you have to do: take away the kings from their positions, and put captains in their places;
24 Haz pues así: Saca á los reyes cada uno de su puesto, y pon capitanes en lugar de ellos.
25 And get together another army like the one which came to destruction, horse for horse, and carriage for carriage; and let us make war on them in the lowlands, and certainly we will be stronger than they. And he gave ear to what they said, and did so.
25 Y tú, fórmate otro ejército como el ejército que perdiste, caballos por caballos, y carros por carros; luego pelearemos con ellos en campo raso, y [veremos] si no los vencemos. Y él les dió oído, é hízolo así.
26 So, a year later, Ben-hadad got the Aramaeans together and went up to Aphek to make war on Israel.
26 Pasado el año, Ben-adad reconoció los Siros, y vino á Aphec á pelear contra Israel.
27 And the children of Israel got themselves together, and food was made ready and they went against them; the tents of the children of Israel were like two little flocks of goats before them, but all the country was full of the Aramaeans.
27 Y los hijos de Israel fueron también inspeccionados, y tomando provisiones fuéronles al encuentro; y asentaron campo lo hijos de Israel delante de ellos, como dos rebañuelos de cabras; y los Siros henchían la tierra.
28 And a man of God came up and said to the king of Israel, The Lord says, Because the Aramaeans have said, The Lord is a god of the hills and not of the valleys; I will give all this great army into your hands, and you will see that I am the Lord.
28 Llegándose entonces el varón de Dios al rey de Israel, hablóle diciendo: Así dijo Jehová: Por cuanto los Siros han dicho, Jehová es Dios de los montes, no Dios de los valles, yo entregaré toda esta grande multitud en tu mano, para que conozcáis que yo soy Jehová.
29 Now the two armies kept their positions facing one another for seven days. And on the seventh day the fight was started; and the children of Israel put to the sword a hundred thousand Aramaean footmen in one day.
29 Siete días tuvieron asentado campo los unos delante de los otros, y al séptimo día se dió la batalla: y mataron los hijos de Israel de los Siros en un día cien mil hombres de á pie.
30 But the rest went in flight to Aphek, into the town, where a wall came down on the twenty-seven thousand who were still living. And Ben-hadad went in flight into the town, into an inner room.
30 Los demás huyeron á Aphec, á la ciudad: y el muro cayó sobre veinte y siete mil hombres que habían quedado. También Ben-adad vino huyendo á la ciudad, y [escondíase] de cámara en cámara.
31 Then his servants said to him, It is said that the kings of Israel are full of mercy: let us then put on haircloth, and cords on our heads, and go to the king of Israel; it may be that he will give you your life.
31 Entonces sus siervos le dijeron: He aquí, hemos oído de los reyes de la casa de Israel que son reyes clementes: pongamos pues ahora sacos en nuestros lomos, y sogas en nuestras cabezas, y salgamos al rey de Israel: por ventura te salvará la vida.
32 So they put on haircloth, and cords on their heads, and came to the king of Israel and said, Your servant Ben-hadad says, Let me now keep my life. And he said, Is he still living? he is my brother.
32 Ciñeron pues sus lomos de sacos, y sogas á sus cabezas, y vinieron al rey de Israel, y dijéronle: Tu siervo Ben-adad dice: Ruégote que viva mi alma. Y él respondió: Si él vive aún, mi hermano es.
33 Now the men took it as a sign, and quickly took up his words; and they said, Ben-hadad is your brother. Then he said, Go and get him. So Ben-hadad came out to him and he made him get up into his carriage.
33 Esto tomaron aquellos hombres por buen agüero, y presto tomaron esta palabra de su boca, y dijeron: ¡Tu hermano Ben-adad! Y él dijo: Id, y traedle. Ben-adad entonces se presentó á Achâb, y él le hizo subir en un carro.
34 And Ben-hadad said to him, The towns my father took from your father I will give back; and you may make streets for yourself in Damascus as my father did in Samaria. And as for me, at the price of this agreement you will let me go. So he made an agreement with him and let him go.
34 Y díjole [Ben-adad]: Las ciudades que mi padre tomó al tuyo, yo las restituiré; y haz plazas en Damasco para ti, como mi padre las hizo en Samaria. Y yo, [dijo Achâb], te dejaré partir con esta alianza. Hizo pues con él alianza, y dejóle ir.
35 And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his neighbour by the word of the Lord, Give me a wound. But the man would not.
35 Entonces un varón de los hijos de los profetas dijo á su compañero por palabra de Dios: Hiéreme ahora. Mas el [otro] varón no quiso herirle.
36 Then he said to him, Because you have not given ear to the voice of the Lord, straight away when you have gone from me a lion will put you to death. And when he had gone, straight away a lion came rushing at him and put him to death.
36 Y él le dijo: Por cuanto no has obedecido á la palabra de Jehová, he aquí en apartándote de mí, te herirá un león. Y como se apartó de él, topóle un león, é hirióle.
37 Then he came across another man, and said, Give me a wound. And the man gave him a blow wounding him.
37 Encontróse luego con otro hombre, y díjole: Hiéreme ahora. Y el hombre le dió un golpe, é hízole una herida.
38 So the prophet went away, and pulling his head-band over his eyes to keep his face covered, took his place by the road waiting for the king.
38 Y el profeta se fué, y púsose delante del rey en el camino, y disfrazóse con un velo sobre los ojos.
39 And when the king went by, crying out to him he said, Your servant went out into the fight; and a man came out to me with another man and said, Keep this man: if by any chance he gets away, your life will be the price of his life, or you will have to give a talent of silver in payment.
39 Y como el rey pasaba, él dió voces al rey, y dijo: Tu siervo salió entre la tropa: y he aquí apartándose uno, trájome un hombre, diciendo: Guarda á este hombre, y si llegare á faltar, tu vida será por la suya, ó pagarás un talento de plata.
40 But while your servant was turning this way and that, he was gone. Then the king of Israel said to him, You are responsible; you have given the decision against yourself.
40 Y como tu siervo estaba ocupado á una parte y á otra, él desapareció. Entonces el rey de Israel le dijo: Esa será tu sentencia: tú la has pronunciado.
41 Then he quickly took the head-band from his eyes; and the king of Israel saw that he was one of the prophets.
41 Pero él se quitó de presto el velo de sobre sus ojos, y el rey de Israel conoció que era de los profetas.
42 And he said to him, These are the words of the Lord: Because you have let go from your hands the man whom I had put to the curse, your life will be taken for his life, and your people for his people.
42 Y él le dijo: Así ha dicho Jehová: Por cuanto soltaste de la mano el hombre de mi anatema, tu vida será por la suya, y tu pueblo por el suyo.
43 Then the king of Israel went back to his house, bitter and angry, and came to Samaria.
43 Y el rey de Israel se fué á su casa triste y enojado, y llegó á Samaria.
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Ben-hadad
King of Aram who besieged Samaria with thirty-two kings, was spared and made a treaty by Ahab, later besieged Samaria again, and was smothered by Hazael while sick.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 20:1; 1 Kings 20:34; 2 Kings 6:24
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- 1 1 Kings 15:18; 1 Kings 22:31; 1 Kings 15:20; Amos 1:4; Isaiah 37:24
- 2 2 Kings 19:9; Isaiah 36:2–22; Isaiah 37:9–10
- 3 Exodus 15:9; Isaiah 10:13–14
- 4 1 Samuel 13:6–7; Deuteronomy 28:48; Leviticus 26:36; 2 Kings 18:14–16; Judges 15:11–13
- 6 2 Samuel 24:14; Hosea 13:15; Isaiah 44:9; 1 Samuel 13:19–21; 2 Kings 18:31–32
- 7 2 Kings 5:7; Daniel 11:27; Proverbs 11:27; 1 Chronicles 28:1; Proverbs 11:14
- 10 1 Kings 19:2; Exodus 11:8; Acts 23:12; Judges 4:10; Isaiah 10:13–14
- 11 Proverbs 27:1; Ecclesiastes 9:11; Isaiah 10:15–16; 1 Samuel 17:44–47; Matthew 26:75
- 12 1 Kings 16:9; 1 Kings 20:16; Proverbs 31:4–5; Ephesians 5:18; Luke 21:34
- 13 1 Kings 20:28; Ezekiel 20:22; Isaiah 37:20; Isaiah 7:1–9; 2 Kings 7:1
- 14 Genesis 14:14–16; Judges 7:16–20; 1 Samuel 17:50; 1 Corinthians 1:27–29; 1 Kings 18:44
- 15 Psalm 106:40–43; 1 Samuel 14:2; 1 Kings 19:18; Judges 7:16; 1 Samuel 14:6
- 16 Proverbs 23:29–32; 1 Kings 16:7; Hosea 4:11; 1 Kings 16:9; Ecclesiastes 10:16–17
- 17 1 Kings 20:14–15; 1 Kings 20:19
- 18 2 Kings 14:8–12; Proverbs 18:12; 1 Samuel 17:44; 1 Samuel 2:3–4; 1 Samuel 14:11–12
- 20 Judges 7:20–22; 2 Kings 7:6–7; 1 Samuel 14:13–15; Ecclesiastes 9:11; 2 Kings 19:36
- 21 2 Kings 3:18; 2 Kings 3:24; 1 Samuel 17:52; 1 Samuel 14:20–22; Judges 3:28
- 22 2 Samuel 11:1; 1 Kings 20:13; 1 Kings 20:26; 1 Chronicles 20:1; 2 Chronicles 25:8
- 23 1 Kings 14:23; 1 Samuel 4:8; 2 Kings 19:12; Isaiah 42:8; Psalm 50:21–22
- 24 Proverbs 21:30; 1 Kings 22:31; 1 Kings 20:16; 1 Kings 20:1
- 25 Psalm 10:3
- 26 2 Kings 13:17; 1 Kings 20:22; 1 Kings 20:30; Joshua 13:4; Judges 1:31
- 27 1 Samuel 13:5–8; Judges 6:5; Judges 7:8; Joshua 1:11; Deuteronomy 32:30
- 28 1 Kings 20:13; 1 Kings 17:18; Ezekiel 36:21–23; Ezekiel 12:16; Psalm 79:10
- 29 2 Chronicles 13:17; Psalm 10:16; Isaiah 37:36; 2 Samuel 10:18; 2 Chronicles 20:23–25
- 30 2 Chronicles 18:24; 1 Kings 22:25; 1 Kings 20:26; Luke 13:4; Amos 9:3
- 31 Genesis 37:34; 2 Samuel 3:31; 1 Kings 20:23; 2 Samuel 14:2; 2 Kings 19:1–2
- 32 1 Kings 20:3–6; Job 40:11–12; 1 Kings 20:31; Isaiah 10:12; 1 Kings 20:42
- 33 2 Kings 10:15; Acts 8:31; Luke 16:8; Proverbs 25:13
- 34 1 Kings 15:20; Isaiah 26:10; 1 Kings 20:42; Isaiah 8:12; 2 Chronicles 16:4
- 35 2 Kings 2:15; 1 Kings 13:17–18; 2 Kings 4:1; Matthew 16:24; 2 Kings 4:38
- 36 1 Kings 13:26; 1 Samuel 15:22–23; 1 Kings 13:21–24
- 37 Exodus 21:12; 1 Kings 20:35
- 38 1 Kings 14:2; 2 Samuel 14:2; 1 Kings 22:30; Matthew 6:16
- 39 2 Kings 10:24; Proverbs 13:8; 1 Peter 1:18–19; Job 36:18; Proverbs 6:35
- 40 Job 15:6; Luke 19:22; Matthew 25:24–27; 2 Samuel 12:5–7; Matthew 21:41–43
- 41 1 Kings 20:38; Job 2:8; 2 Samuel 13:19; Jeremiah 6:26
- 42 1 Kings 22:31–37; 2 Chronicles 18:33–34; 1 Kings 20:39; 1 Samuel 15:9–11; 2 Kings 8:12
- 43 1 Kings 21:4; 1 Kings 22:8; Esther 5:13; Proverbs 19:3; Job 5:2
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