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1 Now there were in Samaria seventy of Ahab's sons. And Jehu sent letters to Samaria, to the rulers of the town, and to the responsible men, and to those who had the care of the sons of Ahab, saying,
1 Y TENÍA Achâb en Samaria setenta hijos; y escribió letras Jehú, y enviólas á Samaria á los principales de Jezreel, á los ancianos y á los ayos de Achâb, diciendo:
1 Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria, to the rulers of Jezreel, even the elders, and to those who brought up Ahab’s sons, saying,
2 Straight away, when you get this letter, seeing that your master's sons are with you, and that you have carriages and horses and a walled town and arms;
2 Luego en llegando estas letras á vosotros los que tenéis los hijos de vuestro señor, y los que tenéis carros y gente de á caballo, la ciudad pertrechada, y las armas,
2 “Now as soon as this letter comes to you, since your master’s sons are with you, and you have chariots and horses, a fortified city also, and armor,
3 Take the best and most upright of your master's sons, and make him king in his father's place, and put up a fight for your master's family.
3 Mirad [cuál es] el mejor y él más recto de los hijos de vuestro señor, y ponedlo en el trono de su padre, y pelead por la casa de vuestro señor.
3 select the best and fittest of your master’s sons, set him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house.”
4 But they were full of fear, and said, The two kings have gone down before him: how may we keep our place?
4 Mas ellos tuvieron gran temor, y dijeron: He aquí dos reyes no pudieron resistirle, ¿cómo le resistiremos nosotros?
4 But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, “Behold, the two kings didn’t stand before him! How then shall we stand?”
5 So the controller of the king's house, with the ruler of the town, and the responsible men, and those who had the care of Ahab's sons, sent to Jehu, saying, We are your servants and will do all your orders; we will not make any man king; do whatever seems best to you.
5 Y el mayordomo, y el presidente de la ciudad, y los ancianos, y los ayos, enviaron á decir á Jehú: Siervos tuyos somos, y haremos todo lo que nos mandares: no elegiremos por rey á ninguno; tú harás lo que bien te pareciere.
5 He who was over the household, and he who was over the city, the elders also, and those who raised the children, sent to Jehu, saying, “We are your servants, and will do all that you ask us. We will not make any man king. You do that which is good in your eyes.”
6 Then he sent them a second letter, saying, If you are on my side, and if you will do my orders, come to me at Jezreel by this time tomorrow, with the heads of your master's sons. Now the king's seventy sons were with the great men of the town, who had the care of them.
6 El entonces les escribió la segunda vez, diciendo: Si sois míos, y queréis obedecerme, tomad las cabezas de los varones hijos de vuestro señor, y venid mañana á estas horas á mí á Jezreel. Y los hijos del rey, setenta varones, estaban con los principales de la ciudad, que los criaban.
6 Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, “If you are on my side, and if you will listen to my voice, take the heads of the men who are your master’s sons, and come to me to Jezreel by tomorrow this time.” Now the king’s sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, who brought them up.
7 And when the letter came to them, they took the king's sons and put them to death, all the seventy, and put their heads in baskets and sent them to him at Jezreel.
7 Y como las letras llegaron á ellos, tomaron á los hijos del rey, y degollaron setenta varones, y pusieron sus cabezas en canastillos, y enviáronselas á Jezreel.
7 When the letter came to them, they took the king’s sons and killed them, even seventy people, and put their heads in baskets, and sent them to him to Jezreel.
8 And a man came and said to him, They have come with the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Put them down in two masses at the doorway of the town till the morning.
8 Y vino un mensajero que le dió las nuevas, diciendo: Traído han las cabezas de los hijos del rey. Y él le dijo: Ponedlas en dos montones á la entrada de la puerta hasta la mañana.
8 A messenger came and told him, “They have brought the heads of the king’s sons.” He said, “Lay them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until the morning.”
9 And in the morning he went out and, stopping, said to all the people there, You are upright men: it is true that I made designs against my master, and put him to death; but who is responsible for the death of all these?
9 Venida la mañana, salió él, y estando en pie dijo á todo el pueblo: Vosotros sois justos: he aquí yo he conspirado contra mi señor, y lo he muerto: ¿mas quién ha muerto á todos estos?
9 In the morning, he went out and stood, and said to all the people, “You are righteous. Behold, I conspired against my master and killed him, but who killed all these?
10 You may be certain that nothing which the Lord has said about the family of Ahab will be without effect; for the Lord has done what he said by his servant Elijah.
10 Sabed ahora que de la palabra de Jehová que habló sobre la casa de Achâb, nada caerá en tierra: y que Jehová ha hecho lo que dijo por su siervo Elías.
10 Know now that nothing will fall to the earth of Yahweh’s word, which Yahweh spoke concerning Ahab’s house. For Yahweh has done that which he spoke by his servant Elijah.”
11 So Jehu put to death all the rest of the seed of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his relations and his near friends and his priests, till there were no more of them.
11 Mató entonces Jehú á todos los que habían quedado de la casa de Achâb en Jezreel, y á todos sus príncipes, y á todos sus familiares, y á sus sacerdotes, que no le quedó ninguno.
11 So Jehu struck all that remained of Ahab’s house in Jezreel, with all his great men, his familiar friends, and his priests, until he left him no one remaining.
12 Then he got up and came to Samaria. And he was at the meeting-place of the keepers of sheep, by the way,
12 Y levantóse de allí, y vino á Samaria; y llegando él en el camino á una casa de esquileo de pastores,
12 He arose and departed, and went to Samaria. As he was at the shearing house of the shepherds on the way,
13 When he came across the brothers of Ahaziah, king of Judah, and said, Who are you? And they said, We are the brothers of Ahaziah, king of Judah; we are going down to see the children of the king and of the queen.
13 Halló [allí] á los hermanos de Ochôzías rey de Judá, y díjoles: ¿Quién sois vosotros? Y ellos dijeron: Somos hermanos de Ochôzías, y hemos venido á saludar á los hijos del rey, y á los hijos de la reina.
13 Jehu met with the brothers of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, “Who are you?” They answered, “We are the brothers of Ahaziah. We are going down to greet the children of the king and the children of the queen.”
14 And he said, Take them living. So they took them living, and put them to death in the water-hole of Beth-eked; of the forty-two men he put every one to death;
14 Entonces él dijo: Prendedlos vivos. Y después que los tomaron vivos, degolláronlos junto al pozo de la casa de esquileo, cuarenta y dos varones, sin dejar ninguno de ellos.
14 He said, “Take them alive!” They took them alive, and killed them at the pit of the shearing house, even forty-two men. He didn’t leave any of them.
15 And when he had gone away from there, he came across Jehonadab, the son of Rechab: and he said good-day to him, and said to him, Is your heart true to mine, as mine is to yours? And Jehonadab in answer said, It is; and Jehu said, If it is, give me your hand. And he gave him his hand, and he made him come up into his carriage.
15 Partiéndose luego de allí encontróse con Jonadab hijo de Rechâb; y después que lo hubo saludado, díjole: ¿Es recto tu corazón, como el mío es recto con el tuyo? Y Jonadab dijo: Lo es. Pues que lo es, dame la mano. Y él le dió su mano. Hízolo luego subir consigo en el carro.
15 When he had departed from there, he met Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him. He greeted him, and said to him, “Is your heart right, as my heart is with your heart?” Jehonadab answered, “It is.” “If it is, give me your hand.” He gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.
16 And he said, Come with me and see how I am on fire for the Lord's cause. So he made him go with him in his carriage.
16 Y díjole: Ven conmigo, y verás mi celo por Jehová. Pusiéronlo pues en su carro.
16 He said, “Come with me, and see my zeal for Yahweh.” So they made him ride in his chariot.
17 And when he came to Samaria, he put to death all those of Ahab's family who were still in Samaria, till there were no more of them, as the Lord had said to Elijah.
17 Y luego que hubo [Jehú] llegado á Samaria, mató á todos los que habían quedado de Achâb en Samaria, hasta extirparlos, conforme á la palabra de Jehová, que había hablado por Elías.
17 When he came to Samaria, he struck all who remained to Ahab in Samaria, until he had destroyed them, according to Yahweh’s word which he spoke to Elijah.
18 Then Jehu got all the people together and said to them, Ahab was Baal's servant in a small way, but Jehu will be his servant on a great scale.
18 Y juntó Jehú todo el pueblo, y díjoles: Achâb sirvió poco á Baal; mas Jehú lo servirá mucho.
18 Jehu gathered all the people together, and said to them, “Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him much.
19 Now send for all the prophets of Baal and all his servants and all his priests, to come to me; let no one keep away: for I have a great offering to make to Baal; anyone who is not present, will be put to death. This Jehu did with deceit, his purpose being the destruction of the servants of Baal.
19 Llamadme pues luego á todos los profetas de Baal, á todos sus siervos, y á todos sus sacerdotes; que no falte uno, porque tengo un gran sacrifico para Baal; cualquiera que faltare, no vivirá. Esto hacía Jehú con astucia, para destruir á los que honraban á Baal.
19 Now therefore call to me all the prophets of Baal, all of his worshipers, and all of his priests. Let no one be absent, for I have a great sacrifice to Baal. Whoever is absent, he shall not live.” But Jehu did deceptively, intending to destroy the worshipers of Baal.
20 And Jehu said, Let there be a special holy meeting for the worship of Baal. So a public statement was made.
20 Y dijo Jehú: Santificad un día solemne á Baal. Y ellos convocaron.
20 Jehu said, “Sanctify a solemn assembly for Baal!” So they proclaimed it.
21 And Jehu sent out through all Israel; and all the servants of Baal came, not one kept away. And they came into the house of Baal, so that it was full from end to end.
21 Y envió Jehú por todo Israel, y vinieron todos los siervos de Baal, que no faltó ninguno que no viniese. Y entraron en el templo de Baal, y el templo de Baal se llenó de cabo á cabo.
21 Jehu sent through all Israel; and all the worshipers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left that didn’t come. They came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was filled from one end to another.
22 And Jehu said to him who kept the robes, Get out robes for all the servants of Baal. So he got out robes for them.
22 Entonces dijo al que tenía el cargo de las vestiduras: Saca vestiduras para todos lo siervos de Baal. Y él les sacó vestimentas.
22 He said to him who kept the wardrobe, “Bring out robes for all the worshipers of Baal!” So he brought robes out to them.
23 And Jehu, with Jehonadab, the son of Rechab, went into the house of Baal; and he said to the servants of Baal, Make a search with care, to see that no servant of the Lord is with you, but only servants of Baal.
23 Y entró Jehú con Jonadab hijo de Rechâb en el templo de Baal, y dijo á los siervos de Baal: Mirad y ved que por dicha no haya aquí entre vosotros alguno de los siervos de Jehová, sino solos los siervos de Baal.
23 Jehu went with Jehonadab the son of Rechab into the house of Baal. Then he said to the worshipers of Baal, “Search, and see that none of the servants of Yahweh are here with you, but only the worshipers of Baal.”
24 Then they went in to make offerings and burned offerings. Now Jehu had put eighty men outside, and said to them, If any man whom I give into your hands gets away, the life of him who lets him go will be the price of his life.
24 Y como ellos entraron para hacer sacrificios y holocaustos, Jehú puso fuera ochenta hombres, y díjoles: Cualquiera que dejare vivo alguno de aquellos hombres que yo he puesto en vuestras manos, su vida será por la del otro.
24 So they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had appointed for himself eighty men outside, and said, “If any of the men whom I bring into your hands escape, he who lets him go, his life shall be for the life of him.”
25 Then when the burned offering was ended, straight away Jehu said to the armed men and the captains, Go in and put them to death; let not one come out. So they put them to the sword; and, pulling the images to the earth, they went into the holy place of the house of Baal.
25 Y después que acabaron ellos de hacer el holocausto, Jehú dijo á los de su guardia y á los capitanes: Entrad, y matadlos; que no escape ninguno. Y los hirieron á cuchillo: y dejáronlos tendidos los de la guardia y los capitanes, y fueron hasta la ciudad del templo de Baal.
25 As soon as he had finished offering the burnt offering, Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, “Go in and kill them! Let no one escape.” So they struck them with the edge of the sword. The guard and the captains threw the bodies out, and went to the inner shrine of the house of Baal.
26 And they took out the image of Asherah from the house of Baal, and had it burned.
26 Y sacaron las estatuas de la casa de Baal, y quemáronlas.
26 They brought out the pillars that were in the house of Baal and burned them.
27 The altar of Baal was pulled down and the house of Baal was broken up and made an unclean place, as it is to this day.
27 Y quebraron la estatua de Baal, y derribaron la casa de Baal, é hiciéronla necesaria, hasta hoy.
27 They broke down the pillar of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a latrine, to this day.
28 So Jehu put an end to the worship of Baal in Israel.
28 Así extinguió Jehú á Baal de Israel.
28 Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.
29 But Jehu did not keep himself from all the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, and the evil he made Israel do; the gold oxen were still in Beth-el and in Dan.
29 Con todo eso Jehú no se apartó de los pecados de Jeroboam hijo de Nabat, que hizo pecar á Israel; [á saber], de en pos de los becerros de oro que estaban en Beth-el y en Dan.
29 However, Jehu didn’t depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin—the golden calves that were in Bethel and that were in Dan.
30 And the Lord said to Jehu, Because you have done well in doing what is right in my eyes and effecting all my purpose for the family of Ahab, your sons will be kings of Israel to the fourth generation.
30 Y Jehová dijo á Jehú: Por cuanto has hecho bien ejecutando lo recto delante de mis ojos, é hiciste á la casa de Achâb conforme á todo lo que estaba en mi corazón, tus hijos se sentarán sobre el trono de Israel hasta la cuarta generación.
30 Yahweh said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in executing that which is right in my eyes, and have done to Ahab’s house according to all that was in my heart, your descendants shall sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation.”
31 But Jehu did not take care to keep the law of the Lord with all his heart: he did not keep himself from the sin which Jeroboam did and made Israel do.
31 Mas Jehú no cuidó de andar en la ley de Jehová Dios de Israel con todo su corazón, ni se apartó de los pecados de Jeroboam, el que había hecho pecar á Israel.
31 But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of Yahweh, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He didn’t depart from the sins of Jeroboam, with which he made Israel to sin.
32 In those days the Lord was angry first with Israel; and Hazael made attacks on all the land of Israel,
32 En aquellos días comenzó Jehová á talar en Israel: é hiriólos Hazael en todos los términos de Israel,
32 In those days Yahweh began to cut away parts of Israel; and Hazael struck them in all the borders of Israel
33 East of Jordan, in all the land of Gilead, the Gadites and the Reubenites and the Manassites, from Aroer by the valley of the Arnon, all Gilead and Bashan.
33 Desde el Jordán al nacimiento del sol, toda la tierra de Galaad, de Gad, de Rubén, y de Manasés, desde Aroer que está junto al arroyo de Arnón, á Galaad y á Basán.
33 from the Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the valley of the Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.
34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all he did, and his great power, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?
34 Lo demás de los hechos de Jehú, y todas las cosas que hizo, y toda su valentía, ¿no está escrito en el libro de las crónicas de los reyes de Israel?
34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
35 And Jehu went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son became king in his place.
35 Y durmió Jehú con sus padres, y sepultáronlo en Samaria: y reinó en su lugar Joachâz su hijo.
35 Jehu slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria. Jehoahaz his son reigned in his place.
36 And the time of Jehu's rule over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight years.
36 El tiempo que reinó Jehú sobre Israel en Samaria, fué veintiocho años.
36 The time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight years.
People & places in this chapter
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Jehoahaz
Jehu's son, who reigned seventeen years in Samaria, did evil, was delivered continually into the hands of Hazael and Ben-hadad, and sought the LORD's favor.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 10:35; 2 Kings 13:1; 2 Kings 13:4
Rechab
Named as the father of Jonadab, from whom the Rechabites descended.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 10:15; 2 Kings 10:23; 1 Chronicles 2:55
Cross references (33)
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- 1 Judges 8:30; 1 Kings 13:32; 1 Kings 16:24; 1 Kings 16:28; 2 Kings 5:3
- 2 2 Kings 5:6
- 3 2 Samuel 2:12–17; 1 Samuel 11:15; 1 Samuel 10:24; 2 Samuel 2:8–9; John 18:36
- 4 2 Kings 9:24; 2 Kings 9:27; Isaiah 27:4; Jeremiah 49:19; Nahum 1:6
- 5 1 Kings 20:4; 1 Kings 20:32; Joshua 9:11; Joshua 9:8; 2 Kings 18:14
- 6 Revelation 2:20–23; Numbers 25:4; 2 Kings 9:32; 1 Kings 21:8–11; Matthew 12:30
- 7 1 Kings 21:21; 2 Kings 11:1; 2 Chronicles 21:4; Judges 9:5–57; 2 Kings 10:9
- 8 1 Kings 21:14; Mark 6:28; 2 Samuel 11:18–21; Deuteronomy 21:23
- 9 2 Kings 9:14–24; Hosea 1:4; Isaiah 5:3; 1 Samuel 12:3
- 10 1 Kings 21:29; 1 Kings 21:19; 2 Kings 9:7–10; 1 Samuel 3:19; 2 Kings 9:36
- 11 Job 18:19; Psalm 109:13; 1 Kings 16:11; 1 Kings 21:22; 1 Kings 22:6
- 13 2 Kings 8:29; 2 Kings 8:24; 2 Chronicles 21:17; 2 Kings 9:21–27; 2 Chronicles 22:1–10
- 14 2 Kings 8:18; 2 Chronicles 22:10; 1 Kings 20:18; 2 Kings 10:10–11; 2 Chronicles 22:8
- 15 Jeremiah 35:14–19; Ezekiel 17:18; Ezra 10:19; 1 Chronicles 2:55; Galatians 4:12
- 16 1 Kings 19:10; 2 Kings 10:31; Matthew 6:5; Proverbs 27:2; 1 Kings 19:14
- 17 2 Kings 9:8; 2 Chronicles 22:8; 2 Kings 10:10–11; 1 Kings 21:21; Psalm 109:8–9
- 18 1 Kings 16:31–32; 1 Kings 18:19; 2 Kings 3:2; 1 Kings 18:22; Job 13:7
- 19 1 Kings 22:6; 1 Kings 18:19; 1 Thessalonians 2:3; Job 13:7; 2 Corinthians 12:16–18
- 20 Joel 1:14; Exodus 32:5; 1 Kings 21:12; 1 Kings 18:19–20
- 21 1 Kings 16:32; Joel 3:11–14; Judges 16:27; Joel 3:2; Revelation 16:16
- 22 Matthew 22:11–12; Exodus 28:2
- 23 Matthew 13:30; Matthew 25:32–33; Matthew 13:41
- 24 1 Kings 20:30–42
- 25 Revelation 16:6–7; Ezekiel 22:21–22; 1 Kings 18:40; Deuteronomy 13:6–11; Ezekiel 9:5–7
- 26 1 Kings 14:23; 2 Kings 3:2; 2 Samuel 5:21; 2 Kings 19:18
- 27 Ezra 6:11; Daniel 3:29; Daniel 2:5; 1 Kings 16:32; Deuteronomy 7:25
- 29 1 Kings 12:28–30; 1 Kings 14:16; 1 Kings 13:33–34; Hosea 13:2; Hosea 10:5
- 30 2 Kings 10:35; 2 Kings 13:1; 2 Kings 13:10; 2 Kings 14:23; 1 Samuel 15:18–24
- 31 Proverbs 4:23; 2 Kings 10:29; Psalm 78:10; Hebrews 2:1; 1 Kings 14:16
- 32 2 Kings 8:12; 1 Kings 19:17; 2 Kings 13:25; 2 Kings 13:22; 2 Kings 14:25
- 33 Amos 1:3–4; Deuteronomy 2:36; Numbers 32:33–42; Deuteronomy 3:12–17; Joshua 13:9–12
- 34 1 Kings 14:29; 2 Kings 12:19; 1 Kings 14:19; 1 Kings 11:41; 2 Kings 13:8
- 35 1 Kings 1:21; 1 Kings 2:10; 2 Kings 13:1; 1 Kings 14:20; 2 Kings 13:7–8
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