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2 Samuel 19 Bible in Basic English
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1 And word was given to Joab that the king was weeping and sorrowing for Absalom.
1 Y DIERON aviso á Joab: He aquí el rey llora, y hace duelo por Absalom.
2 And the salvation of that day was changed to sorrow for all the people: for it was said to the people, The king is in bitter grief for his son.
2 Y volvióse aquel día la victoria en luto para todo el pueblo; porque oyó decir el pueblo aquel día que el rey tenía dolor por su hijo.
3 And the people made their way back to the town quietly and secretly, as those who are shamed go secretly when they go in flight from the war.
3 Entróse el pueblo aquel día en la ciudad escondidamente, como suele entrar á escondidas el pueblo avergonzado que ha huído de la batalla.
4 But the king, covering his face, gave a great cry, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
4 Mas el rey, cubierto el rostro, clamaba en alta voz: ¡Hijo mío Absalom, Absalom, hijo mío, hijo mío!
5 And Joab came into the house to the king and said, Today you have put to shame the faces of all your servants who even now have kept you and your sons and your daughters and your wives and all your women safe from death;
5 Y entrando Joab en casa al rey, díjole: Hoy has avergonzado el rostro de todos tus siervos, que han hoy librado tu vida, y la vida de tus hijos y de tus hijas, y la vida de tus mujeres, y la vida de tus concubinas,
6 For your haters, it seems, are dear to you, and your friends are hated. For you have made it clear that captains and servants are nothing to you: and now I see that if Absalom was living and we had all been dead today, it would have been right in your eyes.
6 Amando á los que te aborrecen, y aborreciendo á los que te aman: porque hoy has declarado que nada te importan tus príncipes y siervos; pues hoy echo de ver que si Absalom viviera, bien que nosotros todos estuviéramos hoy muertos, entonces te contentaras.
7 So get up now, and go out and say some kind words to your servants; for, by the Lord, I give you my oath, that if you do not go out, not one of them will keep with you tonight; and that will be worse for you than all the evil which has overtaken you from your earliest years.
7 Levántate pues ahora, y sal fuera, y halaga á tus siervos: porque juro por Jehová, que si no sales, ni aun uno quede contigo esta noche; y de esto te pesará más que de todos los males que te han sobrevenido desde tu mocedad hasta ahora.
8 Then the king got up and took his seat near the town-door. And word was given to all the people that the king was in the public place: and all the people came before the king. Now all the men of Israel had gone back in flight to their tents.
8 Entonces se levantó el rey, y sentóse á la puerta; y fué declarado á todo el pueblo, diciendo: He aquí el rey está sentado á la puerta. Y vino todo el pueblo delante del rey; mas Israel había huído, cada uno á sus estancias.
9 And through all the tribes of Israel the people were having arguments, saying, The king made us safe from the hands of those who were against us and made us free from the hands of the Philistines; and now he has gone in flight from the land, because of Absalom.
9 Y todo el pueblo porfiaba en todas las tribus de Israel, diciendo: El rey nos ha librado de mano de nuestros enemigos, y él nos ha salvado de mano de los Filisteos; y ahora había huído de la tierra por miedo de Absalom.
10 And Absalom, whom we made a ruler over us, is dead in the fight. So now why do you say nothing about getting the king back? And word of what all Israel was saying came to the king.
10 Y Absalom, á quien habíamos ungido sobre nosotros, es muerto en la batalla. ¿Por qué pues os estáis ahora quedos en orden á hacer volver al rey?
11 And King David sent word to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, Say to the responsible men of Judah, Why are you the last to take steps to get the king back to his house?
11 Y el rey David envió á Sadoc y á Abiathar sacerdotes, diciendo: Hablad á los ancianos de Judá y decidles: ¿Por qué seréis vosotros los postreros en volver el rey á su casa, ya que la palabra de todo Israel ha venido al rey [de volverle] á su casa?
12 You are my brothers, my bone and my flesh; why are you the last to get the king back again?
12 Vosotros sois mis hermanos; mis huesos y mi carne sois: ¿por qué pues seréis vosotros los postreros en volver al rey?
13 And say to Amasa, Are you not my bone and my flesh? May God's punishment be on me, if I do not make you chief of the army before me at all times in place of Joab!
13 Asimismo diréis á Amasa: ¿No eres tú también hueso mío y carne mía? Así me haga Dios, y así me añada, si no fueres general del ejército delante de mí para siempre, en lugar de Joab.
14 And the hearts of the men of Judah were moved like one man; so that they sent to the king, saying, Come back, with all your servants.
14 Así inclinó el corazón de todos los varones de Judá, como [el] de un solo hombre, para que enviasen [á decir] al rey: Vuelve tú, y todos tus siervos.
15 So the king came back, and came as far as Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, meeting the king there, to take him back with them over Jordan.
15 Volvió pues el rey, y vino hasta el Jordán. Y Judá vino á Gilgal, á recibir al rey y pasarlo el Jordán.
16 And Shimei, the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim, got up quickly and went down with the men of Judah for the purpose of meeting King David;
16 Y Semei hijo de Gera, hijo de Benjamín, que era de Bahurim, dióse priesa á venir con los hombres de Judá á recibir al rey David;
17 And with him a thousand men of Benjamin, and Ziba, the servant of Saul, with his fifteen sons and twenty servants, came rushing to Jordan before the king,
17 Y con él venían mil hombres de Benjamín; asimismo Siba criado de la casa de Saúl, con sus quince hijos y sus veinte siervos, los cuales pasaron el Jordán delante del rey.
18 And kept going across the river to take the people of the king's house over, and to do whatever was desired by the king. And Shimei, the son of Gera, went down on his face in the dust before the king, when he was about to go over Jordan,
18 Atravesó después la barca para pasar la familia del rey, y para hacer lo que le pluguiera. Entonces Semei hijo de Gera se postró delante del rey cuando él había pasado el Jordán.
19 And said to him, Let me not be judged as a sinner in your eyes, O my lord, and do not keep in mind the wrong I did on the day when my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, or take it to heart.
19 Y dijo al rey: No me impute mi señor iniquidad, ni tengas memoria de los males que tu siervo hizo el día que mi señor el rey salió de Jerusalem, para guardarlos el rey en su corazón;
20 For your servant is conscious of his sin: and so, as you see, I have come today, the first of all the sons of Joseph, for the purpose of meeting my lord the king.
20 Porque yo tu siervo conozco haber pecado, y he venido hoy el primero de toda la casa de José, para descender á recibir á mi señor el rey.
21 But Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, said, Is not death the right fate for Shimei, because he has been cursing the one marked by the holy oil?
21 Y Abisai hijo de Sarvia respondió y dijo: ¿No ha de morir por esto Semei, que maldijo al ungido de Jehová?
22 And David said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you put yourselves against me today? is it right for any man in Israel to be put to death today? for I am certain today that I am king in Israel.
22 David entonces dijo: ¿Qué tenéis vosotros conmigo, hijos de Sarvia, que me habéis de ser hoy adversarios? ¿ha de morir hoy alguno en Israel? ¿no conozco yo que hoy soy rey sobre Israel?
23 So the king said to Shimei, You will not be put to death. And the king gave him his oath.
23 Y dijo el rey á Semei: No morirás. Y el rey se lo juró.
24 And Mephibosheth, the son of Saul's son, came down for the purpose of meeting the king; his feet had not been cared for or his hair cut or his clothing washed from the day when the king went away till the day when he came back in peace.
24 También Mephi-boseth hijo de Saúl descendió á recibir al rey: no había lavado sus pies, ni había cortado su barba, ni tampoco había lavado sus vestidos, desde el día que el rey salió hasta el día que vino en paz.
25 Now when he had come from Jerusalem to see the king, the king said to him, Why did you not come with me, Mephibosheth?
25 Y luego que vino él á Jerusalem á recibir al rey, el rey le dijo: Mephi-boseth, ¿por qué no fuiste conmigo?
26 And he said in answer, Because of the deceit of my servant, my lord king: for I, your servant, said to him, You are to make ready an ass and on it I will go with the king, for your servant has not the use of his feet.
26 Y él dijo: Rey señor mío, mi siervo me ha engañado; pues había tu siervo dicho: Enalbardaré un asno, y subiré en él, é iré al rey; porque tu siervo es cojo.
27 He has given you a false account of me: but my lord the king is like the angel of God: do then whatever seems good to you.
27 Empero él revolvió á tu siervo delante de mi señor el rey; mas mi señor el rey es como un ángel de Dios: haz pues lo que bien te pareciere.
28 For all my father's family were only dead men before my lord the king: and still you put your servant among those whose place is at the king's table. What right then have I to say anything more to the king?
28 Porque toda la casa de mi padre era digna de muerte delante de mi señor el rey, y tú pusiste á tu siervo entre los convidados de tu mesa. ¿Qué derecho pues tengo aún para quejarme más contra el rey?
29 And the king said, Say nothing more about these things. I say, Let there be a division of the land between Ziba and you.
29 Y el rey le dijo: ¿Para qué hablas más palabras? Yo he determinado que tú y Siba partáis las tierras.
30 And Mephibosheth said, Let him take it all, now that my lord the king has come back to his house in peace!
30 Y Mephi-boseth dijo al rey: Y aun tómelas él todas, pues que mi señor el rey ha vuelto en paz á su casa.
31 And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim; and he went on as far as Jordan with the king to take him across Jordan.
31 También Barzillai Galaadita descendió de Rogelim, y pasó el Jordán con el rey, para acompañarle de la otra parte del Jordán.
32 Now Barzillai was a very old man, as much as eighty years old: and he had given the king everything he had need of, while he was at Mahanaim, for he was a very great man.
32 Y era Barzillai muy viejo, de ochenta años, el cual había dado provisión al rey cuando estaba en Mahanaim, porque era hombre muy rico.
33 And the king said to Barzillai, Come over with me, and I will take care of you in Jerusalem.
33 Y el rey dijo á Barzillai: Pasa conmigo, y yo te daré de comer conmigo en Jerusalem.
34 And Barzillai said to the king, How much of my life is still before me, for me to go up to Jerusalem with the king?
34 Mas Barzillai dijo al rey: ¿Cuántos son los días del tiempo de mi vida, para que yo suba con el rey á Jerusalem?
35 I am now eighty years old: good and bad are the same to me; have meat and drink any taste for me now? am I able to take pleasure in the voices of men or women in song? why then am I to be a trouble to my lord the king?
35 Yo soy hoy día de edad de ochenta años, que ya no haré diferencia entre lo bueno y lo malo: ¿tomará gusto ahora tu siervo en lo que comiere ó bebiere? ¿oiré más la voz de los cantores y de las cantoras? ¿para qué, pues, sería aún tu siervo molesto á mi señor el rey?
36 Your servant's desire was only to take the king over Jordan; why is the king to give me such a reward?
36 Pasará tu siervo un poco el Jordán con el rey: ¿por qué me ha de dar el rey tan grande recompensa?
37 Let your servant now go back again, so that when death comes to me, it may be in my town and by the resting-place of my father and mother. But here is your servant Chimham: let him go with my lord the king, and do for him what seems good to you.
37 Yo te ruego que dejes volver á tu siervo, y que muera en mi ciudad, junto al sepulcro de mi padre y de mi madre. He aquí tu siervo Chimham; que pase él con mi señor el rey, y hazle lo que bien te pareciere.
38 And the king said in answer, Let Chimham go over with me, and I will do for him whatever seems good to you: and whatever your desire is, I will do it for you.
38 Y el rey dijo: Pues pase conmigo Chimham, y yo haré con él como bien te parezca: y todo lo que tú pidieres de mí, yo lo haré.
39 Then all the people went over Jordan, and the king went over: and the king gave Barzillai a kiss, with his blessing; and he went back to his place.
39 Y todo el pueblo pasó el Jordán: y luego que el rey hubo también pasado, el rey besó á Barzillai, y bendíjolo; y él se volvió á su casa.
40 So the king went over to Gilgal, and Chimham went with him: and all the people of Judah, as well as half the people of Israel, took the king on his way.
40 El rey entonces pasó á Gilgal, y con él pasó Chimham; y todo el pueblo de Judá, con la mitad del pueblo de Israel, pasaron al rey.
41 Then the men of Israel came to the king and said, Why have our countrymen of Judah taken you away in secret and come over Jordan with the king and all his family, because all his people are David's men?
41 Y he aquí todos los varones de Israel vinieron al rey, y le dijeron: ¿Por qué los hombres de Judá, nuestros hermanos, te han llevado, y han hecho pasar el Jordán al rey y á su familia, y á todos los varones de David con él?
42 And all the men of Judah gave this answer to the men of Israel, Because the king is our near relation: why then are you angry about this? have we taken any of the king's food, or has he given us any offering?
42 Y todos los varones de Judá respondieron á todos los de Israel: Porque el rey es nuestro pariente. Mas ¿por qué os enojáis vosotros de eso? ¿hemos nosotros comido algo del rey? ¿hemos recibido de él algún don?
43 And in answer to the men of Judah, the men of Israel said, We have ten parts in the king, and we are the first in order of birth: why did you make nothing of us? and were we not the first to make suggestions for getting the king back? And the words of the men of Judah were more violent than the words of the men of Israel.
43 Entonces respondieron los varones de Israel, y dijeron á los de Judá: Nosotros tenemos en el rey diez partes, y en el mismo David más que vosotros: ¿por qué pues nos habéis tenido en poco? ¿no hablamos nosotros primero en volver á nuestro rey? Y el razonamiento de los varones de Judá fué más fuerte que el de los varones de Israel.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Amasa
Son of Ithra and Abigail and a cousin of Joab, whom Absalom made army commander in Joab's place, whom David later offered Joab's command, and whom Joab killed with a dagger.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 17:25; 2 Samuel 19:13; 2 Samuel 20:4
Barzillai
A very wealthy eighty-year-old Gileadite from Rogelim who provided for David at Mahanaim and, declining to go to Jerusalem, asked David to take Chimham in his place. Ezra 2:61 and…
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 17:27; 2 Samuel 19:31; 2 Samuel 19:32
Chimham
Presented by Barzillai the Gileadite to David as one to receive the king's favor in his place, he crossed the Jordan with David.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 19:37; 2 Samuel 19:38; 2 Samuel 19:40
David
The shepherd who became Israel's greatest king and a man after God's own heart.
Cited in the guide: 1 Sam. 16 - 1 Kings 2; 2 Sam. 7; 1 Chron. 2:15; Matt. 1:6
Gera
Named as the father of Shimei, the Benjamite from Bahurim who cursed David.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 16:5; 2 Samuel 19:16; 1 Kings 2:8
Shimei
A man of Saul's house from Bahurim, who cursed and threw stones at David as he fled Absalom and then begged forgiveness on David's return, when David swore he would not die.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 16:5; 2 Samuel 16:7; 2 Samuel 19:16
Cross references (42)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Samuel 18:5; 2 Samuel 18:14; Proverbs 17:25; 2 Samuel 18:33; 2 Samuel 18:12
- 2 Proverbs 19:12; Proverbs 16:15
- 3 Genesis 31:27; 2 Samuel 17:24; 2 Samuel 19:32
- 4 2 Samuel 15:30; 2 Samuel 18:33
- 5 Psalm 3:8; Nehemiah 9:27; Psalm 18:47–48
- 6 Proverbs 19:9–10; Acts 23:5; 2 Samuel 3:24–25; Job 34:18
- 7 Proverbs 14:28; Genesis 34:3; Proverbs 19:15; Hosea 2:14; Psalm 71:18–20
- 8 2 Samuel 18:24; 2 Samuel 18:4; 2 Kings 14:12; 2 Samuel 18:6–8; 2 Samuel 15:2
- 9 2 Samuel 15:14; Genesis 3:12–13; 2 Samuel 8:1–14; James 3:14–16; 1 Samuel 18:25
- 10 2 Samuel 18:14; 2 Samuel 15:12–13; Judges 18:9; Hosea 8:4
- 11 2 Samuel 15:29; 2 Corinthians 5:20; 1 Kings 2:25–26; 2 Thessalonians 3:9; 2 Samuel 15:35–36
- 12 2 Samuel 5:1; Ephesians 5:30; Judges 9:2; Genesis 2:23
- 13 2 Samuel 17:25; Ruth 1:17; 2 Samuel 8:16; 1 Kings 19:2; 2 Samuel 19:5–7
- 14 Judges 20:1; Acts 4:32; Psalm 110:2–3
- 15 Joshua 5:9; 1 Samuel 11:14–15
- 16 1 Kings 2:8; 2 Samuel 16:5–13; Matthew 5:25; 1 Kings 2:36–46; Proverbs 6:4–5
- 17 2 Samuel 9:2; 2 Samuel 16:1–4; 2 Samuel 9:10; 2 Samuel 19:26–27
- 18 Psalm 66:3; Revelation 3:9; Psalm 81:15
- 19 1 Samuel 22:15; Romans 4:6–8; 2 Samuel 13:20; Exodus 10:16–17; 2 Samuel 16:5–14
- 20 Hosea 4:15–17; 1 Kings 12:25; Hosea 5:3; Genesis 48:20; 1 Kings 12:20
- 21 Exodus 22:28; 1 Samuel 26:9; 1 Kings 21:10–11; 1 Samuel 24:6; 2 Samuel 16:5
- 22 1 Samuel 11:13; 2 Samuel 16:10; 2 Samuel 3:39; Matthew 8:29; Luke 9:54–56
- 23 1 Kings 2:46; 1 Kings 2:8–9; 1 Kings 2:37; Hebrews 6:16; 1 Samuel 28:10
- 24 Isaiah 15:2; Jeremiah 41:5; Romans 12:15; 2 Samuel 9:6–10; 2 Samuel 16:3
- 25 2 Samuel 16:17
- 26 2 Samuel 16:2–3; 2 Samuel 9:3; 2 Samuel 4:4
- 27 2 Samuel 14:17; 2 Samuel 14:20; 1 Samuel 29:9; 2 Samuel 16:3; Jeremiah 9:4
- 28 2 Samuel 9:13; 2 Samuel 9:10; 2 Samuel 21:6–9; 1 Samuel 26:16; 2 Kings 8:3
- 29 Psalm 101:5; Job 19:16–17; Psalm 82:2; Proverbs 18:13; Acts 18:15
- 30 Acts 20:24; Philippians 1:20; 2 Samuel 1:26
- 31 1 Kings 2:7; Ezra 2:61; 2 Samuel 17:27–29; Nehemiah 7:63
- 32 1 Samuel 25:2; Deuteronomy 34:7; Job 1:3; Genesis 47:28; Proverbs 16:31
- 33 2 Thessalonians 1:7; Luke 22:28–30; Matthew 25:34–40; 2 Samuel 9:11
- 34 James 4:14; 1 Corinthians 7:29; Genesis 47:8–9; Job 14:14; Psalm 39:5–6
- 35 2 Samuel 15:33; Ezra 2:65; Psalm 90:10; Hebrews 5:14; Job 6:30
- 36 Luke 6:38
- 37 Jeremiah 41:17; 1 Kings 2:7; 2 Samuel 19:40; Genesis 47:30; Joshua 23:14
- 39 Genesis 31:55; Ruth 1:14; Genesis 47:7; 1 Thessalonians 5:26; Genesis 14:19
- 40 2 Samuel 19:11–15; Genesis 49:10; Matthew 21:9
- 41 Judges 8:1; Judges 12:1; 2 Samuel 19:3; Genesis 31:26–27; John 7:5–6
- 42 2 Samuel 19:12; 1 Chronicles 2:3–17; 2 Samuel 5:1
- 43 Galatians 5:20; 2 Samuel 5:1; 1 Kings 11:30–31; James 4:1–5; James 3:14–16
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