1 Kings · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
1 Kings 3 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
1 Salomón se casó con la hija del faraón, rey de Egipto, y así quedó unido a su familia. La llevó a vivir a la Ciudad de David mientras terminaba de construir su palacio, el templo del Señor y la muralla de Jerusalén.
1 Solomon made a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt. He took Pharaoh’s daughter and brought her into David’s city until he had finished building his own house, Yahweh’s house, and the wall around Jerusalem.
2 En aquel tiempo el pueblo ofrecía sacrificios en los lugares altos, porque todavía no se había construido un templo dedicado al Señor.
2 However, the people sacrificed in the high places, because there was not yet a house built for Yahweh’s name.
3 Salomón amaba al Señor y obedecía las instrucciones de su padre David, aunque ofrecía sacrificios y quemaba ofrendas en los lugares altos.
3 Solomon loved Yahweh, walking in the statutes of David his father, except that he sacrificed and burned incense in the high places.
4 El rey fue a Gabaón para ofrecer sacrificios, pues allí estaba el principal lugar alto. Allí Salomón ofreció mil holocaustos.
4 The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.
5 Una noche en Gabaón, el Señor se apareció a Salomón en un sueño. Dios le dijo: «Pídeme lo que quieras que te dé».
5 In Gibeon, Yahweh appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, “Ask for what I should give you.”
6 Salomón respondió: «Mostraste gran amor fiel a mi padre David, porque vivió ante ti con fidelidad y justicia, y te fue leal de corazón. Has seguido mostrándole ese amor al darle un hijo que ocupe hoy su trono.
6 Solomon said, “You have shown to your servant David my father great loving kindness, because he walked before you in truth, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with you. You have kept for him this great loving kindness, that you have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is today.
7 Ahora, Señor mi Dios, has hecho rey a tu servidor en lugar de mi padre David, aunque soy joven y no sé cómo gobernar.
7 Now, Yahweh my God, you have made your servant king instead of David my father. I am just a little child. I don’t know how to go out or come in.
8 Estoy entre el pueblo que elegiste, un pueblo tan numeroso que no se puede contar.
8 Your servant is among your people which you have chosen, a great people, that can’t be numbered or counted for multitude.
9 Dame sabiduría para gobernarlo y para distinguir entre el bien y el mal. ¿Quién podría gobernar por sí solo a un pueblo tan grande?».
9 Give your servant therefore an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this great people of yours?”
10 Al Señor le agradó lo que Salomón había pedido.
10 This request pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.
11 Dios le dijo: «Me has pedido sabiduría para juzgar con justicia, en vez de pedir una larga vida, riquezas o la muerte de tus enemigos.
11 God said to him, “Because you have asked this thing, and have not asked for yourself long life, nor have you asked for riches for yourself, nor have you asked for the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern justice,
12 Por eso haré lo que me pides. Te daré un corazón sabio y entendido. Nunca ha habido nadie como tú ni lo habrá después.
12 behold, I have done according to your word. Behold, I have given you a wise and understanding heart, so that there has been no one like you before you, and after you none will arise like you.
13 También te daré lo que no pediste: riquezas y honor. Así, mientras vivas, ningún rey será como tú.
13 I have also given you that which you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that there will not be any among the kings like you for all your days.
14 Y si sigues mis caminos y obedeces mis leyes y mandatos como lo hizo tu padre David, te daré una larga vida».
14 If you will walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days.”
15 Salomón despertó y comprendió que había sido un sueño. Regresó a Jerusalén, se presentó ante el arca del pacto del Señor y ofreció holocaustos y ofrendas de paz. Después hizo un banquete para todos sus servidores.
15 Solomon awoke; and behold, it was a dream. Then he came to Jerusalem and stood before the ark of Yahweh’s covenant, and offered up burnt offerings, offered peace offerings, and made a feast for all his servants.
16 Cierto día se presentaron ante el rey dos mujeres que ejercían la prostitución.
16 Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king, and stood before him.
17 Una de ellas dijo: «Mi señor, esta mujer y yo vivimos en la misma casa. Yo di a luz mientras ella estaba allí.
17 The one woman said, “Oh, my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house. I delivered a child with her in the house.
18 Tres días después, ella también dio a luz. Estábamos solas; nadie más vivía con nosotras.
18 The third day after I delivered, this woman delivered also. We were together. There was no stranger with us in the house, just us two in the house.
19 Una noche, su hijo murió porque ella se acostó encima de él.
19 This woman’s child died in the night, because she lay on it.
20 Entonces, mientras yo dormía, se levantó a medianoche, tomó a mi hijo de mi lado y lo puso junto a ella. Después puso a su hijo muerto junto a mí.
20 She arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me while your servant slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.
21 Cuando me levanté para amamantar a mi hijo, vi que estaba muerto. Pero al amanecer lo miré con cuidado y me di cuenta de que no era mi hijo».
21 When I rose in the morning to nurse my child, behold, he was dead; but when I had looked at him in the morning, behold, it was not my son whom I bore.”
22 La otra mujer dijo: «¡No! El niño vivo es mío; el muerto es tuyo». La primera respondió: «¡No! El muerto es tuyo y el vivo es mío». Así discutían ante el rey.
22 The other woman said, “No! But the living one is my son, and the dead one is your son.” The first one said, “No! But the dead one is your son, and the living one is my son.” They argued like this before the king.
23 El rey dijo: «Una afirma que el niño vivo es suyo y el muerto de la otra. La otra afirma lo contrario».
23 Then the king said, “One says, ‘This is my son who lives, and your son is the dead one;’ and the other says, ‘No! But your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one.’”
24 Entonces ordenó: «Tráiganme una espada». Le llevaron una espada.
24 The king said, “Get me a sword.” So they brought a sword before the king.
25 Y el rey dijo: «Corten al niño vivo en dos y denle una mitad a cada mujer».
25 The king said, “Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.”
26 La verdadera madre, conmovida por su hijo, le suplicó: «¡Mi señor, denle el niño vivo a ella! ¡No lo maten!». Pero la otra dijo: «Que no sea ni tuyo ni mío. Córtenlo en dos».
26 Then the woman whose the living child was spoke to the king, for her heart yearned over her son, and she said, “Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and in no way kill him!” But the other said, “He shall be neither mine nor yours. Divide him.”
27 Entonces el rey ordenó: «Denle el niño vivo a la primera mujer. No lo maten. Ella es su madre».
27 Then the king answered, “Give the first woman the living child, and definitely do not kill him. She is his mother.”
28 Todo Israel se enteró de la decisión del rey y sintió respeto por él, porque vio que Dios le había dado sabiduría para hacer justicia.
28 All Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to do justice.
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Pharaoh's daughter (wife of Solomon)
The daughter of Pharaoh king of Egypt, whom Solomon married to seal an alliance and for whom he built a house.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 3:1; 1 Kings 7:8; 1 Kings 9:24
Solomon
David's son who built the temple and became famous for God-given wisdom.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 1-11; 1 Chron. 3:5; Matt. 1:6-7
Cross references (21)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Kings 9:24; 1 Kings 11:1; 2 Chronicles 8:11; 2 Chronicles 2:1–4; 2 Samuel 5:7
- 2 1 Kings 22:43; 2 Chronicles 33:17; Deuteronomy 12:2–5; Leviticus 26:30; Acts 7:47–49
- 3 1 Corinthians 8:3; Psalm 31:23; Deuteronomy 30:16; Deuteronomy 6:5; 1 Kings 3:6
- 4 2 Chronicles 1:3; 1 Chronicles 16:39; 2 Chronicles 7:5; 2 Chronicles 1:6–12; 1 Chronicles 21:29
- 5 1 Kings 9:2; James 1:5–6; Numbers 12:6; 2 Chronicles 1:7–12; John 14:13–14
- 6 1 Kings 9:4; 1 Kings 1:48; 1 Kings 2:4; 2 Corinthians 9:11; 2 Samuel 7:8–12
- 7 1 Chronicles 29:1; Numbers 27:17; Jeremiah 1:6; Matthew 18:3–4; Daniel 4:32
- 8 Genesis 15:5; Genesis 13:16; 1 Chronicles 21:2; Genesis 22:17; 1 Chronicles 27:23–24
- 9 James 1:5; Hebrews 5:14; Proverbs 16:16; John 5:30; Proverbs 2:3–9
- 10 Proverbs 15:8
- 11 1 Kings 3:9; James 4:2–3; Proverbs 16:31; Romans 8:26; Psalm 4:6
- 12 1 John 5:14–15; Ecclesiastes 1:16; Matthew 12:42; 1 Kings 5:12; 1 Kings 10:23–24
- 13 Ephesians 3:20; Matthew 6:33; Proverbs 3:16; Psalm 84:11–12; Romans 8:32
- 14 Proverbs 3:2; Psalm 91:16; 1 Kings 15:5; Zechariah 3:7; 2 Chronicles 34:2
- 15 Genesis 41:7; 1 Kings 8:65; Esther 1:3; Daniel 5:1; 1 Chronicles 16:1–2
- 16 Exodus 18:16; Judges 11:1; Leviticus 19:29; Joshua 2:1; Numbers 27:2
- 20 John 3:20; Matthew 13:25; Job 24:13–17; Psalm 139:11
- 21 Genesis 21:7; 1 Samuel 1:23
- 25 Proverbs 25:8
- 26 Isaiah 49:15; Jeremiah 31:20; 1 John 3:17; Genesis 43:30; Hosea 11:8
- 28 Colossians 2:3; 1 Kings 3:9–12; Daniel 2:47; 1 Corinthians 1:24; Ecclesiastes 7:19
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What the Fathers said
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Do thou also therefore ask nothing worldly, but all things spiritual, and thou wilt surely receive. For so Solomon, because he asked what he ought, behold how quickly he received.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)