1 Samuel · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
1 Samuel 13 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty-two years.
2 Saúl escogió tres mil hombres de Israel. Dos mil se quedaron con él en Micmas y en la región montañosa de Betel, y mil estaban con Jonatán en Guibeá, en la tierra de Benjamín. Envió al resto del pueblo de regreso a sus tiendas.
2 Saul chose for himself three thousand men of Israel, of which two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in the Mount of Bethel, and one thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. He sent the rest of the people to their own tents.
3 Jonatán atacó la fuerza filistea que estaba en Guibeá, y los filisteos recibieron la noticia. Entonces Saúl hizo sonar un cuerno por toda la tierra para que los hebreos lo oyeran.
3 Jonathan struck the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!”
4 Todo Israel oyó que Saúl había atacado la fuerza filistea y que los filisteos ahora odiaban profundamente a Israel. Entonces el pueblo se reunió con Saúl en Gilgal.
4 All Israel heard that Saul had struck the garrison of the Philistines, and also that Israel was considered an abomination to the Philistines. The people were gathered together after Saul to Gilgal.
5 Los filisteos se reunieron para luchar contra Israel. Tenían tres mil carros de guerra, seis mil jinetes y tantos soldados como la arena del mar. Subieron y acamparon en Micmas, al este de Bet-avén.
5 The Philistines assembled themselves together to fight with Israel: thirty thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the seashore in multitude. They came up and encamped in Michmash, eastward of Beth Aven.
6 Cuando los israelitas vieron el peligro en que estaban, se escondieron en cuevas, matorrales, rocas, hoyos y cisternas.
6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in trouble (for the people were distressed), then the people hid themselves in caves, in thickets, in rocks, in tombs, and in pits.
7 Muchos cruzaron el Jordán hacia las tierras de Gad y Galaad. Saúl permaneció en Gilgal, y todos los que seguían con él temblaban de miedo.
7 Now some of the Hebrews had gone over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead; but as for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.
8 Saúl esperó siete días, el tiempo fijado por Samuel. Pero Samuel no llegó a Gilgal, y el pueblo comenzó a dispersarse.
8 He stayed seven days, according to the time set by Samuel; but Samuel didn’t come to Gilgal, and the people were scattering from him.
9 Entonces Saúl dijo: Tráiganme el holocausto y las ofrendas de paz. Y él presentó el holocausto.
9 Saul said, “Bring the burnt offering to me here, and the peace offerings.” He offered the burnt offering.
10 Apenas terminó de presentar el holocausto, llegó Samuel. Saúl salió a recibirlo y saludarlo.
10 It came to pass that as soon as he had finished offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might greet him.
11 Samuel preguntó: ¿Qué has hecho? Saúl respondió: Vi que el pueblo se dispersaba, que tú no llegabas en el tiempo señalado y que los filisteos se habían reunido en Micmas.
11 Samuel said, “What have you done?” Saul said, “Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that you didn’t come within the days appointed, and that the Philistines assembled themselves together at Michmash,
12 Pensé: Ahora los filisteos bajarán contra mí en Gilgal, y todavía no he buscado el favor del Señor. Así que me vi obligado a presentar el holocausto.
12 therefore I said, ‘Now the Philistines will come down on me to Gilgal, and I haven’t entreated the favor of Yahweh.’ I forced myself therefore, and offered the burnt offering.”
13 Samuel dijo a Saúl: Has actuado como un necio. No obedeciste la orden que el Señor tu Dios te dio. Si hubieras obedecido, el Señor habría establecido tu reino sobre Israel para siempre.
13 Samuel said to Saul, “You have done foolishly. You have not kept the commandment of Yahweh your God, which he commanded you; for now Yahweh would have established your kingdom on Israel forever.
14 Pero ahora tu reino no continuará. El Señor ha buscado a un hombre conforme a su corazón y lo ha puesto como gobernante de su pueblo, porque tú no obedeciste lo que el Señor te ordenó.
14 But now your kingdom will not continue. Yahweh has sought for himself a man after his own heart, and Yahweh has appointed him to be prince over his people, because you have not kept that which Yahweh commanded you.”
15 Samuel salió de Gilgal. El resto del pueblo siguió a Saúl contra los hombres de guerra y llegaron a Guibeá, en la tierra de Benjamín. Saúl contó a los hombres que permanecían con él: eran unos seiscientos.
15 Samuel arose, and went from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. Saul counted the people who were present with him, about six hundred men.
16 Saúl, su hijo Jonatán y los hombres que estaban con ellos se quedaron en Geba de Benjamín, mientras los filisteos acampaban en Micmas.
16 Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people who were present with them, stayed in Geba of Benjamin; but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.
17 Tres grupos de atacantes salieron del campamento filisteo. Uno tomó el camino hacia Ofra, en la tierra de Sual.
17 The raiders came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned to the way that leads to Ophrah, to the land of Shual;
18 Otro tomó el camino hacia Bet-horón, y el tercero fue hacia la colina que domina el valle de Zeboim, en dirección al desierto.
18 another company turned the way to Beth Horon; and another company turned the way of the border that looks down on the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.
19 En toda la tierra de Israel no había herreros, porque los filisteos habían dicho: No permitiremos que los hebreos fabriquen espadas o lanzas.
19 Now there was no blacksmith found throughout all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, “Lest the Hebrews make themselves swords or spears”;
20 Por eso todos los israelitas tenían que ir a los filisteos para que les afilaran los arados, azadones, hachas y hoces.
20 but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, each man to sharpen his own plowshare, mattock, ax, and sickle.
21 También tenían que acudir a ellos para afilar las horquillas y las hachas y para poner punta a las varas con que guiaban los bueyes.
21 The price was one payim each to sharpen mattocks, plowshares, pitchforks, axes, and goads.
22 Por eso, el día de la batalla de Micmas, ninguno de los hombres que estaban con Saúl y Jonatán tenía espada ni lanza. Solo Saúl y su hijo Jonatán las tenían.
22 So it came to pass in the day of battle that neither sword nor spear was found in the hand of any of the people who were with Saul and Jonathan; but Saul and Jonathan his son had them.
23 Una fuerza de los filisteos avanzó hasta el paso de Micmas.
23 The garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash.
Cross references (21)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Exodus 12:5; Micah 6:6
- 2 1 Samuel 10:26; 1 Samuel 13:5; 1 Samuel 14:31; 1 Samuel 13:23; Isaiah 10:28–29
- 3 1 Samuel 10:5; Judges 3:27; Judges 6:34; Zechariah 14:10; 2 Samuel 20:1
- 4 Genesis 34:30; Exodus 5:21; 1 Samuel 11:14–15; 1 Samuel 10:8; Zechariah 11:8
- 5 1 Samuel 14:23; Joshua 11:4; Joshua 18:12; Hosea 5:8; Joshua 7:2
- 6 Judges 6:2; Hebrews 11:38; 1 Samuel 23:19; 1 Samuel 24:3; Judges 10:9
- 7 Joshua 13:24–31; Numbers 32:1–5; Deuteronomy 20:8; Deuteronomy 3:12; Leviticus 26:36–37
- 8 1 Samuel 10:8
- 9 1 Kings 3:4; Proverbs 21:27; Proverbs 21:3; Proverbs 15:8; 1 Samuel 15:21–22
- 10 1 Samuel 15:13; Psalm 129:8; Ruth 2:4
- 11 1 Samuel 13:16; 1 Samuel 13:23; 1 Samuel 13:2; 1 Samuel 13:5; 2 Kings 5:25
- 12 Psalm 66:3; 1 Kings 12:26–27; Amos 8:5; 2 Corinthians 9:7; 1 Samuel 21:7
- 13 1 Samuel 15:22; 2 Chronicles 16:9; 1 Samuel 15:28; 1 Samuel 15:11; Psalm 50:8–15
- 14 Acts 13:22; 1 Samuel 15:28; Psalm 78:70; Psalm 89:19–37; 1 Samuel 16:1
- 15 1 Samuel 14:2; 1 Samuel 13:2; 1 Samuel 13:6–7
- 16 1 Samuel 13:3
- 17 Joshua 18:23; 1 Samuel 14:15; Joshua 19:3; 1 Samuel 11:11
- 18 Nehemiah 11:34; Joshua 18:13–14; Joshua 16:3; 2 Chronicles 8:5; Hosea 11:8
- 19 2 Kings 24:14; Judges 5:8; Jeremiah 24:1; Isaiah 54:16
- 22 Judges 5:8; 2 Corinthians 4:7; 1 Samuel 17:50; 1 Corinthians 1:27–29; Zechariah 4:6
- 23 Isaiah 10:28; 1 Samuel 14:4–5; 1 Samuel 14:1; 1 Samuel 13:5; 1 Samuel 13:2–3
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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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).
… ever, yet now thy kingdom shall not continue for thee; and the Lord will seek Him a man after His own heart, and the Lord will command him to be prince over His people, because thou hast not kept that which the Lord commanded thee," is not to be taken as if God had settled that Saul himself should reign …
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