1 Samuel · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
1 Samuel 14 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 Un día Jonatán, hijo de Saúl, dijo a su escudero: Ven, crucemos hasta la fuerza filistea que está al otro lado. Pero no se lo dijo a su padre.
1 Now it happened on a day that Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man who bore his armor, “Come! Let’s go over to the Philistines’ garrison that is on the other side.” But he didn’t tell his father.
2 Saúl estaba en las afueras de Geba, debajo de un granado en Migrón. Había unos seiscientos hombres con él.
2 Saul stayed in the uttermost part of Gibeah under the pomegranate tree which is in Migron; and the people who were with him were about six hundred men,
3 Entre ellos estaba Ahías, que llevaba el efod. Era hijo de Ahitob, hermano de Icabod, hijo de Finees, hijo de Elí, sacerdote del Señor en Silo. El pueblo no sabía que Jonatán se había ido.
3 including Ahijah the son of Ahitub, Ichabod’s brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli the priest of Yahweh in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. The people didn’t know that Jonathan was gone.
4 Para llegar a la fuerza filistea, Jonatán tenía que pasar entre dos grandes rocas. Una se llamaba Boses y la otra Sene.
4 Between the passes, by which Jonathan sought to go over to the Philistines’ garrison, there was a rocky crag on the one side and a rocky crag on the other side; and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.
5 Una roca se levantaba al norte frente a Micmas, y la otra al sur frente a Geba.
5 The one crag rose up on the north in front of Michmash, and the other on the south in front of Geba.
6 Jonatán dijo a su escudero: Ven, crucemos hacia esos incircuncisos. Tal vez el Señor actúe a nuestro favor, porque nada impide al Señor salvar con muchos o con pocos.
6 Jonathan said to the young man who bore his armor, “Come! Let’s go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised. It may be that Yahweh will work for us, for there is no restraint on Yahweh to save by many or by few.”
7 Su escudero respondió: Haz todo lo que tienes en tu corazón. Estoy contigo en lo que decidas.
7 His armor bearer said to him, “Do all that is in your heart. Go, and behold, I am with you according to your heart.”
8 Jonatán dijo: Vamos a cruzar hacia esos hombres y dejaremos que nos vean.
8 Then Jonathan said, “Behold, we will pass over to the men, and we will reveal ourselves to them.
9 Si nos dicen: Quédense ahí hasta que vayamos a ustedes, nos quedaremos donde estamos y no subiremos.
9 If they say this to us, ‘Wait until we come to you!’ then we will stand still in our place and will not go up to them.
10 Pero si nos dicen: Suban hasta nosotros, entonces subiremos, porque esa será la señal de que el Señor los ha entregado en nuestras manos.
10 But if they say this, ‘Come up to us!’ then we will go up, for Yahweh has delivered them into our hand. This shall be the sign to us.”
11 Los dos se dejaron ver por la fuerza filistea. Los filisteos dijeron: Miren, los hebreos están saliendo de los agujeros donde se habían escondido.
11 Both of them revealed themselves to the garrison of the Philistines; and the Philistines said, “Behold, the Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they had hidden themselves!”
12 Los hombres de la fuerza filistea dijeron a Jonatán y a su escudero: Suban hasta nosotros, y les enseñaremos algo. Jonatán dijo a su escudero: Sube detrás de mí, porque el Señor los ha entregado en manos de Israel.
12 The men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armor bearer, and said, “Come up to us, and we will show you something!” Jonathan said to his armor bearer, “Come up after me, for Yahweh has delivered them into the hand of Israel.”
13 Jonatán subió usando las manos y los pies, y su escudero iba detrás de él. Los filisteos caían delante de Jonatán, y su escudero los mataba detrás de él.
13 Jonathan climbed up on his hands and on his feet, and his armor bearer after him, and they fell before Jonathan; and his armor bearer killed them after him.
14 En ese primer ataque, Jonatán y su escudero mataron a unos veinte hombres en un terreno de aproximadamente medio acre.
14 That first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armor bearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were half a furrow’s length in an acre of land.
15 Entonces un gran terror se apoderó del campamento y del campo, de toda la fuerza y de los grupos de ataque. La tierra tembló, y fue un terror enviado por Dios.
15 There was a trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people; the garrison and the raiders also trembled; and the earth quaked, so there was an exceedingly great trembling.
16 Los centinelas de Saúl en Geba de Benjamín vieron que el ejército filisteo se dispersaba y corría de un lado a otro.
16 The watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and behold, the multitude melted away and scattered.
17 Saúl dijo a los hombres que estaban con él: Cuéntenlos y veamos quién se ha ido. Al contarlos, descubrieron que faltaban Jonatán y su escudero.
17 Then Saul said to the people who were with him, “Count now, and see who is missing from us.” When they had counted, behold, Jonathan and his armor bearer were not there.
18 Entonces Saúl dijo a Ahías: Trae el efod. En aquel tiempo él llevaba el efod delante de Israel.
18 Saul said to Ahijah, “Bring God’s ark here.” For God’s ark was with the children of Israel at that time.
19 Mientras Saúl hablaba con el sacerdote, el ruido en el campamento filisteo aumentaba cada vez más. Entonces Saúl dijo al sacerdote: Retira tu mano.
19 While Saul talked to the priest, the tumult that was in the camp of the Philistines went on and increased; and Saul said to the priest, “Withdraw your hand!”
20 Saúl y todos los hombres que estaban con él se reunieron y fueron a la batalla. Allí encontraron a los filisteos atacándose unos a otros con sus propias espadas, en medio de una gran confusión.
20 Saul and all the people who were with him were gathered together, and came to the battle; and behold, they were all striking each other with their swords in very great confusion.
21 Los hebreos que antes habían estado con los filisteos y habían subido con ellos al campamento cambiaron de lado y se unieron a los israelitas que estaban con Saúl y Jonatán.
21 Now the Hebrews who were with the Philistines before and who went up with them into the camp from all around, even they also turned to be with the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.
22 También todos los israelitas que se habían escondido en la región montañosa de Efraín oyeron que los filisteos huían y se unieron a la persecución.
22 Likewise all the men of Israel who had hidden themselves in the hill country of Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also followed hard after them in the battle.
23 Así el Señor salvó a Israel aquel día, y la batalla se extendió hasta Bet-avén.
23 So Yahweh saved Israel that day; and the battle passed over by Beth Aven.
24 Había con Saúl unos veinte mil hombres, y la lucha se había extendido por toda la región montañosa de Efraín. Pero Saúl cometió un grave error aquel día al poner al pueblo bajo juramento: Maldito sea el hombre que coma algo antes de la tarde, antes de que yo me haya vengado de mis enemigos. Por eso nadie había probado alimento.
24 The men of Israel were distressed that day; for Saul had adjured the people, saying, “Cursed is the man who eats any food until it is evening, and I am avenged of my enemies.” So none of the people tasted food.
25 Cuando todo el pueblo llegó a una zona donde había miel sobre el suelo,
25 All the people came into the forest; and there was honey on the ground.
26 vieron la miel, pero nadie llevó la mano a la boca porque tenían miedo del juramento.
26 When the people had come to the forest, behold, honey was dripping, but no one put his hand to his mouth, for the people feared the oath.
27 Jonatán no sabía que su padre había hecho jurar al pueblo. Extendió la vara que llevaba, metió la punta en un panal de miel y comió. Entonces recuperó las fuerzas.
27 But Jonathan didn’t hear when his father commanded the people with the oath. Therefore he put out the end of the rod that was in his hand and dipped it in the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes brightened.
28 Uno del pueblo le dijo: Tu padre hizo jurar al pueblo diciendo: Maldito sea el hombre que coma algo hoy. Y por eso el pueblo está agotado.
28 Then one of the people answered, and said, “Your father directly commanded the people with an oath, saying, ‘Cursed is the man who eats food today.’” So the people were faint.
29 Jonatán respondió: Mi padre ha traído problemas sobre la tierra. Miren cómo he recuperado las fuerzas por probar un poco de esta miel.
29 Then Jonathan said, “My father has troubled the land. Please look how my eyes have brightened because I tasted a little of this honey.
30 ¡Cuánto mejor habría sido si hoy el pueblo hubiera comido libremente de lo que tomó a sus enemigos! La derrota de los filisteos habría sido mucho mayor.
30 How much more, if perhaps the people had eaten freely today of the plunder of their enemies which they found? For now there has been no great slaughter among the Philistines.”
31 Aquel día derrotaron a los filisteos desde Micmas hasta Ajalón, y el pueblo quedó completamente agotado.
31 They struck the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon. The people were very faint;
32 Entonces se lanzaron sobre lo que habían tomado en la batalla. Tomaron ovejas, bueyes y terneros, los mataron en el suelo y comieron la carne con la sangre.
32 and the people pounced on the plunder, and took sheep, cattle, and calves, and killed them on the ground; and the people ate them with the blood.
33 Alguien informó a Saúl: Mira, el pueblo está pecando contra el Señor al comer carne con sangre. Saúl respondió: Han actuado mal. Hagan rodar hasta aquí una gran piedra.
33 Then they told Saul, saying, “Behold, the people are sinning against Yahweh, in that they eat meat with the blood.” He said, “You have dealt treacherously. Roll a large stone to me today!”
34 Luego Saúl dijo: Vayan por todo el pueblo y díganles: Cada uno traiga aquí su buey o su oveja. Mátenlos aquí y cómanlos. No pequen contra el Señor comiendo carne con sangre. Aquella noche cada uno llevó su animal y lo mató allí.
34 Saul said, “Disperse yourselves among the people, and tell them, ‘Every man bring me here his ox, and every man his sheep, and kill them here, and eat; and don’t sin against Yahweh in eating meat with the blood.’” All the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and killed them there.
35 Saúl construyó un altar al Señor. Fue el primer altar que construyó para el Señor.
35 Saul built an altar to Yahweh. This was the first altar that he built to Yahweh.
36 Después Saúl dijo: Bajemos de noche tras los filisteos y ataquémoslos hasta la mañana. No dejemos vivo a ninguno. Ellos respondieron: Haz lo que te parezca bien. Pero el sacerdote dijo: Acerquémonos primero a Dios.
36 Saul said, “Let’s go down after the Philistines by night, and take plunder among them until the morning light. Let’s not leave a man of them.” They said, “Do whatever seems good to you.” Then the priest said, “Let’s draw near here to God.”
37 Saúl consultó a Dios: ¿Debo bajar tras los filisteos? ¿Los entregarás en manos de Israel? Pero Dios no le respondió aquel día.
37 Saul asked counsel of God: “Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will you deliver them into the hand of Israel?” But he didn’t answer him that day.
38 Entonces Saúl dijo: Acérquense todos los jefes del pueblo. Averigüemos qué pecado se ha cometido hoy.
38 Saul said, “Draw near here, all you chiefs of the people, and know and see in whom this sin has been today.
39 Tan cierto como que vive el Señor, el que salva a Israel, aunque el culpable sea mi hijo Jonatán, tendrá que morir. Pero nadie del pueblo le respondió.
39 For as Yahweh lives, who saves Israel, though it is in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die.” But there was not a man among all the people who answered him.
40 Saúl dijo a todo Israel: Ustedes pónganse a un lado, y yo y mi hijo Jonatán estaremos al otro. El pueblo respondió: Haz lo que te parezca bien.
40 Then he said to all Israel, “You be on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side.” The people said to Saul, “Do what seems good to you.”
41 Entonces Saúl oró al Señor, Dios de Israel: ¿Por qué no has respondido hoy a tu siervo? Si la culpa está en mí o en mi hijo Jonatán, da Urim; pero si está en tu pueblo Israel, da Tumim. La decisión señaló a Saúl y a Jonatán, y el pueblo quedó libre.
41 Therefore Saul said to Yahweh, the God of Israel, “Show the right.” Jonathan and Saul were chosen, but the people escaped.
42 Saúl dijo: Decidan ahora entre mi hijo Jonatán y yo. Y Jonatán fue señalado.
42 Saul said, “Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son.” Jonathan was selected.
43 Saúl dijo a Jonatán: Dime qué has hecho. Jonatán respondió: Solo probé un poco de miel con la punta de mi vara. ¿Y ahora debo morir?
43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, “Tell me what you have done!” Jonathan told him, and said, “I certainly did taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in my hand; and behold, I must die.”
44 Saúl dijo: Que Dios me castigue severamente si no mueres, Jonatán.
44 Saul said, “God do so and more also; for you shall surely die, Jonathan.”
45 Pero el pueblo dijo a Saúl: ¿Debe morir Jonatán, quien ha logrado esta gran salvación para Israel? ¡De ninguna manera! Tan cierto como que vive el Señor, ni un cabello de su cabeza caerá al suelo, porque hoy ha actuado con la ayuda de Dios. Así el pueblo libró a Jonatán de la muerte.
45 The people said to Saul, “Shall Jonathan die, who has worked this great salvation in Israel? Far from it! As Yahweh lives, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground, for he has worked with God today!” So the people rescued Jonathan, so he didn’t die.
46 Entonces Saúl dejó de perseguir a los filisteos, y ellos regresaron a su territorio.
46 Then Saul went up from following the Philistines; and the Philistines went to their own place.
47 Después de tomar el reino de Israel, Saúl luchó contra todos sus enemigos alrededor: Moab, los amonitas, Edom, los reyes de Soba y los filisteos. Dondequiera que iba, los derrotaba.
47 Now when Saul had taken the kingdom over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side: against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines. Wherever he turned himself, he defeated them.
48 Luchó con valor, derrotó a los amalecitas y libró a Israel de los que lo saqueaban.
48 He did valiantly and struck the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of those who plundered them.
49 Los hijos de Saúl fueron Jonatán, Isví y Malquisúa. Sus hijas se llamaban Merab, la mayor, y Mical, la menor.
49 Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, Ishvi, and Malchishua; and the names of his two daughters were these: the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal.
50 La esposa de Saúl se llamaba Ahinoam, hija de Ahimaas. El jefe de su ejército era Abner, hijo de Ner, tío de Saúl.
50 The name of Saul’s wife was Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz. The name of the captain of his army was Abner the son of Ner, Saul’s uncle.
51 Cis, padre de Saúl, y Ner, padre de Abner, eran hijos de Abiel.
51 Kish was the father of Saul, and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.
52 Durante toda la vida de Saúl hubo una dura guerra contra los filisteos. Cada vez que Saúl veía a un hombre fuerte o buen guerrero, lo tomaba a su servicio.
52 There was severe war against the Philistines all the days of Saul; and when Saul saw any mighty man or any valiant man, he took him into his service.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Abiel
Named as the father of Kish, Saul's father, and of Ner, Abner's father.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 9:1; 1 Samuel 14:51
Abner
The son of Saul's uncle Ner and commander of Saul's army, who made Ish-bosheth king, later promised to bring Israel over to David, and was killed by Joab at Hebron in revenge for…
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 14:50; 1 Samuel 17:55; 2 Samuel 2:8
Ahijah
A priest with Saul's troops at Gibeah who wore an ephod and was told by Saul to bring the ark of God during the Philistine panic at Michmash.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 14:3; 1 Samuel 14:18
Ahimaaz
Named only as the father of Ahinoam, Saul's wife.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 14:50
Ahinoam
Saul's wife, named in 1 Samuel 14:50 as the daughter of Ahimaaz.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 14:50
Ahitub
Called the brother of Ichabod and the son of Phinehas, son of Eli, and named as the father of the priest Ahijah; 1 Samuel 22:9 names an Ahitub as father of the priest Ahimelech.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 14:3; 1 Samuel 22:9; 1 Samuel 22:11
Ichabod
Born as his mother died after hearing the ark was captured, he was named Ichabod, meaning the glory has departed from Israel.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 4:21; 1 Samuel 14:3
Ishvi
Named with Jonathan and Malchishua among Saul's sons in 1 Samuel 14:49; the list of Saul's sons killed at Gilboa in 1 Samuel 31:2 names Jonathan, Abinadab and Malchishua.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 14:49
Jonathan
Saul's noble son and David's devoted friend, who died beside his father at Gilboa.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 14; 1 Samuel 18:1-4; 2 Samuel 1
Merab
Saul's firstborn daughter, offered to David in marriage but given to Adriel of Meholah; five sons she bore to Adriel were later handed over to the Gibeonites (some manuscripts…
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 14:49; 1 Samuel 18:17; 1 Samuel 18:19
Ner
Called Saul's uncle and the father of Abner, the commander of Saul's army; he and Kish were sons of Abiel.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 14:50; 1 Samuel 14:51; 1 Samuel 26:5
Cross references (45)
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- 1 1 Samuel 13:2; 1 Samuel 18:1–4; 1 Samuel 25:19; Micah 7:5; 2 Samuel 1:25–26
- 2 1 Samuel 13:15–16; Isaiah 10:28–29
- 3 1 Samuel 2:28; 1 Samuel 4:21; 1 Samuel 22:20; 1 Samuel 22:9–12; Exodus 28:26–32
- 4 1 Samuel 13:23
- 6 Matthew 19:26; Romans 8:31; Zechariah 4:6; 2 Chronicles 14:11; Deuteronomy 32:30
- 7 2 Samuel 7:3; 1 Samuel 10:7; Zechariah 8:23; Psalm 46:7
- 8 Judges 7:9–14
- 9 Judges 6:36–40; Genesis 24:13–14
- 10 Genesis 24:14; Judges 7:11; 1 Samuel 10:7; Judges 6:36; Isaiah 7:11–14
- 11 1 Samuel 13:6; 1 Samuel 14:22; Judges 6:2
- 12 2 Samuel 5:24; 1 Samuel 17:43–44; Judges 4:14; 2 Kings 14:8; 2 Samuel 2:14–17
- 13 Hebrews 11:34; Psalm 18:29; Deuteronomy 32:30; Joshua 23:10; Leviticus 26:7–8
- 15 1 Samuel 13:17; Genesis 35:5; 2 Kings 7:6–7; Exodus 19:18; 2 Samuel 5:24
- 16 1 Samuel 14:20; Psalm 68:2; Psalm 58:7; Isaiah 19:2; Judges 7:22
- 18 Judges 20:18; Judges 20:27–28; 1 Samuel 4:3–5; 1 Samuel 7:1; Judges 20:23
- 19 Numbers 27:21; 1 Samuel 14:24; Psalm 106:13; Joshua 9:14; 1 Samuel 13:11
- 20 Judges 7:22; 2 Chronicles 20:23; Isaiah 19:2; 1 Samuel 14:16; Isaiah 9:19–21
- 21 1 Samuel 29:4; Judges 7:23
- 22 1 Samuel 13:6; 1 Samuel 31:7
- 23 Exodus 14:30; 1 Samuel 13:5; Psalm 44:6–8; Hosea 1:7; 2 Kings 14:27
- 24 Joshua 6:26; Romans 10:2; 1 Corinthians 16:22; Judges 5:2; Psalm 18:47
- 25 Deuteronomy 9:28; Numbers 13:27; Exodus 3:8; Matthew 3:4–5
- 26 Ecclesiastes 9:2
- 27 1 Samuel 30:12; Proverbs 25:26; 1 Samuel 14:43; 1 Samuel 14:29
- 28 1 Samuel 14:43; 1 Samuel 14:24
- 29 1 Kings 18:18; Joshua 7:25
- 30 Ecclesiastes 9:18
- 31 Joshua 10:12; Joshua 19:42
- 32 1 Samuel 15:19; Leviticus 3:17; Deuteronomy 12:16; Leviticus 17:10–14; Genesis 9:4
- 35 1 Samuel 7:17; 1 Samuel 7:12; 2 Timothy 3:5; Judges 21:4; 1 Samuel 7:9
- 36 Psalm 73:28; Isaiah 48:1–2; Malachi 2:7; 1 Samuel 11:11; James 4:8
- 37 1 Samuel 28:6; 1 Kings 22:5; 1 Samuel 23:9–12; 2 Samuel 5:23; 1 Samuel 23:4
- 38 Numbers 24:17; Joshua 7:11; Zechariah 10:4; Joshua 7:14–26; Psalm 47:9
- 39 1 Samuel 14:44; 2 Samuel 12:5; 1 Samuel 14:24; 1 Samuel 22:16; Ecclesiastes 9:2
- 40 1 Samuel 14:36; 2 Samuel 15:15; 1 Samuel 14:7
- 41 Acts 1:24; Joshua 7:16–18; 1 Samuel 10:20–21; Jonah 1:7; Proverbs 16:33
- 43 Joshua 7:19; 1 Samuel 14:27; Jonah 1:7–10
- 44 1 Samuel 14:39; Ruth 1:17; 1 Samuel 25:22; Proverbs 25:16; 2 Samuel 12:5
- 45 Acts 27:34; 2 Samuel 14:11; Luke 21:18; 1 Kings 1:52; Matthew 10:30
- 47 2 Samuel 10:6; 1 Samuel 14:52; 2 Kings 14:27; 1 Samuel 11:1–13; 1 Samuel 13:1
- 48 Deuteronomy 25:19; Exodus 17:14; 1 Samuel 15:3–7
- 49 1 Chronicles 8:33; 1 Samuel 31:2; 2 Samuel 6:20–23; 1 Chronicles 9:39; 1 Samuel 25:44
- 50 2 Samuel 2:8; 1 Samuel 17:55; 2 Samuel 3:27
- 51 1 Samuel 9:1; 1 Samuel 9:21
- 52 1 Samuel 8:11; 1 Samuel 8:1
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