1 Samuel · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 Cuando Saúl regresó de luchar contra los filisteos, le informaron: David está en el desierto de En-gadi.
1 When Saul had returned from following the Philistines, he was told, “Behold, David is in the wilderness of En Gedi.”
2 Entonces Saúl tomó tres mil de los mejores hombres de todo Israel y fue a buscar a David y a sus hombres cerca de las rocas de las cabras monteses.
2 Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men on the rocks of the wild goats.
3 Llegó a unos corrales de ovejas junto al camino, donde había una cueva. Saúl entró allí para hacer sus necesidades. David y sus hombres estaban escondidos al fondo de la cueva.
3 He came to the sheep pens by the way, where there was a cave; and Saul went in to relieve himself. Now David and his men were staying in the innermost parts of the cave.
4 Los hombres de David le dijeron: Este es el día del que el Señor te habló: Voy a entregar a tu enemigo en tus manos para que hagas con él lo que te parezca bien. David se levantó en silencio y cortó una esquina del manto de Saúl.
4 David’s men said to him, “Behold, the day of which Yahweh said to you, ‘Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, and you shall do to him as it shall seem good to you.’” Then David arose and cut off the skirt of Saul’s robe secretly.
5 Después David sintió remordimiento por haber cortado la esquina del manto de Saúl.
5 Afterward, David’s heart struck him because he had cut off Saul’s skirt.
6 Dijo a sus hombres: Que el Señor me libre de hacer algo así contra mi señor, el ungido del Señor. Nunca levantaré mi mano contra él, porque es el ungido del Señor.
6 He said to his men, “Yahweh forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, Yahweh’s anointed, to stretch out my hand against him, since he is Yahweh’s anointed.”
7 Con estas palabras David detuvo a sus hombres y no permitió que atacaran a Saúl. Saúl salió de la cueva y siguió su camino.
7 So David checked his men with these words, and didn’t allow them to rise against Saul. Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.
8 Después David también salió de la cueva y gritó: ¡Mi señor el rey! Saúl miró hacia atrás, y David se inclinó rostro en tierra ante él.
8 David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave and cried after Saul, saying, “My lord the king!” When Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth, and showed respect.
9 David dijo a Saúl: ¿Por qué escuchas a los que dicen que yo quiero hacerte daño?
9 David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to men’s words, saying, ‘Behold, David seeks to harm you’?
10 Hoy has visto con tus propios ojos que el Señor te entregó en mis manos dentro de la cueva. Algunos dijeron que debía matarte, pero yo tuve compasión de ti. Dije: No levantaré mi mano contra mi señor, porque es el ungido del Señor.
10 Behold, today your eyes have seen how Yahweh had delivered you today into my hand in the cave. Some urged me to kill you, but I spared you. I said, ‘I will not stretch out my hand against my lord, for he is Yahweh’s anointed.’
11 Mira, padre mío, aquí tengo la esquina de tu manto. La corté, pero no te maté. Así puedes ver que no tengo malas intenciones y que no he pecado contra ti, aunque tú me persigues para quitarme la vida.
11 Moreover, my father, behold, yes, see the skirt of your robe in my hand; for in that I cut off the skirt of your robe and didn’t kill you, know and see that there is neither evil nor disobedience in my hand. I have not sinned against you, though you hunt for my life to take it.
12 Que el Señor juzgue entre tú y yo. Que el Señor me haga justicia frente a ti, pero mi mano no se levantará contra ti.
12 May Yahweh judge between me and you, and may Yahweh avenge me of you; but my hand will not be on you.
13 Como dice el antiguo proverbio: Del malvado sale la maldad. Pero mi mano no se levantará contra ti.
13 As the proverb of the ancients says, ‘Out of the wicked comes wickedness;’ but my hand will not be on you.
14 ¿Contra quién ha salido el rey de Israel? ¿A quién persigues? ¡A un perro muerto! ¡A una sola pulga!
14 Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom do you pursue? A dead dog? A flea?
15 Que el Señor sea juez y decida entre tú y yo. Que él vea mi causa, me defienda y me libre de tus manos.
15 May Yahweh therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and you, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of your hand.”
16 Cuando David terminó de decir estas palabras, Saúl preguntó: ¿Es esa tu voz, David, hijo mío? Entonces Saúl comenzó a llorar en voz alta.
16 It came to pass, when David had finished speaking these words to Saul, that Saul said, “Is that your voice, my son David?” Saul lifted up his voice and wept.
17 Dijo a David: Tú eres más justo que yo. Tú me has hecho bien, pero yo te he hecho mal.
17 He said to David, “You are more righteous than I; for you have done good to me, whereas I have done evil to you.
18 Hoy has demostrado el bien que me has hecho, porque el Señor me entregó en tus manos y tú no me mataste.
18 You have declared today how you have dealt well with me, because when Yahweh had delivered me up into your hand, you didn’t kill me.
19 Si un hombre encuentra a su enemigo, ¿lo dejará ir sano y salvo? Que el Señor te recompense por el bien que hoy me has hecho.
19 For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him go away unharmed? Therefore may Yahweh reward you good for that which you have done to me today.
20 Ahora sé que ciertamente serás rey y que el reino de Israel quedará firme en tus manos.
20 Now, behold, I know that you will surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hand.
21 Júrame ahora por el Señor que no destruirás a mis descendientes después de mi muerte ni borrarás mi nombre de la familia de mi padre.
21 Swear now therefore to me by Yahweh that you will not cut off my offspring after me, and that you will not destroy my name out of my father’s house.”
22 David se lo juró a Saúl. Después Saúl regresó a su casa, pero David y sus hombres subieron a su refugio.
22 David swore to Saul. Saul went home, but David and his men went up to the stronghold.
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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
Cross references (22)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Samuel 23:28–29; Proverbs 29:12; Hosea 7:3; 1 Samuel 23:19; Ezekiel 22:9
- 2 1 Samuel 26:2; Psalm 141:6; Psalm 104:18; 1 Samuel 13:2; Psalm 38:12
- 3 Judges 3:24; Psalm 142:1–7; Psalm 57:1–11; Psalm 141:6
- 4 1 Samuel 26:8–11; 1 Samuel 26:23; 1 Samuel 24:10; 1 Samuel 25:28–30; 1 Samuel 24:18
- 5 2 Samuel 24:10; 2 Samuel 12:9; 1 John 3:20–21; 2 Kings 22:19
- 6 2 Samuel 1:14; Romans 12:14–13:2; Job 31:29–30; 1 Samuel 26:9–11; 1 Thessalonians 5:15
- 7 Psalm 7:4; Matthew 5:44; Romans 12:17–21; 1 Samuel 25:33
- 8 1 Samuel 25:23–24; 1 Samuel 26:17; Romans 13:7; 1 Samuel 20:41; Genesis 17:3
- 9 Ecclesiastes 7:21–22; Proverbs 29:12; Psalm 101:5; 1 Samuel 26:19; Proverbs 18:8
- 10 1 Samuel 24:4; Psalm 105:15; 1 Samuel 26:8–9
- 11 1 Samuel 26:20; 1 Samuel 23:23; 1 Samuel 23:14; 1 Samuel 26:18; 2 Kings 5:13
- 12 Psalm 43:1; Judges 11:27; Psalm 35:1; Genesis 16:5; Romans 12:19
- 13 Matthew 7:20; Matthew 7:16–18; Matthew 12:33–34; Matthew 15:19
- 14 1 Samuel 26:20; 2 Samuel 9:8; 1 Samuel 17:43; 2 Samuel 16:9; 2 Samuel 3:8
- 15 Psalm 43:1; Psalm 35:1; Psalm 119:154; 1 Samuel 24:12; Micah 7:9
- 16 1 Samuel 26:17; Acts 6:10; Luke 21:15; Proverbs 15:1; Genesis 33:4
- 17 Matthew 5:44; 1 Samuel 26:21; Genesis 38:26; Romans 12:20–21; Matthew 27:4
- 18 1 Samuel 26:23; 1 Samuel 23:12; 1 Samuel 23:7; 1 Samuel 26:8; 1 Samuel 24:10
- 19 Proverbs 25:21–22; 1 Samuel 26:25; Psalm 18:20; Judges 17:2; 1 Samuel 23:21
- 20 1 Samuel 23:17; Matthew 2:3–6; 2 Samuel 3:17–18; 1 Samuel 13:14; Matthew 2:16
- 21 Genesis 21:23; 2 Samuel 21:6–8; 1 Samuel 20:14–17; Genesis 31:53; Hebrews 6:16
- 22 1 Samuel 23:29; Matthew 10:16–17; John 2:24; Proverbs 26:24–25
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For thus it is written: "And David's heart smote him because he had taken away the skirt of his cloak." But to the men with him, who advised him to destroy Saul thus delivered up into his hands, he saith, "The Lord forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, the Lord's christ, to lay my hand upon …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
… shown: but Saul not even after their betrayal could seize David; but rather in a certain cave in that very country, when into his hands Saul had been given to slay, David spared him, and that which he had in his power he did not. But the other was seeking to do that which he had not in his power.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)