1 Samuel · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 Había un hombre de Benjamín llamado Cis, hijo de Abiel, hijo de Zeror, hijo de Becorat, hijo de Afía. Era un benjamita rico y poderoso.
1 Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah, the son of a Benjamite, a mighty man of valor.
2 Tenía un hijo llamado Saúl, un joven muy bien parecido. No había entre los israelitas otro más atractivo que él. Era una cabeza más alto que todos los demás.
2 He had a son whose name was Saul, an impressive young man; and there was not among the children of Israel a more handsome person than he. From his shoulders and upward he was taller than any of the people.
3 Un día se perdieron los asnos de Cis, el padre de Saúl. Entonces Cis dijo a Saúl: Toma contigo a uno de los criados y ve a buscar los asnos.
3 The donkeys of Kish, Saul’s father, were lost. Kish said to Saul his son, “Now take one of the servants with you, and arise, go look for the donkeys.”
4 Pasaron por la región montañosa de Efraín y por la tierra de Salisa, pero no los encontraron. Luego atravesaron la tierra de Saalim, pero tampoco estaban allí. Después recorrieron la tierra de Benjamín y tampoco los encontraron.
4 He passed through the hill country of Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalishah, but they didn’t find them. Then they passed through the land of Shaalim, and they weren’t there. Then he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they didn’t find them.
5 Cuando llegaron a la tierra de Zuf, Saúl dijo al criado que lo acompañaba: Vamos, regresemos. De lo contrario, mi padre dejará de preocuparse por los asnos y empezará a preocuparse por nosotros.
5 When they had come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant who was with him, “Come! Let’s return, lest my father stop caring about the donkeys and be anxious for us.”
6 Pero el criado respondió: En este pueblo hay un hombre de Dios muy respetado. Todo lo que dice se cumple. Vayamos a verlo. Tal vez pueda indicarnos qué camino debemos seguir.
6 The servant said to him, “Behold now, there is a man of God in this city, and he is a man who is held in honor. All that he says surely happens. Now let’s go there. Perhaps he can tell us which way to go.”
7 Saúl dijo a su criado: Pero si vamos, ¿qué podemos llevarle al hombre? Ya no nos queda pan, y no tenemos ningún regalo para llevar al hombre de Dios. ¿Qué tenemos?
7 Then Saul said to his servant, “But behold, if we go, what should we bring the man? For the bread is spent in our sacks, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God. What do we have?”
8 El criado respondió: Tengo aquí la cuarta parte de un siclo de plata. Se la daré al hombre de Dios, y él nos indicará qué camino debemos seguir.
8 The servant answered Saul again and said, “Behold, I have in my hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver. I will give that to the man of God, to tell us our way.”
9 En tiempos antiguos, cuando alguien en Israel iba a consultar a Dios, decía: Vamos a ver al vidente. Al que hoy se llama profeta antes se le llamaba vidente.
9 (In earlier times in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, he said, “Come! Let’s go to the seer;” for he who is now called a prophet was before called a seer.)
10 Saúl dijo a su criado: Está bien. Vamos. Y fueron al pueblo donde estaba el hombre de Dios.
10 Then Saul said to his servant, “Well said. Come! Let’s go.” So they went to the city where the man of God was.
11 Mientras subían hacia el pueblo, encontraron a unas jóvenes que salían a sacar agua y les preguntaron: ¿Está aquí el vidente?
11 As they went up the ascent to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said to them, “Is the seer here?”
12 Ellas respondieron: Sí. Va delante de ustedes. Dense prisa, porque hoy llegó al pueblo. El pueblo va a presentar una ofrenda en el lugar alto.
12 They answered them and said, “He is. Behold, he is before you. Hurry now, for he has come today into the city; for the people have a sacrifice today in the high place.
13 Cuando entren en el pueblo lo encontrarán antes de que suba al lugar alto para comer. La gente no comenzará a comer hasta que él llegue y bendiga la ofrenda. Después comerán los invitados. Suban ahora y lo encontrarán.
13 As soon as you have come into the city, you will immediately find him before he goes up to the high place to eat; for the people will not eat until he comes, because he blesses the sacrifice. Afterwards those who are invited eat. Now therefore go up; for at this time you will find him.”
14 Ellos subieron al pueblo. Cuando entraban, Samuel salió a su encuentro camino al lugar alto.
14 They went up to the city. As they came within the city, behold, Samuel came out toward them to go up to the high place.
15 El día anterior a la llegada de Saúl, el Señor había revelado a Samuel:
15 Now Yahweh had revealed to Samuel a day before Saul came, saying,
16 Mañana a esta misma hora te enviaré un hombre de la tierra de Benjamín. Úngelo como gobernante de mi pueblo Israel. Él salvará a mi pueblo del poder de los filisteos, porque he visto su aflicción y su clamor ha llegado hasta mí.
16 “Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man out of the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be prince over my people Israel. He will save my people out of the hand of the Philistines; for I have looked upon my people, because their cry has come to me.”
17 Cuando Samuel vio a Saúl, el Señor le dijo: Este es el hombre de quien te hablé. Él gobernará a mi pueblo.
17 When Samuel saw Saul, Yahweh said to him, “Behold, the man of whom I spoke to you! He will have authority over my people.”
18 Saúl se acercó a Samuel a la entrada del pueblo y le preguntó: Por favor, dime dónde está la casa del vidente.
18 Then Saul approached Samuel in the gateway, and said, “Please tell me where the seer’s house is.”
19 Samuel respondió: Yo soy el vidente. Sube delante de mí al lugar alto. Hoy comerás conmigo. Mañana temprano te dejaré ir y te diré todo lo que hay en tu corazón.
19 Samuel answered Saul and said, “I am the seer. Go up before me to the high place, for you are to eat with me today. In the morning I will let you go and will tell you all that is in your heart.
20 En cuanto a los asnos que se perdieron hace tres días, no te preocupes por ellos, porque ya fueron encontrados. ¿Y a quién pertenece todo lo que Israel desea? ¿No es a ti y a toda la familia de tu padre?
20 As for your donkeys who were lost three days ago, don’t set your mind on them, for they have been found. For whom does all Israel desire? Is it not you and all your father’s house?”
21 Saúl respondió: ¿No soy yo de Benjamín, la más pequeña de las tribus de Israel? ¿Y no es mi familia una de las menos importantes de la tribu de Benjamín? ¿Por qué me dices estas cosas?
21 Saul answered, “Am I not a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? And my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then do you speak to me like this?”
22 Samuel llevó a Saúl y a su criado al salón de invitados y les dio el lugar principal entre los invitados, que eran unos treinta.
22 Samuel took Saul and his servant and brought them into the guest room, and made them sit in the best place among those who were invited, who were about thirty persons.
23 Entonces Samuel dijo al cocinero: Trae la porción que te entregué y te ordené guardar.
23 Samuel said to the cook, “Bring the portion which I gave you, of which I said to you, ‘Set it aside.’”
24 El cocinero tomó la pierna con la parte que estaba sobre ella y la puso delante de Saúl. Samuel dijo: Aquí está la porción que fue reservada para ti. Cómela, porque se guardó para ti para esta ocasión. Así que aquel día Saúl comió con Samuel.
24 The cook took up the thigh, and that which was on it, and set it before Saul. Samuel said, “Behold, that which has been reserved! Set it before yourself and eat; because it has been kept for you for the appointed time, for I said, ‘I have invited the people.’” So Saul ate with Samuel that day.
25 Cuando bajaron del lugar alto al pueblo, prepararon un lugar para que Saúl descansara, y él se acostó.
25 When they had come down from the high place into the city, he talked with Saul on the housetop.
26 Al amanecer Samuel llamó a Saúl desde la azotea: Levántate, y te despediré. Saúl se levantó, y él y Samuel salieron juntos.
26 They arose early; and about daybreak, Samuel called to Saul on the housetop, saying, “Get up, that I may send you away.” Saul arose, and they both went outside, he and Samuel, together.
27 Cuando llegaban a las afueras del pueblo, Samuel dijo a Saúl: Dile a tu criado que siga adelante. El criado siguió, y Samuel añadió: Tú quédate aquí un momento, para que yo te comunique la palabra de Dios.
27 As they were going down at the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, “Tell the servant to go on ahead of us.” He went ahead, then Samuel said, “But stand still first, that I may cause you to hear God’s message.”
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
Aphiah
The earliest name in the ancestry of Kish, who is called the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah of Benjamin.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 9:1
Becorath
Named in the ancestry of Kish as the son of Aphiah and the father of Zeror.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 9:1
Kish
A Benjaminite man of standing, the father of Israel's first king, Saul.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 9:1-3
Saul
Israel's first king, anointed by Samuel but later rejected for his disobedience to God.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 9-10; 1 Samuel 15
Zeror
Named in the ancestry of Kish as the son of Becorath and the father of Abiel.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 9:1
Cross references (24)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Samuel 14:51; Acts 13:21; 1 Chronicles 9:36–39; 1 Chronicles 8:30–33; 1 Samuel 25:2
- 2 1 Samuel 16:7; 2 Samuel 14:25–26; Genesis 6:2; Numbers 13:33; 1 Samuel 17:4
- 3 Judges 5:10; Judges 10:4; 1 Samuel 10:2
- 4 2 Kings 4:42; Joshua 24:33; Genesis 33:18; Judges 17:1; Judges 19:1
- 5 1 Samuel 10:2; 1 Samuel 1:1; Luke 12:11; Matthew 6:28; Matthew 6:25
- 6 1 Kings 13:1; 1 Timothy 6:11; Deuteronomy 33:1; 1 Thessalonians 5:13; 1 Samuel 3:19–20
- 7 2 Kings 8:8; 1 Kings 14:3; 2 Kings 4:42; 2 Kings 5:15; Judges 6:18
- 9 Isaiah 30:10; 1 Chronicles 26:28; 2 Kings 17:13; Amos 7:12; 1 Chronicles 29:29
- 10 2 Kings 5:13–14
- 11 Genesis 24:11; Exodus 2:16; Judges 5:11; Genesis 24:18–20
- 12 Genesis 31:54; 1 Samuel 16:2; 1 Samuel 10:5; 1 Kings 3:2–4; 1 Corinthians 5:7–8
- 13 John 6:11; Mark 6:41; Matthew 26:26; 1 Corinthians 10:30; Luke 24:30
- 15 Acts 13:21; 1 Samuel 15:1; Amos 3:7; 2 Samuel 7:27; Job 33:16
- 16 1 Samuel 10:1; Exodus 3:7–9; Psalm 106:44; Psalm 25:18; 1 Samuel 15:1
- 17 Hosea 13:11; Acts 13:21; 1 Samuel 16:6–12; 1 Samuel 3:13; Nehemiah 13:19
- 19 1 Corinthians 14:25; John 4:29
- 20 1 Samuel 8:5; 1 Samuel 12:13; 1 Samuel 9:3; 1 Samuel 8:19; Psalm 62:10
- 21 1 Samuel 15:17; Ephesians 3:8; Luke 14:11; Psalm 68:27; Judges 20:46–48
- 22 Genesis 43:32; Luke 14:10
- 23 1 Samuel 1:5; Genesis 43:34
- 24 Ezekiel 24:4; Leviticus 7:32–33; Exodus 29:22; Exodus 29:27; Numbers 18:18
- 25 Deuteronomy 22:8; Acts 10:9; 2 Samuel 11:2; Nehemiah 8:16; Jeremiah 19:13
- 26 Genesis 19:14; Joshua 7:13; Genesis 44:4; Judges 19:28
- 27 John 15:14–15; 2 Kings 9:5–6; 1 Samuel 20:38–39; 1 Samuel 15:16
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And then the union of all these, which is called the Triacontad, they strenuously endeavour to demonstrate by the ark of Noah, the height of which was thirty cubits; by the case of Samuel, who assigned Saul the chief place among thirty guests; by David, when for thirty days he concealed himself in the field; by those who entered along …
And as for Samuel and David, we have it plainly in the Books of the Kingdoms, how by the Holy Ghost they prophesied themselves, and were rulers of the prophets;--and Samuel was called the Seer; and David says distinctly, The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and in the Psalms, And take not thy Holy Spirit from me, …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)