2 Kings · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
2 Kings 19 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 Al oír el informe, el rey Ezequías rasgó su ropa, se vistió de tela áspera y entró en el templo del Señor.
1 When King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into Yahweh’s house.
2 Envió a Eliaquim, administrador del palacio; a Sebna, el secretario; y a los principales sacerdotes, todos vestidos de tela áspera, a ver al profeta Isaías hijo de Amoz.
2 He sent Eliakim, who was over the household, Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
3 Le dijeron: «Ezequías dice: “Hoy es un día de angustia, castigo y vergüenza. Somos como una mujer que está por dar a luz y ya no tiene fuerzas para hacerlo.
3 They said to him, “Hezekiah says, ‘Today is a day of trouble, of rebuke, and of rejection; for the children have come to the point of birth, and there is no strength to deliver them.
4 Tal vez el Señor tu Dios escuche lo que dijo el oficial enviado por el rey de Asiria para insultar al Dios vivo, y lo castigue por sus palabras. Ora por los que aún quedamos”».
4 It may be Yahweh your God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which Yahweh your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.’”
5 Así llegaron los enviados de Ezequías ante Isaías.
5 So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
6 Isaías les dijo: «Digan a su señor: “El Señor dice: No tengas miedo de las palabras con que los servidores del rey de Asiria me han insultado.
6 Isaiah said to them, “Tell your master this: ‘Yahweh says, “Don’t be afraid of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
7 Haré que oiga una noticia y regrese a su país. Allí haré que muera a espada”».
7 Behold, I will put a spirit in him, and he will hear news, and will return to his own land. I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.”’”
8 El oficial asirio regresó y encontró al rey de Asiria combatiendo contra Libna, pues se había retirado de Laquis.
8 So Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he had departed from Lachish.
9 Entonces el rey recibió la noticia de que Tirhaca, rey de Etiopía, venía a combatirlo. Volvió a enviar mensajeros a Ezequías con este mensaje:
9 When he heard it said of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, “Behold, he has come out to fight against you,” he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying,
10 «Digan a Ezequías, rey de Judá: “No permitas que el Dios en quien confías te engañe con la promesa de que Jerusalén no caerá en manos del rey de Asiria.
10 “Tell Hezekiah king of Judah this: ‘Don’t let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
11 Has oído lo que los reyes de Asiria hicieron a todos los países: los destruyeron por completo. ¿Crees que tú te salvarás?
11 Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly. Will you be delivered?
12 ¿Pudieron sus dioses salvar a los pueblos que mis antepasados destruyeron: Gozán, Harán, Resef y los descendientes de Edén en Telasar?
12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed—Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the children of Eden who were in Telassar?
13 ¿Dónde están los reyes de Hamat, Arfad y Sefarvaim, y los de Hena e Iva?”».
13 Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?’”
14 Ezequías recibió la carta de los mensajeros y la leyó. Luego subió al templo del Señor y la extendió delante de él.
14 Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it. Then Hezekiah went up to Yahweh’s house, and spread it before Yahweh.
15 Oró así: «Señor, Dios de Israel, tú estás sentado entre los querubines. Solo tú eres Dios de todos los reinos de la tierra. Tú hiciste el cielo y la tierra.
15 Hezekiah prayed before Yahweh, and said, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.
16 Inclina tu oído y escucha, Señor. Abre tus ojos y mira. Escucha las palabras con las que Senaquerib ha insultado al Dios vivo.
16 Incline your ear, Yahweh, and hear. Open your eyes, Yahweh, and see. Hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to defy the living God.
17 Es verdad, Señor, que los reyes de Asiria han destruido a las naciones y sus tierras.
17 Truly, Yahweh, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,
18 También arrojaron sus dioses al fuego y los destruyeron. Pero no eran dioses: eran solo madera y piedra hechas por manos humanas.
18 and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone. Therefore they have destroyed them.
19 Ahora, Señor nuestro Dios, sálvanos de las manos de Senaquerib para que todos los reinos de la tierra sepan que solo tú, Señor, eres Dios».
19 Now therefore, Yahweh our God, save us, I beg you, out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you, Yahweh, are God alone.”
20 Entonces Isaías hijo de Amoz mandó a decir a Ezequías: «El Señor, Dios de Israel, dice: “He escuchado tu oración acerca de Senaquerib, rey de Asiria.
20 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, says ‘You have prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria, and I have heard you.
21 Esto es lo que digo contra él: La joven ciudad de Sión se burla de ti y te desprecia; Jerusalén mueve la cabeza a tus espaldas.
21 This is the word that Yahweh has spoken concerning him: ‘The virgin daughter of Zion has despised you and ridiculed you. The daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.
22 ¿A quién has insultado? ¿Contra quién has alzado la voz y mirado con orgullo? ¡Contra el Santo de Israel!
22 Whom have you defied and blasphemed? Against whom have you exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel!
23 Por medio de tus mensajeros insultaste al Señor. Te jactaste: ‘Con mis numerosos carros subí a lo alto de las montañas, hasta los rincones más lejanos del Líbano. Corté sus cedros más altos y sus mejores árboles. Llegué a sus lugares más remotos y a sus bosques más densos.
23 By your messengers, you have defied the Lord, and have said, “With the multitude of my chariots, I have come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon, and I will cut down its tall cedars and its choice cypress trees; and I will enter into his farthest lodging place, the forest of his fruitful field.
24 Cavé pozos y bebí agua en tierras extranjeras. Con la planta de mis pies secaré todos los ríos de Egipto’.
24 I have dug and drunk strange waters, and I will dry up all the rivers of Egypt with the sole of my feet.”
25 ¿No has oído que yo decidí esto hace mucho tiempo? Ahora he permitido que conviertas ciudades fortificadas en montones de ruinas.
25 Haven’t you heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? Now I have brought it to pass, that it should be yours to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps.
26 Sus habitantes perdieron las fuerzas, quedaron avergonzados y aterrados. Fueron como la hierba del campo y como la hierba que crece en los techos y se seca antes de crecer.
26 Therefore their inhabitants had little power. They were dismayed and confounded. They were like the grass of the field and like the green herb, like the grass on the housetops and like grain blasted before it has grown up.
27 Yo sé cuándo te sientas y cuándo te levantas, cuándo sales y cuándo entras. Conozco tu furia contra mí.
27 But I know your sitting down, your going out, your coming in, and your raging against me.
28 Como tu furia y tu arrogancia han llegado a mis oídos, pondré un anillo en tu nariz y un freno en tu boca. Te haré volver por el mismo camino por el que viniste.
28 Because of your raging against me, and because your arrogance has come up into my ears, therefore I will put my hook in your nose, and my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way by which you came.’
29 Esta será la señal para ti, Ezequías: este año comerán lo que crezca por sí solo, y el año próximo lo que nazca de ello. Al tercer año sembrarán y cosecharán, plantarán viñas y comerán su fruto.
29 “This will be the sign to you: This year, you will eat that which grows of itself, and in the second year that which springs from that; and in the third year sow and reap, and plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
30 Los sobrevivientes de Judá volverán a echar raíces y darán fruto.
30 The remnant that has escaped of the house of Judah will again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
31 Porque de Jerusalén saldrá un grupo de sobrevivientes, y del monte Sión los que hayan escapado. El celo del Señor de los ejércitos hará esto.
31 For out of Jerusalem a remnant will go out, and out of Mount Zion those who shall escape. Yahweh’s zeal will perform this.
32 Por eso el Señor dice acerca del rey de Asiria: No entrará en esta ciudad ni lanzará una flecha contra ella. No se acercará con escudo ni levantará una rampa de ataque.
32 “Therefore Yahweh says concerning the king of Assyria, ‘He will not come to this city, nor shoot an arrow there. He will not come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it.
33 Regresará por el mismo camino por el que vino. No entrará en esta ciudad, dice el Señor.
33 He will return the same way that he came, and he will not come to this city,’ says Yahweh.
34 Defenderé esta ciudad y la salvaré por causa de mi nombre y de mi servidor David”».
34 ‘For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake and for my servant David’s sake.’”
35 Aquella noche el ángel del Señor salió y mató a ciento ochenta y cinco mil hombres en el campamento asirio. Al amanecer, todos eran cadáveres.
35 That night, Yahweh’s angel went out and struck one hundred eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians. When men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
36 Senaquerib, rey de Asiria, levantó el campamento, regresó a su país y se quedó en Nínive.
36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, went home, and lived at Nineveh.
37 Un día, mientras adoraba en el templo de su dios Nisroc, sus hijos Adramelec y Sarezer lo mataron a espada y huyeron a la tierra de Ararat. Otro de sus hijos, Esarhadón, ocupó su lugar como rey.
37 As he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Esar Haddon his son reigned in his place.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Adrammelech
A son of Sennacherib who with his brother Sharezer put their father to the sword in the temple of Nisroch and escaped to the land of Ararat.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 19:37; Isaiah 37:38
Amoz
Named as the father of the prophet Isaiah.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 19:2; 2 Kings 19:20; 2 Kings 20:1
Esar-haddon
Sennacherib's son, who reigned in his father's place after Adrammelech and Sharezer killed him.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 19:37; Ezra 4:2; Isaiah 37:38
Hezekiah
A great reformer who trusted God and saw Jerusalem delivered from Assyria.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 18-20; 2 Chron. 29-32; Isa. 36-39; Matt. 1:9-10
Isaiah
The prophet, son of Amoz, who told Hezekiah that Sennacherib would not enter Jerusalem, foretold his illness and recovery, brought back the shadow ten steps, and warned of the…
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 19:2; 2 Kings 19:20; 2 Kings 20:1
Sennacherib
King of Assyria who captured Judah's fortified cities in Hezekiah's fourteenth year, sent the Rabshakeh against Jerusalem, lost 185,000 men to the angel of the LORD, and was…
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 18:13; 2 Kings 19:16; 2 Kings 19:20
Shebnah
The scribe who with Eliakim and Joah met the Rabshakeh and was sent with the leading priests to the prophet Isaiah. Isaiah 22:15 rebukes Shebna as steward over the palace.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 18:18; 2 Kings 18:37; 2 Kings 19:2
Tirhakah
King of Cush about whom Sennacherib was warned that he had set out to fight him.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 19:9; Isaiah 37:9
Places
Nineveh
Capital of the brutal Assyrian Empire. Jonah's reluctant mission brought it to repentance; Nahum later prophesied its fall, which came in 612 BC.
Cited in the guide: Jonah 3:3; Nahum 1:1; 2 Kings 19:36
Cross references (36)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Kings 18:37; 1 Kings 21:27; 2 Chronicles 32:20–22; Isaiah 37:1–7; Genesis 37:34
- 2 Isaiah 1:1; Isaiah 2:1; Matthew 4:14; Isaiah 37:2–5; 2 Chronicles 26:22
- 3 Jeremiah 30:5–7; Isaiah 66:9; Hebrews 3:15–16; Isaiah 26:17–18; Hosea 13:13
- 4 2 Samuel 16:12; James 5:16–17; Romans 9:27; Ezekiel 36:37; Joshua 14:12
- 6 2 Kings 18:35; 2 Kings 18:17; Isaiah 37:6–38; 2 Chronicles 20:15; Deuteronomy 20:1
- 7 2 Kings 7:6; Isaiah 10:16–18; Isaiah 11:4; Obadiah 1; 2 Chronicles 32:21
- 8 2 Kings 18:14; Joshua 10:29; Isaiah 37:8–9; Joshua 12:15; Joshua 12:11
- 9 1 Samuel 23:27; 2 Kings 18:17; Isaiah 37:9
- 10 2 Kings 18:5; 2 Kings 18:29–30; Isaiah 37:10–14; 2 Chronicles 32:15–19
- 11 Isaiah 10:8–11; 2 Chronicles 32:13–14; 2 Kings 19:17–18; 2 Kings 17:5–11
- 12 2 Kings 17:6; Ezekiel 27:23; Genesis 11:31; Isaiah 37:12; 1 Chronicles 5:26
- 13 2 Kings 18:34; 2 Kings 17:24; Isaiah 11:11; Isaiah 37:13–20; Numbers 13:21
- 14 Isaiah 37:14; Psalm 123:1–4; Psalm 91:1–2; Ezra 9:5; 1 Kings 8:28–30
- 15 Jeremiah 10:10–12; Isaiah 44:8; 2 Kings 5:15; Exodus 25:22; Daniel 4:34–35
- 16 Isaiah 37:17; Psalm 31:2; 2 Chronicles 6:40; 2 Kings 19:4; 1 Kings 8:29
- 17 Acts 4:27; 2 Kings 17:24; Isaiah 7:17–18; Jeremiah 26:15; Luke 22:59
- 18 Acts 17:29; Jeremiah 10:3–9; Isaiah 44:9–20; Jeremiah 10:14–16; 2 Samuel 5:21
- 19 Psalm 83:18; 1 Kings 8:43; Psalm 67:1–2; Exodus 9:15–16; Daniel 4:34–37
- 20 2 Kings 20:5; 2 Chronicles 32:20–21; Acts 10:31; Isaiah 65:24; Jeremiah 33:3
- 21 Lamentations 2:13; Job 16:4; Matthew 27:39; Jeremiah 14:17; Psalm 109:25
- 22 Isaiah 5:24; Psalm 71:22; 2 Thessalonians 2:4; Jeremiah 51:5; Isaiah 30:15
- 23 2 Kings 18:17; Psalm 20:7; Isaiah 10:18; 2 Chronicles 32:17; Isaiah 10:14
- 24 1 Kings 20:10; Exodus 15:9; Isaiah 19:6; 2 Samuel 17:13; Daniel 4:30
- 25 Isaiah 45:7; Isaiah 37:26–27; Isaiah 10:5–6; Isaiah 46:10–11; Psalm 76:10
- 26 Jeremiah 50:36–37; 1 Peter 1:24; Jeremiah 51:30; Psalm 48:4–7; Psalm 129:6–8
- 27 Jeremiah 23:23–24; Isaiah 37:28–29; Psalm 121:8; Deuteronomy 28:6; Psalm 139:1–11
- 28 Ezekiel 29:4; 2 Kings 19:33; Ezekiel 38:4; Amos 4:2; Isaiah 30:28
- 29 Leviticus 25:20–22; 2 Kings 20:8–9; Exodus 3:12; Isaiah 37:30; Luke 2:12
- 30 Isaiah 27:6; 2 Kings 19:4; Isaiah 10:20–22; 2 Chronicles 32:22–23; Isaiah 1:9
- 31 Isaiah 9:7; Romans 11:5; John 2:17; Isaiah 10:20; Romans 9:27
- 32 Isaiah 8:7–10; 2 Samuel 20:15; Luke 19:43–44; Isaiah 10:24–25; Ezekiel 21:22
- 33 2 Kings 19:28; 2 Kings 19:36
- 34 1 Kings 11:12–13; 2 Kings 20:6; 1 Kings 15:4; Isaiah 31:5; Jeremiah 33:26
- 35 2 Chronicles 32:21–22; 2 Samuel 24:16; Exodus 12:29–30; Isaiah 37:36; 1 Thessalonians 5:2–3
- 36 Jonah 1:2; 2 Kings 19:7; 2 Kings 19:33; 2 Kings 19:28; Matthew 12:41
- 37 Genesis 8:4; Ezra 4:2; Jeremiah 51:27; 2 Kings 19:7; 2 Chronicles 32:21
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And to Hezekiah He saith, "I will defend this city, for mine own sake and for my servant David's sake." And to Solomon too He said, that for David's sake He rent not the kingdom during his lifetime.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
… I cannot destroy them." Therefore He saith, "What, think ye that I cannot pray to my Father?" And again He speaks it humbly, in saying, "He will presently give me twelve legions of angels." For if one angel slew one hundred and eighty-five armed thousands, what need of twelve legions against a thousand men?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)