2 Kings · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
2 Kings 2 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 Cuando el Señor estaba por llevarse a Elías al cielo en un torbellino, Elías y Eliseo salieron de Gilgal.
1 When Yahweh was about to take Elijah up by a whirlwind into heaven, Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
2 Elías le dijo a Eliseo: «Quédate aquí, porque el Señor me ha enviado a Betel». Pero Eliseo respondió: «Tan cierto como que vive el Señor y vives tú, no te dejaré». Así que bajaron juntos a Betel.
2 Elijah said to Elisha, “Please wait here, for Yahweh has sent me as far as Bethel.” Elisha said, “As Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.
3 Allí, los miembros de un grupo de profetas salieron a recibir a Eliseo y le preguntaron: «¿Sabes que hoy el Señor se llevará a tu maestro?». Él respondió: «Sí, lo sé. No hablen de eso».
3 The sons of the prophets who were at Bethel came out to Elisha, and said to him, “Do you know that Yahweh will take away your master from over you today?” He said, “Yes, I know it. Hold your peace.”
4 Elías le dijo: «Quédate aquí, porque el Señor me ha enviado a Jericó». Pero Eliseo respondió: «Tan cierto como que vive el Señor y vives tú, no te dejaré». Así que fueron juntos a Jericó.
4 Elijah said to him, “Elisha, please wait here, for Yahweh has sent me to Jericho.” He said, “As Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you.” So they came to Jericho.
5 Allí, los miembros de un grupo de profetas se acercaron a Eliseo y le preguntaron: «¿Sabes que hoy el Señor se llevará a tu maestro?». Él respondió: «Sí, lo sé. No hablen de eso».
5 The sons of the prophets who were at Jericho came near to Elisha, and said to him, “Do you know that Yahweh will take away your master from over you today?” He answered, “Yes, I know it. Hold your peace.”
6 Elías le dijo: «Quédate aquí, porque el Señor me ha enviado al Jordán». Pero Eliseo respondió: «Tan cierto como que vive el Señor y vives tú, no te dejaré». Así que siguieron juntos.
6 Elijah said to him, “Please wait here, for Yahweh has sent me to the Jordan.” He said, “As Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you.” Then they both went on.
7 Cincuenta miembros del grupo de profetas fueron a observarlos desde lejos. Elías y Eliseo se detuvieron a la orilla del Jordán.
7 Fifty men of the sons of the prophets went and stood opposite them at a distance; and they both stood by the Jordan.
8 Elías tomó su manto, lo enrolló y golpeó el agua. El río se abrió hacia ambos lados, y los dos cruzaron por tierra seca.
8 Elijah took his mantle, and rolled it up, and struck the waters; and they were divided here and there, so that they both went over on dry ground.
9 Después de cruzar, Elías le dijo a Eliseo: «Dime qué quieres que haga por ti antes de que me alejen de tu lado». Eliseo respondió: «Te pido que me corresponda una doble porción de tu espíritu».
9 When they had gone over, Elijah said to Elisha, “Ask what I shall do for you, before I am taken from you.” Elisha said, “Please let a double portion of your spirit be on me.”
10 Elías le dijo: «Pides algo difícil. Si me ves cuando me alejen de tu lado, recibirás lo que pides. Si no me ves, no lo recibirás».
10 He said, “You have asked a hard thing. If you see me when I am taken from you, it will be so for you; but if not, it will not be so.”
11 Mientras caminaban y conversaban, aparecieron de pronto un carro y caballos de fuego que los separaron. Y Elías subió al cielo en un torbellino.
11 As they continued on and talked, behold, a chariot of fire and horses of fire separated them; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
12 Eliseo lo vio y gritó: «¡Padre mío, padre mío! ¡Carros y jinetes de Israel!». Cuando ya no pudo verlo, rasgó su ropa en dos.
12 Elisha saw it, and he cried, “My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!” He saw him no more. Then he took hold of his own clothes and tore them in two pieces.
13 Luego recogió el manto que se le había caído a Elías y regresó a la orilla del Jordán.
13 He also took up Elijah’s mantle that fell from him, and went back and stood by the bank of the Jordan.
14 Con el manto de Elías golpeó el agua y preguntó: «¿Dónde está el Señor, el Dios de Elías?». Al golpearla, el agua se abrió hacia ambos lados, y Eliseo cruzó.
14 He took Elijah’s mantle that fell from him, and struck the waters, and said, “Where is Yahweh, the God of Elijah?” When he also had struck the waters, they were divided apart, and Elisha went over.
15 Los miembros del grupo de profetas de Jericó lo vieron desde lejos y dijeron: «El espíritu de Elías reposa sobre Eliseo». Fueron a su encuentro y se inclinaron hasta el suelo ante él.
15 When the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho facing him saw him, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” They came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.
16 Le dijeron: «Tenemos aquí cincuenta hombres fuertes. Permite que vayan a buscar a tu maestro. Tal vez el Espíritu del Señor lo levantó y lo dejó en alguna montaña o en algún valle». Eliseo respondió: «No los envíen».
16 They said to him, “See now, there are with your servants fifty strong men. Please let them go and seek your master. Perhaps Yahweh’s Spirit has taken him up, and put him on some mountain or into some valley.” He said, “Don’t send them.”
17 Pero insistieron tanto que Eliseo terminó por decir: «Envíenlos». Mandaron a los cincuenta hombres, quienes lo buscaron durante tres días sin encontrarlo.
17 When they urged him until he was ashamed, he said, “Send them.” Therefore they sent fifty men; and they searched for three days, but didn’t find him.
18 Cuando volvieron a Eliseo, que seguía en Jericó, él les dijo: «¿No les dije que no fueran?».
18 They came back to him while he stayed at Jericho; and he said to them, “Didn’t I tell you, ‘Don’t go’?”
19 Los habitantes de la ciudad le dijeron a Eliseo: «Como puedes ver, la ciudad está bien situada, pero el agua es mala y la tierra no produce».
19 The men of the city said to Elisha, “Behold, please, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees; but the water is bad, and the land is barren.”
20 Eliseo dijo: «Tráiganme un recipiente nuevo con sal». Se lo llevaron.
20 He said, “Bring me a new jar, and put salt in it.” Then they brought it to him.
21 Él fue al manantial, echó allí la sal y dijo: «El Señor dice: “He sanado esta agua. Ya no causará muerte ni hará que la tierra deje de producir”».
21 He went out to the spring of the waters, and threw salt into it, and said, “Yahweh says, ‘I have healed these waters. There shall not be from there any more death or barren wasteland.’”
22 Desde entonces el agua quedó sana, conforme a la palabra que dijo Eliseo, y así sigue hasta hoy.
22 So the waters were healed to this day, according to Elisha’s word which he spoke.
23 Eliseo salió de allí rumbo a Betel. Mientras iba por el camino, unos muchachos salieron de la ciudad y se burlaron de él. Le gritaban: «¡Sube, calvo! ¡Sube, calvo!».
23 He went up from there to Bethel. As he was going up by the way, some youths came out of the city and mocked him, and said to him, “Go up, you baldy! Go up, you baldy!”
24 Él se volvió, los miró y los maldijo en el nombre del Señor. Entonces salieron del bosque dos osas y atacaron a cuarenta y dos de ellos.
24 He looked behind him and saw them, and cursed them in Yahweh’s name. Then two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of those youths.
25 Desde allí Eliseo fue al monte Carmelo y luego regresó a Samaria.
25 He went from there to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.
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Elisha
Son of Shaphat from Abel-meholah, found plowing with twelve teams of oxen when Elijah threw his cloak around him, who inherited a double portion of Elijah's spirit, worked many…
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 19:16; 1 Kings 19:19; 2 Kings 2:9
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- 1 Genesis 5:24; Hebrews 11:5; 1 Kings 19:16–21; 1 Kings 19:11; Joshua 4:19
- 2 2 Kings 2:6; 2 Kings 4:30; Ruth 1:15–18; 2 Kings 2:4; 1 Samuel 1:26
- 3 2 Kings 4:38; 2 Kings 4:1; 2 Kings 9:1; 1 Kings 20:35; 2 Kings 2:15
- 4 2 Kings 2:2; Joshua 6:26; Luke 19:1; 1 Kings 16:34; 2 Kings 4:30
- 5 2 Kings 2:3; Joshua 1:1–2; Acts 1:2; Isaiah 41:1; Ecclesiastes 3:7
- 6 2 Kings 2:2; Joshua 3:15
- 7 1 Kings 18:4; 2 Kings 2:17; 1 Kings 18:13
- 8 1 Kings 19:19; Exodus 14:21–22; Joshua 3:14–17; 2 Kings 2:14; Isaiah 11:15
- 9 Numbers 11:17; Deuteronomy 21:17; John 16:7; Acts 20:25–36; Zechariah 12:8
- 10 John 16:24; Mark 11:22–24; 2 Kings 2:12; Acts 1:9–10
- 11 2 Kings 6:17; Psalm 104:3–4; Hebrews 1:14; Psalm 68:17; Ezekiel 10:9–22
- 12 2 Kings 13:14; Isaiah 57:1–2; Proverbs 30:4; Acts 8:2; Isaiah 37:21
- 13 1 Kings 19:19; 2 Kings 2:8
- 14 John 14:12; Psalm 42:10; Psalm 115:2; Acts 3:12–13; Joshua 1:1–9
- 15 1 Peter 4:14; Acts 1:8; Isaiah 59:21; 2 Kings 6:1–7; Isaiah 11:2
- 16 1 Kings 18:12; Acts 8:39; Ezekiel 11:24; Ezekiel 3:14; 2 Corinthians 12:2–3
- 17 2 Kings 8:11; Hebrews 11:5; Romans 10:2; Luke 11:8; 2 Samuel 18:22–23
- 19 Exodus 23:26; Deuteronomy 28:2–4; Deuteronomy 28:11; Deuteronomy 28:15–18; 1 Kings 16:34
- 20 Zephaniah 2:9; Judges 9:45; Ezekiel 47:11
- 21 Exodus 15:25–26; 2 Kings 4:41; Leviticus 2:13; Revelation 21:4; Revelation 22:2–3
- 23 2 Chronicles 36:16; Job 19:18; Job 30:1; Amos 5:5; Proverbs 22:6
- 24 Acts 13:9–11; Acts 5:5; Hosea 13:8; Acts 5:9; Amos 7:17
- 25 2 Kings 4:25; 1 Kings 18:19–20; 1 Kings 18:42
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When God's Prophet Elisha was going up, children called after him mocking, "Go up thou bald head, Go up thou bald head:" but he, not so much in cruelty as in mystery, made those children to be devoured by bears out of the wood. If those children had not been devoured, would they have lived even till now?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)