2 Kings · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
2 Kings 3 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 Joram hijo de Acab comenzó a reinar sobre Israel en Samaria en el año dieciocho de Josafat, rey de Judá. Reinó doce años.
1 Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.
2 Hizo lo malo ante los ojos del Señor, aunque no tanto como su padre y su madre, pues quitó la columna de Baal que su padre había levantado.
2 He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, but not like his father and like his mother, for he put away the pillar of Baal that his father had made.
3 Sin embargo, siguió cometiendo los pecados con los que Jeroboam hijo de Nabat había hecho pecar a Israel. No se apartó de ellos.
3 Nevertheless he held to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin. He didn’t depart from them.
4 Mesa, rey de Moab, criaba ovejas y entregaba al rey de Israel como tributo cien mil corderos y la lana de cien mil carneros.
4 Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder; and he supplied the king of Israel with one hundred thousand lambs and the wool of one hundred thousand rams.
5 Pero después de la muerte de Acab, el rey de Moab se rebeló contra el rey de Israel.
5 But when Ahab was dead, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
6 Entonces el rey Joram salió de Samaria y reunió a todo Israel para la guerra.
6 King Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time, and mustered all Israel.
7 Envió este mensaje a Josafat, rey de Judá: «El rey de Moab se ha rebelado contra mí. ¿Vendrás conmigo a combatirlo?». Josafat respondió: «Iré contigo. Puedes contar conmigo, con mi pueblo y con mis caballos como si fueran tuyos».
7 He went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me against Moab to battle?” He said, “I will go up. I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.”
8 Josafat preguntó: «¿Qué camino tomaremos?». Joram respondió: «El camino que pasa por el desierto de Edom».
8 Then he said, “Which way shall we go up?” Jehoram answered, “The way of the wilderness of Edom.”
9 El rey de Israel partió con el rey de Judá y el rey de Edom. Después de dar un rodeo de siete días, se quedaron sin agua para el ejército y los animales que llevaban.
9 So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom, and they marched for seven days along a circuitous route. There was no water for the army or for the animals that followed them.
10 El rey de Israel exclamó: «¡Estamos perdidos! El Señor reunió a estos tres reyes para entregarlos en manos de Moab».
10 The king of Israel said, “Alas! For Yahweh has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.”
11 Pero Josafat preguntó: «¿No hay aquí algún profeta del Señor por medio de quien podamos consultarlo?». Uno de los oficiales del rey de Israel respondió: «Está aquí Eliseo hijo de Safat, que servía a Elías».
11 But Jehoshaphat said, “Isn’t there a prophet of Yahweh here, that we may inquire of Yahweh by him?” One of the king of Israel’s servants answered, “Elisha the son of Shaphat, who poured water on the hands of Elijah, is here.”
12 Josafat dijo: «El Señor habla por medio de él». Así que los tres reyes, el de Israel, Josafat y el de Edom, fueron a verlo.
12 Jehoshaphat said, “Yahweh’s word is with him.” So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
13 Eliseo le dijo al rey de Israel: «¿Qué tengo yo que ver contigo? Ve a consultar a los profetas de tu padre y de tu madre». El rey respondió: «No. El Señor reunió a estos tres reyes para entregarlos en manos de Moab».
13 Elisha said to the king of Israel, “What have I to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father, and to the prophets of your mother.” The king of Israel said to him, “No, for Yahweh has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.”
14 Eliseo dijo: «Tan cierto como que vive el Señor de los ejércitos, a quien sirvo, si no fuera por el respeto que le tengo a Josafat, rey de Judá, ni siquiera te miraría.
14 Elisha said, “As Yahweh of Armies lives, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I respect the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward you, nor see you.
15 Ahora tráiganme un músico». Mientras el músico tocaba, el poder del Señor vino sobre Eliseo,
15 But now bring me a musician.” When the musician played, Yahweh’s hand came on him.
16 y él dijo: «El Señor dice: “Abran zanjas por todo este valle.
16 He said, “Yahweh says, ‘Make this valley full of trenches.’
17 No verán viento ni lluvia, pero el valle se llenará de agua. Tendrán suficiente para beber ustedes, sus soldados y sus animales”.
17 For Yahweh says, ‘You will not see wind, neither will you see rain, yet that valley will be filled with water, and you will drink, both you and your livestock and your other animals.
18 Esto es poca cosa para el Señor. También entregará a Moab en sus manos.
18 This is an easy thing in Yahweh’s sight. He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.
19 Destruirán todas sus ciudades fortificadas y sus mejores ciudades; cortarán todos los árboles buenos, taparán todos los manantiales y cubrirán con piedras todos los campos buenos».
19 You shall strike every fortified city and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all springs of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.’”
20 A la mañana siguiente, a la hora de presentar la ofrenda, llegó agua desde la dirección de Edom y llenó aquella región.
20 In the morning, about the time of offering the sacrifice, behold, water came by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.
21 Los moabitas habían oído que los reyes venían a combatirlos. Reunieron a todos los hombres capaces de llevar armas y se apostaron en la frontera.
21 Now when all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to fight against them, they gathered themselves together, all who were able to put on armor, young and old, and stood on the border.
22 Al levantarse temprano, vieron que el sol daba sobre el agua frente a ellos y que esta parecía roja como la sangre.
22 They rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and the Moabites saw the water opposite them as red as blood.
23 Dijeron: «¡Es sangre! Seguro que los reyes se atacaron y se mataron unos a otros. ¡Vamos, moabitas, a recoger sus bienes!».
23 They said, “This is blood. The kings are surely destroyed, and they have struck each other. Now therefore, Moab, to the plunder!”
24 Pero cuando llegaron al campamento de Israel, los israelitas salieron a atacarlos. Los moabitas huyeron, y los israelitas entraron en su territorio y siguieron atacándolos.
24 When they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and struck the Moabites, so that they fled before them; and they went forward into the land attacking the Moabites.
25 Destruyeron sus ciudades. Cada hombre arrojó piedras sobre los campos buenos hasta cubrirlos. Taparon todos los manantiales y cortaron los árboles buenos. Solo quedó Kir-hareset; los honderos la rodearon y la atacaron.
25 They beat down the cities; and on every good piece of land each man cast his stone, and filled it. They also stopped all the springs of water and cut down all the good trees, until in Kir Hareseth all they left was its stones; however the men armed with slings went around it and attacked it.
26 Cuando el rey de Moab vio que estaba perdiendo la batalla, reunió a setecientos hombres armados con espadas e intentó abrirse paso hasta el rey de Edom, pero no pudo.
26 When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too severe for him, he took with him seven hundred men who drew a sword, to break through to the king of Edom; but they could not.
27 Entonces tomó a su hijo mayor, el heredero del trono, y lo ofreció como holocausto sobre la muralla. Hubo gran indignación contra Israel, y los israelitas se retiraron y volvieron a su país.
27 Then he took his oldest son who would have reigned in his place, and offered him for a burnt offering on the wall. There was great wrath against Israel; and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.
People & places in this chapter
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Jehoram
Ahab's son, who succeeded his brother Ahaziah, reigned twelve years in Samaria, removed Baal's sacred pillar yet clung to Jeroboam's sins, campaigned against Moab with…
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 1:17; 2 Kings 3:1; 2 Kings 3:8
Mesha
A sheep breeder who paid Israel a hundred thousand lambs and the wool of a hundred thousand rams, rebelled after Ahab's death, and offered his firstborn son as a burnt offering on…
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 3:4
Shaphat
Named as the father of the prophet Elisha, from Abel-meholah.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 19:16; 1 Kings 19:19; 2 Kings 3:11
Cross references (25)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Kings 1:17; 1 Kings 22:51; 2 Kings 8:16
- 2 2 Kings 10:18; 2 Kings 10:26–28; 1 Kings 21:25; Exodus 23:24; 2 Kings 9:34
- 3 1 Kings 14:16; 1 Kings 15:26; 2 Kings 15:18; 1 Kings 15:34; 2 Kings 14:24
- 4 Genesis 26:13–14; 2 Samuel 8:2; Job 1:3; 1 Chronicles 18:2; Psalm 60:8
- 5 2 Kings 1:1; 2 Kings 8:20; 2 Chronicles 21:8–10
- 6 1 Kings 20:27; 1 Samuel 15:4; 1 Samuel 11:8; 2 Samuel 24:1–25
- 7 1 Kings 22:4; 2 Chronicles 18:3; 2 Chronicles 22:10–12; 2 Chronicles 22:3–4; 2 Chronicles 18:29–32
- 8 Malachi 1:2–3; Numbers 21:4
- 9 1 Kings 22:47; Exodus 17:1; Numbers 20:2; Numbers 33:14; 1 Kings 22:27
- 10 Genesis 4:13; Proverbs 19:3; Psalm 78:34–36; Isaiah 51:20; 2 Kings 6:33
- 11 1 Kings 22:7; 1 Kings 19:21; 2 Kings 3:3; 2 Kings 2:25–3:1; Psalm 74:9
- 12 2 Kings 2:21; Isaiah 49:23; 2 Kings 2:24–25; 2 Kings 2:14–15; 1 Samuel 3:19–21
- 13 1 Kings 22:6; 1 Kings 18:19; 2 Kings 3:10; 1 Kings 22:22–25; Deuteronomy 32:37–39
- 14 2 Kings 5:16; 1 Kings 17:1; Jeremiah 1:18; 2 Chronicles 19:3–4; 1 Kings 14:5–18
- 15 1 Samuel 16:23; Ephesians 5:18–19; 1 Samuel 10:5; Ezekiel 1:3; 1 Kings 18:46
- 17 Psalm 107:35; Isaiah 41:17–18; Isaiah 48:21; Isaiah 43:19–20; Psalm 84:6
- 18 Luke 1:37; Jeremiah 32:27; Jeremiah 32:17; 2 Kings 20:10; Ephesians 3:20
- 19 1 Samuel 15:3; Judges 6:16; 2 Kings 13:17; 2 Kings 3:25; Numbers 24:17
- 20 Exodus 29:39–40; Isaiah 35:6–7; 1 Kings 18:36; Psalm 78:20; Psalm 78:15–16
- 21 1 Kings 20:11; Ephesians 6:14
- 23 2 Chronicles 20:25; Exodus 15:9; Judges 5:30; 2 Kings 6:18–20; 2 Kings 7:6
- 24 1 Thessalonians 5:3–4; Judges 20:40–46; Joshua 8:20–22
- 25 Jeremiah 48:36; Jeremiah 48:31; Isaiah 16:7; 2 Kings 3:19; Isaiah 16:11
- 26 Amos 2:1; 2 Kings 3:9
- 27 Micah 6:7; Deuteronomy 12:31; Judges 11:31; Ezekiel 16:20; Amos 2:1
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