2 Kings · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
2 Kings 4 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 La esposa de uno de los miembros de un grupo de profetas fue a Eliseo y le suplicó: «Mi esposo, tu servidor, ha muerto. Tú sabes que respetaba al Señor. Ahora el hombre a quien le debía dinero viene a llevarse a mis dos hijos para hacerlos esclavos».
1 Now a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, “Your servant my husband is dead. You know that your servant feared Yahweh. Now the creditor has come to take for himself my two children to be slaves.”
2 Eliseo le preguntó: «¿Qué puedo hacer por ti? Dime, ¿qué tienes en tu casa?». Ella respondió: «Tu servidora no tiene nada, excepto una vasija de aceite».
2 Elisha said to her, “What should I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?” She said, “Your servant has nothing in the house, except a pot of oil.”
3 Eliseo dijo: «Ve y pide a todos tus vecinos muchas vasijas vacías. No pidas unas pocas.
3 Then he said, “Go, borrow empty containers from all your neighbors. Don’t borrow just a few containers.
4 Después entra en tu casa con tus hijos, cierra la puerta y llena de aceite las vasijas. Pon aparte las que estén llenas».
4 Go in and shut the door on you and on your sons, and pour oil into all those containers; and set aside those which are full.”
5 La mujer se fue y cerró la puerta con sus hijos adentro. Ellos le llevaban las vasijas y ella las llenaba.
5 So she went from him, and shut the door on herself and on her sons. They brought the containers to her, and she poured oil.
6 Cuando todas estuvieron llenas, le dijo a uno de sus hijos: «Tráeme otra vasija». Él respondió: «No queda ninguna». Entonces dejó de salir aceite.
6 When the containers were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another container.” He said to her, “There isn’t another container.” Then the oil stopped flowing.
7 La mujer fue a contarle al hombre de Dios lo sucedido. Él le dijo: «Ve, vende el aceite y paga tu deuda. Con lo que quede podrán vivir tú y tus hijos».
7 Then she came and told the man of God. He said, “Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt; and you and your sons live on the rest.”
8 Un día Eliseo pasó por Sunem. Allí una mujer de buena posición lo invitó a comer. Desde entonces, cada vez que pasaba por ese lugar, entraba en su casa para comer.
8 One day Elisha went to Shunem, where there was a prominent woman; and she persuaded him to eat bread. So it was, that as often as he passed by, he turned in there to eat bread.
9 La mujer le dijo a su esposo: «Sé que este hombre que siempre nos visita es un santo hombre de Dios.
9 She said to her husband, “See now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God who passes by us continually.
10 Construyamos una pequeña habitación arriba, con paredes, y pongamos allí una cama, una mesa, una silla y una lámpara. Así podrá quedarse cuando venga».
10 Please, let’s make a little room on the roof. Let’s set a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp stand for him there. When he comes to us, he can stay there.”
11 Un día Eliseo llegó, subió a la habitación y descansó allí.
11 One day he came there, and he went to the room and lay there.
12 Luego le dijo a Giezi, su servidor: «Llama a la mujer de Sunem». Giezi la llamó, y ella se presentó ante Eliseo.
12 He said to Gehazi his servant, “Call this Shunammite.” When he had called her, she stood before him.
13 Eliseo le dijo a Giezi: «Pregúntale: “Te has tomado tantas molestias por nosotros. ¿Qué podemos hacer por ti? ¿Quieres que hablemos en tu favor con el rey o con el jefe del ejército?”». Ella respondió: «Vivo tranquila entre mi propia gente».
13 He said to him, “Say now to her, ‘Behold, you have cared for us with all this care. What is to be done for you? Would you like to be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the army?’” She answered, “I dwell among my own people.”
14 Eliseo preguntó: «¿Qué podemos hacer por ella?». Giezi respondió: «No tiene hijos, y su esposo ya es viejo».
14 He said, “What then is to be done for her?” Gehazi answered, “Most certainly she has no son, and her husband is old.”
15 Eliseo dijo: «Llámala». Giezi la llamó, y ella se quedó de pie a la puerta.
15 He said, “Call her.” When he had called her, she stood in the door.
16 Eliseo le dijo: «El año que viene, por esta misma fecha, tendrás un hijo en tus brazos». Ella respondió: «No, señor mío, hombre de Dios. No engañes a tu servidora».
16 He said, “At this season next year, you will embrace a son.” She said, “No, my lord, you man of God, do not lie to your servant.”
17 Pero la mujer quedó embarazada y al año siguiente, por la fecha que Eliseo había anunciado, dio a luz un hijo.
17 The woman conceived, and bore a son at that season when the time came around, as Elisha had said to her.
18 El niño creció. Un día salió a ver a su padre, que estaba con los segadores.
18 When the child was grown, one day he went out to his father to the reapers.
19 De pronto le dijo: «¡Mi cabeza, mi cabeza!». Su padre le dijo a un servidor: «Llévalo con su madre».
19 He said to his father, “My head! My head!” He said to his servant, “Carry him to his mother.”
20 El servidor lo llevó, y la madre lo tuvo en su regazo hasta el mediodía, cuando el niño murió.
20 When he had taken him and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees until noon, and then died.
21 Ella subió, lo acostó en la cama del hombre de Dios, cerró la puerta y salió.
21 She went up and laid him on the man of God’s bed, and shut the door on him, and went out.
22 Luego llamó a su esposo y le dijo: «Envíame un servidor y una burra para que vaya enseguida a ver al hombre de Dios y vuelva».
22 She called to her husband and said, “Please send me one of the servants, and one of the donkeys, that I may run to the man of God and come again.”
23 Él preguntó: «¿Por qué vas hoy? No es día de luna nueva ni día de descanso». Ella respondió: «Todo está bien».
23 He said, “Why would you want to go to him today? It is not a new moon or a Sabbath.” She said, “It’s all right.”
24 La mujer preparó la burra y le dijo a su servidor: «Apresúrate. No te detengas a menos que yo te lo diga».
24 Then she saddled a donkey, and said to her servant, “Drive, and go forward! Don’t slow down for me, unless I ask you to.”
25 Así llegó al monte Carmelo, donde estaba el hombre de Dios. Al verla venir desde lejos, Eliseo le dijo a Giezi: «Ahí viene la mujer de Sunem.
25 So she went, and came to the man of God to Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her afar off, he said to Gehazi his servant, “Behold, there is the Shunammite.
26 Corre a su encuentro y pregúntale si ella, su esposo y el niño están bien». Ella respondió: «Todo está bien».
26 Please run now to meet her, and ask her, ‘Is it well with you? Is it well with your husband? Is it well with your child?’” She answered, “It is well.”
27 Al llegar al monte donde estaba Eliseo, la mujer se aferró a sus pies. Giezi se acercó para apartarla, pero Eliseo dijo: «Déjala. Está muy angustiada, y el Señor me ha ocultado la causa; no me ha dicho nada».
27 When she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. Gehazi came near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for her soul is troubled within her; and Yahweh has hidden it from me, and has not told me.”
28 Ella dijo: «¿Acaso te pedí un hijo, señor mío? ¿No te dije que no me engañaras?».
28 Then she said, “Did I ask you for a son, my lord? Didn’t I say, ‘Do not deceive me’?”
29 Entonces Eliseo le dijo a Giezi: «Prepárate para salir. Toma mi bastón y ve. Si encuentras a alguien, no lo saludes; si alguien te saluda, no respondas. Pon mi bastón sobre el rostro del niño».
29 Then he said to Gehazi, “Tuck your cloak into your belt, take my staff in your hand, and go your way. If you meet any man, don’t greet him; and if anyone greets you, don’t answer him again. Then lay my staff on the child’s face.”
30 Pero la madre del niño dijo: «Tan cierto como que vive el Señor y vives tú, no me iré sin ti». Entonces Eliseo se levantó y fue con ella.
30 The child’s mother said, “As Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you.” So he arose, and followed her.
31 Giezi se adelantó y puso el bastón sobre el rostro del niño, pero este no habló ni dio señal de vida. Giezi regresó al encuentro de Eliseo y le dijo: «El niño no despertó».
31 Gehazi went ahead of them, and laid the staff on the child’s face; but there was no voice and no hearing. Therefore he returned to meet him, and told him, “The child has not awakened.”
32 Cuando Eliseo entró en la casa, vio al niño muerto, acostado en su cama.
32 When Elisha had come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and lying on his bed.
33 Entró en la habitación, cerró la puerta y quedó a solas con el niño. Entonces oró al Señor.
33 He went in therefore, and shut the door on them both, and prayed to Yahweh.
34 Luego se subió a la cama y se tendió sobre el niño, poniendo su boca sobre la de él, sus ojos sobre los suyos y sus manos sobre las suyas. El cuerpo del niño comenzó a calentarse.
34 He went up and lay on the child, and put his mouth on his mouth, and his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands. He stretched himself on him; and the child’s flesh grew warm.
35 Eliseo se levantó y caminó de un lado a otro por la casa. Después volvió a subir y se tendió otra vez sobre el niño. El niño estornudó siete veces y abrió los ojos.
35 Then he returned, and walked in the house once back and forth, then went up and stretched himself out on him. Then the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.
36 Eliseo llamó a Giezi y le dijo: «Llama a la mujer de Sunem». Cuando ella vino, Eliseo le dijo: «Toma a tu hijo».
36 He called Gehazi, and said, “Call this Shunammite!” So he called her. When she had come in to him, he said, “Take up your son.”
37 La mujer entró, se inclinó hasta el suelo a los pies de Eliseo, tomó a su hijo y salió.
37 Then she went in, fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground; then she picked up her son, and went out.
38 Eliseo regresó a Gilgal. Había hambre en aquella región, y los miembros del grupo de profetas estaban sentados ante él. Eliseo le dijo a su servidor: «Pon la olla grande al fuego y prepara un guiso para ellos».
38 Elisha came again to Gilgal. There was a famine in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him; and he said to his servant, “Get the large pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets.”
39 Uno de los hombres salió al campo a buscar hierbas. Encontró una planta trepadora silvestre y recogió tantos frutos como pudo llevar en su manto. Al volver, los cortó y los echó en la olla, sin saber qué eran.
39 One went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered a lap full of wild gourds from it, and came and cut them up into the pot of stew; for they didn’t recognize them.
40 Sirvieron el guiso a los hombres. Cuando comenzaron a comer, gritaron: «¡Hombre de Dios, hay algo mortal en esta olla!». Y no pudieron seguir comiendo.
40 So they poured out for the men to eat. As they were eating some of the stew, they cried out and said, “Man of God, there is death in the pot!” And they could not eat it.
41 Eliseo dijo: «Tráiganme harina». La echó en la olla y dijo: «Sirvan el guiso a la gente». Ya no había nada dañino en él.
41 But he said, “Then bring meal.” He threw it into the pot; and he said, “Serve it to the people, that they may eat.” And there was nothing harmful in the pot.
42 Un hombre llegó de Baal-salisa y llevó al hombre de Dios una ofrenda de los primeros frutos: veinte panes de cebada y grano fresco en su bolsa. Eliseo dijo: «Dáselos a la gente para que coma».
42 A man from Baal Shalishah came, and brought the man of God some bread of the first fruits: twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain in his sack. Elisha said, “Give to the people, that they may eat.”
43 Su servidor respondió: «¿Cómo voy a repartir esto entre cien hombres?». Eliseo insistió: «Dáselo a la gente para que coma, porque el Señor dice: “Comerán y sobrará”».
43 His servant said, “What, should I set this before a hundred men?” But he said, “Give it to the people, that they may eat; for Yahweh says, ‘They will eat, and will have some left over.’”
44 El servidor se lo repartió. Todos comieron, y sobró alimento, tal como el Señor había dicho.
44 So he set it before them and they ate and had some left over, according to Yahweh’s word.
People & places in this chapter
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Gehazi
Elisha's servant, who carried messages to the Shunammite woman, took gifts from Naaman by deceit and was struck with Naaman's leprosy, and later told the king of Elisha's wonders.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 4:12; 2 Kings 4:31; 2 Kings 5:20
The Shunammite woman
A prominent woman of Shunem who had a room built for Elisha, was promised a son, saw him raised from the dead by Elisha, and later appealed to the king for her house and land…
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 4:12; 2 Kings 4:25; 2 Kings 4:36
Cross references (41)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Matthew 18:25; 2 Kings 2:3; Nehemiah 5:2–5; Psalm 147:11; Leviticus 25:39–41
- 2 1 Kings 17:12; James 2:5; Matthew 15:34; 2 Kings 2:9; John 6:5–7
- 3 John 2:7; John 16:24; Psalm 81:10; 2 Kings 13:18–19; 2 Kings 3:16
- 4 Mark 8:5–9; Matthew 6:6; 2 Kings 4:32–33; John 2:7–9; Acts 9:40
- 5 2 Kings 5:11; Hebrews 11:7–8; 1 Kings 17:15–16; Luke 1:45
- 6 Matthew 14:20; 2 Kings 13:19; 2 Chronicles 6:12–13; Matthew 13:58; 1 Kings 17:14
- 7 2 Thessalonians 3:7–12; 1 Kings 12:22; Psalm 37:21; Philippians 4:8; Romans 12:17
- 8 Joshua 19:18; 2 Kings 4:11–12; Job 32:9; Job 1:3; Genesis 19:3
- 9 1 Kings 17:24; Proverbs 31:10–11; 2 Kings 4:7; 1 Thessalonians 2:10; Titus 1:8
- 10 Romans 12:13; Matthew 10:41–42; Matthew 25:40; Hebrews 10:24; Hebrews 13:2
- 12 2 Kings 8:4–5; 1 Kings 19:3; 2 Kings 4:29–31; 2 Kings 5:20–27; 2 Kings 3:11
- 13 2 Timothy 1:16–18; Philippians 4:18–19; Hebrews 6:10; 1 Timothy 6:6–8; 1 Thessalonians 5:12–13
- 14 Luke 1:7; 1 Samuel 1:8; Genesis 15:2–3; Genesis 18:10–14; Judges 13:2
- 16 Genesis 18:10; Luke 1:13; 2 Kings 4:28; Genesis 18:12–15; Genesis 17:21
- 17 Genesis 21:1; Luke 1:36; Psalm 113:9; Hebrews 11:11; 1 Samuel 1:19–20
- 18 Ruth 2:4
- 19 Job 14:1–2; Jeremiah 4:19
- 20 Luke 7:12; John 11:5; John 11:3; John 11:14; 1 Kings 17:17
- 21 2 Kings 4:32; 1 Kings 17:19; 2 Kings 4:7; 2 Kings 4:10
- 22 Acts 9:38; 2 Kings 4:26; John 11:3; 2 Kings 4:24
- 23 Numbers 10:10; 1 Chronicles 23:31; Numbers 28:11; Isaiah 1:13–15
- 24 1 Samuel 25:19–20; Exodus 4:20; 1 Kings 13:23; 1 Kings 13:13
- 25 2 Kings 2:25; Isaiah 35:2; 1 Kings 18:19; 1 Kings 18:42
- 26 Acts 15:36; 2 Kings 4:23; 1 Samuel 17:18; 1 Samuel 3:18; Job 1:21–22
- 27 2 Samuel 7:3; Genesis 18:17; Amos 3:7; 1 Samuel 1:10; 2 Kings 4:25
- 28 Genesis 30:1; 2 Kings 4:16
- 29 2 Kings 2:14; 1 Kings 18:46; Exodus 14:16; Luke 10:4; 2 Kings 9:1
- 30 2 Kings 2:2; Ruth 1:16–18; 2 Kings 2:4; Exodus 33:12–16
- 31 John 11:11; Mark 5:39; 1 Kings 18:29; Ephesians 5:14; Matthew 17:16–20
- 32 1 Kings 17:17; John 11:17; Luke 8:52–53
- 33 Matthew 6:6; 2 Kings 4:4; Acts 9:40; James 5:13–18; Luke 8:51
- 34 1 Kings 17:21; Acts 20:10
- 35 2 Kings 8:5; 2 Kings 13:21; 1 Kings 17:22; Acts 9:40; John 11:43–44
- 36 Hebrews 11:35; 1 Kings 17:23; Luke 7:15
- 37 Hebrews 11:35; 2 Kings 2:15; 1 Kings 17:24; 2 Kings 4:27
- 38 2 Kings 8:1; 2 Kings 2:3; 2 Kings 2:1; Luke 10:39; Acts 22:3
- 39 Isaiah 5:4; Jeremiah 2:21; Matthew 15:13; Hebrews 12:15
- 40 Mark 16:18; Exodus 15:23; Exodus 10:17; 2 Kings 1:11; 1 Kings 17:18
- 41 Exodus 15:25; 2 Kings 2:21; 1 Corinthians 1:25; Acts 28:5; 2 Kings 5:10
- 42 1 Samuel 9:7; Matthew 14:16–21; John 6:13; John 6:9; 1 Samuel 9:4
- 43 Luke 9:13; Matthew 14:20; John 6:9; Matthew 16:8–10; John 6:11–13
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