2 Samuel · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
2 Samuel 17 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 Ahitofel dijo a Absalón: Déjame escoger doce mil hombres. Saldré esta misma noche para perseguir a David.
1 Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me now choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David tonight.
2 Lo alcanzaré cuando esté cansado y débil. Lo llenaré de miedo, y todo el pueblo que está con él huirá. Entonces atacaré solamente al rey.
2 I will come on him while he is weary and exhausted, and will make him afraid. All the people who are with him will flee. I will strike the king only,
3 Haré que todo el pueblo regrese a ti, como una esposa vuelve con su esposo. Solo buscas la vida de un hombre; entonces todo el pueblo quedará en paz.
3 and I will bring back all the people to you. The man whom you seek is as if all returned. All the people shall be in peace.”
4 El consejo agradó a Absalón y a todos los ancianos de Israel.
4 The saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
5 Pero Absalón dijo: Llamen también a Husai el arquita para que escuchemos lo que él tiene que decir.
5 Then Absalom said, “Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let’s hear likewise what he says.”
6 Cuando Husai llegó, Absalón le dijo: Esto es lo que aconsejó Ahitofel. ¿Debemos hacer lo que dice? Si no, dinos qué propones.
6 When Hushai had come to Absalom, Absalom spoke to him, saying, “Ahithophel has spoken like this. Shall we do what he says? If not, speak up.”
7 Husai respondió: Esta vez el consejo de Ahitofel no es bueno.
7 Hushai said to Absalom, “The counsel that Ahithophel has given this time is not good.”
8 Tú conoces a tu padre y a sus hombres. Son guerreros y están enfurecidos, como una osa del campo a la que le han quitado sus crías. Además, tu padre es un hombre de guerra y no pasará la noche con el pueblo.
8 Hushai said moreover, “You know your father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are fierce in their minds, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. Your father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
9 Seguramente ya estará escondido en una cueva o en algún otro lugar secreto. Si algunos de tus hombres caen en el primer ataque, cualquiera que lo oiga dirá: Las tropas de Absalón han sufrido una derrota.
9 Behold, he is now hidden in some pit, or in some other place. It will happen, when some of them have fallen at the first, that whoever hears it will say, ‘There is a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom!’
10 Entonces hasta el hombre más valiente, cuyo corazón es como el de un león, perderá el ánimo. Todo Israel sabe que tu padre es un guerrero y que los hombres que están con él son valientes.
10 Even he who is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, will utterly melt; for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and those who are with him are valiant men.
11 Por eso mi consejo es que reúnas a todo Israel, desde Dan hasta Beerseba, un ejército tan numeroso como la arena del mar, y que tú mismo vayas con ellos.
11 But I counsel that all Israel be gathered together to you, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that you go to battle in your own person.
12 Entonces caeremos sobre David dondequiera que se encuentre, como el rocío cae sobre la tierra. No dejaremos con vida ni a él ni a ninguno de los hombres que están con él.
12 So we will come on him in some place where he will be found, and we will light on him as the dew falls on the ground, then we will not leave so much as one of him and of all the men who are with him.
13 Si entra en alguna ciudad, todo Israel llevará cuerdas hasta esa ciudad y la arrastraremos al valle hasta que no quede allí ni una piedra pequeña.
13 Moreover, if he has gone into a city, then all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there isn’t one small stone found there.”
14 Absalón y todos los hombres de Israel dijeron: El consejo de Husai el arquita es mejor que el de Ahitofel. El Señor había decidido hacer fracasar el buen consejo de Ahitofel para traer el mal sobre Absalón.
14 Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” For Yahweh had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Yahweh might bring evil on Absalom.
15 Husai dijo a los sacerdotes Sadoc y Abiatar: Ahitofel aconsejó esto a Absalón y a los ancianos de Israel, y yo les aconsejé esto otro.
15 Then Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, “Ahithophel counseled Absalom and the elders of Israel that way; and I have counseled this way.
16 Ahora envíen rápidamente un mensaje a David: No pase esta noche junto al paso del desierto. Cruce el río sin demora, para que el rey y todo el pueblo que está con él no sean destruidos.
16 Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, ‘Don’t lodge tonight at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over, lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people who are with him.’”
17 Jonatán y Ahimaas esperaban junto a En-rogel. Una sirvienta iba a llevarles noticias, y ellos las transmitían al rey David, porque no podían dejarse ver entrando en la ciudad.
17 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying by En Rogel; and a female servant used to go and report to them, and they went and told King David; for they couldn’t risk being seen coming into the city.
18 Pero un muchacho los vio y avisó a Absalón. Los dos salieron rápidamente y llegaron a la casa de un hombre en Bahurim que tenía un pozo en su patio. Bajaron dentro del pozo.
18 But a boy saw them, and told Absalom. Then they both went away quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down there.
19 La mujer de la casa puso una cubierta sobre el pozo y extendió encima grano triturado, de modo que nadie supo lo que había ocurrido.
19 The woman took and spread the covering over the well’s mouth, and spread out crushed grain on it; and nothing was known.
20 Los servidores de Absalón llegaron a la casa y preguntaron a la mujer: ¿Dónde están Ahimaas y Jonatán? Ella respondió: Cruzaron el arroyo. Los buscaron, pero no los encontraron, así que regresaron a Jerusalén.
20 Absalom’s servants came to the woman to the house; and they said, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” The woman said to them, “They have gone over the brook of water.” When they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
21 Cuando los hombres se fueron, Ahimaas y Jonatán salieron del pozo y fueron a informar al rey David. Le dijeron: Levántense y crucen rápidamente el Jordán, porque Ahitofel ha preparado un plan contra ustedes.
21 After they had departed, they came up out of the well and went and told King David; and they said to David, “Arise and pass quickly over the water; for thus has Ahithophel counseled against you.”
22 David y todo el pueblo que estaba con él cruzaron el Jordán. Al amanecer todos habían cruzado.
22 Then David arose, and all the people who were with him, and they passed over the Jordan. By the morning light there lacked not one of them who had not gone over the Jordan.
23 Cuando Ahitofel vio que no habían seguido su consejo, preparó su asno y regresó a su casa en su ciudad. Puso en orden sus asuntos, se ahorcó y murió. Fue enterrado en la tumba de su padre.
23 When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, arose, and went home to his city, set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the tomb of his father.
24 David llegó a Mahanaim. Absalón y todos los hombres de Israel cruzaron el Jordán.
24 Then David came to Mahanaim. Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
25 Absalón puso a Amasa al frente del ejército en lugar de Joab. Amasa era hijo de un hombre llamado Itra el ismaelita, que había tenido relaciones con Abigail, hija de Isaí y hermana de Sarvia, madre de Joab.
25 Absalom set Amasa over the army instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man whose name was Ithra the Israelite, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.
26 Israel y Absalón acamparon en la tierra de Galaad.
26 Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.
27 Cuando David llegó a Mahanaim, salieron a recibirlo Sobi, hijo de Nahas, de Rabá de los hijos de Amón; Maquir, hijo de Amiel, de Lo-debar; y Barzilai de Galaad, de Rogelim.
27 When David had come to Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
28 Llevaron camas, recipientes, ollas, grano, harina y diversos alimentos secos,
28 brought beds, basins, earthen vessels, wheat, barley, meal, parched grain, beans, lentils, roasted grain,
29 además de miel, mantequilla, ovejas y queso de leche. Llevaron todo esto para David y el pueblo que estaba con él, porque decían: El pueblo está cansado, hambriento y sediento en el desierto.
29 honey, butter, sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David and for the people who were with him to eat; for they said, “The people are hungry, weary, and thirsty in the wilderness.”
People & places in this chapter
From this site's family tree and Bible maps, only where those guides cite this chapter.
People
Absalom
David's handsome son who avenged Tamar, rebelled against his father, and briefly seized the throne.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 3:3; 2 Samuel 15-18
Ahimaaz
Zadok's son, who with Jonathan son of Abiathar secretly carried word to David during Absalom's revolt and outran the Cushite to bring David news of the victory.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 15:27; 2 Samuel 15:36; 2 Samuel 17:17
Amasa
Son of Ithra and Abigail and a cousin of Joab, whom Absalom made army commander in Joab's place, whom David later offered Joab's command, and whom Joab killed with a dagger.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 17:25; 2 Samuel 19:13; 2 Samuel 20:4
Ammiel
Named as the father of Machir of Lo-debar.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 9:4; 2 Samuel 17:27
Barzillai
A very wealthy eighty-year-old Gileadite from Rogelim who provided for David at Mahanaim and, declining to go to Jerusalem, asked David to take Chimham in his place. Ezra 2:61 and…
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 17:27; 2 Samuel 19:31; 2 Samuel 19:32
David
The shepherd who became Israel's greatest king and a man after God's own heart.
Cited in the guide: 1 Sam. 16 - 1 Kings 2; 2 Sam. 7; 1 Chron. 2:15; Matt. 1:6
Ithra
An Ishmaelite who married Abigail, sister of Zeruiah, and was the father of Amasa. 1 Kings 2:5 and 1 Chronicles 2:17 call him Jether.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 17:25; 1 Kings 2:5; 1 Kings 2:32
Jonathan
Son of the priest Abiathar, who with Ahimaaz carried messages to David during Absalom's revolt and hid in a well at Bahurim.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 15:27; 2 Samuel 15:36; 2 Samuel 17:17
Machir
Son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, in whose house Mephibosheth was staying, and who later brought supplies to David at Mahanaim.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 9:4; 2 Samuel 9:5; 2 Samuel 17:27
Nahash
Named in 2 Samuel 17:25 as the father of Abigail, the sister of Zeruiah; the text says no more about him.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 17:25
Shobi
Son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, who with Machir and Barzillai brought David beds, food and supplies at Mahanaim.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 17:27
Cross references (28)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Isaiah 59:7–8; Psalm 4:8; Proverbs 4:16; Psalm 3:3–5; Psalm 109:2–4
- 2 1 Kings 22:31; 2 Samuel 16:14; Matthew 26:31; Zechariah 13:7; John 11:50
- 3 1 Thessalonians 5:3; Isaiah 48:22; 2 Samuel 3:21; Isaiah 57:21
- 4 1 Samuel 23:21; Esther 5:14; 1 Samuel 18:20–21; Romans 1:32; Esther 1:21
- 5 2 Samuel 15:32–37; 2 Samuel 16:16–19
- 7 Proverbs 31:8
- 8 Hosea 13:8; 1 Samuel 16:18; Daniel 7:5; Hebrews 11:32–34; Proverbs 17:12
- 9 1 Samuel 14:14–15; 1 Samuel 22:1; Judges 20:32–33; 1 Samuel 24:3; Joshua 8:6
- 10 Joshua 2:9–11; 1 Samuel 18:17; Song of Songs 3:7; 2 Samuel 23:20; Isaiah 13:7
- 11 Genesis 22:17; Psalm 9:16; Judges 20:1; Joshua 11:4; Psalm 7:15–16
- 12 Isaiah 10:13–14; 2 Kings 18:23; 1 Kings 20:10; 2 Kings 19:24; 1 Samuel 23:23
- 13 Matthew 24:2; Micah 1:6
- 14 2 Samuel 15:34; 1 Corinthians 1:19–20; Proverbs 19:21; Isaiah 8:10; Job 5:12–14
- 15 2 Samuel 15:35–36
- 16 2 Samuel 15:28; 1 Corinthians 15:54; 2 Corinthians 5:4; Psalm 57:3; 2 Samuel 17:21–22
- 17 2 Samuel 15:36; Joshua 15:7; Joshua 18:16; 2 Samuel 15:27; 1 Kings 1:9
- 18 2 Samuel 3:16; 2 Samuel 16:5; 2 Samuel 19:16
- 19 Exodus 1:19; Joshua 2:4–24
- 20 Exodus 1:19; Joshua 2:22–23; Joshua 2:3–5; 1 Samuel 27:11–12; 1 Samuel 21:2
- 21 2 Samuel 17:15–16
- 22 Matthew 10:16; John 18:9; Proverbs 27:12; Numbers 31:49; 2 Samuel 17:24
- 23 Matthew 27:5; 2 Kings 20:1; 2 Samuel 15:12; 1 Kings 16:18; Psalm 5:10
- 24 Genesis 32:2; 2 Samuel 2:8; Joshua 13:26
- 25 2 Samuel 19:13; 1 Chronicles 2:13; 2 Samuel 20:9–12; 2 Samuel 20:4; 1 Chronicles 2:16–17
- 26 Numbers 32:1–42; Deuteronomy 3:15; Joshua 17:1
- 27 1 Kings 2:7; 2 Samuel 9:4; 2 Samuel 10:1–2; 1 Samuel 11:1; Ezra 2:61
- 28 1 Samuel 25:18; Obadiah 3; Isaiah 32:8; 2 Samuel 16:1–2
- 29 2 Samuel 16:2; 2 Samuel 16:14; Isaiah 21:14; Psalm 84:11; Luke 8:3
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