2 Samuel · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
2 Samuel 20 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 Por casualidad estaba allí un hombre perverso llamado Seba, hijo de Bicri, de la tribu de Benjamín. Tocó el cuerno y gritó: ¡No tenemos parte en David ni herencia en el hijo de Isaí! ¡Cada uno a su tienda, Israel!
1 There happened to be there a wicked fellow, whose name was Sheba the son of Bichri, a Benjamite; and he blew the trumpet, and said, “We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse. Every man to his tents, Israel!”
2 Entonces todos los hombres de Israel abandonaron a David y siguieron a Seba, hijo de Bicri. Pero los hombres de Judá permanecieron fieles a su rey y lo acompañaron desde el Jordán hasta Jerusalén.
2 So all the men of Israel went up from following David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri; but the men of Judah joined with their king, from the Jordan even to Jerusalem.
3 Cuando David regresó a su casa en Jerusalén, tomó a las diez concubinas que había dejado para cuidar la casa y las puso bajo custodia. Les proporcionó lo necesario, pero no volvió a acostarse con ellas. Permanecieron encerradas hasta el día de su muerte, viviendo como viudas.
3 David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in custody and provided them with sustenance, but didn’t go in to them. So they were shut up to the day of their death, living in widowhood.
4 El rey dijo a Amasa: Reúne a los hombres de Judá dentro de tres días y preséntate aquí también.
4 Then the king said to Amasa, “Call me the men of Judah together within three days, and be here present.”
5 Amasa fue a reunir a los hombres de Judá, pero tardó más del tiempo que el rey le había señalado.
5 So Amasa went to call the men of Judah together, but he stayed longer than the set time which had been appointed to him.
6 Entonces David dijo a Abisai: Seba, hijo de Bicri, nos hará más daño que Absalón. Toma a los servidores de tu señor y persíguelo antes de que llegue a ciudades fortificadas y se nos escape.
6 David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom did. Take your lord’s servants and pursue after him, lest he get himself fortified cities, and escape out of our sight.”
7 Así que salieron tras Abisai Joab, los cereteos, los peleteos y todos los guerreros. Salieron de Jerusalén para perseguir a Seba, hijo de Bicri.
7 Joab’s men went out after him with the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and all the mighty men; and they went out of Jerusalem to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.
8 Cuando llegaron a la gran piedra de Gabaón, Amasa vino a su encuentro. Joab llevaba su ropa de guerra y un cinturón del que colgaba una espada dentro de su funda. Mientras avanzaba, la espada se salió y cayó al suelo.
8 When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. Joab was clothed in his apparel of war that he had put on, and on it was a sash with a sword fastened on his waist in its sheath; and as he went along it fell out.
9 Joab preguntó a Amasa: ¿Estás bien, hermano mío? Con la mano derecha tomó a Amasa por la barba como para besarlo.
9 Joab said to Amasa, “Is it well with you, my brother?” Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.
10 Amasa no prestó atención a la espada que Joab tenía ahora en la mano izquierda. Joab se la clavó en el vientre y sus intestinos se derramaron en el suelo. No necesitó darle otro golpe, y Amasa murió. Entonces Joab y su hermano Abisai continuaron persiguiendo a Seba, hijo de Bicri.
10 But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab’s hand. So he struck him with it in the body and shed out his bowels to the ground, and didn’t strike him again; and he died. Joab and Abishai his brother pursued Sheba the son of Bichri.
11 Uno de los jóvenes de Joab se quedó junto al cuerpo de Amasa y gritaba: ¡El que esté a favor de Joab y de David, que siga a Joab!
11 One of Joab’s young men stood by him, and said, “He who favors Joab, and he who is for David, let him follow Joab!”
12 Amasa estaba tendido en medio del camino, cubierto de sangre. Cuando el hombre vio que todos los que pasaban se detenían, arrastró el cuerpo de Amasa fuera del camino hasta un campo y lo cubrió con una tela.
12 Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the middle of the highway. When the man saw that all the people stood still, he carried Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a garment over him when he saw that everyone who came by him stood still.
13 Cuando lo quitaron del camino, todos siguieron a Joab para perseguir a Seba, hijo de Bicri.
13 When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.
14 Seba pasó por todas las tribus de Israel hasta Abel de Bet-maaca. Todos los hombres de Bicri se reunieron y entraron en la ciudad detrás de él.
14 He went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, to Beth Maacah, and all the Berites. They were gathered together, and went also after him.
15 Joab y sus hombres llegaron y sitiaron a Seba en Abel de Bet-maaca. Levantaron una rampa de tierra contra la ciudad, y todos los hombres de Joab golpeaban el muro para derribarlo.
15 They came and besieged him in Abel of Beth Maacah, and they cast up a mound against the city, and it stood against the rampart; and all the people who were with Joab battered the wall to throw it down.
16 Entonces una mujer sabia gritó desde el muro de la ciudad: ¡Escuchen! ¡Escuchen! Digan a Joab que se acerque para que yo pueda hablar con él.
16 Then a wise woman cried out of the city, “Hear, hear! Please say to Joab, ‘Come near here, that I may speak with you.’”
17 Joab se acercó, y la mujer preguntó: ¿Eres tú Joab? Él respondió: Sí. Ella dijo: Escucha las palabras de tu sierva. Joab respondió: Te escucho.
17 He came near to her; and the woman said, “Are you Joab?” He answered, “I am.” Then she said to him, “Hear the words of your servant.” He answered, “I’m listening.”
18 Ella dijo: Antiguamente se decía: Consulten el asunto en Abel y en Dan. ¿Acaso han dejado de cumplirse las decisiones de los hombres fieles de Israel?
18 Then she spoke, saying, “They used to say in old times, ‘They shall surely ask counsel at Abel,’ and so they settled a matter.
19 Tú quieres destruir una ciudad importante, una ciudad madre de Israel. ¿Por qué quieres acabar con la herencia del Señor?
19 I am among those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel. You seek to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why will you swallow up Yahweh’s inheritance?”
20 Joab respondió: ¡De ninguna manera! No quiero causar muerte ni destrucción.
20 Joab answered, “Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.
21 No se trata de eso. Un hombre de la región montañosa de Efraín llamado Seba, hijo de Bicri, se ha rebelado contra el rey David. Entréguenme solamente a ese hombre y me retiraré de la ciudad. La mujer dijo a Joab: Su cabeza será arrojada hacia ti desde el muro.
21 The matter is not so. But a man of the hill country of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has lifted up his hand against the king, even against David. Just deliver him, and I will depart from the city.” The woman said to Joab, “Behold, his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”
22 La mujer habló sabiamente con todo el pueblo. Ellos cortaron la cabeza de Seba, hijo de Bicri, y la arrojaron a Joab. Entonces Joab hizo sonar el cuerno. Sus hombres se dispersaron y cada uno regresó a su casa, mientras Joab volvió a Jerusalén ante el rey.
22 Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. They cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. He blew the trumpet, and they were dispersed from the city, every man to his tent. Then Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.
23 Joab estaba al mando de todo el ejército. Benaía, hijo de Joiada, estaba al mando de los cereteos y los peleteos.
23 Now Joab was over all the army of Israel, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites,
24 Adoram estaba encargado del trabajo forzado. Josafat, hijo de Ahilud, era el encargado de los registros.
24 Adoram was over the men subject to forced labor, Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder,
25 Seva era secretario. Sadoc y Abiatar eran sacerdotes.
25 Sheva was scribe, Zadok and Abiathar were priests,
26 Ira el jaireo también era sacerdote de David.
26 and Ira the Jairite was chief minister to David.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Adoram
Listed in David's administration as the official in charge of the forced labor.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 20:24; 1 Kings 12:18; 2 Chronicles 10:18
Ahilud
Named as the father of Jehoshaphat, David's recorder.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 8:16; 2 Samuel 20:24; 1 Kings 4:3
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
Benaiah
Son of Jehoiada from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits who killed two Moabite champions, a lion in a pit and a huge Egyptian, and whom David set over his guard and the Cherethites…
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 8:18; 2 Samuel 20:23; 2 Samuel 23:20
Bichri
Named as the father of Sheba, the Benjamite who led a revolt against David.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 20:1
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
Ira
Ira the Jairite, listed in David's administration as David's priest.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 20:26
Jehoshaphat
Son of Ahilud, listed as the recorder in David's administration.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 8:16; 2 Samuel 20:24; 1 Kings 4:3
Sheba
A worthless Benjamite who blew the ram's horn and drew Israel's men away from David, and whose head was thrown to Joab over the wall of Abel-beth-maacah.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 20:1; 2 Samuel 20:2; 2 Samuel 20:6
Sheva
Listed as the scribe in David's later administration.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 20:25
Cross references (26)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Kings 12:16; 2 Chronicles 10:16; Deuteronomy 13:13; Psalm 17:13; Proverbs 24:21–22
- 2 John 6:66–68; Acts 11:23; 2 Chronicles 10:17; Psalm 62:9; 2 Samuel 19:40–41
- 3 2 Samuel 16:21–22; 2 Samuel 15:16; Genesis 40:3
- 4 2 Samuel 19:13; 2 Samuel 17:25; 1 Chronicles 2:17
- 5 2 Samuel 19:13; 1 Samuel 13:8
- 6 2 Samuel 21:17; 2 Samuel 11:11; 1 Kings 1:33; 2 Samuel 19:7; 2 Samuel 10:9–10
- 7 2 Samuel 8:18; 1 Kings 1:38; 2 Samuel 20:23; 2 Samuel 15:18; 2 Samuel 23:22–23
- 8 2 Samuel 3:30; 2 Samuel 2:13; 2 Samuel 20:4–5
- 9 Luke 22:47–48; Matthew 26:48–49; Micah 7:2; Psalm 55:21; Proverbs 26:24–26
- 10 2 Samuel 2:23; 2 Samuel 3:27; Judges 3:21; 1 Kings 2:5–6; 1 Samuel 26:8
- 11 2 Samuel 20:13; 2 Samuel 20:4; 2 Kings 9:32; 2 Samuel 20:6–7; 2 Samuel 20:21
- 12 Psalm 9:16; Proverbs 24:21–22; Psalm 55:23; 2 Samuel 17:25
- 13 1 Samuel 6:12; Jeremiah 31:21; Mark 10:46; Isaiah 7:3; Judges 21:19
- 14 2 Kings 15:29; Joshua 18:25; 1 Kings 15:20; 2 Chronicles 16:4; Numbers 21:16
- 15 2 Kings 19:32; Jeremiah 32:24; 2 Kings 15:29; 1 Kings 15:20; Luke 19:43
- 16 2 Samuel 14:2; Ecclesiastes 9:14–18; 1 Samuel 25:3; 1 Samuel 25:32–33
- 17 2 Samuel 14:12; 1 Samuel 25:24
- 18 Deuteronomy 20:10–11
- 19 1 Samuel 26:19; 1 Timothy 2:2; 2 Samuel 21:3; 2 Samuel 17:16; Numbers 16:32
- 20 2 Samuel 23:17; Jeremiah 17:9; Proverbs 28:13; 2 Samuel 20:10; Job 22:18
- 21 Judges 7:24; 2 Samuel 20:1; Jeremiah 4:15; Judges 2:9; Jeremiah 50:19
- 22 2 Samuel 20:1; Ecclesiastes 7:19; 2 Samuel 11:6–21; Ecclesiastes 9:13–18; 2 Samuel 18:16
- 23 2 Samuel 8:16–18; 1 Chronicles 18:15–17; 1 Kings 4:3–6
- 24 1 Kings 4:3; 1 Kings 12:18; 1 Kings 4:6
- 25 2 Samuel 8:17; 1 Kings 4:4; 1 Chronicles 18:16
- 26 2 Samuel 23:38; Exodus 2:14; 1 Chronicles 11:40; Exodus 24:11; Genesis 41:45
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