2 Samuel · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
2 Samuel 3 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 La guerra entre los partidarios de Saúl y los de David duró mucho tiempo. David se hacía cada vez más fuerte, mientras los partidarios de Saúl se debilitaban cada vez más.
1 Now there was a long war between Saul’s house and David’s house. David grew stronger and stronger, but Saul’s house grew weaker and weaker.
2 Mientras David estaba en Hebrón, tuvo varios hijos. El mayor fue Amnón, hijo de Ahinoam de Jezreel.
2 Sons were born to David in Hebron. His firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
3 El segundo fue Quileab, hijo de Abigail, que había sido esposa de Nabal de Carmel. El tercero fue Absalón, hijo de Maaca, hija de Talmai, rey de Gesur.
3 and his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
4 El cuarto fue Adonías, hijo de Haguit. El quinto fue Sefatías, hijo de Abital.
4 and the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;
5 El sexto fue Itream, hijo de Egla, esposa de David. Estos hijos le nacieron a David en Hebrón.
5 and the sixth, Ithream, of Eglah, David’s wife. These were born to David in Hebron.
6 Durante la guerra entre los partidarios de Saúl y los de David, Abner fue adquiriendo cada vez más poder entre los partidarios de Saúl.
6 While there was war between Saul’s house and David’s house, Abner made himself strong in Saul’s house.
7 Saúl había tenido una concubina llamada Rizpa, hija de Aja. Is-boset preguntó a Abner: ¿Por qué te acostaste con la concubina de mi padre?
7 Now Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah; and Ishbosheth said to Abner, “Why have you gone in to my father’s concubine?”
8 Abner se enojó mucho por las palabras de Is-boset y respondió: ¿Acaso soy un perro de Judá? Hasta hoy he sido fiel a la familia de tu padre Saúl, a sus hermanos y a sus amigos. No te he entregado en manos de David, ¡y ahora me acusas de una falta por causa de esa mujer!
8 Then Abner was very angry about Ishbosheth’s words, and said, “Am I a dog’s head that belongs to Judah? Today I show kindness to your father Saul’s house, to his brothers, and to his friends, and have not delivered you into the hand of David; and yet you charge me today with a fault concerning this woman!
9 Que Dios castigue severamente a Abner si no hago con David lo que el Señor le prometió bajo juramento:
9 God do so to Abner, and more also, if, as Yahweh has sworn to David, I don’t do even so to him:
10 quitaré el reino de la familia de Saúl y estableceré a David como gobernante sobre Israel y Judá, desde Dan hasta Beerseba.
10 to transfer the kingdom from Saul’s house, and to set up David’s throne over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba.”
11 Is-boset tenía tanto miedo de Abner que no pudo responderle una sola palabra.
11 He could not answer Abner another word, because he was afraid of him.
12 Entonces Abner envió mensajeros a David en Hebrón para decirle: Haz un pacto conmigo y yo te apoyaré para poner a todo Israel de tu lado.
12 Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, “Whose is the land?” and saying, “Make your alliance with me, and behold, my hand will be with you to bring all Israel around to you.”
13 David respondió: Está bien. Haré un pacto contigo, pero con una condición: no te presentarás ante mí sin traer contigo a Mical, hija de Saúl.
13 David said, “Good. I will make a treaty with you, but one thing I require of you. That is, you will not see my face unless you first bring Michal, Saul’s daughter, when you come to see my face.”
14 David también envió mensajeros a Is-boset, hijo de Saúl, para decirle: Devuélveme a mi esposa Mical, por quien pagué cien prepucios de filisteos.
14 David sent messengers to Ishbosheth, Saul’s son, saying, “Deliver me my wife Michal, whom I was given to marry for one hundred foreskins of the Philistines.”
15 Entonces Is-boset mandó quitarla a su esposo Paltiel, hijo de Lais.
15 Ishbosheth sent and took her from her husband, Paltiel the son of Laish.
16 Su esposo la siguió llorando hasta Bahurim. Entonces Abner le dijo: Regresa. Y él regresó.
16 Her husband went with her, weeping as he went, and followed her to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, “Go! Return!” and he returned.
17 Abner habló con los ancianos de Israel y les dijo: Desde hace tiempo ustedes quieren hacer a David su rey.
17 Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, “In times past, you sought for David to be king over you.
18 Háganlo ahora, porque el Señor dijo acerca de David: Por medio de mi siervo David salvaré a mi pueblo Israel de los filisteos y de todos sus enemigos.
18 Now then do it! For Yahweh has spoken of David, saying, ‘By the hand of my servant David, I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.’”
19 Abner habló también con los hombres de Benjamín. Después fue a Hebrón para informar a David de lo que Israel y todo el pueblo de Benjamín estaban dispuestos a hacer.
19 Abner also spoke in the ears of Benjamin; and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel and to the whole house of Benjamin.
20 Abner llegó a Hebrón con veinte hombres. David hizo un banquete para Abner y los hombres que estaban con él.
20 So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. David made Abner and the men who were with him a feast.
21 Abner dijo a David: Iré y reuniré a todo Israel delante de mi señor el rey. Ellos harán un pacto contigo y podrás gobernar todo el territorio que deseas. David despidió a Abner, y él se fue en paz.
21 Abner said to David, “I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may reign over all that your soul desires.” David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.
22 Poco después, los servidores de David y Joab regresaron de atacar a un grupo armado y trajeron mucho botín. Abner ya no estaba con David en Hebrón, porque David lo había despedido y él se había ido en paz.
22 Behold, David’s servants and Joab came from a raid and brought in a great plunder with them; but Abner was not with David in Hebron, for he had sent him away, and he had gone in peace.
23 Cuando Joab y sus hombres llegaron, les informaron: Abner, hijo de Ner, vino a ver al rey, y el rey lo dejó ir en paz.
23 When Joab and all the army who was with him had come, they told Joab, “Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he has sent him away, and he has gone in peace.”
24 Entonces Joab fue ante el rey y le dijo: ¿Qué has hecho? Abner vino a verte. ¿Por qué lo dejaste ir?
24 Then Joab came to the king and said, “What have you done? Behold, Abner came to you. Why is it that you have sent him away, and he is already gone?
25 Tú sabes que Abner, hijo de Ner, vino para engañarte, conocer tus movimientos y averiguar todo lo que haces.
25 You know Abner the son of Ner. He came to deceive you, and to know your going out and your coming in, and to know all that you do.”
26 Joab salió de la presencia de David y envió hombres tras Abner. Ellos lo alcanzaron junto al manantial de Sira y lo hicieron regresar. David no sabía nada de esto.
26 When Joab had come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the well of Sirah; but David didn’t know it.
27 Cuando Abner regresó a Hebrón, Joab lo llevó aparte junto a la entrada de la ciudad, como si quisiera hablar con él en privado. Allí lo hirió en el vientre y lo mató para vengar la muerte de su hermano Asael.
27 When Abner had returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the middle of the gate to speak with him quietly, and struck him there in the body, so that he died for the blood of Asahel his brother.
28 Cuando David se enteró, dijo: Yo y mi reino somos para siempre inocentes delante del Señor de la sangre de Abner, hijo de Ner.
28 Afterward, when David heard it, he said, “I and my kingdom are guiltless before Yahweh forever of the blood of Abner the son of Ner.
29 Que esa culpa caiga sobre Joab y sobre toda la familia de su padre. Que en la familia de Joab nunca falte alguien que padezca flujo, lepra, que tenga que apoyarse en un bastón, que muera a espada o que pase hambre.
29 Let it fall on the head of Joab and on all his father’s house. Let there not fail from the house of Joab one who has a discharge, or who is a leper, or who leans on a staff, or who falls by the sword, or who lacks bread.”
30 Joab y su hermano Abisai mataron a Abner porque él había matado a su hermano Asael en la batalla de Gabaón.
30 So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.
31 David dijo a Joab y a todo el pueblo que estaba con él: Rasguen su ropa, pónganse ropa áspera de luto y lloren por Abner. El rey David caminó detrás del cuerpo.
31 David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, “Tear your clothes, and clothe yourselves with sackcloth, and mourn in front of Abner.” King David followed the bier.
32 Enterraron a Abner en Hebrón. El rey y todo el pueblo lloraron en voz alta junto a su tumba.
32 They buried Abner in Hebron; and the king lifted up his voice and wept at Abner’s grave; and all the people wept.
33 El rey cantó este lamento por Abner: ¿Tenía Abner que morir como muere un necio?
33 The king lamented for Abner, and said, “Should Abner die as a fool dies?
34 Tus manos no estaban atadas ni tus pies encadenados. Caíste como cae un hombre delante de gente malvada. Y todo el pueblo volvió a llorar por él.
34 Your hands weren’t bound, and your feet weren’t put into fetters. As a man falls before the children of iniquity, so you fell.” All the people wept again over him.
35 Después todo el pueblo trató de convencer a David para que comiera mientras aún era de día. Pero David juró: Que Dios me castigue severamente si pruebo pan o cualquier otra cosa antes de que se ponga el sol.
35 All the people came to urge David to eat bread while it was yet day; but David swore, saying, “God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread or anything else, until the sun goes down.”
36 Todo el pueblo observó esto y le agradó. De hecho, todo lo que hacía el rey agradaba al pueblo.
36 All the people took notice of it, and it pleased them, as whatever the king did pleased all the people.
37 Así, aquel día todo el pueblo e Israel comprendieron que el rey no había ordenado matar a Abner, hijo de Ner.
37 So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to kill Abner the son of Ner.
38 El rey dijo a sus servidores: ¿No entienden que hoy ha muerto en Israel un jefe y un gran hombre?
38 The king said to his servants, “Don’t you know that a prince and a great man has fallen today in Israel?
39 Aunque soy rey ungido, todavía soy débil, y estos hijos de Sarvia son demasiado poderosos para que yo los controle. Que el Señor pague al malvado según su maldad.
39 I am weak today, though anointed king. These men, the sons of Zeruiah are too hard for me. May Yahweh reward the evildoer according to his wickedness.”
People & places in this chapter
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People
Abital
A wife of David who bore his fifth son, Shephatiah, in Hebron.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 3:4; 1 Chronicles 3:3
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
Adonijah
A son of David who tried to claim the throne ahead of Solomon in David's final days.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 3:4; 1 Kings 1-2
Aiah
Named as the father of Rizpah, Saul's concubine.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 3:7; 2 Samuel 21:8
Amnon
David's firstborn son, who wronged his half-sister Tamar and was killed by Absalom in revenge.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 3:2; 2 Samuel 13
Chileab
David's second son, born to Abigail, who is named but scarcely mentioned afterward.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 3:3; 1 Chronicles 3:1
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
Eglah
A wife of David who bore his sixth son, Ithream, in Hebron.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 3:5; 1 Chronicles 3:3
Haggith
A wife of David who bore his fourth son, Adonijah, in Hebron.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 3:4; 1 Kings 1:5; 1 Kings 1:11
Ithream
David's sixth son, born in Hebron to David's wife Eglah.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 3:5; 1 Chronicles 3:3
Joab
Son of Zeruiah and commander of David's army, who killed Abner and Amasa, besieged Rabbah, killed Absalom in the oak, and carried out David's census.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 2:13; 2 Samuel 3:27; 2 Samuel 12:26
Laish
Named as the father of Palti (Paltiel), to whom Saul gave Michal; Palti is described as being from Gallim.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 25:44; 2 Samuel 3:15
Maacah
Daughter of King Talmai of Geshur, who bore David his third son, Absalom, in Hebron.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 3:3; 1 Chronicles 3:2
Paltiel
Palti son of Laish, from Gallim, to whom Saul gave his daughter Michal; he followed her weeping to Bahurim when Ish-bosheth took her from him for David.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 25:44; 2 Samuel 3:15
Rizpah
Saul's concubine, the daughter of Aiah, who bore Saul two sons and, after they were hanged by the Gibeonites, guarded their bodies from the birds and beasts from the harvest until…
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 3:7; 2 Samuel 21:8; 2 Samuel 21:10
Shephatiah
David's fifth son, born in Hebron to Abital.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 3:4; 1 Chronicles 3:3
Talmai
King of Geshur and father of David's wife Maacah, to whom Absalom fled after killing Amnon and with whom he stayed three years.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 3:3; 2 Samuel 13:37; 1 Chronicles 3:2
Cross references (33)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Kings 14:30; Job 8:7; Proverbs 4:18–19; 2 Samuel 2:17; Ephesians 6:12
- 2 1 Chronicles 3:1–4; 1 Samuel 25:42–43; 2 Samuel 13:1–29; Genesis 49:3–4
- 3 1 Samuel 27:8; 1 Chronicles 3:1; 2 Samuel 13:20–28; 2 Samuel 2:2; 2 Samuel 13:37–38
- 4 1 Kings 2:13–25; 1 Kings 1:5–18
- 6 2 Samuel 2:8–9; Isaiah 8:9–10; Matthew 12:30; 2 Chronicles 25:8; Joel 3:9–13
- 7 2 Samuel 21:8–11; 2 Samuel 12:8; 2 Samuel 16:21–22; 1 Kings 2:21–22; 1 Kings 2:17
- 8 2 Samuel 9:8; 2 Samuel 16:9; 1 Samuel 15:28; Deuteronomy 23:18; 2 Samuel 5:2
- 9 1 Samuel 15:28; 1 Kings 19:2; Ruth 1:17; 1 Samuel 28:17; 1 Chronicles 12:23
- 10 Judges 20:1; 1 Samuel 3:20; 2 Samuel 17:11; 2 Samuel 24:2; 1 Kings 4:25
- 12 1 Chronicles 12:38–40; 2 Samuel 5:1–3; Psalm 62:9; 2 Samuel 19:6; Luke 16:5–8
- 13 Genesis 43:3; 1 Chronicles 15:29; Genesis 44:23; 1 Samuel 19:11–17; 1 Samuel 18:20–28
- 14 1 Samuel 18:27; 1 Samuel 18:25; 2 Samuel 2:10
- 15 1 Samuel 25:44
- 16 2 Samuel 16:5; 2 Samuel 19:16; 1 Kings 2:8; 2 Samuel 17:18; Proverbs 9:17–18
- 18 1 Samuel 15:28; Psalm 89:19–23; 1 Samuel 9:16; Psalm 89:3–4; 2 Samuel 3:9
- 19 1 Chronicles 12:29; 1 Samuel 10:20–21; Psalm 68:27
- 20 Genesis 26:30; Esther 1:3; Genesis 31:54
- 21 2 Samuel 3:12; 1 Kings 11:37; 2 Samuel 3:10; Philippians 2:21; Psalm 20:4
- 24 2 Samuel 19:5–7; 2 Samuel 3:39; 2 Samuel 3:8; John 18:35; Numbers 23:11
- 25 Isaiah 37:28; Numbers 27:17; Deuteronomy 28:6; Psalm 121:8; 1 Samuel 29:4–6
- 26 Proverbs 27:4–6; Proverbs 26:23–26
- 27 1 Kings 2:5; 2 Samuel 20:9–10; 1 Kings 2:32; Deuteronomy 27:24; Jeremiah 41:6–7
- 28 Numbers 35:33; Exodus 21:12; Genesis 4:10; Genesis 9:6; Deuteronomy 21:1–9
- 29 2 Samuel 1:16; Psalm 109:8–19; 1 Kings 2:31–34; Acts 28:4; 2 Kings 5:1
- 30 Acts 28:4; 2 Samuel 2:19–23; Proverbs 28:17
- 31 Genesis 37:34; 2 Samuel 1:2; 2 Samuel 1:11; Joshua 7:6; Judges 11:35
- 32 Proverbs 24:17; Job 31:28; 2 Samuel 1:12; 1 Samuel 30:4; 2 Samuel 18:33
- 33 2 Chronicles 35:25; Luke 12:19–20; 2 Samuel 1:17; 2 Samuel 13:12–13; Ecclesiastes 2:15–16
- 34 Judges 16:21; Hosea 6:9; Psalm 107:10–11; Job 24:14; 2 Samuel 1:12
- 35 2 Samuel 1:12; 2 Samuel 12:17; Ruth 1:17; Jeremiah 16:7; Ezekiel 24:17
- 36 Mark 7:37; Mark 15:11–13; Psalm 62:9; 2 Samuel 15:6; 2 Samuel 15:13
- 38 Job 32:9; 1 Samuel 14:50–51; 2 Samuel 3:12; 2 Samuel 2:8
- 39 Psalm 28:4; Psalm 101:8; 1 Kings 2:33–34; 2 Timothy 4:14; Proverbs 25:5
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences