Judges · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Judges 18 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 En aquellos días no había rey en Israel. En ese tiempo la tribu de Dan buscaba una herencia donde establecerse, porque hasta entonces todavía no había recibido una herencia entre las tribus de Israel.
1 In those days there was no king in Israel. In those days the tribe of the Danites sought an inheritance to dwell in; for to that day, their inheritance had not fallen to them among the tribes of Israel.
2 Los hijos de Dan enviaron desde Zora y Estaol a cinco hombres fuertes de su tribu para explorar la tierra. Les dijeron: «Vayan y exploren la tierra». Los hombres llegaron a la región montañosa de Efraín y pasaron la noche en la casa de Micaía.
2 The children of Dan sent five men of their family from their whole number, men of valor, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land and to search it. They said to them, “Go, explore the land!” They came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there.
3 Cuando estaban cerca de la casa de Micaía, reconocieron la voz del joven levita. Se acercaron y le preguntaron: «¿Cómo llegaste aquí? ¿Qué haces en este lugar? ¿Por qué estás aquí?»
3 When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite; so they went over there and said to him, “Who brought you here? What do you do in this place? What do you have here?”
4 Él respondió: «Micaía hizo un acuerdo conmigo, me paga y yo soy su sacerdote».
4 He said to them, “Thus and thus has Micah dealt with me, and he has hired me, and I have become his priest.”
5 Entonces le dijeron: «Pregunta a Dios por nosotros si el viaje que hacemos tendrá buen resultado».
5 They said to him, “Please ask counsel of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.”
6 El sacerdote respondió: «Vayan en paz. El Señor guía el camino que llevan».
6 The priest said to them, “Go in peace. Your way in which you go is before Yahweh.”
7 Los cinco hombres continuaron hasta Lais. Vieron que la gente vivía tranquila y segura, como los sidonios. Tenían todo lo que necesitaban y vivían sin temor. Estaban lejos de Sidón y no tenían relaciones con Aram.
7 Then the five men departed and came to Laish and saw the people who were there, how they lived in safety, in the way of the Sidonians, quiet and secure; for there was no one in the land possessing authority, that might put them to shame in anything, and they were far from the Sidonians, and had no dealings with anyone else.
8 Cuando los cinco hombres regresaron a Zora y Estaol, sus hermanos les preguntaron: «¿Qué noticias traen?»
8 They came to their brothers at Zorah and Eshtaol; and their brothers asked them, “What do you say?”
9 Ellos respondieron: «¡Levántense! Subamos contra Lais. Hemos visto la tierra, y es muy buena. ¿Por qué se quedan sin hacer nada? No se demoren en ir y tomar la tierra como herencia.
9 They said, “Arise, and let’s go up against them; for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very good. Do you stand still? Don’t be slothful to go and to enter in to possess the land.
10 Cuando lleguen, encontrarán un pueblo que vive sin temor y una tierra extensa. Dios la ha entregado en sus manos. Es un lugar donde no falta nada de lo que una persona necesita».
10 When you go, you will come to an unsuspecting people, and the land is large; for God has given it into your hand, a place where there is no lack of anything that is on the earth.”
11 Entonces seiscientos hombres de Dan salieron de Zora y Estaol armados para la guerra.
11 The family of the Danites set out from Zorah and Eshtaol with six hundred men armed with weapons of war.
12 Subieron y acamparon cerca de Quiriat-jearim, en Judá. Por eso aquel lugar se llama Mahane-dan hasta hoy. Está al oeste de Quiriat-jearim.
12 They went up and encamped in Kiriath Jearim in Judah. Therefore they call that place Mahaneh Dan to this day. Behold, it is behind Kiriath Jearim.
13 Desde allí siguieron hasta la región montañosa de Efraín y llegaron a la casa de Micaía.
13 They passed from there to the hill country of Ephraim, and came to the house of Micah.
14 Los cinco hombres que habían explorado la región de Lais dijeron a sus hermanos: «¿Saben que en estas casas hay un efod, dioses domésticos, una imagen tallada y una imagen de metal fundido? Ahora piensen en lo que deben hacer».
14 Then the five men who went to spy out the country of Laish answered and said to their brothers, “Do you know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a carved image, and a molten image? Now therefore consider what you have to do.”
15 Se apartaron del camino, fueron a la casa del joven levita, la casa de Micaía, y lo saludaron.
15 They went over there and came to the house of the young Levite man, even to the house of Micah, and asked him how he was doing.
16 Los seiscientos hombres de Dan, armados para la guerra, se quedaron junto a la entrada.
16 The six hundred men armed with their weapons of war, who were of the children of Dan, stood by the entrance of the gate.
17 Los cinco hombres que habían explorado la tierra entraron y tomaron la imagen tallada, el efod, los dioses domésticos y la imagen de metal fundido. El sacerdote estaba junto a la entrada con los seiscientos hombres armados.
17 The five men who went to spy out the land went up, and came in there, and took the engraved image, the ephod, the teraphim, and the molten image; and the priest stood by the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men armed with weapons of war.
18 Cuando los hombres entraron en la casa de Micaía y sacaron la imagen tallada, el efod, los dioses domésticos y la imagen de metal fundido, el sacerdote les preguntó: «¿Qué están haciendo?»
18 When these went into Micah’s house, and took the engraved image, the ephod, the teraphim, and the molten image, the priest said to them, “What are you doing?”
19 Ellos respondieron: «¡Cállate! No digas nada. Ven con nosotros y sé nuestro padre y sacerdote. ¿Qué es mejor para ti: ser sacerdote de la casa de un solo hombre o ser sacerdote de toda una tribu y familia de Israel?»
19 They said to him, “Hold your peace, put your hand on your mouth, and go with us. Be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?”
20 El sacerdote se alegró. Tomó el efod, los dioses domésticos y la imagen tallada, y se fue con el pueblo.
20 The priest’s heart was glad, and he took the ephod, the teraphim, and the engraved image, and went with the people.
21 Los danitas siguieron su camino, poniendo delante de ellos a los niños, el ganado y sus bienes.
21 So they turned and departed, and put the little ones, the livestock, and the goods before them.
22 Cuando ya se habían alejado de la casa de Micaía, los hombres que vivían cerca de su casa se reunieron y alcanzaron a los hijos de Dan.
22 When they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men who were in the houses near Micah’s house gathered together and overtook the children of Dan.
23 Gritaron detrás de ellos. Los danitas se volvieron y preguntaron a Micaía: «¿Qué te pasa? ¿Por qué has reunido a estos hombres?»
23 As they called to the children of Dan, they turned their faces, and said to Micah, “What ails you, that you come with such a company?”
24 Micaía respondió: «Ustedes se llevaron los dioses que hice y también a mi sacerdote. Ya no me queda nada. ¿Cómo pueden preguntarme qué me pasa?»
24 He said, “You have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and have gone away! What more do I have? How can you ask me, ‘What ails you?’”
25 Los hijos de Dan le dijeron: «No sigas hablando, no sea que algunos hombres violentos se enojen y los ataquen, y tú y tu familia pierdan la vida».
25 The children of Dan said to him, “Don’t let your voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows fall on you, and you lose your life, with the lives of your household.”
26 Los hijos de Dan siguieron su camino. Micaía vio que eran más fuertes que él y regresó a su casa.
26 The children of Dan went their way; and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back to his house.
27 Los danitas tomaron las cosas que Micaía había hecho y también a su sacerdote. Luego llegaron a Lais, donde la gente vivía tranquila y sin temor. Mataron a sus habitantes a filo de espada sin piedad y quemaron la ciudad.
27 They took that which Micah had made, and the priest whom he had, and came to Laish, to a people quiet and unsuspecting, and struck them with the edge of the sword; then they burned the city with fire.
28 Nadie fue a salvarlos, porque Lais estaba lejos de Sidón y sus habitantes no tenían relaciones con Aram. La ciudad estaba en el valle de Bet-rehob. Los danitas reconstruyeron la ciudad y vivieron allí.
28 There was no deliverer, because it was far from Sidon, and they had no dealings with anyone else; and it was in the valley that lies by Beth Rehob. They built the city and lived in it.
29 Le pusieron el nombre de Dan, por Dan su antepasado, hijo de Israel. Antes la ciudad se llamaba Lais.
29 They called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel; however the name of the city used to be Laish.
30 Los hijos de Dan levantaron para sí la imagen tallada. Jonatán hijo de Gersón, hijo de Moisés, y sus descendientes fueron sacerdotes de la tribu de Dan hasta el día en que la gente de aquella tierra fue llevada cautiva.
30 The children of Dan set up for themselves the engraved image; and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land.
31 La imagen que Micaía había hecho permaneció allí todo el tiempo que la casa de Dios estuvo en Silo.
31 So they set up for themselves Micah’s engraved image which he made, and it remained all the time that God’s house was in Shiloh.
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Son of Gershom and grandson of Moses (the KJV reads Manasseh) who with his sons served as priests for the tribe of Dan at the idols they took from Micah, and who is generally…
Cited in the guide: Judges 18:30
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Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Judges 1:34; Judges 17:6; Judges 19:1; Joshua 19:40–48; Judges 21:25
- 2 Judges 13:25; Joshua 2:1; Judges 18:11; Numbers 13:17; Judges 18:8
- 3 Genesis 27:22; Matthew 26:73; Judges 12:6; Isaiah 22:16
- 4 Judges 17:10; Ezekiel 13:19; John 10:12–13; Judges 17:12; Malachi 1:10
- 5 Acts 8:10; 1 Kings 22:5; Isaiah 30:1; Hosea 4:12; Judges 18:14
- 6 1 Kings 22:6; Psalm 33:18; 1 Kings 22:12; Jeremiah 23:32; Jeremiah 23:21–22
- 7 Joshua 19:47; 1 Samuel 3:13; Judges 18:27–28; 1 Kings 1:6; Romans 13:3
- 8 Judges 18:2; Judges 18:11; Judges 13:2; Judges 16:31
- 9 Joshua 2:23–24; Numbers 13:30; John 6:27; Joshua 18:3; 1 Kings 22:23
- 10 Judges 18:27; 1 Timothy 6:17; Judges 18:7; Deuteronomy 8:7–9; Deuteronomy 11:11–12
- 11 Judges 18:16
- 12 Judges 13:25; 1 Chronicles 13:5–6; Joshua 15:60; 2 Chronicles 1:4; 1 Samuel 7:1
- 13 Judges 18:2–3; Joshua 24:30; Judges 19:1; Judges 17:1; Joshua 24:33
- 14 Judges 17:5; Proverbs 19:27; Judges 18:3–4; 1 Samuel 14:28; Isaiah 8:19–20
- 15 Genesis 43:27; John 14:27; 2 Kings 4:26; 1 Samuel 17:22; Luke 10:4–6
- 16 Judges 18:11
- 17 Judges 18:14; Judges 18:2; Judges 17:4–5; Genesis 31:19; Isaiah 46:1–2
- 19 Job 21:5; Judges 17:10; Job 29:9; Proverbs 30:32; Micah 7:16
- 20 Isaiah 56:11; Ezekiel 13:19; Hosea 4:3; 2 Peter 2:15–16; Acts 20:33
- 23 Genesis 21:17; Psalm 114:5; 2 Samuel 14:5; Isaiah 22:1; 1 Samuel 11:5
- 24 Habakkuk 2:18–19; Psalm 115:8; Isaiah 44:18–20; Judges 17:13; Jeremiah 51:17
- 25 Job 27:2; 1 Samuel 30:6; 2 Samuel 17:8; Job 3:5
- 27 Joshua 19:47; Judges 18:7; Judges 18:10; Joshua 11:11; Deuteronomy 33:22
- 28 2 Samuel 10:6; Numbers 13:21; Judges 18:7; Psalm 7:2; Psalm 50:22
- 29 Joshua 19:47; 1 Kings 15:20; Genesis 14:14; Genesis 30:6; 1 Kings 12:29–30
- 30 1 Samuel 4:10–11; Exodus 2:22; Judges 17:5; Judges 17:3; Judges 13:1
- 31 Joshua 18:1; Judges 19:18; 1 Samuel 1:3; Jeremiah 7:12; Judges 21:21
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