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1 Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, “Please take note that the place where we meet with you is too small for us.
1 LOS hijos de los profetas dijeron á Eliseo: He aquí, el lugar en que moramos contigo nos es estrecho.
2 Please let us go to the Jordan, where each of us can get a log so we can build ourselves a place to live there.” “Go,” said Elisha.
2 Vamos ahora al Jordán, y tomemos de allí cada uno una viga, y hagámonos allí lugar en que habitemos. Y él dijo: Andad.
3 Then one of them said, “Please come with your servants.” “I will come,” he replied.
3 Y dijo uno: Rogámoste que quieras venir con tus siervos. Y él respondió: Yo iré.
4 So Elisha went with them, and when they came to the Jordan, they began to cut down some trees.
4 Fuése pues con ellos; y como llegaron al Jordán, cortaron la madera.
5 As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axe head fell into the water. “Oh, my master,” he cried out, “it was borrowed!”
5 Y aconteció que derribando uno un árbol, cayósele el hacha en el agua; y dió voces, diciendo: ¡Ah, señor mío, que era emprestada!
6 “Where did it fall?” asked the man of God. And when he showed him the place, the man of God cut a stick, threw it there, and made the iron float.
6 Y el varón de Dios dijo: ¿Dónde cayó? Y él le mostró el lugar. Entonces cortó él un palo, y echólo allí; é hizo nadar el hierro.
7 “Lift it out,” he said, and the man reached out his hand and took it.
7 Y dijo: Tómalo. Y él tendió la mano, y tomólo.
8 Now the king of Aram was at war against Israel. After consulting with his servants, he said, “My camp will be in such and such a place.”
8 Tenía el rey de Siria guerra contra Israel, y consultando con sus siervos, dijo: En tal y tal lugar estará mi campamento.
9 Then the man of God sent word to the king of Israel: “Be careful passing by this place, for the Arameans are going down there.”
9 Y el varón de Dios envió á decir al rey de Israel: Mira que no pases por tal lugar, porque los Siros van allí.
10 So the king of Israel sent word to the place the man of God had pointed out. Time and again Elisha warned the king, so that he was on his guard in such places.
10 Entonces el rey de Israel envió á aquel lugar que el varón de Dios había dicho y amonestádole; y guardóse de allí, no una vez ni dos.
11 For this reason the king of Aram became enraged and called his servants to demand of them, “Tell me, which one of us is on the side of the king of Israel?”
11 Y el corazón del rey de Siria fué turbado de esto; y llamando á sus siervos, díjoles: ¿No me declararéis vosotros quién de los nuestros es del rey de Israel?
12 But one of his servants replied, “No one, my lord the king. For Elisha, the prophet in Israel, tells the king of Israel the very words you speak in your bedroom.”
12 Entonces uno de los siervos dijo: No, rey señor mío; sino que el profeta Eliseo está en Israel, el cual declara al rey de Israel las palabras que tú hablas en tu más secreta cámara.
13 So the king said, “Go and see where he is, that I may send men to capture him.” On receiving the report, “Elisha is in Dothan,”
13 Y él dijo: Id, y mirad dónde está, para que yo envíe á tomarlo. Y fuéle dicho: He aquí él está en Dothán.
14 the king of Aram sent horses, chariots, and a great army. They went there by night and surrounded the city.
14 Entonces envió el rey allá gente de á caballo, y carros, y un grande ejército, los cuales vinieron de noche, y cercaron la ciudad.
15 When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early in the morning, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. So he asked Elisha, “Oh, my master, what are we to do?”
15 Y levantándose de mañana el que servía al varón de Dios, para salir, he aquí el ejército que tenía cercada la ciudad, con gente de á caballo y carros. Entonces su criado le dijo: ¡Ah, señor mío! ¿qué haremos?
16 “Do not be afraid,” Elisha answered, “for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”
16 Y él le dijo: No hayas miedo: porque más son los que están con nosotros que los que están con ellos.
17 Then Elisha prayed, “O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see.” And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw that the hills were full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
17 Y oró Eliseo, y dijo: Ruégote, oh Jehová, que abras sus ojos para que vea. Entonces Jehová abrió los ojos del mozo, y miró: y he aquí que el monte estaba lleno de gente de á caballo, y de carros de fuego alrededor de Eliseo.
18 As the Arameans came down against him, Elisha prayed to the LORD, “Please strike these people with blindness.” So He struck them with blindness, according to the word of Elisha.
18 Y luego que los [Siros] descendieron á él, oró Eliseo á Jehová, y dijo: Ruégote que hieras á esta gente con ceguedad. E hiriólos con ceguedad, conforme al dicho de Eliseo.
19 And Elisha told them, “This is not the way, and this is not the city. Follow me, and I will take you to the man you are seeking.” And he led them to Samaria.
19 Después les dijo Eliseo: No es este el camino, ni es esta la ciudad; seguidme, que yo os guiaré al hombre que buscáis. Y guiólos á Samaria.
20 When they had entered Samaria, Elisha said, “O LORD, open the eyes of these men that they may see.” Then the LORD opened their eyes, and they looked around and discovered that they were in Samaria.
20 Y así que llegaron á Samaria, dijo Eliseo: Jehová, abre los ojos de éstos, para que vean. Y Jehová abrió sus ojos, y miraron, y halláronse en medio de Samaria.
21 And when the king of Israel saw them, he asked Elisha, “My father, shall I kill them? Shall I kill them?”
21 Y cuando el rey de Israel los hubo visto, dijo á Eliseo: ¿Herirélos, padre mío?
22 “Do not kill them,” he replied. “Would you kill those you have captured with your own sword or bow? Set food and water before them, that they may eat and drink and then return to their master.”
22 Y él le respondió: No los hieras; ¿herirías tú á los que tomaste cautivos con tu espada y con tu arco? Pon delante de ellos pan y agua, para que coman y beban, y se vuelvan á sus señores.
23 So the king prepared a great feast for them, and after they had finished eating and drinking, he sent them away, and they returned to their master. And the Aramean raiders did not come into the land of Israel again.
23 Entonces les fué aparejada grande comida: y como hubieron comido y bebido, enviólos, y ellos se volvieron á su señor. Y nunca más vinieron cuadrillas de Siria á la tierra de Israel.
24 Some time later, Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army and marched up to besiege Samaria.
24 Después de esto aconteció, que Ben-adad rey de Siria juntó todo su ejército, y subió, y puso cerco á Samaria.
25 So there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter cab of dove’s dung sold for five shekels of silver.
25 Y hubo grande hambre en Samaria, teniendo ellos cerco sobre ella; tanto, que la cabeza de un asno era vendida por ochenta [piezas] de plata, y la cuarta de un cabo de estiércol de palomas por cinco [piezas] de plata.
26 As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, “Help me, my lord the king!”
26 Y pasando el rey de Israel por el muro, una mujer le dió voces, y dijo: Salva, rey señor mío.
27 He answered, “If the LORD does not help you, where can I find help for you? From the threshing floor or the winepress?”
27 Y él dijo: Si no te salva Jehová, ¿de dónde te tengo de salvar yo? ¿del alfolí, ó del lagar?
28 Then the king asked her, “What is the matter?” And she answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him, and tomorrow we will eat my son.’
28 Y díjole el rey: ¿Qué tienes? Y ella respondió: Esta mujer me dijo: Da acá tu hijo, y comámoslo hoy, y mañana comeremos el mío.
29 So we boiled my son and ate him, and the next day I said to her, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him.’ But she had hidden her son.”
29 Cocimos pues mi hijo, y le comimos. El día siguiente yo le dije: Da acá tu hijo, y comámoslo. Mas ella ha escondido su hijo.
30 When the king heard the words of the woman, he tore his clothes. And as he passed by on the wall, the people saw the sackcloth under his clothes next to his skin.
30 Y como el rey oyó las palabras de aquella mujer, rasgó sus vestidos, y pasó [así] por el muro: y llegó á ver el pueblo el saco que traía interiormente sobre su carne.
31 He announced, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders through this day!”
31 Y él dijo: Así me haga Dios, y así me añada, si la cabeza de Eliseo hijo de Saphat quedare sobre él hoy.
32 Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king sent a messenger ahead, but before he arrived, Elisha said to the elders, “Do you see how this murderer has sent someone to cut off my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door to keep him out. Is not the sound of his master’s footsteps behind him?”
32 Estaba á la sazón Eliseo sentado en su casa, y con él estaban sentados los ancianos: y el rey envió á él un hombre. Mas antes que el mensajero viniese á él, dijo él á los ancianos: ¿No habéis visto cómo este hijo del homicida me envía á quitar la cabeza? Mirad pues, y cuando viniere el mensajero, cerrad la puerta, é impedidle la entrada: ¿no viene tras él el ruido de los pies de su amo?
33 While Elisha was still speaking with them, the messenger came down to him. And the king said, “This calamity is from the LORD. Why should I wait for the LORD any longer?”
33 Aun estaba él hablando con ellos, y he aquí el mensajero que descendía á él; y dijo: Ciertamente este mal de Jehová viene. ¿Para qué tengo de esperar más á Jehová?
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Ben-hadad
King of Aram who besieged Samaria with thirty-two kings, was spared and made a treaty by Ahab, later besieged Samaria again, and was smothered by Hazael while sick.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 20:1; 1 Kings 20:34; 2 Kings 6:24
Cross references (33)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Kings 2:3; Isaiah 54:2–3; 1 Samuel 19:20; 1 Kings 20:35; Joshua 17:14
- 2 1 Corinthians 9:6; 1 Timothy 6:6; 1 Thessalonians 2:9; Acts 18:3; 2 Thessalonians 3:8
- 3 Judges 4:8; 2 Kings 5:23; Judges 19:6; Job 6:28
- 4 Deuteronomy 19:5; Deuteronomy 29:11
- 5 2 Kings 6:15; Ecclesiastes 10:10; Revelation 18:10; 2 Kings 3:10; Psalm 37:21
- 6 2 Kings 2:21; Mark 8:23–25; Exodus 15:25; 2 Kings 4:41; Mark 7:33–34
- 7 2 Kings 4:36; 2 Kings 4:7; Exodus 4:4; Luke 7:15; Acts 9:41
- 8 2 Kings 6:24; Proverbs 20:18; Proverbs 21:30; 1 Kings 22:31; Job 5:12–13
- 9 Amos 3:7; 2 Kings 4:27; Revelation 1:1; 2 Kings 6:12; 1 Kings 20:13
- 10 Amos 7:1–6; 2 Kings 5:14; Acts 27:24; Hebrews 11:7; Exodus 9:20–21
- 11 1 Samuel 22:8; Isaiah 57:20–21; Psalm 48:4–5; 1 Samuel 28:21; Job 18:7–11
- 12 Daniel 2:28–30; Amos 3:7; Daniel 2:22–23; 2 Kings 6:9–10; Ecclesiastes 10:20
- 13 Genesis 37:17; John 11:47–53; Acts 23:12–27; Psalm 37:12–14; Psalm 37:32–33
- 14 2 Kings 18:17; Matthew 26:55; 1 Samuel 24:2; John 18:3–6; 1 Samuel 23:26
- 15 Matthew 8:26; 2 Chronicles 20:12; Exodus 24:13; Psalm 53:5; 2 Kings 6:5
- 16 Romans 8:31; Isaiah 41:10–14; 1 John 4:4; 2 Chronicles 32:7–8; Acts 18:9–10
- 17 Psalm 68:17; Psalm 34:7; Zechariah 6:1–7; Hebrews 1:14; Acts 26:18
- 18 Acts 13:11; John 12:40; Genesis 19:11; Job 5:14; John 9:39
- 19 2 Samuel 16:18–19; Mark 8:34; Matthew 16:24; Luke 24:16; Luke 9:23
- 20 2 Kings 6:17; Luke 24:31; Luke 16:23; Judges 20:40–42
- 21 2 Kings 5:13; 2 Kings 8:9; 2 Kings 2:12; 1 Samuel 24:19; 1 Samuel 24:4
- 22 Genesis 48:22; Romans 12:20–21; Hosea 2:18; Deuteronomy 20:11–16; 2 Chronicles 28:8–15
- 23 2 Kings 5:2; 2 Kings 24:2; Luke 6:35; 2 Kings 6:8–9; Luke 10:29–37
- 24 1 Kings 20:1; 2 Kings 17:5; 1 Kings 22:31; Ecclesiastes 9:14; Deuteronomy 28:52
- 25 Jeremiah 52:6; Jeremiah 14:18; 2 Kings 6:28–29; Jeremiah 14:13–15; Jeremiah 32:24
- 26 2 Samuel 14:4; Isaiah 10:3; Luke 18:3; Acts 21:28
- 27 Psalm 118:8–9; Psalm 124:1–3; Psalm 146:3; Psalm 62:8; Jeremiah 17:5
- 28 2 Samuel 14:5; Leviticus 26:29; Judges 18:23; Lamentations 4:10; Luke 23:29
- 29 Deuteronomy 28:53; Leviticus 26:29; Deuteronomy 28:57; 1 Kings 3:26; Isaiah 66:13
- 30 1 Kings 21:27; Isaiah 58:5–7; 2 Kings 5:7; 2 Kings 19:1
- 31 Ruth 1:17; 1 Kings 19:2; Acts 23:12–13; Jeremiah 38:4; 1 Kings 2:23
- 32 Ezekiel 14:1; Ezekiel 8:1; Ezekiel 20:1; 1 Kings 18:4; 1 Kings 18:13–14
- 33 Job 2:9; Isaiah 8:21; Isaiah 50:10; Psalm 37:9; Job 1:21
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And he cut down a tree, and cast it in there, and the iron floated." This was a sign that souls should be borne aloft (anagoges psuchon) through the instrumentality of wood, upon which He suffered who can lead those souls aloft that follow His ascension.