1 Kings · Catholic Public Domain Version
1 Kings 2 Catholic Public Domain Version
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1 Now the days of David had drawn near, so that he would die, and he instructed his son Solomon, saying:
1 Y LLEGÁRONSE los días de David para morir, y mandó á Salomón su hijo, diciendo:
2 “I am entering the way of all the earth. Be strengthened and be a good man.
2 Yo voy el camino de toda la tierra: esfuérzate, y sé varón.
3 And observe the care of the Lord your God, so that you walk in his ways, so that you care for his ceremonies, and his precepts, and judgments, and testimonies, just as it is written in the law of Moses. So may you understand everything that you do, in any direction that you may turn yourself.
3 Guarda la ordenanza de Jehová tu Dios, andando en sus caminos, y observando sus estatutos y mandamientos, y sus derechos y sus testimonios, de la manera que está escrito en la ley de Moisés, para que seas dichoso en todo lo que hicieres, y en todo aquello á que te tornares;
4 So may the Lord confirm his words, which he has spoken about me, saying: ‘If your sons will guard their ways, and if they will walk before me in truth, with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not be taken away from you a man on the throne of Israel.’
4 Para que confirme Jehová la palabra que me habló, diciendo: Si tus hijos guardaren su camino, andando delante de mí con verdad, de todo su corazón, y de toda su alma, jamás, dice, faltará á ti varón del trono de Israel.
5 Also, you know what Joab, the son of Zeruiah, has done to me, what he did to the two leaders of the army of Israel, to Abner, the son of Ner, and to Amasa, the son of Jether. He killed them, and so he shed the blood of war in peace time, and he set the bloodshed of battle on his belt, which was around his waist, and in his shoes, which were on his feet.
5 Y ya sabes tú lo que me ha hecho Joab hijo de Sarvia, lo que hizo á dos generales del ejército de Israel, á Abner hijo de Ner, y á Amasa hijo de Jether, los cuales él mató, derramando en paz la sangre de guerra, y poniendo la sangre de guerra en su talabarte que tenía sobre sus lomos, y en sus zapatos que tenía en sus pies.
6 Therefore, act according to your wisdom. And you shall not allow his gray head to be led away to death in peace.
6 Tú pues harás conforme á tu sabiduría; no dejarás descender sus canas á la huesa en paz.
7 Then, too, repay grace to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite. And you shall allow them to eat at your table. For they met me when I fled from the face of Absalom, your brother.
7 Mas á los hijos de Barzillai Galaadita harás misericordia, que sean de los convidados á tu mesa; porque ellos vinieron así á mí, cuando iba huyendo de Absalom tu hermano.
8 Also, you have with you Shimei, the son of Gera, the son of Benjamin, from Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse, when I went away to the camp. And he descended to meet me when I crossed over the Jordan, and I swore to him by the Lord, saying, ‘I will not put you to death by the sword,’
8 También tienes contigo á Semei hijo de Gera, hijo de Benjamín, de Bahurim, el cual me maldijo con una maldición fuerte el día que yo iba á Mahanaim. Mas él mismo descendió á recibirme al Jordán, y yo le juré por Jehová, diciendo: Yo no te mataré á cuchillo.
9 yet do not choose to treat him as if he were innocent. Since you are a wise man, you will know what to do with him. And you shall lead away his grey hair to death with blood.”
9 Empero ahora no lo absolverás: que hombre sabio eres, y sabes cómo te has de haber con él: y harás descender sus canas con sangre á la sepultura.
10 And so, David slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David.
10 Y David durmió con sus padres, y fué sepultado en la ciudad de David.
11 Now the days during which David reigned over Israel are forty years: he reigned seven years in Hebron, thirty-three in Jerusalem.
11 Los días que reinó David sobre Israel fueron cuarenta años: siete años reinó en Hebrón, y treinta y tres años reinó en Jerusalem.
12 Then Solomon sat upon the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was strengthened exceedingly.
12 Y se sentó Salomón en el trono de David su padre, y fué su reino firme en gran manera.
13 And Adonijah, the son of Haggith, entered to Bathsheba, the mother of Solomon. And she said to him, “Is your entrance peaceful?” He responded, “It is peaceful.”
13 Entonces Adonía hijo de Haggith vino á Bath-sheba madre de Salomón; y ella dijo: ¿Es tu venida de paz? Y él respondió: [Sí], de paz.
14 And he added, “My word is for you.” She said to him, “Speak.” And he said:
14 En seguida dijo: [Una] palabra tengo que decirte. Y ella dijo: Di.
15 “You know that the kingdom was mine, and that all of Israel had preferred me for themselves as king. But the kingdom was transferred, and has become my brother’s. For it was appointed to him by the Lord.
15 Y él dijo: Tú sabes que el reino era mío, y que todo Israel había puesto en mí su rostro, para que yo reinara: mas el reino fué traspasado, y vino á mi hermano; porque por Jehová era suyo.
16 Now therefore, I beg of you one petition. May you not confound my face.” And she said to him, “Speak.”
16 Y ahora yo te hago una petición: no me hagas volver mi rostro. Y ella le dijo: Habla.
17 And he said: “I beg that you may speak to king Solomon, for he is not able to refuse anything to you, so that he may give Abishag the Shunammite to me as wife.”
17 El entonces dijo: Yo te ruego que hables al rey Salomón, (porque él no te hará volver tu rostro,) para que me dé á Abisag Sunamita por mujer.
18 And Bathsheba said: “It is well. I will speak to the king on your behalf.”
18 Y Bath-sheba dijo: Bien; yo hablaré por ti al rey.
19 Then Bathsheba went to king Solomon, so that she might speak to him on behalf of Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and he reverenced her, and he sat down upon his throne. And a throne was stationed for the mother of the king, and she sat at his right hand.
19 Y vino Bath-sheba al rey Salomón para hablarle por Adonía. Y el rey se levantó á recibirla, é inclinóse á ella, y volvió á sentarse en su trono, é hizo poner una silla á la madre del rey, la cual se sentó á su diestra.
20 And she said to him: “I petition one small request from you. May you not confound my face.” And the king said to her: “Ask, my mother. For it is not right that I turn away your face.”
20 Y ella dijo: Una pequeña petición pretendo de ti; no me hagas volver mi rostro. Y el rey le dijo: Pide, madre mía, que yo no te haré volver el rostro.
21 And she said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah, your brother, as wife.”
21 Y ella dijo: Dése Abisag Sunamita por mujer á tu hermano Adonía.
22 And king Solomon responded, and he said to his mother: “Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Why not request the kingdom for him! For he is my older brother, and he has Abiathar, the priest, and Joab, the son of Zeruiah.”
22 Y el rey Salomón respondió, y dijo á su madre: ¿Por qué pides á Abisag Sunamita para Adonía? Demanda también para él el reino, porque él es mi hermano mayor; y tiene también á Abiathar sacerdote, y á Joab hijo de Sarvia.
23 And so king Solomon swore by the Lord, saying: “May God do these things to me, and may he add these other things! For Adonijah has spoken this word against his own life.
23 Y el rey Salomón juró por Jehová, diciendo: Así me haga Dios y así me añada, que contra su vida ha hablado Adonía esta palabra.
24 And now, as the Lord lives, who has confirmed me and placed me upon the throne of my father David, and who, just as he said, has made a house for me: Adonijah shall be put to death this day.”
24 Ahora pues, vive Jehová, que me ha confirmado y me ha puesto sobre el trono de David mi padre, y que me ha hecho casa, como me había dicho, que Adonía morirá hoy.
25 And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, who put him to death, and so he died.
25 Entonces el rey Salomón envió por mano de Benaía hijo de Joiada, el cual dió sobre él, y murió.
26 Also, the king said to Abiathar, the priest: “Go into Anathoth, to your own land, for you are a man worthy of death. But I will not put you to death this day, since you carried the ark of the Lord God before David, my father, and since you have endured hardship in all the things, for which my father labored.”
26 Y á Abiathar sacerdote dijo el rey: Vete á Anathoth á tus heredades, que tú eres digno de muerte; mas no te mataré hoy, por cuanto has llevado el arca del Señor Jehová delante de David mi padre, y además has sido trabajado en todas las cosas en que fué trabajado mi padre.
27 Therefore, Solomon cast out Abiathar, so that he would not be the priest of the Lord, so that the word of the Lord might be fulfilled, which he spoke over the house of Eli at Shiloh.
27 Así echó Salomón á Abiathar del sacerdocio de Jehová, para que se cumpliese la palabra de Jehová que había dicho sobre la casa de Eli en Silo.
28 And the news came to Joab, for Joab had turned aside after Adonijah, and he had not turned aside after Solomon. And so, Joab fled into the tabernacle of the Lord, and he took hold of the horn of the altar.
28 Y vino la noticia hasta Joab: porque también Joab se había adherido á Adonía, si bien no se había adherido á Absalom. Y huyó Joab al tabernáculo de Jehová, y asióse á los cornijales del altar.
29 And it was reported to king Solomon that Joab had fled into the tabernacle of the Lord, and that he was beside the altar. And Solomon sent Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go, put him to death.”
29 Y fué hecho saber á Salomón que Joab había huído al tabernáculo de Jehová, y que estaba junto al altar. Entonces envió Salomón á Benaía hijo de Joiada, diciendo: Ve, y da sobre él.
30 And Benaiah went to the tabernacle of the Lord, and he said to him: “The king says this: ‘Come out.’ ” But he said: “I will not come out. Instead, I will die here.” Benaiah sent word back to the king, saying, “Joab said this, and he responded to me in this way.”
30 Y entró Benaía al tabernáculo de Jehová, y díjole: El rey ha dicho que salgas. Y él dijo: No, sino aquí moriré. Y Benaía volvió con esta respuesta al rey, diciendo: Así habló Joab, y así me respondió.
31 And the king said to him, “Do just as he has said. And put him to death, and bury him. And so shall you take away the innocent blood, which was shed by Joab, from me and from my father’s house.
31 Y el rey le dijo: Haz como él ha dicho; mátale y entiérralo, y quita de mí y de la casa de mi padre la sangre que Joab ha derramado injustamente.
32 And the Lord shall repay his blood upon his own head. For he killed two men, just and better than himself, and he killed them with the sword, while my father, David, did not know it: Abner, the son of Ner, leader of the military of Israel, and Amasa, the son of Jether, leader of the army of Judah.
32 Y Jehová hará tornar su sangre sobre su cabeza: que él ha muerto dos varones más justos y mejores que él, á los cuales mató á cuchillo sin que mi padre David supiese nada: á Abner hijo de Ner, general del ejército de Israel, y á Amasa hijo de Jether, general de ejército de Judá.
33 And their blood shall be turned back upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his offspring forever. But as for David, and his offspring and house, and his throne, may there be peace from the Lord, even unto eternity.”
33 La sangre pues de ellos recaerá sobre la cabeza de Joab, y sobre la cabeza de su simiente para siempre: mas sobre David y sobre su simiente, y sobre su casa y sobre su trono, habrá perpetuamente paz de parte de Jehová.
34 And so Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, went up and, attacking him, put him to death. And he was buried in his own house in the desert.
34 Entonces Benaía hijo de Joiada subió, y dió sobre él, y matólo; y fué sepultado en su casa en el desierto.
35 And the king appointed Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, in his place over the army. And he appointed Zadok, the priest, in place of Abiathar.
35 Y el rey puso en su lugar á Benaía hijo de Joiada sobre el ejército: y á Sadoc puso el rey por sacerdote en lugar de Abiathar.
36 Also, the king sent for and summoned Shimei, and he said to him: “Build a house for yourself in Jerusalem, and live there. And do not depart from that place to here or to there.
36 Después envió el rey, é hizo venir á Semei, y díjole: Edifícate una casa en Jerusalem, y mora ahí, y no salgas de allá á una parte ni á otra;
37 For on whatever day you will have departed and crossed the torrent Kidron, know that you shall be put to death. Your blood will be upon your own head.”
37 Porque sabe de cierto que el día que salieres, y pasares el torrente de Cedrón, sin duda morirás, y tu sangre será sobre tu cabeza.
38 And Shimei said to the king: “The word is good. Just as my lord the king has said, so will your servant do.” And so Shimei lived in Jerusalem for many days.
38 Y Semei dijo al rey: La palabra es buena; como el rey mi señor ha dicho, así lo hará tu siervo. Y habitó Semei en Jerusalem muchos días.
39 But it happened that, after three years, the servants of Shimei fled to Achish, the son of Maacah, the king of Gath. And it was reported to Shimei that his servants had gone away to Gath.
39 Pero pasados tres años, aconteció que se le huyeron á Semei dos siervos á Achîs, hijo de Maachâ, rey de Gath. Y dieron aviso á Semei, diciendo: He aquí que tus siervos están en Gath.
40 And Shimei rose up, and he saddled his donkey. And went away to Achish in Gath, in order to seek his servants. And he led them away from Gath.
40 Levantóse entonces Semei, y enalbardó su asno, y fué á Gath, á Achîs, á procurar sus siervos. Fué pues Semei, y volvió sus siervos de Gath.
41 And it was reported to Solomon that Shimei had gone away from Jerusalem to Gath, and had returned.
41 Díjose luego á Salomón como Semei había ido de Jerusalem hasta Gath, y que había vuelto.
42 And sending, he summoned him, and he said to him: “Did I not testify to you by the Lord, and warn you in advance, ‘On whatever day, having departed, you go forth to here or to there, know that you shall die?’ And you responded to me, ‘The word that I have heard is good.’
42 Entonces el rey envió, é hizo venir á Semei, y díjole: ¿No te conjuré yo por Jehová, y te protesté, diciendo: El día que salieres, y fueres acá ó acullá, sabe de cierto que has de morir? Y tú me dijiste: La palabra es buena, yo la obedezco.
43 Then why have you not kept the oath to the Lord, and the commandment which I instructed to you?”
43 ¿Por qué pues no guardaste el juramento de Jehová, y el mandamiento que yo te impuse?
44 And the king said to Shimei: “You know all the evil, of which your heart is conscious, which you did to David, my father. The Lord has repaid your wickedness upon your own head.”
44 Dijo además el rey á Semei: Tú sabes todo el mal, el cual tu corazón bien sabe, que cometiste contra mi padre David; Jehová pues, ha tornado el mal sobre tu cabeza.
45 And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord, even forever.
45 Y el rey Salomón será bendito, y el trono de David será firme perpetuamente delante de Jehová.
46 And so the king commanded Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada. And going out, he struck him down, and he died.
46 Entonces el rey mandó á Benaía hijo de Joiada, el cual salió é hirióle; y murió. Y el reino fué confirmado en la mano de Salomón.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Abishag the Shunammite
A very beautiful girl from Shunem found to care for the aged King David and keep him warm, whom Adonijah later asked to marry.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 1:3; 1 Kings 1:15; 1 Kings 2:17
Achish
Called 'son of Maacah', king of Gath, to whom two of Shimei's slaves ran away.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 2:39; 1 Kings 2:40
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
Bathsheba
Wife of David and mother of Solomon, remembered amid both sin and grace.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 11-12; 1 Kings 1-2; Matthew 1:6
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
Gera
Named as the father of Shimei, the Benjamite from Bahurim who cursed David.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 16:5; 2 Samuel 19:16; 1 Kings 2:8
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
Solomon
David's son who built the temple and became famous for God-given wisdom.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 1-11; 1 Chron. 3:5; Matt. 1:6-7
Cross references (44)
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- 1 Genesis 47:29; Deuteronomy 31:14; Deuteronomy 31:23; Numbers 27:19; Deuteronomy 3:28
- 2 Joshua 1:6–7; Ephesians 6:10; Joshua 23:14; 1 Corinthians 16:13; Deuteronomy 31:23
- 3 Deuteronomy 29:9; Proverbs 3:1–4; Deuteronomy 17:18–20; Psalm 119:2; Joshua 1:7–8
- 4 2 Kings 20:3; 2 Samuel 7:25; 1 Kings 8:25; Psalm 132:11–12; Matthew 22:37
- 5 2 Samuel 3:27; 2 Samuel 20:10; 2 Samuel 18:12; 2 Samuel 18:5; 2 Samuel 18:14
- 6 1 Kings 2:9; Isaiah 57:21; Proverbs 28:17; Isaiah 48:22; Ecclesiastes 8:11
- 7 2 Samuel 17:27–29; 2 Samuel 9:7; 2 Samuel 19:31–40; 2 Samuel 9:10; 2 Samuel 15:13–15
- 8 2 Samuel 16:5–8; Jeremiah 4:2; 1 Kings 2:36–46; 2 Samuel 19:16–23
- 9 1 Kings 2:6; Genesis 44:31; Genesis 42:38; Exodus 22:28; Numbers 32:23
- 10 Acts 2:29; Acts 13:36; 1 Kings 11:43; 1 Kings 1:21; 1 Chronicles 29:28
- 11 2 Samuel 5:4–5; 1 Chronicles 29:26–27
- 12 2 Chronicles 1:1; 1 Chronicles 29:23–25; 2 Samuel 7:12–13; Psalm 132:12; 2 Samuel 7:29
- 13 1 Kings 1:50–53; 1 Kings 1:5–10; 1 Chronicles 12:17–18; 1 Samuel 16:4–5; 2 Kings 9:18–22
- 14 Luke 7:40; 2 Samuel 14:12
- 15 1 Chronicles 28:5–7; 1 Chronicles 22:9–10; 1 Kings 1:25; 1 Kings 1:5; Daniel 2:22
- 16 Proverbs 30:7; Psalm 132:10
- 17 2 Samuel 3:7; 2 Samuel 12:8; 1 Kings 1:2–4
- 18 Proverbs 14:15
- 19 Psalm 45:9; Leviticus 19:32; Leviticus 19:3; 1 Kings 15:13; Psalm 110:1
- 20 John 15:16; Matthew 11:24; Matthew 20:20–21; John 2:3–4; Matthew 18:19
- 21 1 Kings 1:3; 2 Samuel 16:21–22
- 22 1 Chronicles 3:2; James 4:3; 1 Kings 1:24–25; 2 Samuel 12:8; 1 Kings 1:5–7
- 23 Ruth 1:17; Psalm 64:8; Psalm 140:9; 1 Kings 20:10; 2 Samuel 3:35
- 24 1 Chronicles 22:10; 2 Samuel 7:11–13; 2 Samuel 7:27; 1 Samuel 25:28; 1 Kings 3:6–7
- 25 2 Samuel 8:18; Judges 8:20–21; 1 Kings 2:34; 1 Kings 2:46; 2 Samuel 4:12
- 26 Joshua 21:18; 1 Samuel 22:20–23; 1 Samuel 26:16; 2 Samuel 15:24–29; Jeremiah 1:1
- 27 1 Samuel 2:27–36; 1 Samuel 3:12–14; Jeremiah 7:12–14; Joshua 18:1; Psalm 78:60
- 28 1 Kings 1:7; 1 Kings 1:50; 2 Samuel 18:2; 2 Samuel 17:25; Exodus 27:2
- 29 1 Kings 2:25; Exodus 21:14; Ezekiel 9:6; 1 Peter 4:17; 1 Kings 2:46
- 31 Deuteronomy 21:8–9; Numbers 35:33; Exodus 21:14; 2 Samuel 3:28; Proverbs 28:17
- 32 Judges 9:24; 2 Chronicles 21:13; Psalm 7:16; Judges 9:57; 2 Samuel 20:9–10
- 33 2 Samuel 3:28–29; 1 Kings 2:32; Matthew 27:25; Proverbs 25:5; Isaiah 11:1–9
- 34 1 Kings 2:25; Matthew 3:1; Joshua 15:61; 1 Kings 2:31; 1 Kings 2:46
- 35 1 Kings 2:27; 1 Kings 4:4; 1 Chronicles 29:22; 1 Chronicles 24:3; Psalm 109:8
- 36 2 Samuel 16:5–9; 1 Kings 2:8–9; Proverbs 20:26; Proverbs 20:8; 2 Samuel 14:28
- 37 2 Samuel 1:16; 2 Samuel 15:23; Joshua 2:19; John 18:1; Leviticus 20:9
- 38 1 Kings 20:4; 2 Kings 20:19
- 39 1 Samuel 27:2–3; 1 Samuel 21:10
- 40 Proverbs 15:27; Luke 12:15; 1 Timothy 6:10
- 42 Luke 19:22; Psalm 15:4; Luke 15:22; 1 Kings 2:36–38
- 43 Ezekiel 17:18–19; Romans 13:5; 2 Chronicles 30:12; 2 Samuel 21:2; Ecclesiastes 8:2
- 44 2 Samuel 16:5–13; Psalm 7:16; 1 Samuel 25:39; Ezekiel 17:19; Proverbs 5:22
- 45 Proverbs 25:5; Psalm 21:6; 2 Samuel 7:13; Isaiah 9:6–7; Psalm 72:17
- 46 1 Kings 2:12; 2 Chronicles 1:1; Proverbs 29:4; 1 Kings 2:45
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