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2 Kings 3 Catholic Public Domain Version
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1 Truly, Joram, the son of Ahab, reigned over Israel, in Samaria, in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah. And he reigned for twelve years.
1 Y JORAM hijo de Achâb comenzó á reinar en Samaria sobre Israel el año dieciocho de Josaphat rey de Judá; y reinó doce años.
2 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, but not as his father and mother did. For he took away the statues of Baal, which his father had made.
2 E hizo lo malo en ojos de Jehová, aunque no como su padre y su madre; porque quitó las estatuas de Baal que su padre había hecho.
3 Yet truly, he did adhere to the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin; neither did he withdraw from these.
3 Mas allegóse á los pecados de Jeroboam, hijo de Nabat, que hizo pecar á Israel; y no se apartó de ellos.
4 Now Mesha, the king of Moab, raised many sheep. And he repaid to the king of Israel one hundred thousand lambs, and one hundred thousand rams, with their fleece.
4 Entonces Mesa rey de Moab era propietario de ganados, y pagaba al rey de Israel cien mil corderos y cien mil carneros con sus vellones.
5 And when Ahab had died, he transgressed the pact that he had with the king of Israel.
5 Mas muerto Achâb, el rey de Moab se rebeló contra el rey de Israel.
6 Therefore, king Joram departed on that day from Samaria, and he took a count of all of Israel.
6 Y salió entonces de Samaria el rey Joram, é inspeccionó á todo Israel.
7 And he sent to Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, saying: “The king of Moab has withdrawn from me. Come to battle with me against him.” And he responded: “I will go up. What is mine, is yours. My people are your people. And my horses are your horses.”
7 Y fué y envió á decir á Josaphat rey de Judá: El rey de Moab se ha rebelado contra mí: ¿irás tú conmigo á la guerra contra Moab? Y él respondió: Iré, [porque] como yo, así tú; como mi pueblo, así tu pueblo; como mis caballos, así también tus caballos.
8 And he said, “Along which way shall we ascend?” So he responded, “Along the desert of Idumea.”
8 Y dijo: ¿Por qué camino iremos? Y él respondió: Por el camino del desierto de Idumea.
9 Therefore, the king of Israel, and the king of Judah, and the king of Idumea, traveled, and they went by a circuitous path for seven days. But there was no water for the army or for the beasts of burden which were following them.
9 Partieron pues el rey de Israel, y el rey de Judá, y el rey de Idumea; y como anduvieron rodeando por el desierto siete días de camino, faltóles el agua para el ejército, y para las bestias que los seguían.
10 And the king of Israel said: “Alas, alas, alas! The Lord has gathered we three kings, so that he might deliver us into the hands of Moab.”
10 Entonces el rey de Israel dijo: ¡Ah! que ha llamado Jehová estos tres reyes para entregarlos en manos de los Moabitas.
11 And Jehoshaphat said, “Is there not a prophet of the Lord here, so that we may appeal to the Lord through him?” And one of the servants of the king of Israel responded, “Elisha, the son of Shaphat, is here, who poured water upon the hands of Elijah.”
11 Mas Josaphat dijo: ¿No hay aquí profeta de Jehová, para que consultemos á Jehová por él? Y uno de los siervos del rey de Israel respondió y dijo: Aquí está Eliseo hijo de Saphat, que daba agua á manos á Elías.
12 And Jehoshaphat said, “The word of the Lord is with him.” And so, the king of Israel, with Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, and with the king of Idumea, descended to him.
12 Y Josaphat dijo: Este tendrá palabra de Jehová. Y descendieron á él el rey de Israel, y Josaphat, y el rey de Idumea.
13 Then Elisha said to the king of Israel: “What is there between you and me? Go to the prophets of your father and your mother.” And the king of Israel said to him, “Why has the Lord gathered these three kings, so that he might deliver them into the hands of Moab?”
13 Entonces Eliseo dijo al rey de Israel: ¿Qué tengo yo contigo? Ve á los profetas de tu padre, y á los profetas de tu madre. Y el rey de Israel le respondió: No: porque ha juntado Jehová estos tres reyes para entregarlos en manos de los Moabitas.
14 And Elisha said to him: “As the Lord of hosts lives, in whose sight I stand, if I was not humbled by the face of Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, certainly I would neither have listened to you, nor have looked upon you.
14 Y Eliseo dijo: Vive Jehová de los ejércitos, en cuya presencia estoy, que si no tuviese respeto al rostro de Josaphat rey de Judá, no mirara á ti, ni te viera.
15 But now, bring a musician to me.” And while the musician was playing, the hand of the Lord fell upon him, and he said:
15 Mas ahora traedme un tañedor. Y mientras el tañedor tocaba, la mano de Jehová fué sobre Eliseo.
16 “Thus says the Lord: Make, in the channel of this torrent, pit after pit.
16 Y dijo: Así ha dicho Jehová: Haced en este valle muchas acequias.
17 For thus says the Lord: You shall not see wind or rain. And yet this channel shall be filled with water. And you shall drink, you and your families, and your beasts of burden.
17 Porque Jehová ha dicho así: No veréis viento, ni veréis lluvia, y este valle será lleno de agua, y beberéis vosotros, y vuestras bestias, y vuestros ganados.
18 And this is small in the sight of the Lord. So, in addition, he will also deliver Moab into your hands.
18 Y esto es cosa ligera en los ojos de Jehová; dará también á los Moabitas en vuestras manos.
19 And you shall strike every fortified town and every elect city. And you shall cut down every fruitful tree. And you shall obstruct all the sources of water. And you shall cover every excellent field with stones.”
19 Y vosotros heriréis á toda ciudad fortalecida y á toda villa hermosa, y talaréis todo buen árbol, y cegaréis todas las fuentes de aguas, y destruiréis con piedras toda tierra fértil.
20 Then it happened that, in the morning, when the sacrifices were usually to be offered, behold, water was arriving along the way of Idumea, and the land was filled with water.
20 Y aconteció que por la mañana, cuando se ofrece el sacrificio, he aquí vinieron aguas por el camino de Idumea, y la tierra fué llena de aguas.
21 Then all the Moabites, hearing that the kings had ascended so that they might fight against them, gathered all who had been girded with a belt around them, and they stood at the borders.
21 Y todos los de Moab, como oyeron que los reyes subían á pelear contra ellos, juntáronse desde todos los que ceñían talabarte arriba, y pusiéronse en la frontera.
22 And rising up in early morning, and when the sun was now rising before the waters, the Moabites saw the waters opposite them, which were red like blood.
22 Y como se levantaron por la mañana, y lució el sol sobre las aguas, vieron los de Moab desde lejos las aguas rojas como sangre;
23 And they said: “It is the blood of the sword! The kings have fought among themselves, and they have slain one another. Go now, Moab, to the spoils!”
23 Y dijeron: ¡Sangre es esta de espada! Los reyes se han revuelto, y cada uno ha muerto á su compañero. Ahora pues, ¡Moab, á la presa!
24 And they went into the camp of Israel. But Israel, rising up, struck Moab, and they fled before them. And since they had prevailed, they went and struck down Moab.
24 Mas cuando llegaron al campo de Israel, levantáronse los Israelitas é hirieron á los de Moab, los cuales huyeron delante de ellos: siguieron empero hiriendo todavía á los de Moab.
25 And they destroyed the cities. And they filled up every excellent field, each one casting stones. And they obstructed all the sources of water. And they cut down all the fruitful trees, to such an extent that only brick walls remained. And the city was encircled by the slingers of stones. And a great part of it was struck down.
25 Y asolaron las ciudades, y en todas las heredades fértiles echó cada uno su piedra, y las llenaron; cegaron también todas las fuentes de las aguas, y derribaron todos los buenos árboles; hasta que en Kir-hareseth solamente dejaron sus piedras; porque los honderos la cercaron, y la hirieron.
26 And when the king of Moab had seen this, specifically, that the enemies had prevailed, he took with him seven hundred men who draw the sword, so that he might break through to the king of Idumea. But they were unable.
26 Y cuando el rey de Moab vió que la batalla lo vencía, tomó consigo setecientos hombres que sacaban espada, para romper contra el rey de Idumea: mas no pudieron.
27 And taking his firstborn son, who would have reigned in his place, he offered him as a holocaust upon the wall. And there was great indignation in Israel. And they promptly withdrew from him, and they turned back to their own land.
27 Entonces arrebató á su primogénito que había de reinar en su lugar, y sacrificóle en holocausto sobre el muro. Y hubo grande enojo en Israel; y retiráronse de él, y volviéronse á su tierra.
People & places in this chapter
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Jehoram
Ahab's son, who succeeded his brother Ahaziah, reigned twelve years in Samaria, removed Baal's sacred pillar yet clung to Jeroboam's sins, campaigned against Moab with…
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 1:17; 2 Kings 3:1; 2 Kings 3:8
Mesha
A sheep breeder who paid Israel a hundred thousand lambs and the wool of a hundred thousand rams, rebelled after Ahab's death, and offered his firstborn son as a burnt offering on…
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 3:4
Shaphat
Named as the father of the prophet Elisha, from Abel-meholah.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 19:16; 1 Kings 19:19; 2 Kings 3:11
Cross references (25)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Kings 1:17; 1 Kings 22:51; 2 Kings 8:16
- 2 2 Kings 10:18; 2 Kings 10:26–28; 1 Kings 21:25; Exodus 23:24; 2 Kings 9:34
- 3 1 Kings 14:16; 1 Kings 15:26; 2 Kings 15:18; 1 Kings 15:34; 2 Kings 14:24
- 4 Genesis 26:13–14; 2 Samuel 8:2; Job 1:3; 1 Chronicles 18:2; Psalm 60:8
- 5 2 Kings 1:1; 2 Kings 8:20; 2 Chronicles 21:8–10
- 6 1 Kings 20:27; 1 Samuel 15:4; 1 Samuel 11:8; 2 Samuel 24:1–25
- 7 1 Kings 22:4; 2 Chronicles 18:3; 2 Chronicles 22:10–12; 2 Chronicles 22:3–4; 2 Chronicles 18:29–32
- 8 Malachi 1:2–3; Numbers 21:4
- 9 1 Kings 22:47; Exodus 17:1; Numbers 20:2; Numbers 33:14; 1 Kings 22:27
- 10 Genesis 4:13; Proverbs 19:3; Psalm 78:34–36; Isaiah 51:20; 2 Kings 6:33
- 11 1 Kings 22:7; 1 Kings 19:21; 2 Kings 3:3; 2 Kings 2:25–3:1; Psalm 74:9
- 12 2 Kings 2:21; Isaiah 49:23; 2 Kings 2:24–25; 2 Kings 2:14–15; 1 Samuel 3:19–21
- 13 1 Kings 22:6; 1 Kings 18:19; 2 Kings 3:10; 1 Kings 22:22–25; Deuteronomy 32:37–39
- 14 2 Kings 5:16; 1 Kings 17:1; Jeremiah 1:18; 2 Chronicles 19:3–4; 1 Kings 14:5–18
- 15 1 Samuel 16:23; Ephesians 5:18–19; 1 Samuel 10:5; Ezekiel 1:3; 1 Kings 18:46
- 17 Psalm 107:35; Isaiah 41:17–18; Isaiah 48:21; Isaiah 43:19–20; Psalm 84:6
- 18 Luke 1:37; Jeremiah 32:27; Jeremiah 32:17; 2 Kings 20:10; Ephesians 3:20
- 19 1 Samuel 15:3; Judges 6:16; 2 Kings 13:17; 2 Kings 3:25; Numbers 24:17
- 20 Exodus 29:39–40; Isaiah 35:6–7; 1 Kings 18:36; Psalm 78:20; Psalm 78:15–16
- 21 1 Kings 20:11; Ephesians 6:14
- 23 2 Chronicles 20:25; Exodus 15:9; Judges 5:30; 2 Kings 6:18–20; 2 Kings 7:6
- 24 1 Thessalonians 5:3–4; Judges 20:40–46; Joshua 8:20–22
- 25 Jeremiah 48:36; Jeremiah 48:31; Isaiah 16:7; 2 Kings 3:19; Isaiah 16:11
- 26 Amos 2:1; 2 Kings 3:9
- 27 Micah 6:7; Deuteronomy 12:31; Judges 11:31; Ezekiel 16:20; Amos 2:1
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