2 Samuel · Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
2 Samuel 20 Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
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1 And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Seba, the son of Bochri, a man of Jemini: and he sounded the trumpet, and said: We have no part in David, nor inheritance in the son of Isai: return to thy dwellings, O Israel.
1 Y ACAECIÓ estar allí un hombre perverso que se llamaba Seba, hijo de Bichri, hombre de Benjamín, el cual tocó la corneta, y dijo: No tenemos nosotros parte en David, ni heredad en el hijo de Isaí: Israel, ¡cada uno á sus estancias!
2 And all Israel departed from David, and followed Seba the son of Bochri: but the men of Juda stuck to their king from the Jordan unto Jerusalem.
2 Así se fueron de en pos de David todos los hombres de Israel, y seguían á Seba hijo de Bichri: mas los de Judá fueron adheridos á su rey, desde el Jordán hasta Jerusalem.
3 And when the king was come into his house at Jerusalem, he took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, allowing them provisions: and he went not in unto them, but they were shut up unto the day of their death living in widowhood.
3 Y luego que llegó David á su casa en Jerusalem, tomó el rey las diez mujeres concubinas que había dejado para guardar la casa, y púsolas en una casa en guarda, y dióles de comer: pero nunca más entró á ellas, sino que quedaron encerradas hasta que murieron en viudez de por vida.
4 And the king said to Amasa: Assemble to me all the men of Juda against the third day, and be thou here present.
4 Después dijo el rey á Amasa: Júntame los varones de Judá para dentro de tres días, y hállate tú aquí presente.
5 So Amasa went to assemble the men of Juda, but he tarried beyond the set time which the king had appointed him.
5 Fué pues Amasa á juntar á Judá; pero detúvose más del tiempo que le había sido señalado.
6 And David said to Abisai: Now will Seba the son of Bochri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou therefore the servants of thy lord, and pursue after him, lest he find fenced cities, and escape us.
6 Y dijo David á Abisai: Seba hijo de Bichri nos hará ahora más mal que Absalom: toma pues tú los siervos de tu señor, y ve tras él, no sea que halle las ciudades fortificadas, y se nos vaya de delante.
7 So Joab’s men went out with him, and the Cerethi and the Phelethi: and all the valiant men went out of Jerusalem to pursue after Seba the son of Bochri.
7 Entonces salieron en pos de él los hombres de Joab, y los Ceretheos y Peletheos, y todos los valientes: salieron de Jerusalem para ir tras Seba hijo de Bichri.
8 And when they were at the great stone which is in Gabaon, Amasa coming met them. And Joab had on a close coat of equal length with his habit, and over it was girded with a sword hanging down to his flank, in a scabbard, made in such manner as to come out with the least motion and strike.
8 Y estando ellos cerca de la grande peña que está en Gabaón, salióles Amasa al encuentro. Ahora bien, la vestidura que Joab tenía sobrepuesta estábale ceñida, y sobre ella el cinto de una daga pegada á sus lomos en su vaina, de la que así como él avanzó, cayóse aquélla.
9 And Joab said to Amasa: God save thee, my brother. And he took Amasa by the chin with his right hand to kiss him.
9 Entonces Joab dijo á Amasa: ¿Tienes paz, hermano mío? Y tomó Joab con la diestra la barba de Amasa, para besarlo.
10 But Amasa did not take notice of the sword, which Joab had, and he struck him in the side, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and gave him not a second wound, and he died. And Joab, and Abisai his brother pursued after Seba the son of Bochri.
10 Y como Amasa no se cuidó de la daga que Joab en la mano tenía, hirióle éste con ella en la quinta [costilla], y derramó sus entrañas por tierra, y cayó muerto sin darle segundo golpe. Después Joab y su hermano Abisai fueron en seguimiento de Seba hijo de Bichri.
11 In the mean time some men of Joab’s company stopping at the dead body of Amasa, said: Behold he that would have been in Joab’s stead the companion of David.
11 Y uno de los criados de Joab se paró junto á él, diciendo: Cualquiera que amare á Joab y á David vaya en pos de Joab.
12 And Amasa imbrued with blood, lay in the midst of the way. A certain man saw this that all the people stood still to look upon him, so he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field, and covered him with a garment, that they who passed might not stop on his account.
12 Y Amasa se había revolcado en la sangre en mitad del camino: y viendo aquel hombre que todo el pueblo se paraba, apartó á Amasa del camino al campo, y echó sobre él una vestidura, porque veía que todos los que venían se paraban junto á él.
13 And when he was removed out of the way, all the people went on following Joab to pursue after Seba the son of Bochri.
13 Luego, pues, que fué apartado del camino, pasaron todos los que seguían á Joab, para ir tras Seba hijo de Bichri.
14 Now he had passed through all the tribes of Israel unto Abela and Bethmaacha: and all the chosen men were gathered together unto him.
14 Y él pasó por todas las tribus de Israel hasta Abel y Beth-maachâ y todo Barim: y juntáronse, y siguiéronlo también.
15 And they came, and besieged him in Abela, and in Bethmaacha, and they cast up works round the city, and the city was besieged: and all the people that were with Joab, laboured to throw down the walls.
15 Y vinieron y cercáronlo en Abel de Beth-maachâ, y pusieron baluarte contra la ciudad; y puesto que fué al muro, todo el pueblo que estaba con Joab trabajaba por derribar la muralla.
16 And a wise woman cried out from the city: Hear, hear, and say to Joab: Come near hither, and I will speak with thee.
16 Entonces una mujer sabia dió voces en la ciudad, [diciendo]: Oid, oid; ruégoos que digáis á Joab se llegue á acá, para que yo hable con él.
17 And when he was come near to her, she said to him: Art thou Joab? And he answered: I am. And she spoke thus to him: Hear the words of thy handmaid. He answered: I do hear.
17 Y como él se acercó á ella, dijo la mujer: ¿Eres tú Joab? Y él respondió: Yo soy. Y ella le dijo: Oye las palabras de tu sierva. Y él respondió: Oigo.
18 And she again said: A saying was used in the old proverb: They that inquire, let them inquire in Abela: and so they made an end.
18 Entonces tornó ella á hablar, diciendo: Antiguamente solían hablar, diciendo: Quien preguntare, pregunte en Abel: y así concluían.
19 Am not I she that answer truth in Israel, and thou seekest to destroy the city, and to overthrow a mother in Israel? Why wilt thou throw down the inheritance of the Lord?
19 Yo soy de las pacíficas y fieles de Israel: y tú procuras destruir una ciudad que es madre de Israel: ¿por qué destruyes la heredad de Jehová?
20 And Joab answering said: God forbid, God forbid that I should, I do not throw down, nor destroy.
20 Y Joab respondió, diciendo: Nunca tal, nunca tal me acontezca, que yo destruya ni deshaga.
21 The matter is not so, but a man of mount Ephraim, Seba the son of Bochri by name, hath lifted up his hand against king David: deliver him only, and we will depart from the city. And the woman said to Joab: Behold his head shall be thrown to thee from the wall.
21 La cosa no es así: mas un hombre del monte de Ephraim, que se llama Seba hijo de Bichri, ha levantado su mano contra el rey David: entregad á ése solamente, y me iré de la ciudad. Y la mujer dijo á Joab: He aquí su cabeza te será echada desde el muro.
22 So she went to all the people, and spoke to them wisely: and they cut off the head of Seba the son of Bochri, and cast it out to Joab. And he sounded the trumpet, and they departed from the city, every one to their home: and Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.
22 La mujer fué luego á todo el pueblo con su sabiduría; y ellos cortaron la cabeza á Seba hijo de Bichri, y echáronla á Joab. Y él tocó la corneta, y esparciéronse de la ciudad, cada uno á su estancia. Y Joab se volvió al rey á Jerusalem.
23 So Joab was over all the army of Israel: and Banaias the son of Joiada was over the Cerethites and Phelethites,
23 Así quedó Joab sobre todo el ejército de Israel; y Benaía hijo de Joiada sobre los Ceretheos y Peletheos;
24 But Aduram over the tributes: and Josaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder.
24 Y Adoram sobre los tributos; y Josaphat hijo de Ahillud, el canciller;
25 And Siva was scribe: and Sadoc and Abiathar, priests.
25 Y Seba, escriba; y Sadoc y Abiathar, sacerdotes; é Ira Jaireo fué un jefe principal cerca de David.
26 And Ira the Jairite was the priest of David.
26 Not in this translation
People & places in this chapter
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People
Ahilud
Named as the father of Jehoshaphat, David's recorder.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 8:16; 2 Samuel 20:24; 1 Kings 4:3
Amasa
Son of Ithra and Abigail and a cousin of Joab, whom Absalom made army commander in Joab's place, whom David later offered Joab's command, and whom Joab killed with a dagger.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 17:25; 2 Samuel 19:13; 2 Samuel 20:4
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
Ira
Ira the Jairite, listed in David's administration as David's priest.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 20:26
Cross references (26)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Kings 12:16; 2 Chronicles 10:16; Deuteronomy 13:13; Psalm 17:13; Proverbs 24:21–22
- 2 John 6:66–68; Acts 11:23; 2 Chronicles 10:17; Psalm 62:9; 2 Samuel 19:40–41
- 3 2 Samuel 16:21–22; 2 Samuel 15:16; Genesis 40:3
- 4 2 Samuel 19:13; 2 Samuel 17:25; 1 Chronicles 2:17
- 5 2 Samuel 19:13; 1 Samuel 13:8
- 6 2 Samuel 21:17; 2 Samuel 11:11; 1 Kings 1:33; 2 Samuel 19:7; 2 Samuel 10:9–10
- 7 2 Samuel 8:18; 1 Kings 1:38; 2 Samuel 20:23; 2 Samuel 15:18; 2 Samuel 23:22–23
- 8 2 Samuel 3:30; 2 Samuel 2:13; 2 Samuel 20:4–5
- 9 Luke 22:47–48; Matthew 26:48–49; Micah 7:2; Psalm 55:21; Proverbs 26:24–26
- 10 2 Samuel 2:23; 2 Samuel 3:27; Judges 3:21; 1 Kings 2:5–6; 1 Samuel 26:8
- 11 2 Samuel 20:13; 2 Samuel 20:4; 2 Kings 9:32; 2 Samuel 20:6–7; 2 Samuel 20:21
- 12 Psalm 9:16; Proverbs 24:21–22; Psalm 55:23; 2 Samuel 17:25
- 13 1 Samuel 6:12; Jeremiah 31:21; Mark 10:46; Isaiah 7:3; Judges 21:19
- 14 2 Kings 15:29; Joshua 18:25; 1 Kings 15:20; 2 Chronicles 16:4; Numbers 21:16
- 15 2 Kings 19:32; Jeremiah 32:24; 2 Kings 15:29; 1 Kings 15:20; Luke 19:43
- 16 2 Samuel 14:2; Ecclesiastes 9:14–18; 1 Samuel 25:3; 1 Samuel 25:32–33
- 17 2 Samuel 14:12; 1 Samuel 25:24
- 18 Deuteronomy 20:10–11
- 19 1 Samuel 26:19; 1 Timothy 2:2; 2 Samuel 21:3; 2 Samuel 17:16; Numbers 16:32
- 20 2 Samuel 23:17; Jeremiah 17:9; Proverbs 28:13; 2 Samuel 20:10; Job 22:18
- 21 Judges 7:24; 2 Samuel 20:1; Jeremiah 4:15; Judges 2:9; Jeremiah 50:19
- 22 2 Samuel 20:1; Ecclesiastes 7:19; 2 Samuel 11:6–21; Ecclesiastes 9:13–18; 2 Samuel 18:16
- 23 2 Samuel 8:16–18; 1 Chronicles 18:15–17; 1 Kings 4:3–6
- 24 1 Kings 4:3; 1 Kings 12:18; 1 Kings 4:6
- 25 2 Samuel 8:17; 1 Kings 4:4; 1 Chronicles 18:16
- 26 2 Samuel 23:38; Exodus 2:14; 1 Chronicles 11:40; Exodus 24:11; Genesis 41:45
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