1 Samuel 30 Free Bible Version
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1 Three days later David and his men arrived back in Ziklag. Some Amalekites had raided the Negev and Ziklag. They had attacked Ziklag and burned it down.
1 Y CUANDO David y los suyos vinieron á Siclag al tercer día, los de Amalec habían invadido el mediodía y á Siclag, y habían desolado á Siclag, y puéstola á fuego.
1 When David and his men had come to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had made a raid on the South and on Ziklag, and had struck Ziklag and burned it with fire,
2 They had captured the women and everyone else there, young and old. They hadn't killed anyone, but they took everyone with them as they left.
2 Y habíanse llevado cautivas á las mujeres que estaban en ella, desde el menor hasta el mayor; mas á nadie habían muerto, sino llevado, é ídose su camino.
2 and had taken captive the women and all who were in it, both small and great. They didn’t kill any, but carried them off and went their way.
3 When David and his men arrived back in town, they found it burned to the ground, and their wives and children captured.
3 Vino pues David con los suyos á la ciudad, y he aquí que estaba quemada á fuego, y sus mujeres y sus hijos é hijas llevadas cautivas.
3 When David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, their sons, and their daughters were taken captive.
4 David and his men cried loudly until they couldn't cry any more.
4 Entonces David y la gente que con él estaba, alzaron su voz y lloraron, hasta que les faltaron las fuerzas para llorar.
4 Then David and the people who were with him lifted up their voice and wept until they had no more power to weep.
5 David's two wives had also been taken as prisoners—Ahinoam from Jezreel and Abigail, Nabal's widow, from Carmel.
5 Las dos mujeres de David, Ahinoam Jezreelita y Abigail la [que fué] mujer de Nabal del Carmelo, también eran cautivas.
5 David’s two wives were taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
6 David was in a great deal of trouble, because the men were so upset over losing their children that they began to talk of stoning him. But trusting in the Lord his God,
6 Y David fué muy angustiado, porque el pueblo hablaba de apedrearlo; porque todo el pueblo estaba con ánimo amargo, cada uno por sus hijos y por sus hijas: mas David se esforzó en Jehová su Dios.
6 David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him, because the souls of all the people were grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters; but David strengthened himself in Yahweh his God.
7 David went to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, and said, “Bring me the ephod.” Abiathar brought it to him.
7 Y dijo David al sacerdote Abiathar hijo de Ahimelech: Yo te ruego que me acerques el ephod. Y Abiathar acercó el ephod á David.
7 David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Please bring the ephod here to me.” Abiathar brought the ephod to David.
8 David asked the Lord, “Should I chase after these raiders? Will I catch up with them?” “Yes, chase after them,” the Lord replied, “for you will definitely catch up with them and rescue the prisoners.”
8 Y David consultó á Jehová, diciendo: ¿Seguiré esta tropa? ¿podréla alcanzar? Y él le dijo: Síguela, que de cierto la alcanzarás, y sin falta librarás [la presa].
8 David inquired of Yahweh, saying, “If I pursue after this troop, will I overtake them?” He answered him, “Pursue, for you will surely overtake them, and will without fail recover all.”
9 David and six hundred of his men set off for the Besor Valley.
9 Partióse pues David, él y los seiscientos hombres que con él estaban, y vinieron hasta el torrente de Besor, donde se quedaron algunos.
9 So David went, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those who were left behind stayed.
10 Two hundred of them remained behind there because they were too tired to cross the valley while David continued on with four hundred men.
10 Y David siguió [el alcance] con cuatrocientos hombres; porque se quedaron atrás doscientos, que cansados no pudieron pasar el torrente de Besor.
10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were so faint that they couldn’t go over the brook Besor.
11 They came across an Egyptian in the countryside and they took him to David. They gave him some food to eat and water to drink.
11 Y hallaron en el campo un hombre Egipcio, el cual trajeron á David, y diéronle pan que comiese, y á beber agua;
11 They found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he ate; and they gave him water to drink.
12 They also gave him a piece of a fig cake and two raisin cakes. He ate them and recovered, because he hadn't had any food or water for three days and nights.
12 Diéronle también un pedazo de masa de higos secos, y dos hilos de pasas. Y luego que comió, volvió en él su espíritu; porque no había comido pan ni bebido agua en tres días y tres noches.
12 They gave him a piece of a cake of figs and two clusters of raisins. When he had eaten, his spirit came again to him; for he had eaten no bread, and drank no water for three days and three nights.
13 “Whose slave are you, and where do you come from?” David asked him. “I'm an Egyptian,” he replied, “the slave of an Amalekite. My master left me behind three days ago when I got sick.
13 Y díjole David: ¿De quién eres tú? ¿y de dónde eres? Y respondió el mozo Egipcio: Yo soy siervo de un Amalecita, y dejóme mi amo hoy ha tres días, porque estaba enfermo;
13 David asked him, “To whom do you belong? Where are you from?” He said, “I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days ago I got sick.
14 We raided the Kerethites in the Negev, as well as the part that belongs to Judah, and the Negev of Caleb. We burned Ziklag too.”
14 Pues hicimos una incursión á la parte del mediodía de Cerethi, y á Judá, y al mediodía de Caleb; y pusimos fuego á Siclag.
14 We made a raid on the South of the Cherethites, and on that which belongs to Judah, and on the South of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.”
15 “Can you lead me to these raiders?” David asked. “If you swear to me by God that you won't kill me or hand me over to my master, then I'll take you to them,” the man replied.
15 Y díjole David: ¿Me llevarás tú á esa tropa? Y él dijo: Hazme juramento por Dios que no me matarás, ni me entregarás en las manos de mi amo, y yo te llevaré á esa gente.
15 David said to him, “Will you bring me down to this troop?” He said, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me and not deliver me up into the hands of my master, and I will bring you down to this troop.”
16 He led David to the Amalekites, where they were spread out all over the place, eating, drinking, and dancing because of the large haul of plunder they had taken from the lands of the Philistines and of Judah.
16 Llevólo pues: y he aquí que estaban derramados sobre la haz de toda aquella tierra, comiendo y bebiendo y haciendo fiesta, por toda aquella gran presa que habían tomado de la tierra de los Filisteos, y de la tierra de Judá.
16 When he had brought him down, behold, they were spread around over all the ground, eating, drinking, and dancing, because of all the great plunder that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
17 David attacked them from dusk until the following evening. Nobody escaped, except for four hundred men who managed to get away, riding on camels.
17 E hiriólos David desde aquella mañana hasta la tarde del día siguiente: y no escapó de ellos ninguno, sino cuatrocientos mancebos, que habían subido en camellos y huyeron.
17 David struck them from the twilight even to the evening of the next day. Not a man of them escaped from there, except four hundred young men who rode on camels and fled.
18 David got back everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives.
18 Y libró David todo lo que los Amalecitas habían tomado: y asimismo libertó David á sus dos mujeres.
18 David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and David rescued his two wives.
19 Everything was accounted for—all the adults and children, as well as all the plunder the Amalekites had taken. David brought everything back.
19 Y no les faltó cosa chica ni grande, así de hijos como de hijas, del robo, y de todas las cosas que les habían tomado: todo lo recobró David.
19 There was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither plunder, nor anything that they had taken. David brought them all back.
20 He also recovered all the flocks and herds. His men drove them ahead of the other livestock, shouting, “This is David's plunder!”
20 Tomó también David todas las ovejas y ganados mayores; y trayéndolo todo delante, decían: Esta es la presa de David.
20 David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drove before those other livestock, and said, “This is David’s plunder.”
21 When David got back to the two hundred men who had been too tired to continue with him from the Besor Valley, they came to meet him and the men with him. As David approached the men to greet them,
21 Y vino David á los doscientos hombres que habían quedado cansados y no habían podido seguir á David, á los cuales habían hecho quedar en el torrente de Besor; y ellos salieron á recibir á David, y al pueblo que con él estaba. Y como David llegó á la gente, saludóles con paz.
21 David came to the two hundred men, who were so faint that they could not follow David, whom also they had made to stay at the brook Besor; and they went out to meet David, and to meet the people who were with him. When David came near to the people, he greeted them.
22 all the unpleasant, good-for-nothing men of those who had gone with David said, “They weren't with us, so we won't share the plunder that we took, except to give them back their wives and children. They can take them and leave.”
22 Entonces todos los malos y perversos de entre los que habían ido con David, respondieron y dijeron: Pues que no fueron con nosotros, no les daremos de la presa que hemos quitado, sino á cada uno su mujer y sus hijos; los cuales tomen y se vayan.
22 Then all the wicked men and worthless fellows of those who went with David answered and said, “Because they didn’t go with us, we will not give them anything of the plunder that we have recovered, except to every man his wife and his children, that he may lead them away and depart.”
23 But David intervened, saying, “No, my brothers, you shouldn't do this with what the Lord has given us. He has protected us and handed over to us the raiders that had attacked us.
23 Y David dijo: No hagáis eso, hermanos míos, de lo que nos ha dado Jehová; el cual nos ha guardado, y ha entregado en nuestras manos la caterva que vino sobre nosotros.
23 Then David said, “Do not do so, my brothers, with that which Yahweh has given to us, who has preserved us, and delivered the troop that came against us into our hand.
24 Who's going to listen to you when you say such things? Whatever share those who went into battle receive will be the same as those who stayed to guard the supplies.”
24 ¿Y quién os escuchará en este caso? porque igual parte ha de ser la de los que vienen á la batalla, y la de los que quedan con el bagaje: que partan juntamente.
24 Who will listen to you in this matter? For as his share is who goes down to the battle, so shall his share be who stays with the baggage. They shall share alike.”
25 David made this the rule and regulation for Israel from that day until now.
25 Y desde aquel día en adelante fué esto puesto por ley y ordenanza en Israel, hasta hoy.
25 It was so from that day forward that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.
26 When David got back to Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to each of his friends among the elders of Judah, saying, “Here's a gift for you from the plunder of the Lord's enemies.”
26 Y como David llegó á Siclag, envió de la presa á los ancianos de Judá, sus amigos, diciendo: He aquí una bendición para vosotros, de la presa de los enemigos de Jehová.
26 When David came to Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, “Behold, a present for you from the plunder of Yahweh’s enemies.”
27 David sent it to those who lived in Bethuel, Ramoth Negev, Jattir,
27 A los que estaban en Beth-el, y en Ramoth al mediodía, y á los que estaban en Jattir;
27 He sent it to those who were in Bethel, to those who were in Ramoth of the South, to those who were in Jattir,
28 Aroer, Siphmoth, Eshtemoa,
28 Y á los que estaban en Aroer, y en Siphmoth, y á los que estaban en Esthemoa;
28 to those who were in Aroer, to those who were in Siphmoth, to those who were in Eshtemoa,
29 Racal, the towns of the Jerahmeelites and Kenites,
29 Y á los que estaban en Rachâl, y á los que estaban en las ciudades de Jerameel, y á los que estaban en las ciudades del Cineo;
29 to those who were in Racal, to those who were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, to those who were in the cities of the Kenites,
30 Hormah, Bor-ashan, Athach,
30 Y á los que estaban en Horma, y á los que estaban en Chôrasán, y á los que estaban en Athach;
30 to those who were in Hormah, to those who were in Borashan, to those who were in Athach,
31 Hebron—all the places David and his men had gone to.
31 Y á los que estaban en Hebrón, y en todos los lugares donde David había estado con los suyos.
31 to those who were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men used to stay.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Abiathar
The one son of Ahimelech to escape Saul's massacre of the priests at Nob, who fled to David with the ephod and later served as priest alongside Zadok. Solomon later banished him…
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 22:20; 1 Samuel 23:6; 1 Samuel 30:7
Ahinoam
A woman of Jezreel whom David married; she went with him to Gath, was captured by the Amalekites at Ziklag and rescued, and bore his firstborn Amnon in Hebron.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 25:43; 1 Samuel 27:3; 1 Samuel 30:5
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
Cross references (30)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Samuel 29:11; 1 Samuel 15:7; Joshua 11:6; 1 Samuel 27:8–10; 1 Samuel 29:4
- 2 1 Samuel 27:11; Isaiah 27:8–9; 1 Samuel 30:19; Psalm 76:10; Job 38:11
- 3 Psalm 34:19; Revelation 3:9; Hebrews 12:6; 1 Peter 1:6–7
- 4 1 Samuel 11:4; Judges 2:4; 1 Samuel 4:13; Judges 21:2; Numbers 14:39
- 5 2 Samuel 2:2; 1 Samuel 25:42–43; 1 Samuel 27:3; 1 Samuel 1:2; 2 Samuel 3:2–3
- 6 Psalm 56:3–4; Psalm 56:11; Psalm 62:5; Psalm 27:1–3; Psalm 18:6
- 7 1 Kings 2:26; 1 Samuel 22:20–21; 1 Samuel 23:2–9; Mark 2:26
- 8 1 Samuel 30:18; 1 Samuel 23:2; Proverbs 3:5–6; 2 Samuel 5:19; Psalm 91:15
- 9 1 Samuel 27:2
- 10 1 Samuel 30:21; 1 Samuel 30:9; 1 Samuel 14:20; 1 Samuel 14:31; Judges 8:4–5
- 11 Deuteronomy 23:7; Romans 12:20–21; Matthew 25:35; Deuteronomy 15:7–11; Proverbs 25:21
- 12 Judges 15:19; 1 Samuel 14:27; Matthew 27:63; 1 Samuel 30:13; Isaiah 40:29–31
- 13 James 2:13; Proverbs 12:10; Job 31:13–15
- 14 2 Samuel 8:18; Ezekiel 25:16; Zephaniah 2:5; 1 Kings 1:38; 1 Kings 1:44
- 15 1 Samuel 29:6; Ezekiel 17:13; Ezekiel 17:19; Ezekiel 17:16; Joshua 9:19–20
- 16 Revelation 11:10–13; 1 Thessalonians 5:3; Luke 17:27–29; 2 Samuel 13:28; Luke 21:34–35
- 17 1 Samuel 11:11; Psalm 18:42; Judges 4:16; 1 Kings 20:29–30; 1 Samuel 15:3
- 18 Genesis 14:16
- 19 Psalm 91:9–10; 1 Samuel 30:8; Psalm 34:9–10; Matthew 6:33; Job 1:10
- 20 1 Samuel 30:26; Isaiah 53:12; 2 Chronicles 20:25; Romans 8:37; Numbers 31:9–12
- 21 1 Samuel 30:10; Hebrews 13:1; Judges 8:15; 1 Peter 3:8
- 22 Deuteronomy 13:13; Matthew 7:12; 1 Samuel 25:17; 1 Samuel 22:2; 1 Kings 21:13
- 23 Deuteronomy 8:18; Psalm 44:2–7; Psalm 121:7–8; Numbers 31:49–54; Deuteronomy 8:10
- 24 Numbers 31:27; Joshua 22:8; Psalm 68:12
- 26 1 Samuel 25:27; Psalm 35:27; 1 Chronicles 12:1–15; Genesis 33:11; 2 Corinthians 9:5
- 27 Joshua 15:48; Joshua 19:8; Joshua 21:14; Genesis 28:19; Judges 1:22–23
- 28 Joshua 13:16; Joshua 15:50; Joshua 21:14
- 29 1 Samuel 27:10; Judges 1:16; 1 Samuel 15:6; 1 Samuel 23:19
- 30 Judges 1:17; Joshua 19:4; Numbers 14:45; Joshua 15:42
- 31 2 Samuel 2:1; 2 Samuel 2:4; 2 Samuel 15:10; 2 Samuel 4:1; Joshua 14:13–15
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