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2 Chronicles 28 Free Bible Version
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1 Ahaz was twenty when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for sixteen years. He did not do what was right in the Lord's sight as his forefather David had.
1 DE VEINTE años era Achâz cuando comenzó á reinar, y dieciséis años reinó en Jerusalem: mas no hizo lo recto en ojos de Jehová, como David su padre.
1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. He didn’t do that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, like David his father,
2 He followed the example of the kings of Israel, and also cast metal idols for worshiping the Baals.
2 Antes anduvo en los caminos de los reyes de Israel, y además hizo imágenes de fundición á los Baales.
2 but he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and also made molten images for the Baals.
3 He burned sacrifices in the Valley of Ben-hinnom, and sacrificed his children in the fire, following the disgusting practices of the peoples the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.
3 Quemó también perfume en el valle de los hijos de Hinnom, y quemó sus hijos por fuego, conforme á las abominaciones de las gentes que Jehová había echado delante de los hijos de Israel.
3 Moreover he burned incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burned his children in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom Yahweh cast out before the children of Israel.
4 He presented sacrifices and burned incense offerings on the high places, on the mountain tops, and under every living tree.
4 Asimismo sacrificó y quemó perfumes en los altos, y en los collados, y debajo de todo árbol espeso.
4 He sacrificed and burned incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
5 As a result, the Lord his God let the king of Aram conquer Ahaz. The Arameans attacked him and captured many of his people, taking them to Damascus. Ahaz was also defeated by the king of Israel in a massive attack.
5 Por lo cual Jehová su Dios lo entregó en manos del rey de los Siros, los cuales le derrotaron, y cogieron de él una grande presa, que llevaron á Damasco. Fué también entregado en manos del rey de Israel, el cual lo batió con gran mortandad.
5 Therefore Yahweh his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria. They struck him, and carried away from him a great multitude of captives, and brought them to Damascus. He was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who struck him with a great slaughter.
6 In just one day, Pekah, son of Remaliah, killed 120,000 fighting men in Judah, because they had abandoned the Lord, the God of their fathers.
6 Porque Peca, hijo de Remalías mató en Judá en un día ciento y veinte mil, todos hombres valientes; por cuanto habían dejado á Jehová el Dios de sus padres.
6 For Pekah the son of Remaliah killed in Judah one hundred twenty thousand in one day, all of them valiant men, because they had forsaken Yahweh, the God of their fathers.
7 Zichri, a warrior from Ephraim, killed Maaseiah, the son of the king; Azrikam, the palace governor; and Elkanah, the king's second-in-command.
7 Asimismo Zichri, hombre poderoso de Ephraim, mató á Maasías hijo del rey, y á Azricam su mayordomo, y á Elcana, segundo después del rey.
7 Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, killed Maaseiah the king’s son, Azrikam the ruler of the house, and Elkanah who was next to the king.
8 The Israelites captured 200,000 of their “brothers”—women, sons, and daughters. They also took a great deal of plunder and brought it to Samaria.
8 Tomaron también cautivos los hijos de Israel de sus hermanos doscientos mil, mujeres, muchachos, y muchachas, á más de haber saqueado de ellos un gran despojo, el cual trajeron á Samaria.
8 The children of Israel carried away captive of their brothers two hundred thousand women, sons, and daughters, and also took away much plunder from them, and brought the plunder to Samaria.
9 But a prophet of the Lord named Oded was there in Samaria, and he went out to meet the returning army. He told them, “It was because the Lord, the God of your fathers, was angry with Judah that he allowed you to defeat them. But you have killed them with such fury that it has upset heaven.
9 Había entonces allí un profeta de Jehová, que se llamaba Obed, el cual salió delante del ejército cuando entraba en Samaria, y díjoles: He aquí Jehová el Dios de vuestros padres, por el enojo contra Judá, los ha entregado en vuestras manos; y vosotros los habéis muerto con ira, que hasta el cielo ha llegado.
9 But a prophet of Yahweh was there, whose name was Oded; and he went out to meet the army that came to Samaria, and said to them, “Behold, because Yahweh, the God of your fathers, was angry with Judah, he has delivered them into your hand, and you have slain them in a rage which has reached up to heaven.
10 Now you're planning to turn these people from Judah and Jerusalem into slaves. But aren't you also guilty of sinning against the Lord your God?
10 Y ahora habéis determinado sujetar á vosotros á Judá y á Jerusalem por siervos y siervas: mas ¿no habéis vosotros pecado contra Jehová vuestro Dios?
10 Now you intend to degrade the children of Judah and Jerusalem as male and female slaves for yourselves. Aren’t there even with you trespasses of your own against Yahweh your God?
11 Listen to me! Return the prisoners you've taken from your brothers, the fierce anger of the Lord is falling upon you!”
11 Oidme pues ahora, y volved á enviar los cautivos que habéis tomado de vuestros hermanos: porque Jehová está airado contra vosotros.
11 Now hear me therefore, and send back the captives that you have taken captive from your brothers, for the fierce wrath of Yahweh is on you.”
12 Some of the leaders of the people of Ephraim—Azariah, son of Jehohanan, Berechiah, son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah, son of Shallum, and Amasa, son of Hadlai—stood up in opposition against those returning from the war.
12 Levantáronse entonces algunos varones de los principales de los hijos de Ephraim, Azarías hijo de Johanán, y Berechîas hijo de Mesillemoth, y Ezechîas hijo de Sallum, y Amasa hijo de Hadlai, contra los que venían de la guerra.
12 Then some of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against those who came from the war,
13 “Don't you bring those prisoners here!” they told them. “If you do you will only add to our sins and wrongdoing against the Lord. Our guilt is already great, and his fierce anger is falling upon Israel.”
13 Y dijéronles: No metáis acá la cautividad; porque el pecado contra Jehová será sobre nosotros. Vosotros tratáis de añadir sobre nuestros pecados y sobre nuestras culpas, siendo asaz grande nuestro delito, y la ira del furor sobre Israel.
13 and said to them, “You must not bring in the captives here, for you intend that which will bring on us a trespass against Yahweh, to add to our sins and to our guilt; for our guilt is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.”
14 So the armed men left the prisoners and the plunder before the leaders and all the people gathered there.
14 Entonces el ejército dejó los cautivos y la presa delante de los príncipes y de toda la multitud.
14 So the armed men left the captives and the plunder before the princes and all the assembly.
15 The men named above got up and took clothes from the plunder to those that had none, gave them sandals to wear, and food and drink, and put olive oil on their wounds. Those who couldn't walk any more they put on donkeys, and took them all to Jericho, the town of palms, to be close to the people of Judah.
15 Y levantáronse los varones nombrados, y tomaron los cautivos, y vistieron del despojo á los que de ellos estaban desnudos; vistiéronlos y calzáronlos, y diéronles de comer y de beber, y ungiéronlos, y condujeron en asnos á todos los flacos, y lleváronlos hasta Jericó, ciudad de las palmas, cerca de sus hermanos; y ellos se volvieron á Samaria.
15 The men who have been mentioned by name rose up and took the captives, and with the plunder clothed all who were naked among them, dressed them, gave them sandals, gave them something to eat and to drink, anointed them, carried all the feeble of them on donkeys, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brothers. Then they returned to Samaria.
16 It was then that King Ahaz asked the king of Assyria for help.
16 En aquel tiempo envió [á pedir] el rey Achâz á los reyes de Asiria que le ayudasen:
16 At that time King Ahaz sent to the kings of Assyria to help him.
17 The armies of Edom had once again invaded Judah and taken people prisoner,
17 Porque á más de esto, los Idumeos habían venido y herido á los de Judá, y habían llevado cautivos.
17 For again the Edomites had come and struck Judah, and carried away captives.
18 while the Philistines had attacked the towns in the foothills and the Negev of Judah. They had captured and occupied Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, along with Soco, Timnah, and Gimzo and their villages.
18 Asimismo los Filisteos se habían derramado por las ciudades de la llanura, y al mediodía de Judá, y habían tomado á Beth-semes, á Ajalón, Gederoth, y Sochô con sus aldeas, Timna también con sus aldeas, y Gimzo con sus aldeas; y habitaban en ellas.
18 The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the lowland and of the South of Judah, and had taken Beth Shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, Soco with its villages, Timnah with its villages, and also Gimzo and its villages; and they lived there.
19 The Lord had brought Judah down because Ahaz, king of Israel, was out of control in Judah, sinning terribly against the Lord.
19 Porque Jehová había humillado á Judá por causa de Achâz rey de Israel: por cuanto él había desnudado á Judá, y rebeládose gravemente contra Jehová.
19 For Yahweh brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel, because he acted without restraint in Judah and trespassed severely against Yahweh.
20 So Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, came to Ahaz but attacked rather than helped him.
20 Y vino contra él Tilgath-pilneser, rey de los Asirios: pues lo redujo á estrechez, y no lo fortificó.
20 Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came to him and gave him trouble, but didn’t strengthen him.
21 Ahaz took what was valuable from the Lord's Temple, the king's palace, and from his officials and gave them to the king of Assyria as tribute. But it didn't help him.
21 Aunque despojó Achâz la casa de Jehová, y la casa real, y las de los príncipes, para dar al rey de los Asirios, con todo eso él no le ayudó.
21 For Ahaz took away a portion out of Yahweh’s house, and out of the house of the king and of the princes, and gave it to the king of Assyria; but it didn’t help him.
22 Even at this time when he was having so much trouble, King Ahaz sinned more and more against the Lord.
22 Además el rey Achâz en el tiempo que [aquél] le apuraba, añadió prevaricación contra Jehová;
22 In the time of his distress, he trespassed yet more against Yahweh, this same King Ahaz.
23 He sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, whose army had defeated him, for he said to himself, “Since the gods of the kings of Aram helped them, I'll sacrifice to them so they can help me.” But this led to the ruin of Ahaz and of all Israel.
23 Porque sacrificó á los dioses de Damasco que le habían herido, y dijo: Pues que los dioses de los reyes de Siria les ayudan, yo [también] sacrificaré á ellos para que me ayuden; bien que fueron éstos su ruina, y la de todo Israel.
23 For he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus which had defeated him. He said, “Because the gods of the kings of Syria helped them, I will sacrifice to them, that they may help me.” But they were the ruin of him and of all Israel.
24 Ahaz took the sacred items from the Lord's Temple and smashed them to pieces. He barred the doors of the Lord's Temple and set up pagan altars on every corner in Jerusalem.
24 A más de eso recogió Achâz los vasos de la casa de Dios, y quebrólos, y cerró las puertas de la casa de Jehová, é hízose altares en Jerusalem en todos los rincones.
24 Ahaz gathered together the vessels of God’s house, cut the vessels of God’s house in pieces, and shut up the doors of Yahweh’s house; and he made himself altars in every corner of Jerusalem.
25 In every town throughout Judah he set up high places to make offerings to pagan gods, angering the Lord, the God of his forefathers.
25 Hizo también altos en todas las ciudades de Judá, para quemar perfumes á los dioses ajenos, provocando así á ira á Jehová el Dios de sus padres.
25 In every city of Judah he made high places to burn incense to other gods, and provoked Yahweh, the God of his fathers, to anger.
26 The rest of what Ahaz did, from beginning to end, is written down in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
26 Lo demás de sus hechos, y todos sus caminos, primeros y postreros, he aquí ello está escrito en el libro de los reyes de Judá y de Israel.
26 Now the rest of his acts, and all his ways, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
27 Ahaz died, and they buried him in the city, in Jerusalem. They did not bury him in the tombs of the kings of Israel. Hezekiah his son took over as king.
27 Y durmió Achâz con sus padres, y sepultáronlo en la ciudad de Jerusalem: mas no le metieron en los sepulcros de los reyes de Israel; y reinó en su lugar Ezechîas su hijo.
27 Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem, because they didn’t bring him into the tombs of the kings of Israel; and Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Ahaz
A faithless king who courted Assyria and even sacrificed his own son.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 16; 2 Chron. 28; Isa. 7:14; Matt. 1:9
Amasa
One of four Ephraimite leaders who stood against the army and refused to let the captives be brought in.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 28:12
Azariah
One of four Ephraimite leaders who stood against the army and refused to let the captives be brought in.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 28:12
Azrikam
Governor of the palace killed by Zichri of Ephraim.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 28:7
Berechiah
One of four Ephraimite leaders who stood against the army and refused to let the captives be brought in.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 28:12
Elkanah
The one second to the king, killed by Zichri of Ephraim.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 28:7
Hadlai
Named as the father of Amasa, an Ephraimite leader.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 28:12
Jehizkiah
One of four Ephraimite leaders who stood against the army and refused to let the captives be brought in.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 28:12
Jehohanan
Named as the father of Azariah, an Ephraimite leader.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 28:12
Maaseiah
Called the son of the king, killed by Zichri of Ephraim.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 28:7
Meshillemoth
Named as the father of Berechiah, an Ephraimite leader.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 28:12
Oded
Prophet of the LORD who met the army returning to Samaria and told them to return the Judahite captives.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 28:9
Shallum
Named as the father of Jehizkiah, an Ephraimite leader.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 28:12
Zichri
Mighty man of Ephraim who killed Maaseiah the king's son, Azrikam the palace governor and Elkanah the second to the king.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 28:7
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 Chronicles 3:13; Isaiah 1:1; 2 Kings 16:1–20; 2 Chronicles 17:3; Hosea 1:1
- 2 Exodus 34:17; Judges 2:11; 2 Chronicles 22:3–4; Leviticus 19:4; Judges 2:13
- 3 2 Chronicles 33:6; 2 Chronicles 33:2; Leviticus 18:21; Joshua 15:8; 2 Kings 23:10
- 4 Leviticus 26:30; 2 Kings 16:4; Deuteronomy 12:2–3
- 5 Isaiah 7:1; 2 Chronicles 24:24; 2 Kings 16:5–6; 2 Chronicles 33:11; Exodus 20:2–3
- 6 Jeremiah 15:6; Isaiah 1:28; Jeremiah 2:19; Joshua 24:20; 2 Kings 15:27
- 7 Genesis 43:15; Genesis 43:12; Esther 10:3; Genesis 41:43
- 8 2 Chronicles 11:4; Deuteronomy 28:25; Deuteronomy 28:41; Acts 13:26; Acts 7:26
- 9 Isaiah 47:6; Revelation 18:5; Ezra 9:6; Zechariah 1:15; Ezekiel 26:2–3
- 10 Leviticus 25:39–46; 1 Peter 4:17–18; Matthew 7:2–4; Romans 12:20–21; Jeremiah 25:29
- 11 James 2:13; Hebrews 13:1–3; 2 Chronicles 28:8; Ezra 10:14; Jeremiah 34:14–15
- 12 Jeremiah 26:6; 1 Chronicles 28:1
- 13 Romans 2:5; Joshua 22:17–18; Matthew 23:35; Matthew 23:32; Numbers 32:14
- 15 Deuteronomy 34:3; Proverbs 25:21–22; Judges 1:16; 2 Kings 6:22; Matthew 25:35–45
- 16 2 Kings 16:5–7; Isaiah 7:17; Isaiah 7:1–9
- 17 Obadiah 10; Obadiah 13–14; Leviticus 26:18; 2 Chronicles 25:11–12
- 18 Ezekiel 16:57; Ezekiel 16:27; Judges 14:1; 2 Chronicles 11:10; Joshua 15:41
- 19 2 Chronicles 21:2; Job 40:12; 1 Samuel 2:7; Hosea 5:11; Psalm 106:41–43
- 20 2 Kings 15:29; 1 Chronicles 5:26; Isaiah 30:16; Isaiah 7:20; Hosea 5:13
- 21 2 Kings 18:15–16; 2 Kings 16:8–9; 2 Chronicles 12:9; Proverbs 20:25
- 22 Isaiah 1:5; Ezekiel 21:13; Jeremiah 5:3; Hosea 5:15; Psalm 50:15
- 23 2 Chronicles 25:14; Jeremiah 44:20–28; Habakkuk 1:11; Hosea 13:9; Isaiah 1:28
- 24 2 Chronicles 29:7; 2 Chronicles 30:14; 2 Kings 16:17–18; 2 Chronicles 33:3–5; Acts 17:16
- 25 2 Chronicles 28:3
- 26 2 Kings 16:19–20; 2 Chronicles 20:34; 2 Chronicles 27:7–9
- 27 2 Chronicles 21:20; 2 Chronicles 24:25; Proverbs 10:7; 2 Chronicles 26:23; 2 Chronicles 33:20
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