2 Samuel 24 Free Bible Version
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1 The Lord was angry with Israel, and he provoked David against them, saying, “go and take a census of Israel and Judah.”
1 Y VOLVIÓ el furor de Jehová á encenderse contra Israel, é incitó á David contra ellos á que dijese: Ve, cuenta á Israel y á Judá.
2 So David told Joab, the army commander, “Go and count the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba, so I can have a total number.”
2 Y dijo el rey á Joab, general del ejército que tenía consigo: Rodea todas las tribus de Israel, desde Dan hasta Beer-seba, y contad el pueblo, para que yo sepa el número de la gente.
3 But Joab replied to the king, “May the Lord multiply his people a hundred times over, Your Majesty, and may you live to see it! But why does Your Majesty want to do this?”
3 Y Joab respondió al rey: Añada Jehová tu Dios al pueblo cien veces tanto como son, y que lo vea mi señor el rey; mas ¿para qué quiere esto mi señor el rey?
4 But the king was adamant so Joab and the army commanders left the king and went to census the people of Israel.
4 Empero la palabra del rey pudo más que Joab, y que los capitanes del ejército. Salió pues Joab, con los capitanes del ejército, de delante del rey, para contar el pueblo de Israel.
5 They crossed the Jordan and camped on the south side of the town of Aroer, in the middle of the valley, and then continued towards Gad and Jazer.
5 Y pasando el Jordán asentaron en Aroer, á la mano derecha de la ciudad que está en medio de la arroyada de Gad y junto á Jazer.
6 Then they went on to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi; then continued towards Dan, and from Dan around to Sidon.
6 Después vinieron á Galaad, y á la tierra baja de Absi: y de allí vinieron á Dan-jaán y alrededor de Sidón.
7 After this they went to the fortress of Tyre, and all the towns of the Hivites and Canaanites. They ended up in the Negev of Judah at Beersheba.
7 Y vinieron luego á la fortaleza de Tiro, y á todas las ciudades de los Heveos y de los Cananeos; y salieron al mediodía de Judá, á Beer-seba.
8 After traveling throughout the whole country for nine months and twenty days, they returned to Jerusalem.
8 Y después que hubieron andado toda la tierra, volvieron á Jerusalem al cabo de nueve meses y veinte días.
9 Joab reported to the king the number of people that had been counted. In Israel there were 800,000 fighting men who could use the sword, and in Judah there were 500,000.
9 Y Joab dió la cuenta del número del pueblo al rey; y fueron los de Israel ochocientos mil hombres fuertes que sacaban espada; y de los de Judá quinientos mil hombres.
10 Afterwards, David felt really bad for ordering the census. He said to God, “I have committed a terrible sin by doing this. Please take away the guilt of your servant, for I have been very stupid.”
10 Y después que David hubo contado el pueblo, punzóle su corazón; y dijo David á Jehová: Yo he pecado gravemente por haber hecho [esto]; mas ahora, oh Jehová, ruégote que quites el pecado de tu siervo, porque yo he obrado muy neciamente.
11 When David got up in the morning, the Lord had sent a message to the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,
11 Y por la mañana, cuando David se hubo levantado, fué palabra de Jehová á Gad profeta, vidente de David, diciendo:
12 “Go and tell David that this is what the Lord says: ‘I'm giving you three options. Choose one of them, and that's what I'll do to you.’”
12 Ve, y di á David: Así ha dicho Jehová: Tres cosas te ofrezco: tú te escogerás una de ellas, la cual yo haga.
13 So Gad went and told David, “You can choose three years of famine in your land, or three months of running from your enemies while they chase you, or three days of plague in your land. So think about it and decide how I should reply to the One who sent me.”
13 Vino pues Gad á David, é intimóle, y díjole: ¿Quieres que te vengan siete años de hambre en tu tierra? ¿ó que huyas tres meses delante de tus enemigos, y que ellos te persigan? ¿ó que tres días haya pestilencia en tu tierra? Piensa ahora, y mira qué responderé al que me ha enviado.
14 David replied to Gad, “This is an awful situation for me! Please, let the Lord decide my punishment, for he is merciful. Don't let me be punished by people.”
14 Entonces David dijo á Gad: En grande angustia estoy: ruego que caiga en la mano de Jehová, porque sus miseraciones son muchas, y que no caiga yo en manos de hombres.
15 So the Lord sent a plague on Israel from that morning until the time designated, and seventy thousand people died from Dan to Beersheba.
15 Y envió Jehová pestilencia á Israel desde la mañana hasta el tiempo señalado: y murieron del pueblo, desde Dan hasta Beer-seba, setenta mil hombres.
16 But just as the angel was getting ready to destroy Jerusalem, the Lord relented from causing such a disaster and told the destroying angel, “That's enough. You can stop now.” Right then the angel of the Lord was standing beside the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
16 Y como el ángel extendió su mano sobre Jerusalem para destruirla, Jehová se arrepintió de aquel mal, y dijo al ángel que destruía el pueblo: Basta ahora; detén tu mano. Entonces el ángel de Jehová estaba junto á la era de Arauna Jebuseo.
17 When David saw the angel striking down the people, he said to the Lord, “I'm the one who has sinned; I'm the one who has done wrong. These people are just sheep. What have they done? Punish me and my family instead.”
17 Y David dijo á Jehová, cuando vió al ángel que hería al pueblo: Yo pequé, yo hice la maldad: ¿qué hicieron estas ovejas? Ruégote que tu mano se torne contra mí, y contra la casa de mi padre.
18 On that day Gad went to David and told him, “Go and build an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”
18 Y Gad vino á David aquel día, y díjole: Sube, y haz un altar á Jehová en la era de Arauna Jebuseo.
19 So David went and did what the Lord had ordered, as Gad had told him.
19 Y subió David, conforme al dicho de Gad, que Jehová [le] había mandado.
20 When Araunah looked up, he saw the king and his officials approaching. So he went out and bowed before the king with his face to the ground.
20 Y mirando Arauna, vió al rey y á sus siervos que pasaban á él. Saliendo entonces Arauna, inclinóse delante del rey hacia tierra.
21 “Why has Your Majesty come to see me, your servant?” Araunah asked. “To buy your threshing floor so I can build an altar to the Lord in order that the plague on the people may be stopped.” David replied.
21 Y Arauna dijo: ¿Por qué viene mi señor el rey á su siervo? Y David respondió: Para comprar de ti la era, para edificar altar á Jehová, á fin de que la mortandad cese del pueblo.
22 “Take it, and Your Majesty can use it to make offerings as you think best,” Araunah told David. “Here are the oxen for burnt offerings, and here are the threshing boards and the yokes for the oxen for firewood.
22 Y Arauna dijo á David: Tome y sacrifique mi señor el rey lo que bien le pareciere; he aquí bueyes para el holocausto; y trillos y otros pertrechos de bueyes para leña:
23 Your Majesty, I, Araunah, give it all to the king.” Araunah concluded by saying, “May the Lord your God respond positively to you.”
23 Todo lo da [como un] rey Arauna al rey. Luego dijo Arauna al rey: Jehová tu Dios te sea propicio.
24 “No, I insist on paying you for it,” the king replied. “I won't present burnt offerings to the Lord my God that didn't cost me anything.” David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
24 Y el rey dijo á Arauna: No, sino por precio te lo compraré; porque no ofreceré á Jehová mi Dios holocaustos por nada. Entonces David compró la era y los bueyes por cincuenta siclos de plata.
25 David built an altar to the Lord there, and presented burnt offerings and friendship offerings. The Lord answered his prayer for the country, and the plague on Israel was stopped.
25 Y edificó allí David un altar á Jehová, y sacrificó holocaustos y pacíficos; y Jehová se aplacó con la tierra, y cesó la plaga de Israel.
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Araunah
The Jebusite who offered David his threshing floor and oxen; David insisted on buying them for fifty shekels of silver and built an altar there to halt the plague. 1 Chronicles 21…
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 24:16; 2 Samuel 24:18; 2 Samuel 24:20
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
Gad
A prophet who told David to leave the stronghold for Judah, and later brought the LORD's three options after the census and told David to build an altar on Araunah's threshing…
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 22:5; 2 Samuel 24:11; 2 Samuel 24:13
Cross references (24)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Chronicles 21:1; 1 Chronicles 27:23–24; James 1:13–14; 1 Kings 22:20–23; Genesis 50:20
- 2 2 Samuel 3:10; Judges 20:1; Jeremiah 17:5; 2 Samuel 20:23; 2 Samuel 8:16
- 3 Deuteronomy 1:11; Psalm 115:14; Isaiah 60:5; Proverbs 14:28; 2 Samuel 10:12
- 4 Ecclesiastes 8:4; Acts 5:29; Exodus 1:17; 1 Chronicles 21:4
- 5 Deuteronomy 2:36; Joshua 13:9; Joshua 13:16; Numbers 32:3; Numbers 32:35
- 6 Joshua 19:28; Genesis 10:15; Numbers 32:1; Joshua 11:8; Genesis 31:47–48
- 7 Joshua 19:29; Joshua 11:3; Judges 3:3; Genesis 21:22–33; 2 Samuel 24:2
- 9 1 Chronicles 27:23–24; 1 Chronicles 21:5–6; Numbers 1:44–46
- 10 2 Samuel 12:13; 1 Samuel 13:13; Proverbs 28:13; 1 Samuel 24:5; 2 Chronicles 16:9
- 11 1 Samuel 9:9; 1 Samuel 22:5; 1 Chronicles 29:29; 1 Chronicles 2:19
- 12 Proverbs 3:12; Hebrews 12:6–10; Revelation 3:19; Leviticus 26:41; 1 Chronicles 21:10–11
- 13 1 Chronicles 21:12; 2 Samuel 21:1; Leviticus 26:25; 1 Kings 17:1–7; Deuteronomy 28:22
- 14 Psalm 119:156; Psalm 51:1; 1 Chronicles 21:13; Jonah 4:2; Psalm 106:41–42
- 15 1 Chronicles 21:14; 1 Chronicles 27:24; Numbers 25:9; Revelation 6:8; Isaiah 37:36
- 16 Exodus 12:23; Joel 2:13–14; 2 Kings 19:35; Genesis 6:6; 2 Chronicles 3:1
- 17 1 Chronicles 21:16–17; Psalm 74:1; 2 Samuel 24:10; Job 42:6; Ezekiel 34:23–24
- 18 1 Chronicles 21:18–30; 2 Samuel 24:11
- 19 Hebrews 11:8; Genesis 6:22; 1 Chronicles 21:19; 2 Chronicles 20:20; 2 Chronicles 36:16
- 20 2 Samuel 9:8; Ruth 2:10; Genesis 18:2; 1 Chronicles 21:20–21
- 21 1 Chronicles 21:22; Numbers 25:8; 2 Samuel 24:18; Genesis 23:8–16; 2 Samuel 21:3–14
- 22 1 Kings 19:21; 1 Samuel 6:14; Genesis 23:11; 1 Chronicles 21:22
- 23 Ezekiel 20:40–41; Isaiah 60:7; Psalm 20:3–4; Psalm 45:16; Isaiah 32:8
- 24 1 Chronicles 21:24–25; Malachi 1:12–14; Genesis 23:13; Romans 12:17; 1 Chronicles 22:1
- 25 2 Samuel 21:14; Lamentations 3:32–33; Genesis 8:20; 1 Samuel 7:17; 1 Chronicles 21:26–27
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