2 Samuel 2 Free Bible Version
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1 Sometime after this, David asked the Lord, “Should I go to one of the towns of Judah?” “Yes, do it,” the Lord replied. “Which one should I go to?” David asked. “Go to Hebron,” said the Lord.
1 DESPUÉS de esto aconteció que David consultó á Jehová, diciendo: ¿Subiré á alguna de las ciudades de Judá? Y Jehová le respondió: Sube. Y David tornó á decir: ¿A dónde subiré? Y él le dijo: A Hebrón.
2 So David moved there with his two wives, Ahinoam from Jezreel and Abigail, Nabal's widow from Carmel.
2 Y David subió allá, y con él sus dos mujeres, Ahinoam Jezreelita y Abigail, la [que fué] mujer de Nabal del Carmelo.
3 He also brought the men who were with him, along with their families, and they settled in the villages near Hebron.
3 Y llevó también David consigo los hombres que con él habían estado, cada uno con su familia; los cuales moraron en las ciudades de Hebrón.
4 Then the men of Judah came to Hebron, and there they anointed David king of the people of Judah. When David found out that it was the men from Jabesh-gilead who had buried Saul,
4 Y vinieron los varones de Judá, y ungieron allí á David por rey sobre la casa de Judá. Y dieron aviso á David, diciendo: Los de Jabes de Galaad son los que sepultaron á Saúl.
5 he sent messengers to them, saying, “May the Lord bless you, because you demonstrated your loyal love to Saul your master, and you buried him properly.
5 Y envió David mensajeros á los de Jabes de Galaad, diciéndoles: Benditos seáis vosotros de Jehová, que habéis hecho esta misericordia con vuestro señor Saúl en haberle dado sepultura.
6 Now may the Lord show you loyal love and trustworthiness, and I will also be good to you because of what you did for Saul.
6 Ahora pues, Jehová haga con vosotros misericordia y verdad; y yo también os haré bien por esto que habéis hecho.
7 So be strong and be brave, for even though Saul your master is dead, the people of Judah have anointed me as their king.”
7 Esfuércense pues ahora vuestras manos, y sed valientes; pues que muerto Saúl vuestro señor, los de la casa de Judá me han ungido por rey sobre ellos.
8 However, Abner, son of Ner, commander of Saul's army, had taken Ishbosheth, son of Saul, to Mahanaim.
8 Mas Abner hijo de Ner, general de ejército de Saúl, tomó á Is-boseth hijo de Saúl, é hízolo pasar al real:
9 There he set up Ishbosheth as king over Gilead, Asher, Jezreel, Ephraim, and Benjamin, in fact over all Israel.
9 Y alzólo por rey sobre Galaad, y sobre Gessuri, y sobre Jezreel, y sobre Ephraim, y sobre Benjamín, y sobre todo Israel.
10 Ishbosheth, son of Saul, was forty when he became king over Israel, and he reigned for two years. However, the people of Judah were on David's side.
10 De cuarenta años era Is-boseth hijo de Saúl, cuando comenzó á reinar sobre Israel; y reinó dos años. Sola la casa de Judá seguía á David.
11 David ruled in Hebron as king over the people of Judah for seven years and six months.
11 Y fué el número de los días que David reinó en Hebrón sobre la casa de Judá, siete años y seis meses.
12 One day Abner and Ishbosheth's men left Mahanaim and went to the town of Gibeon.
12 Y Abner hijo de Ner salió de Mahanaim á Gabaón con los siervos de Is-boseth hijo de Saúl.
13 Joab, son of Zeruiah, and David's men set off and met them at the pool of Gibeon, where they all sat down, facing each other across the pool.
13 Y Joab hijo de Sarvia, y los siervos de David, salieron y encontráronlos junto al estanque de Gabaón: y como se juntaron, paráronse los unos de la una parte del estanque, y los otros de la otra.
14 Abner said to Joab, “Let's have some of the men fight in hand-to-hand combat before us.” “Fine,” Joab agreed.
14 Y dijo Abner á Joab: Levántense ahora los mancebos, y maniobren delante de nosotros. Y Joab respondió: Levántense.
15 So twelve men came forward from each side—twelve for Benjamin and Ishbosheth, and twelve for David.
15 Entonces se levantaron, y en número de doce, pasaron de Benjamín de la parte de Is-boseth hijo de Saúl; y doce de los siervos de David.
16 Each man grabbed his opponent's head and drove his sword into his opponent's side so that they all fell down dead together. That's why this place in Gibeon is called the Field of Sword-edges.
16 Y cada uno echó mano de la cabeza de su compañero, y [metióle] su espada por el costado, cayendo así á una; por lo que fué llamado aquel lugar, Helcath-assurim, el cual está en Gabaón.
17 The battle that followed was hard-fought, but eventually Abner and his men were defeated by David's men.
17 Y hubo aquel día una batalla muy recia, y Abner y los hombres de Israel fueron vencidos de los siervos de David.
18 The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Asahel was a fast runner, like a gazelle racing across the open countryside.
18 Y estaban allí los tres hijos de Sarvia: Joab, y Abisai, y Asael. Este Asael era suelto de pies como un corzo del campo.
19 He chased after Abner with single-minded determination.
19 El cual Asael siguió á Abner, yendo tras de él sin apartarse á diestra ni á siniestra.
20 Abner looked back and asked, “Is that you, Asahel?” “Yes, it's me,” Asahel replied.
20 Y Abner miró atrás, y dijo: ¿No eres tú Asael? Y él respondió: Sí.
21 Abner told him, “Leave me alone! Go and fight somebody else and take his weapons for yourself!” But Asahel refused to stop chasing him.
21 Entonces Abner le dijo: Apártate á la derecha ó á la izquierda, y agárrate alguno de los mancebos, y toma para ti sus despojos. Pero Asael no quiso apartarse de en pos de él.
22 Abner warned Asahel again. “Stop chasing me!” he shouted. “Why do you want me to kill you? How could I ever face your brother Joab?”
22 Y Abner tornó á decir á Asael: Apártate de en pos de mí, porque te heriré [derribándote] en tierra, y [después] ¿cómo levantaré mi rostro á tu hermano Joab?
23 But Asahel wouldn't stop chasing him, so Abner drove the handle of his spear into his belly. It came out the back, and he fell down dead right there. Everyone who passed by stopped at the place where Asahel had fallen and died.
23 Y no queriendo él irse, hiriólo Abner con el regatón de la lanza por la quinta [costilla], y salióle la lanza por las espaldas, y cayó allí, y murió en aquel mismo sitio. Y todos los que venían por aquel lugar donde Asael había caído y estaba muerto, se paraban.
24 But Joab and Abishai set off to chase after Abner. By the time the sun went down they had got as far as the hill of Ammah near Giah, on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon.
24 Mas Joab y Abisai siguieron á Abner; y púsoseles el sol cuando llegaron al collado de Amma, que está delante de Gía, junto al camino del desierto de Gabaón.
25 Abner's men from the tribe of Benjamin rallied to him there, forming a tight group around him standing at the top of the hill.
25 Y juntáronse los hijos de Benjamín en un escuadrón con Abner, y paráronse en la cumbre del collado.
26 Abner shouted to Joab: “Do we have to keep killing each other forever? Don't you realize that if we go on it'll only get worse? How long are you going to wait before you order your men to stop chasing their brothers?”
26 Y Abner dió voces á Joab, diciendo: ¿Consumirá la espada perpetuamente? ¿no sabes tú que al cabo se sigue amargura? ¿hasta cuándo no has de decir al pueblo que se vuelvan de seguir á sus hermanos?
27 “As God lives,” Joab replied, “if you had not said anything, my men would have continued chasing their brothers until the morning.”
27 Y Joab respondió: Vive Dios que si no hubieras hablado, ya desde esta mañana el pueblo hubiera dejado de seguir á sus hermanos.
28 Joab blew the horn so all the men stopped—they didn't continue chasing or fighting the Israelites.
28 Entonces Joab tocó el cuerno, y todo el pueblo se detuvo, y no siguió más á los de Israel, ni peleó más.
29 All through the night Abner and his men marched through the Jordan Valley. They crossed the Jordan River, and continued all morning until they arrived back at Mahanaim.
29 Y Abner y los suyos caminaron por la campiña toda aquella noche, y pasando el Jordán cruzaron por todo Bitrón, y llegaron á Mahanaim.
30 When Joab got back from chasing Abner, he gathered all the men together. Nineteen of David's men were missing in addition to Asahel.
30 Joab también volvió de seguir á Abner, y juntando todo el pueblo, faltaron de los siervos de David diecinueve hombres, y Asael.
31 However, they had killed three hundred and sixty of Abner's men from the tribe of Benjamin.
31 Mas los siervos de David hirieron de los de Benjamín y de los de Abner, trescientos y sesenta hombres, que murieron. Tomaron luego á Asael, y sepultáronlo en el sepulcro de su padre en Beth-lehem.
32 They took Asahel's body and buried him in his father's tomb in Bethlehem. Then they marched all through the night and reached Hebron at dawn.
32 Y caminaron toda aquella noche Joab y los suyos, y amanecióles en Hebrón.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Abishai
Son of Zeruiah and brother of Joab, who went down with David to Saul's sleeping camp, commanded a third of David's army, rescued David from Ishbi-benob, and won a name as chief of…
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 26:6; 2 Samuel 2:18; 2 Samuel 10:10
Abner
The son of Saul's uncle Ner and commander of Saul's army, who made Ish-bosheth king, later promised to bring Israel over to David, and was killed by Joab at Hebron in revenge for…
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 14:50; 1 Samuel 17:55; 2 Samuel 2:8
Asahel
Son of Zeruiah, fleet of foot like a wild gazelle, who chased Abner and was killed by him; he is listed among the Thirty.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 2:18; 2 Samuel 2:23; 2 Samuel 2:32
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
Joab
Son of Zeruiah and commander of David's army, who killed Abner and Amasa, besieged Rabbah, killed Absalom in the oak, and carried out David's census.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 2:13; 2 Samuel 3:27; 2 Samuel 12:26
Zeruiah
David's sister, mother of the mighty warriors Joab, Abishai, and Asahel.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:16; 2 Samuel 2:18
Cross references (24)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 143:8; Proverbs 3:5–6; 1 Samuel 30:31; 1 Samuel 23:2; 1 Samuel 23:4
- 2 1 Samuel 25:42–43; 1 Samuel 30:5; Luke 22:28–29
- 3 1 Chronicles 12:1–7; 1 Samuel 27:2–3; 1 Samuel 30:1; 1 Samuel 30:9–10; 1 Samuel 22:2
- 4 2 Samuel 5:5; 1 Samuel 31:11–13; 2 Samuel 5:3; 1 Samuel 16:13; 1 Chronicles 11:3
- 5 1 Samuel 23:21; Psalm 115:15; Ruth 2:20; 1 Samuel 24:19; Ruth 3:10
- 6 Proverbs 14:22; Exodus 34:6; Matthew 5:44; Matthew 5:7; 2 Timothy 1:16–18
- 7 Ephesians 6:10; 2 Samuel 10:12; 1 Samuel 4:9; Genesis 15:1; 1 Samuel 31:12
- 8 1 Samuel 14:50; Genesis 32:2; 1 Samuel 17:55; 1 Chronicles 8:33; 2 Samuel 4:5–6
- 9 Numbers 32:1–42; Psalm 108:8; Numbers 1:40; Joshua 19:18; Judges 1:32
- 11 1 Kings 2:11; 2 Samuel 5:4–5; 1 Chronicles 3:4; 1 Chronicles 29:27
- 12 Joshua 10:4; Joshua 18:25; Joshua 10:2; Joshua 9:3; Joshua 10:12
- 13 1 Chronicles 2:16; 2 Samuel 8:16; 1 Chronicles 11:6; 2 Samuel 2:18; Jeremiah 41:12
- 14 2 Samuel 2:17; Proverbs 25:8; Proverbs 17:14; Proverbs 10:23; Proverbs 26:18–19
- 17 2 Samuel 3:1
- 18 1 Chronicles 12:8; Habakkuk 3:19; Song of Songs 2:17; Psalm 18:33; Song of Songs 8:14
- 19 Proverbs 4:27; Joshua 23:6; 2 Samuel 2:21; Joshua 1:7; 2 Kings 22:2
- 21 Judges 14:19
- 22 2 Samuel 3:27; 2 Kings 14:10–12; Proverbs 29:1; Ecclesiastes 6:10
- 23 2 Samuel 3:27; 2 Samuel 4:6; 2 Samuel 20:10; 2 Samuel 5:6; 2 Samuel 20:12–13
- 26 Jeremiah 46:14; Acts 7:26; Jeremiah 46:10; Proverbs 17:14; Hosea 11:6
- 27 Proverbs 17:14; 1 Samuel 25:26; 2 Samuel 2:14; Proverbs 25:8; Proverbs 15:1
- 29 2 Samuel 2:8; Song of Songs 2:17
- 31 1 Kings 20:11; 2 Samuel 3:1
- 32 1 Chronicles 2:13–16; 1 Samuel 17:58; 2 Samuel 5:1; 2 Chronicles 21:1; 2 Chronicles 16:14
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