2 Samuel · Literal Standard Version
2 Samuel 2 Literal Standard Version
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1 And it comes to pass afterward, that David inquires of YHWH, saying, “Do I go up into one of the cities of Judah?” And YHWH says to him, “Go up.” And David says, “To where do I go up?” And He says, “To Hebron.”
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 And David goes up there, and also his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail wife of Nabal the Carmelite;
2 Y David subió allá, y con él sus dos mujeres, Ahinoam Jezreelita y Abigail, la [que fué] mujer de Nabal del Carmelo.
3 and David has brought up his men who [are] with him—a man and his household—and they dwell in the cities of 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 And the men of Judah come, and anoint David there for king over the house of Judah; and they declare to David, saying, “The men of Jabesh-Gilead [are] they who 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 And David sends messengers to the men of Jabesh-Gilead and says to them, “Blessed [are] you of YHWH, in that you have done this kindness with your lord, with Saul, that you bury him.
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 And now YHWH does kindness and truth with you, and I also do this good with you because you have done this thing;
6 Ahora pues, Jehová haga con vosotros misericordia y verdad; y yo también os haré bien por esto que habéis hecho.
7 and now your hands are strong, and be for sons of valor, for your lord Saul [is] dead, and the house of Judah has also anointed me for king over them.”
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 And Abner, son of Ner, head of the host which Saul has, has taken Ish-Bosheth, son of Saul, and causes him to pass over 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 and causes him to reign over Gilead, and over the Ashurite, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over Israel—all of it.
9 Y alzólo por rey sobre Galaad, y sobre Gessuri, y sobre Jezreel, y sobre Ephraim, y sobre Benjamín, y sobre todo Israel.
10 Ish-Bosheth son of Saul [is] a son of forty years in his reigning over Israel, and he has reigned [for] two years; only the house of Judah has been after David.
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 And the number of the days that David has been king in Hebron, over the house of Judah, is 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 And Abner son of Ner goes out, and servants of Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
12 Y Abner hijo de Ner salió de Mahanaim á Gabaón con los siervos de Is-boseth hijo de Saúl.
13 And Joab son of Zeruiah, and servants of David, have gone out, and they meet by the pool of Gibeon together, and sit down, these by the pool on this [side], and these by the pool on that [side].
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 And Abner says to Joab, “Now let the youths rise and they play before us”; and Joab says, “Let them rise.”
14 Y dijo Abner á Joab: Levántense ahora los mancebos, y maniobren delante de nosotros. Y Joab respondió: Levántense.
15 And they rise and pass over, in number twelve of Benjamin, even of Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of 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 And they each lay hold on the head of his companion, and his sword [is] in the side of his companion, and they fall together, and [one] calls that place Helkath-Hazzurim, which [is] in Gibeon,
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 and the battle is very hard on that day, and Abner is struck, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.
17 Y hubo aquel día una batalla muy recia, y Abner y los hombres de Israel fueron vencidos de los siervos de David.
18 And there are three sons of Zeruiah there: Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel; and Asahel [is] light on his feet, as one of the roes which [are] in the field,
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 and Asahel pursues after Abner, and has not turned aside to go to the right or to the left, from after Abner.
19 El cual Asael siguió á Abner, yendo tras de él sin apartarse á diestra ni á siniestra.
20 And Abner looks behind him and says, “Are you he—Asahel?” And he says, “I [am].”
20 Y Abner miró atrás, y dijo: ¿No eres tú Asael? Y él respondió: Sí.
21 And Abner says to him, “Turn aside to your right hand or to your left, and seize one of the youths for yourself, and take his armor for yourself”; and Asahel has not been willing to turn aside from after 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 And Abner adds again, saying to Asahel, “Turn aside from after me, why do I strike you to the earth? And how do I lift up my face to 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 And he refuses to turn aside, and Abner strikes him with the back part of the spear to the fifth [rib], and the spear comes out from behind him, and he falls there, and dies under it; and it comes to pass, everyone who has come to the place where Asahel has fallen and dies—they stand still.
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 And Joab and Abishai pursue after Abner, and the sun has gone in, and they have come to the height of Ammah, which [is] on the front of Giah, the way of 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 And the sons of Benjamin gather themselves together after Abner, and become one troop, and stand on the top of a certain height,
25 Y juntáronse los hijos de Benjamín en un escuadrón con Abner, y paráronse en la cumbre del collado.
26 and Abner calls to Joab and says, “Does the sword consume forever? Have you not known that it is bitterness in the latter end? And until when do you not say to the people to turn back from after 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 And Joab says, “God lives! For unless you had spoken, surely then from the morning each of the people had gone up from after his brother.”
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 And Joab blows with a horn, and all the people stand still, and no longer pursue after Israel, nor have they added to fight anymore.
28 Entonces Joab tocó el cuerno, y todo el pueblo se detuvo, y no siguió más á los de Israel, ni peleó más.
29 And Abner and his men have gone through the plain all that night, and pass over the Jordan, and go on [through] all Bithron, and come to 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 And Joab has turned back from after Abner, and gathers all the people, and there are lacking of the servants of David nineteen men, and 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 and the servants of David have struck of Benjamin, even among the men of Abner, three hundred and sixty men—they died.
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 And they lift up Asahel, and bury him in the burying-place of his father, which [is] in Beth-Lehem, and they go all the night—Joab and his men—and [dawn’s light] shines on them in Hebron.
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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