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1 La proclamación de Roboán como rey se celebró en Siquén. Todos los israelitas asistieron a la ceremonia de coronación.
1 Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
2 Jeroboán, que todavía estaba en Egipto, a donde había huido del rey Salomón, se enteró de la muerte de este y de la coronación de Roboán, por medio de sus amigos. Entonces las tribus del norte de Israel le pidieron que fuera con ellos a Siquén. Así que Jeroboán y los israelitas fueron a ver a Roboán, y le dijeron: ―Tu padre fue un amo muy duro. No te queremos por rey, a menos que prometas tratarnos mejor de lo que él lo hizo.
2 When Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it (for he was yet in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence of King Solomon, and Jeroboam lived in Egypt;
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3 and they sent and called him), Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came, and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,
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4 “Your father made our yoke difficult. Now therefore make the hard service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put on us, lighter, and we will serve you.”
5 Roboán les contestó: ―Denme tres días para pensarlo. Al cabo de ese tiempo regresen, y les daré mi respuesta. Y el pueblo se fue.
5 He said to them, “Depart for three days, then come back to me.” So the people departed.
6 Roboán habló del asunto con los ancianos que habían aconsejado a Salomón, su padre. ―¿Qué me aconsejan ustedes que le responda a esta gente? —les preguntó.
6 King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men who had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, “What counsel do you give me to answer these people?”
7 Y ellos le respondieron: ―Si les das una respuesta agradable y prometes ser bondadoso con ellos y servirles bien, podrás ser rey para siempre.
7 They replied, “If you will be a servant to this people today, and will serve them, and answer them with good words, then they will be your servants forever.”
8 Pero Roboán rechazó el consejo de los ancianos y llamó a los jóvenes con los que se había criado.
8 But he abandoned the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him.
9 ―¿Qué piensan ustedes que debo hacer? ¿Qué le debo decir a esta gente que vino a pedirme que los tratara mejor de lo que los trató mi padre? —les preguntó.
9 He said to them, “What counsel do you give, that we may answer these people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Make the yoke that your father put on us lighter’?”
10 Y los jóvenes le respondieron: ―Diles: “Si ustedes piensan que mi padre fue duro con ustedes, yo seré aún más duro.
10 The young men who had grown up with him said to him, “Tell these people who spoke to you, saying, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter to us’—tell them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist.
11 Si mi padre, fue recio, yo seré aún más recio. Si mi padre los azotó con látigos, yo usaré escorpiones”.
11 Now my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, but I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.’”
12 Jeroboán y el pueblo regresaron a los tres días, que fue la fecha que el rey les dio.
12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king asked, saying, “Come to me again the third day.”
13 Entonces Roboán les respondió duramente, ignorando el consejo de los ancianos y siguiendo el de los jóvenes. Les dijo: «Si mi padre fue recio, yo seré aún más recio. Si mi padre los azotó con látigos, yo usaré escorpiones».
13 The king answered the people roughly, and abandoned the counsel of the old men which they had given him,
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14 and spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.”
15 De modo que Roboán no tuvo en cuenta las peticiones del pueblo. Esto estaba de acuerdo con la voluntad del Señor, y de esta forma se cumplió lo que él le había prometido a Jeroboán por medio de Ahías, el profeta de Siló.
15 So the king didn’t listen to the people; for it was a thing brought about from Yahweh, that he might establish his word, which Yahweh spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
16 Cuando los israelitas comprendieron que el rey hablaba en serio y que se negaba a escucharlos, comenzaron a gritar: «¡No queremos que ningún descendiente de David nos gobierne! ¡No tenemos nada que nos una a David, el hijo de Isaí! ¡Que el hijo de David reine sobre su propia familia! ¡Israelitas, regresemos a nuestras casas!». Así que los israelitas se fueron a sus casas. Pero Roboán continuó siendo rey de los israelitas que vivían en las ciudades de Judá.
16 When all Israel saw that the king didn’t listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, “What portion have we in David? We don’t have an inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, Israel! Now see to your own house, David.” So Israel departed to their tents.
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17 But as for the children of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
18 Tiempo después, cuando el rey Roboán envió a Adonirán, que era el supervisor del trabajo obligatorio, a que alistara hombres de otras tribus, una gran multitud lo apedreó hasta darle muerte. El rey Roboán se trepó a su carro y logró huir a Jerusalén.
18 Then King Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the men subject to forced labor; and all Israel stoned him to death with stones. King Rehoboam hurried to get himself up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
19 Desde entonces Israel ha estado en rebeldía contra la dinastía de David.
19 So Israel rebelled against David’s house to this day.
20 Cuando el pueblo de Israel se enteró de que Jeroboán había regresado de Egipto, le pidió que convocara a una reunión a todo el pueblo, y allí lo hicieron rey de Israel. Solamente la tribu de Judá continuó bajo el reinado de la familia de David.
20 When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent and called him to the congregation, and made him king over all Israel. There was no one who followed David’s house, except for the tribe of Judah only.
21 Cuando el rey Roboán llegó a Jerusalén, convocó a todos los hombres de Judá y de Benjamín que estaban preparados para la guerra, ciento ochenta mil soldados, a fin de obligar al resto de Israel a que lo reconociera como rey.
21 When Rehoboam had come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen men who were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
22 Pero Dios le envió este mensaje por medio de Semaías, el profeta:
22 But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
23 «Diles a Roboán, el hijo de Salomón, rey de Judá, y a todo el pueblo de Judá y de Benjamín que no deben pelear contra sus hermanos, el pueblo de Israel. Diles que se separen y vuelvan a sus casas, porque lo que le ha ocurrido a Roboán es conforme a mi voluntad». Entonces se disolvieron, y todos volvieron a sus casas, tal como el Señor lo había ordenado.
23 “Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the rest of the people, saying,
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24 ‘Yahweh says, “You shall not go up or fight against your brothers, the children of Israel. Everyone return to his house; for this thing is from me.”’” So they listened to Yahweh’s word, and returned and went their way, according to Yahweh’s word.
25 Jeroboán entonces edificó la ciudad de Siquén, en la región montañosa de Efraín, y la convirtió en su capital. Más tarde construyó Peniel.
25 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and lived in it; and he went out from there and built Penuel.
26 Jeroboán pensaba: «Si no pongo cuidado, el pueblo querrá tener a un descendiente de David como rey.
26 Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom will return to David’s house.
27 Cuando vayan a Jerusalén a ofrecer sacrificios en el templo del Señor, harán amistad con el rey Roboán; luego me matarán y le pedirán que sea rey en mi lugar».
27 If this people goes up to offer sacrifices in Yahweh’s house at Jerusalem, then the heart of this people will turn again to their lord, even to Rehoboam king of Judah; and they will kill me, and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.”
28 Entonces, siguiendo el consejo de sus cortesanos, el rey hizo dos becerros de oro y le dijo al pueblo: «Es demasiado molesto tener que ir a Jerusalén para adorar; de ahora en adelante estos serán sus dioses. Fueron ellos los que los sacaron a ustedes de la cautividad de Egipto».
28 So the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold; and he said to them, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Look and behold your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”
29 Uno de los becerros fue colocado en Betel, y el otro en Dan.
29 He set the one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.
30 Y esto fue un gran pecado, porque el pueblo los adoró.
30 This thing became a sin, for the people went even as far as Dan to worship before the one there.
31 También construyó santuarios en las colinas, y puso como sacerdotes a gente que no era de la tribu de Leví.
31 He made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.
32 Jeroboán también anunció que la festividad anual del día quince del mes octavo se celebraría en Betel, tal como se celebraba en Jerusalén. Él mismo ofreció sacrificios sobre el altar a los becerros en Betel y les quemó incienso. Y fue allí en Betel donde él nombró a los sacerdotes para los santuarios de las colinas.
32 Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like the feast that is in Judah, and he went up to the altar. He did so in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he had made, and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places that he had made.
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33 He went up to the altar which he had made in Bethel on the fifteenth day in the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and he ordained a feast for the children of Israel, and went up to the altar to burn incense.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Adoram
Listed in David's administration as the official in charge of the forced labor.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 20:24; 1 Kings 12:18; 2 Chronicles 10:18
Ahijah
Prophet whose word to Jeroboam is fulfilled when Rehoboam rejects the people's plea; his prophecy is also a source for Solomon's acts.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 11:29; 1 Kings 12:15; 1 Kings 14:4
Jeroboam
An Ephraimite from Zeredah, son of Nebat, whom Solomon put over the labor force of the house of Joseph and whom Ahijah told he would rule ten tribes; he became king of Israel,…
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 11:26; 1 Kings 11:28; 1 Kings 12:20
Nebat
Named as the father of Jeroboam, first king of the northern kingdom; the sins of 'Jeroboam son of Nebat' become the standard for later kings of Israel.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 11:26; 1 Kings 12:2; 1 Kings 16:3
Rehoboam
His harsh answer to the people split the kingdom of Israel in two.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 12; 14:21-31; 2 Chron. 10-12; Matt. 1:7
Shemaiah
Man of God who told Rehoboam not to fight Israel, later declared that Judah was forsaken into Shishak's hand and then brought word of deliverance when they humbled themselves; his…
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 12:22; 2 Chronicles 11:2; 2 Chronicles 12:5
Places
Bethel
Bethel ('house of God') is usually identified with Beitin, north of Jerusalem (location approximate). Jacob's ladder vision and Jeroboam's calf shrine are set here.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 28:19; Genesis 12:8; 1 Kings 12:29
Cross references (27)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Judges 9:6; 2 Chronicles 10:1–19; Judges 9:1; Genesis 33:18–19; Joshua 24:32
- 2 1 Kings 11:40; 1 Kings 11:26–31; 2 Chronicles 10:2–3
- 5 1 Kings 12:12
- 6 Job 32:7; Job 12:12; Proverbs 27:10; 2 Samuel 17:5; 1 Kings 4:2
- 7 Proverbs 15:1; Philippians 2:7–11; 2 Samuel 15:3–6; 2 Chronicles 10:6–7; Zechariah 1:13
- 8 Proverbs 19:20; Proverbs 1:30; Proverbs 1:25; Proverbs 25:12; Ecclesiastes 10:2–3
- 9 2 Chronicles 18:5–7; 1 Kings 22:6–8; 2 Samuel 17:5–6; 2 Chronicles 10:9
- 10 2 Chronicles 10:10–11; Proverbs 29:23; 2 Samuel 17:7–13; Proverbs 10:14; Proverbs 18:6–7
- 11 Ezekiel 2:6; Revelation 9:3–10; Exodus 5:18; 2 Chronicles 16:10; Jeremiah 27:11
- 12 1 Kings 12:5; 2 Chronicles 10:12–14
- 13 Ecclesiastes 10:12; Proverbs 18:23; James 3:17; Proverbs 13:20; Proverbs 10:32
- 15 Judges 14:4; 1 Kings 12:24; 1 Kings 11:29–38; 2 Chronicles 25:20; Deuteronomy 2:30
- 16 2 Samuel 20:1; 1 Kings 22:36; Jeremiah 23:5–6; 1 Kings 22:17; Jeremiah 33:15–16
- 18 1 Kings 4:6; 1 Kings 5:14; 2 Samuel 20:24; Acts 7:57–58; Proverbs 28:1–2
- 19 2 Kings 17:21; 2 Chronicles 10:19; 2 Chronicles 13:17; Joshua 4:9; 2 Chronicles 13:5–7
- 20 1 Kings 11:13; 1 Kings 11:32; 1 Kings 12:17; 1 Kings 11:36; 1 Samuel 10:24
- 21 2 Chronicles 11:1–3; 2 Chronicles 14:8; 1 Chronicles 21:5; 2 Chronicles 17:14–19; Proverbs 21:30–31
- 22 2 Chronicles 11:2; 2 Chronicles 12:5–7; 1 Kings 13:11; 1 Kings 13:1; 2 Kings 4:22
- 23 1 Kings 12:17
- 25 Judges 8:17; Judges 8:8; Judges 9:45–49; Genesis 32:30–31; Judges 9:1
- 26 Jeremiah 38:18–21; 2 Chronicles 20:20; John 12:19; Acts 4:16–17; Mark 2:6–8
- 27 Deuteronomy 16:6; Deuteronomy 12:14; Deuteronomy 12:5–7; Proverbs 29:25; 1 Kings 8:44
- 28 Exodus 32:4; Exodus 32:8; 2 Kings 17:16; 2 Kings 10:29; 2 Chronicles 11:15
- 29 Genesis 28:19; Judges 18:27–31; Deuteronomy 34:1; Genesis 35:1; Genesis 14:14
- 30 2 Kings 17:21; 1 Kings 13:34; 2 Kings 10:31
- 31 2 Chronicles 13:9; 1 Kings 13:32–33; 2 Kings 17:32; 2 Chronicles 11:14–15; Numbers 3:10
- 32 Numbers 29:12–40; Amos 7:10–13; 1 Kings 8:2; 1 Kings 8:5; Matthew 15:8–9
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