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1 Los filisteos juntaron sus ejércitos para la batalla y acamparon entre Soco de Judá y Azeca, en Efesdamín.
1 Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle; and they were gathered together at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and encamped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephesdammim.
2 Saúl también reunió sus fuerzas en el valle de Elá y las ordenó para la batalla.
2 Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and encamped in the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.
3 Los filisteos y los israelitas estaban frente a frente en montañas opuestas, y el valle estaba entre ellos.
3 The Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.
4 Entonces Goliat, campeón filisteo de Gat, salió de las filas filisteas y desafió a las fuerzas de Israel. Era un gigante de casi tres metros de alto. Usaba un yelmo de bronce, una cota de malla de unos sesenta kilos, grebas de bronce para las piernas, y una jabalina de bronce de varios centímetros de espesor, en cuyo extremo había una punta de lanza de hierro de más de siete kilos. Y su escudero llevaba un gran escudo delante de él. Goliat se paró y gritó para que lo oyeran los israelitas: «¿Necesitan todo un ejército para solucionar esto? Yo represento a los filisteos. Escojan a alguien que los represente y decidiremos la batalla en un combate singular.
4 A champion out of the camp of the Philistines named Goliath of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span went out.
5 Not in this translation
5 He had a helmet of bronze on his head, and he wore a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of bronze.
6 Not in this translation
6 He had bronze shin armor on his legs and a bronze javelin between his shoulders.
7 Not in this translation
7 The staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron. His shield bearer went before him.
8 Not in this translation
8 He stood and cried to the armies of Israel, and said to them, “Why have you come out to set your battle in array? Am I not a Philistine, and you servants to Saul? Choose a man for yourselves, and let him come down to me.
9 Si el israelita puede matarme, nosotros seremos esclavos de ustedes. Pero si yo lo mato, ustedes serán nuestros esclavos.
9 If he is able to fight with me and kill me, then will we be your servants; but if I prevail against him and kill him, then you will be our servants and serve us.”
10 Desafío a los ejércitos de Israel. Envíen un hombre que pelee conmigo».
10 The Philistine said, “I defy the armies of Israel today! Give me a man, that we may fight together!”
11 Cuando Saúl y el ejército israelita escucharon esto, se sintieron desfallecer de temor.
11 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid.
12 David, hijo del anciano Isaí, miembro de la tribu de Judá que vivía en Belén de Judá, tenía siete hermanos mayores.
12 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons. The man was an elderly old man in the days of Saul.
13 Los tres mayores, Eliab, Abinadab y Sama, se habían incorporado al ejército de Saúl para pelear contra los filisteos.
13 The three oldest sons of Jesse had gone after Saul to the battle; and the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
14 David era el menor de todos,
14 David was the youngest; and the three oldest followed Saul.
15 y alternaba sus viajes al campamento de Saúl con el cuidado de los rebaños de su padre en Belén.
15 Now David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.
16 Durante cuarenta días, dos veces al día, por la mañana y por la tarde, el gigante estuvo desafiando a los ejércitos de Israel.
16 The Philistine came near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
17 Un día, Isaí dijo a David: «Toma estos veinticuatro kilos de grano tostado y estos diez panes y llévalos a tus hermanos.
17 Jesse said to David his son, “Now take for your brothers an ephah of this parched grain and these ten loaves, and carry them quickly to the camp to your brothers;
18 Dale este queso al capitán y ve cómo lo están pasando tus hermanos. Y trae alguna prenda de ellos».
18 and bring these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand; and see how your brothers are doing, and bring back news.”
19 En ese momento el ejército israelita estaba acampado en el valle de Elá.
19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
20 En la madrugada del día siguiente David dejó las ovejas con otro pastor y partió con los regalos. Llegó a las afueras del campamento en el momento en que el ejército de Israel salía en orden de batalla y lanzaba gritos de guerra.
20 David rose up early in the morning and left the sheep with a keeper, and took the provisions and went, as Jesse had commanded him. He came to the place of the wagons as the army which was going out to the fight shouted for the battle.
21 Pronto las fuerzas israelitas y filisteas estuvieron frente a frente.
21 Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array, army against army.
22 David dejó las cosas que llevaba en manos del encargado de las armas y provisiones y corrió a las filas en busca de sus hermanos.
22 David left his baggage in the hand of the keeper of the baggage and ran to the army, and came and greeted his brothers.
23 Mientras conversaba con ellos, vio que el gigante Goliat se adelantaba a las tropas filisteas y su desafío al ejército de Israel.
23 As he talked with them, behold, the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, came up out of the ranks of the Philistines, and said the same words; and David heard them.
24 Tan pronto como lo vieron los hombres de Israel comenzaron a huir llenos de miedo.
24 All the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him and were terrified.
25 ―¿Oyeron al gigante? —se decían los soldados—. Ha insultado otra vez al ejército de Israel. ¿Saben qué recompensa ha ofrecido el rey al que lo mate? El rey le dará una de sus hijas por esposa y toda su familia estará exenta de pagar impuestos.
25 The men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who has come up? He has surely come up to defy Israel. The king will give great riches to the man who kills him, and will give him his daughter, and will make his father’s house tax-free in Israel.”
26 David habló con otros que estaban por allí para verificar lo que había oído. ―¿Qué recibirá el hombre que mate al filisteo y ponga fin a nuestra humillación? —les preguntó—. ¿Quién es este filisteo incrédulo que se le permite que desafíe a los ejércitos del Dios vivo?
26 David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, “What shall be done to the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”
27 Y recibió la misma respuesta de antes.
27 The people answered him in this way, saying, “So shall it be done to the man who kills him.”
28 Pero cuando el hermano mayor de David, Eliab, supo lo que decía David, se enojó. ¿Qué haces aquí? —le preguntó—. ¿No debes estar cuidando las ovejas? Yo conozco tu soberbia y tu malicia; solamente has venido a curiosear y ver la batalla.
28 Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s anger burned against David, and he said, “Why have you come down? With whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the evil of your heart; for you have come down that you might see the battle.”
29 ―¿Qué he hecho ahora? —contestó David—. Solamente estaba haciendo una pregunta.
29 David said, “What have I now done? Is there not a cause?”
30 Y se acercó a otros y les preguntó lo mismo, y recibió la misma respuesta.
30 He turned away from him toward another, and spoke like that again; and the people answered him again the same way.
31 Cuando finalmente comprendieron la intención de David, alguien lo dijo al rey Saúl y el rey lo mandó a buscar.
31 When the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him.
32 ―No se preocupe —le dijo David—. Yo me haré cargo de este filisteo.
32 David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail because of him. Your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.”
33 ―No seas tonto —contestó Saúl—. ¿Cómo puede un chiquillo como tú pelear con un hombre de ese tamaño? Tú eres tan solo un niño y él es un guerrero desde su juventud.
33 Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.”
34 Pero David insistió. ―Cuando cuido las ovejas de mi padre y un león o un oso vienen a arrebatar un cordero del rebaño,
34 David said to Saul, “Your servant was keeping his father’s sheep; and when a lion or a bear came and took a lamb out of the flock,
35 yo lo sigo con un palo y de sus fauces le quito el cordero. Si se vuelve hacia mí, lo tomo de la quijada y lo apaleo hasta matarlo.
35 I went out after him, struck him, and rescued it out of his mouth. When he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, struck him, and killed him.
36 He hecho esto con leones y osos, y lo haré también con este pagano filisteo, porque ha desafiado a los ejércitos del Dios vivo.
36 Your servant struck both the lion and the bear. This uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, since he has defied the armies of the living God.”
37 El Señor que me salvó de las garras del león y del oso, me salvará también de este filisteo. Saúl finalmente aceptó. ―Bien, ve —le dijo—, y que el Señor te acompañe.
37 David said, “Yahweh, who delivered me out of the paw of the lion and out of the paw of the bear, will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.” Saul said to David, “Go! Yahweh will be with you.”
38 Saúl le puso a David su armadura: un yelmo de bronce y una cota de malla.
38 Saul dressed David with his clothing. He put a helmet of bronze on his head, and he clad him with a coat of mail.
39 David se la puso, se ciñó la espada y dio unos pasos para ver cómo se sentía con todo aquello, porque jamás había usado tales cosas. ―Apenas me puedo mover —exclamó—, y se lo quitó todo otra vez.
39 David strapped his sword on his clothing and he tried to move, for he had not tested it. David said to Saul, “I can’t go with these, for I have not tested them.” Then David took them off.
40 Luego tomó cinco piedras lisas del arroyo y las puso en su alforja, y armado solamente con una vara de pastor y una honda, comenzó a avanzar hacia Goliat.
40 He took his staff in his hand, and chose for himself five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag which he had. His sling was in his hand; and he came near to the Philistine.
41 Goliat se adelantó hacia David con su escudero delante.
41 The Philistine walked and came near to David; and the man who bore the shield went before him.
42 Venía burlándose del apuesto jovencito de mejillas rosadas.
42 When the Philistine looked around and saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and had a good looking face.
43 ―¿Soy acaso un perro —rugió delante de David— que vienes a mí con un palo? —y maldijo a David en el nombre de sus dioses—.
43 The Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” The Philistine cursed David by his gods.
44 Ven aquí y daré tus carnes a las aves de rapiña y a los animales salvajes —gritó Goliat.
44 The Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the sky and to the animals of the field.”
45 David respondió gritando: ―Tú vienes a mí con espada y lanza, pero yo voy a ti en el nombre del Señor de los ejércitos del cielo y de Israel, a quien tú has desafiado.
45 Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin; but I come to you in the name of Yahweh of Armies, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
46 Hoy el Señor te vencerá y yo te mataré y te cortaré la cabeza, y daré tu cadáver y el de tus compañeros a las aves de rapiña y a los animales salvajes. Así todo el mundo sabrá que hay Dios en Israel,
46 Today, Yahweh will deliver you into my hand. I will strike you and take your head from off you. I will give the dead bodies of the army of the Philistines today to the birds of the sky and to the wild animals of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,
47 e Israel sabrá que el Señor no depende de las armas para realizar sus planes. Esta batalla le pertenece al Señor y él los va a entregar a ustedes en nuestras manos.
47 and that all this assembly may know that Yahweh doesn’t save with sword and spear; for the battle is Yahweh’s, and he will give you into our hand.”
48 Goliat avanzó de nuevo y David corrió a su encuentro,
48 When the Philistine arose, and walked and came near to meet David, David hurried and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.
49 y sacando una piedra de la alforja la lanzó con la honda y golpeó al gigante en la frente. La piedra se le clavó en la frente al gigante y cayó de cara a tierra.
49 David put his hand in his bag, took a stone and slung it, and struck the Philistine in his forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the earth.
50 De esa manera David venció al gigante filisteo. Como no tenía espada, corrió y sacó la del gigante de la vaina y lo mató con ella, y luego le cortó la cabeza. Cuando los filisteos vieron que su campeón había muerto, huyeron.
50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him; but there was no sword in David’s hand.
51 Not in this translation
51 Then David ran, stood over the Philistine, took his sword, drew it out of its sheath, killed him, and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.
52 Entonces los israelitas dieron un gran grito de triunfo y los persiguieron por todo el valle hasta Gat y hasta las puertas de Ecrón. Los cuerpos de los filisteos muertos y heridos quedaron regados a todo lo largo del camino a Sajarayin.
52 The men of Israel and of Judah arose and shouted, and pursued the Philistines as far as Gai and to the gates of Ekron. The wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even to Gath and to Ekron.
53 Después el ejército israelita regresó y saqueó el campamento de los filisteos.
53 The children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they plundered their camp.
54 Más tarde David llevó la cabeza de Goliat a Jerusalén, pero colocó sus armas en su tienda.
54 David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put his armor in his tent.
55 Cuando Saúl vio que David salía a pelear con el gigante, le preguntó a Abner, general de su ejército: ―Abner, ¿de qué familia procede este joven? ―No lo sé, realmente, —dijo Abner.
55 When Saul saw David go out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the army, “Abner, whose son is this youth?” Abner said, “As your soul lives, O king, I can’t tell.”
56 ―Bien, averígualo —le dijo el rey.
56 The king said, “Inquire whose son the young man is!”
57 Después que David dio muerte a Goliat, Abner lo llevó a la presencia de Saúl con la cabeza del filisteo aún en la mano.
57 As David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.
58 ―Dime, ¿quién es tu padre, hijo mío? —dijo Saúl—. Y David dijo: ―Se llama Isaí y vivimos en Belén.
58 Saul said to him, “Whose son are you, you young man?” David answered, “I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.”
People & places in this chapter
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People
Abinadab
A brother of David who passed before Samuel and later served in Saul's army.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 16:8; 1 Samuel 17:13
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
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
Eliab
Jesse's tall firstborn, passed over when Samuel came to anoint a king from among his sons.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 16:6; 1 Samuel 17:28
Goliath
A Philistine champion from Gath, six cubits and a span tall, who defied Israel's ranks until David killed him with a sling and a stone; his sword was later kept at Nob.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 17:4; 1 Samuel 17:23; 1 Samuel 17:54
Cross references (46)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Joshua 15:35; 2 Chronicles 28:18; 1 Samuel 13:5; 1 Chronicles 11:13; Joshua 10:10–11
- 2 1 Samuel 21:9; 1 Samuel 17:19
- 4 Joshua 11:22; 1 Samuel 17:23; 1 Chronicles 20:4–8; 2 Samuel 21:16–22; Deuteronomy 3:11
- 9 1 Samuel 11:1
- 10 1 Samuel 17:25–26; 1 Samuel 17:45; 1 Samuel 17:36; 2 Samuel 21:21; Numbers 23:7–8
- 11 Joshua 1:9; Deuteronomy 31:8; Psalm 27:1; Isaiah 51:12–13; Proverbs 28:1
- 12 Genesis 35:19; 1 Samuel 16:10–11; 1 Samuel 16:18; Ruth 4:22; 1 Samuel 17:58
- 13 1 Chronicles 2:13; 2 Samuel 21:21; 1 Samuel 17:28; 2 Samuel 13:3; 1 Samuel 16:6–9
- 14 1 Samuel 16:11; Genesis 25:23
- 15 1 Samuel 16:11; 1 Samuel 16:19–23
- 16 Matthew 4:2; Luke 4:2
- 17 1 Samuel 25:18; Ruth 2:14; 2 Samuel 17:28; Luke 11:13; Matthew 7:11
- 18 Genesis 37:14; 1 Samuel 16:20; 1 Thessalonians 3:5–6; Acts 15:36; 2 Samuel 17:29
- 20 Luke 19:43; 1 Samuel 26:5; 1 Samuel 17:28; 1 Samuel 26:7; Ephesians 6:1–2
- 22 Luke 10:5–6; Judges 18:15; Genesis 37:14; Isaiah 10:28; Matthew 10:12–13
- 23 1 Samuel 17:8–10
- 24 1 Samuel 13:6–7; 1 Samuel 17:11; Deuteronomy 32:30; Numbers 13:33; Isaiah 30:17
- 25 Joshua 15:16; Revelation 3:12; Revelation 2:7; Ezra 7:24; Revelation 2:17
- 26 1 Samuel 11:2; Deuteronomy 5:26; 1 Samuel 14:6; 1 Samuel 17:36; 1 Samuel 17:10
- 27 1 Samuel 17:25
- 28 Matthew 10:36; Proverbs 18:19; Genesis 37:11; Genesis 37:4; Genesis 37:8
- 29 1 Peter 3:9; Acts 11:2–4; Proverbs 15:1; 1 Corinthians 2:15
- 30 1 Samuel 17:26–27
- 31 Proverbs 22:29
- 32 Deuteronomy 20:1–3; 1 Samuel 16:18; Psalm 3:6; Isaiah 35:4; Psalm 27:1–3
- 33 Numbers 13:31; Deuteronomy 9:2; Revelation 13:4; Psalm 11:1; 1 Samuel 17:56
- 35 Amos 3:12; 2 Timothy 4:17–18; Daniel 6:22; Judges 14:5–6; Psalm 91:13
- 36 1 Samuel 17:10; Isaiah 36:18; Isaiah 37:28–29; Romans 2:28–29; Ezekiel 32:19
- 37 2 Timothy 4:17–18; Psalm 138:7–8; 2 Corinthians 1:9–10; Psalm 18:16–17; Psalm 63:7
- 39 2 Corinthians 10:4–5; Zechariah 4:6; Hosea 1:7
- 40 1 Corinthians 1:27–29; Judges 15:15–16; Judges 20:16; Matthew 10:10; Judges 7:16–20
- 42 1 Samuel 16:12; 1 Samuel 17:33; Psalm 123:3–4; 2 Corinthians 11:27–29; Proverbs 16:18
- 43 2 Samuel 9:8; 2 Samuel 3:8; 1 Samuel 24:14; 2 Kings 8:13; Proverbs 26:2
- 44 Proverbs 18:12; 1 Kings 20:10–11; Ezekiel 28:9–10; Jeremiah 9:23; 1 Samuel 17:46
- 45 2 Corinthians 10:4; 2 Chronicles 32:8; 2 Corinthians 3:5; Philippians 4:13; Psalm 18:2
- 46 Isaiah 52:10; Joshua 4:24; 2 Kings 19:19; 1 Kings 8:43; Deuteronomy 28:26
- 47 Psalm 44:6–7; Zechariah 4:6; Hosea 1:7; Proverbs 21:30–31; 1 Samuel 14:6
- 48 Proverbs 28:1; Psalm 27:1
- 49 1 Corinthians 1:27–28; 2 Kings 9:24; 1 Kings 22:34
- 50 Judges 15:15; 1 Samuel 17:39; 1 Samuel 21:9; 1 Samuel 23:21; 1 Samuel 13:22
- 52 Joshua 15:11; Joshua 15:33–36; Joshua 15:45–46; 1 Samuel 14:21–22; Judges 7:23
- 53 Jeremiah 30:16; Jeremiah 4:20; 2 Kings 7:7–16
- 54 Exodus 16:33; 1 Samuel 21:9; Joshua 4:7–8
- 55 1 Samuel 16:21–22; 1 Samuel 17:58
- 57 1 Samuel 17:54
- 58 1 Samuel 17:12; 1 Samuel 16:18–19
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