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1 Después que Saúl regresó de su batalla con los filisteos, y como le dieran aviso de que David se había ido al desierto de Engadi,
1 When Saul had returned from following the Philistines, he was told, “Behold, David is in the wilderness of En Gedi.”
2 reunió tres mil hombres escogidos de todo Israel y salió a buscarlo a las Rocas de las Cabras Monteses.
2 Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men on the rocks of the wild goats.
3 En el lugar por donde el camino pasa por algunos rediles, entró Saúl en una cueva para hacer sus necesidades. En esa cueva precisamente estaban escondidos David y sus hombres.
3 He came to the sheep pens by the way, where there was a cave; and Saul went in to relieve himself. Now David and his men were staying in the innermost parts of the cave.
4 Los hombres de David le dijeron: ―Ahora es tu oportunidad. Hoy es el día de que hablaba el Señor cuando dijo: “Entregaré a Saúl en tu poder para que hagas con él lo que quieras”. David se acercó silenciosamente y cortó un pedazo del borde de la túnica de Saúl.
4 David’s men said to him, “Behold, the day of which Yahweh said to you, ‘Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, and you shall do to him as it shall seem good to you.’” Then David arose and cut off the skirt of Saul’s robe secretly.
5 Pero su conciencia comenzó a molestarlo.
5 Afterward, David’s heart struck him because he had cut off Saul’s skirt.
6 ―Jamás haré lo que me sugieren, —dijo a sus hombres—. Es un grave pecado agredir al rey escogido de Dios.
6 He said to his men, “Yahweh forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, Yahweh’s anointed, to stretch out my hand against him, since he is Yahweh’s anointed.”
7 Estas palabras de David persuadieron a sus hombres de no dar muerte a Saúl. Cuando Saúl salió de la cueva para seguir su camino,
7 So David checked his men with these words, and didn’t allow them to rise against Saul. Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.
8 David le gritó: ―Señor mío y rey mío. Saúl miró, y David, haciéndole una reverencia,
8 David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave and cried after Saul, saying, “My lord the king!” When Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth, and showed respect.
9 gritó: ―¿Por qué prestas atención a los que dicen que trato de hacerte daño? Este mismo día comprenderás que no es cierto. El Señor te puso a mi merced aquí en la cueva, y algunos de mis hombres me dijeron que te diera muerte, pero yo no quise, porque me dije: “Jamás le haré daño alguno a mi señor porque es el ungido del Señor”.
9 David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to men’s words, saying, ‘Behold, David seeks to harm you’?
10 Not in this translation
10 Behold, today your eyes have seen how Yahweh had delivered you today into my hand in the cave. Some urged me to kill you, but I spared you. I said, ‘I will not stretch out my hand against my lord, for he is Yahweh’s anointed.’
11 ¿Ves lo que tengo en la mano? Es el borde de tu manto. Lo corté, pero no te quise matar. ¿No te convence esto de que no estoy tratando de causarte daño y que no he pecado contra ti, aunque tú has estado buscándome para darme muerte?
11 Moreover, my father, behold, yes, see the skirt of your robe in my hand; for in that I cut off the skirt of your robe and didn’t kill you, know and see that there is neither evil nor disobedience in my hand. I have not sinned against you, though you hunt for my life to take it.
12 Que el Señor juzgue entre nosotros. Quizás te castigará por lo que estás tratando de hacerme, pero yo jamás te haré daño alguno.
12 May Yahweh judge between me and you, and may Yahweh avenge me of you; but my hand will not be on you.
13 Dice el viejo proverbio: “Un mal provoca otro mal”. Pero yo no te tocaré para dañarte.
13 As the proverb of the ancients says, ‘Out of the wicked comes wickedness;’ but my hand will not be on you.
14 ¿Y a quién trata de dar caza el rey de Israel? ¿Debe perder el tiempo buscando a uno que es tan indigno como un perro muerto o como una pulga?
14 Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom do you pursue? A dead dog? A flea?
15 Que el Señor juzgue entre nosotros y que castigue a cualquiera de los dos que sea culpable. Él es mi abogado y mi defensor, y él me rescatará de tu poder.
15 May Yahweh therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and you, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of your hand.”
16 Saúl entonces dijo: ―¿Eres tú, hijo mío, David? —y rompió a llorar—.
16 It came to pass, when David had finished speaking these words to Saul, that Saul said, “Is that your voice, my son David?” Saul lifted up his voice and wept.
17 Tú eres mejor que yo, porque me has pagado bien por mal.
17 He said to David, “You are more righteous than I; for you have done good to me, whereas I have done evil to you.
18 Sí, tú has sido muy misericordioso conmigo en este día, porque cuando el Señor me entregó en tus manos, no me mataste.
18 You have declared today how you have dealt well with me, because when Yahweh had delivered me up into your hand, you didn’t kill me.
19 ¿Quién otro dejaría escapar a su enemigo cuando lo tiene en su poder? Que el Señor te recompense bien por la bondad que me has mostrado en este día.
19 For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him go away unharmed? Therefore may Yahweh reward you good for that which you have done to me today.
20 Y ahora comprendo que ciertamente vas a ser rey, y que Israel será tuyo y tú lo gobernarás.
20 Now, behold, I know that you will surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hand.
21 Júrame por el Señor que cuando esto ocurra no matarás a mi familia, ni destruirás a mis descendientes.
21 Swear now therefore to me by Yahweh that you will not cut off my offspring after me, and that you will not destroy my name out of my father’s house.”
22 Así lo prometió David. Saúl entonces regresó a su casa, pero David y sus hombres volvieron a la cueva.
22 David swore to Saul. Saul went home, but David and his men went up to the stronghold.
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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
Cross references (21)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Samuel 23:28–29; Proverbs 29:12; Hosea 7:3; 1 Samuel 23:19; Ezekiel 22:9
- 2 1 Samuel 26:2; Psalm 141:6; Psalm 104:18; 1 Samuel 13:2; Psalm 38:12
- 3 Judges 3:24; Psalm 142:1–7; Psalm 57:1–11; Psalm 141:6
- 4 1 Samuel 26:8–11; 1 Samuel 26:23; 1 Samuel 24:10; 1 Samuel 25:28–30; 1 Samuel 24:18
- 5 2 Samuel 24:10; 2 Samuel 12:9; 1 John 3:20–21; 2 Kings 22:19
- 6 2 Samuel 1:14; Romans 12:14–13:2; Job 31:29–30; 1 Samuel 26:9–11; 1 Thessalonians 5:15
- 7 Psalm 7:4; Matthew 5:44; Romans 12:17–21; 1 Samuel 25:33
- 8 1 Samuel 25:23–24; 1 Samuel 26:17; Romans 13:7; 1 Samuel 20:41; Genesis 17:3
- 9 Ecclesiastes 7:21–22; Proverbs 29:12; Psalm 101:5; 1 Samuel 26:19; Proverbs 18:8
- 11 1 Samuel 26:20; 1 Samuel 23:23; 1 Samuel 23:14; 1 Samuel 26:18; 2 Kings 5:13
- 12 Psalm 43:1; Judges 11:27; Psalm 35:1; Genesis 16:5; Romans 12:19
- 13 Matthew 7:20; Matthew 7:16–18; Matthew 12:33–34; Matthew 15:19
- 14 1 Samuel 26:20; 2 Samuel 9:8; 1 Samuel 17:43; 2 Samuel 16:9; 2 Samuel 3:8
- 15 Psalm 43:1; Psalm 35:1; Psalm 119:154; 1 Samuel 24:12; Micah 7:9
- 16 1 Samuel 26:17; Acts 6:10; Luke 21:15; Proverbs 15:1; Genesis 33:4
- 17 Matthew 5:44; 1 Samuel 26:21; Genesis 38:26; Romans 12:20–21; Matthew 27:4
- 18 1 Samuel 26:23; 1 Samuel 23:12; 1 Samuel 23:7; 1 Samuel 26:8; 1 Samuel 24:10
- 19 Proverbs 25:21–22; 1 Samuel 26:25; Psalm 18:20; Judges 17:2; 1 Samuel 23:21
- 20 1 Samuel 23:17; Matthew 2:3–6; 2 Samuel 3:17–18; 1 Samuel 13:14; Matthew 2:16
- 21 Genesis 21:23; 2 Samuel 21:6–8; 1 Samuel 20:14–17; Genesis 31:53; Hebrews 6:16
- 22 1 Samuel 23:29; Matthew 10:16–17; John 2:24; Proverbs 26:24–25
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For thus it is written: "And David's heart smote him because he had taken away the skirt of his cloak." But to the men with him, who advised him to destroy Saul thus delivered up into his hands, he saith, "The Lord forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, the Lord's christ, to lay my hand upon …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
… shown: but Saul not even after their betrayal could seize David; but rather in a certain cave in that very country, when into his hands Saul had been given to slay, David spared him, and that which he had in his power he did not. But the other was seeking to do that which he had not in his power.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)