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1 Acaz tenía veinte años cuando comenzó a reinar y reinó dieciséis años en Jerusalén. Fue un rey malo, pues no siguió el ejemplo del rey David, su antepasado.
1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. He didn’t do that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, like David his father,
2 Al contrario, Acaz siguió el ejemplo de los reyes de Israel, ya que mandó a fabricar imágenes de los baales, que eran dioses falsos.
2 but he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and also made molten images for the Baals.
3 Aun fue al valle de Ben Hinón, y no fue sólo a quemar incienso a los ídolos, sino también a sacrificar a su propio hijo en el fuego, como era costumbre en las naciones paganas que habían sido arrojadas de la tierra por el Señor, para dársela a su pueblo Israel.
3 Moreover he burned incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burned his children in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom Yahweh cast out before the children of Israel.
4 Además, sacrificó y ofreció incienso en los santuarios de otros dioses de las colinas, y debajo de todo árbol frondoso.
4 He sacrificed and burned incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
5 Por esta razón el Señor Dios permitió que el rey de Siria lo derrotara y llevara cautivas a un gran número de personas a Damasco. Israel también le infligió una tremenda derrota.
5 Therefore Yahweh his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria. They struck him, and carried away from him a great multitude of captives, and brought them to Damascus. He was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who struck him with a great slaughter.
6 En un solo día, Pecaj hijo de Remalías mató a ciento veinte mil de los hombres más valientes de Judá, porque se habían apartado del Señor, Dios de sus padres.
6 For Pekah the son of Remaliah killed in Judah one hundred twenty thousand in one day, all of them valiant men, because they had forsaken Yahweh, the God of their fathers.
7 Y Zicrí, un gran guerrero de Efraín, mató a Maseías hijo del rey, al administrador Azricán, y a Elcaná, que era el funcionario más importante del rey.
7 Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, killed Maaseiah the king’s son, Azrikam the ruler of the house, and Elkanah who was next to the king.
8 Los israelitas tomaron cautivas a doscientas mil personas de Judá, incluyendo a las mujeres y a los niños. Además, se llevaron a Samaria un inmenso botín.
8 The children of Israel carried away captive of their brothers two hundred thousand women, sons, and daughters, and also took away much plunder from them, and brought the plunder to Samaria.
9 Pero cuando los israelitas regresaban a Samaria, les salió al encuentro Obed, profeta del Señor, y dijo: ―Miren, el Señor, Dios de nuestros padres, estaba airado con Judá y, por eso, permitió que ustedes los capturaran. Pero ustedes los mataron con tal crueldad, que en el cielo se tomó nota de esto.
9 But a prophet of Yahweh was there, whose name was Oded; and he went out to meet the army that came to Samaria, and said to them, “Behold, because Yahweh, the God of your fathers, was angry with Judah, he has delivered them into your hand, and you have slain them in a rage which has reached up to heaven.
10 ¿Y pretenden ahora hacer esclavos a esta gente de Judá y de Jerusalén? ¿Acaso no tienen bastante ya con sus propios pecados contra el Señor nuestro Dios?
10 Now you intend to degrade the children of Judah and Jerusalem as male and female slaves for yourselves. Aren’t there even with you trespasses of your own against Yahweh your God?
11 Escuchen: ¡Devuelvan los cautivos que arrebataron a sus hermanos, porque si no, la ira del Señor se encenderá contra ustedes!
11 Now hear me therefore, and send back the captives that you have taken captive from your brothers, for the fierce wrath of Yahweh is on you.”
12 Algunos de los hombres de más alto rango de Efraín también expresaron su oposición. Estos hombres fueron Azarías hijo de Johanán, Berequías hijo de Mesilemot, Ezequías hijo de Salún, y Amasá hijo de Hadlay.
12 Then some of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against those who came from the war,
13 ―No deben traer esos cautivos aquí —declararon—. Si lo hacen, el Señor se enojará, y este pecado será añadido a los muchos que ya tenemos. ¡Ya tenemos bastantes problemas con Dios! ¡El Señor nos castigará por esto!
13 and said to them, “You must not bring in the captives here, for you intend that which will bring on us a trespass against Yahweh, to add to our sins and to our guilt; for our guilt is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.”
14 Entonces los oficiales entregaron los cautivos y el botín a los jefes y a toda la asamblea.
14 So the armed men left the captives and the plunder before the princes and all the assembly.
15 Y los cuatro hombres ya mencionados distribuyeron la ropa del botín entre las mujeres y niños que lo necesitaban, y les dieron calzado, alimento y vino. Luego, a los que estaban enfermos o ancianos los pusieron sobre burros y los llevaron hasta Jericó, la ciudad de las palmeras, para que de allí regresaran a sus hogares. Luego regresaron a Samaria.
15 The men who have been mentioned by name rose up and took the captives, and with the plunder clothed all who were naked among them, dressed them, gave them sandals, gave them something to eat and to drink, anointed them, carried all the feeble of them on donkeys, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brothers. Then they returned to Samaria.
16 En aquel tiempo, el rey Acaz, de Judá, le pidió al rey de Asiria que se aliara con él,
16 At that time King Ahaz sent to the kings of Assyria to help him.
17 porque Edom estaba invadiendo a Judá y capturando a muchas personas para hacerlas esclavas.
17 For again the Edomites had come and struck Judah, and carried away captives.
18 Por su parte, los filisteos habían invadido las ciudades de las tierras bajas y del sur y habían capturado Bet Semes, Ayalón, Guederot, Soco, Timná, y Gimzó, con sus pueblos circunvecinos, y estaban viviendo allí.
18 The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the lowland and of the South of Judah, and had taken Beth Shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, Soco with its villages, Timnah with its villages, and also Gimzo and its villages; and they lived there.
19 De este modo el Señor humilló a Judá debido a las malas acciones del rey Acaz de Israel, pues él había llevado al país a la ruina y se había alejado por completo del Señor.
19 For Yahweh brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel, because he acted without restraint in Judah and trespassed severely against Yahweh.
20 Pero Tiglat Piléser, rey de Asiria, le trajo problemas al rey Acaz en vez de ayudarle.
20 Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came to him and gave him trouble, but didn’t strengthen him.
21 Aun cuando Acaz le había dado todos los objetos de valor que había en el templo, en los tesoros del palacio real, y en las casas de sus oficiales, eso no fue suficiente para lograr el apoyo del rey de Asiria.
21 For Ahaz took away a portion out of Yahweh’s house, and out of the house of the king and of the princes, and gave it to the king of Assyria; but it didn’t help him.
22 En este tiempo de profundos problemas, el rey Acaz aumentó sus acciones infieles contra el Señor.
22 In the time of his distress, he trespassed yet more against Yahweh, this same King Ahaz.
23 Ofreció sacrificios a los dioses del pueblo de Damasco que lo habían derrotado, porque pensó que por cuanto estos dioses habían ayudado a los reyes de Asiria, también podrían ayudarlo a él si les ofrecía sacrificios. Pero esto más bien fue su ruina y la ruina de su pueblo.
23 For he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus which had defeated him. He said, “Because the gods of the kings of Syria helped them, I will sacrifice to them, that they may help me.” But they were the ruin of him and of all Israel.
24 El rey sacó las vasijas de oro del templo y las destruyó, y cerró las puertas del templo para que nadie pudiera entrar a adorar allí, e hizo altares a los dioses paganos por todo Jerusalén.
24 Ahaz gathered together the vessels of God’s house, cut the vessels of God’s house in pieces, and shut up the doors of Yahweh’s house; and he made himself altars in every corner of Jerusalem.
25 Lo mismo hizo en todas las ciudades de Judá, con lo que provocó la ira del Señor, Dios de sus padres.
25 In every city of Judah he made high places to burn incense to other gods, and provoked Yahweh, the God of his fathers, to anger.
26 Los demás detalles de su vida y actividades están anotados en el libro de los reyes de Judá y de Israel.
26 Now the rest of his acts, and all his ways, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
27 Cuando el rey Acaz murió, fue sepultado en Jerusalén, pero no en las tumbas reales. Y su hijo Ezequías fue el nuevo rey.
27 Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem, because they didn’t bring him into the tombs of the kings of Israel; and Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Ahaz
A faithless king who courted Assyria and even sacrificed his own son.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 16; 2 Chron. 28; Isa. 7:14; Matt. 1:9
Amasa
One of four Ephraimite leaders who stood against the army and refused to let the captives be brought in.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 28:12
Azariah
One of four Ephraimite leaders who stood against the army and refused to let the captives be brought in.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 28:12
Azrikam
Governor of the palace killed by Zichri of Ephraim.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 28:7
Berechiah
One of four Ephraimite leaders who stood against the army and refused to let the captives be brought in.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 28:12
Elkanah
The one second to the king, killed by Zichri of Ephraim.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 28:7
Hadlai
Named as the father of Amasa, an Ephraimite leader.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 28:12
Jehizkiah
One of four Ephraimite leaders who stood against the army and refused to let the captives be brought in.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 28:12
Jehohanan
Named as the father of Azariah, an Ephraimite leader.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 28:12
Maaseiah
Called the son of the king, killed by Zichri of Ephraim.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 28:7
Meshillemoth
Named as the father of Berechiah, an Ephraimite leader.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 28:12
Oded
Prophet of the LORD who met the army returning to Samaria and told them to return the Judahite captives.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 28:9
Shallum
Named as the father of Jehizkiah, an Ephraimite leader.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 28:12
Zichri
Mighty man of Ephraim who killed Maaseiah the king's son, Azrikam the palace governor and Elkanah the second to the king.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 28:7
Cross references (26)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Chronicles 3:13; Isaiah 1:1; 2 Kings 16:1–20; 2 Chronicles 17:3; Hosea 1:1
- 2 Exodus 34:17; Judges 2:11; 2 Chronicles 22:3–4; Leviticus 19:4; Judges 2:13
- 3 2 Chronicles 33:6; 2 Chronicles 33:2; Leviticus 18:21; Joshua 15:8; 2 Kings 23:10
- 4 Leviticus 26:30; 2 Kings 16:4; Deuteronomy 12:2–3
- 5 Isaiah 7:1; 2 Chronicles 24:24; 2 Kings 16:5–6; 2 Chronicles 33:11; Exodus 20:2–3
- 6 Jeremiah 15:6; Isaiah 1:28; Jeremiah 2:19; Joshua 24:20; 2 Kings 15:27
- 7 Genesis 43:15; Genesis 43:12; Esther 10:3; Genesis 41:43
- 8 2 Chronicles 11:4; Deuteronomy 28:25; Deuteronomy 28:41; Acts 13:26; Acts 7:26
- 9 Isaiah 47:6; Revelation 18:5; Ezra 9:6; Zechariah 1:15; Ezekiel 26:2–3
- 10 Leviticus 25:39–46; 1 Peter 4:17–18; Matthew 7:2–4; Romans 12:20–21; Jeremiah 25:29
- 11 James 2:13; Hebrews 13:1–3; 2 Chronicles 28:8; Ezra 10:14; Jeremiah 34:14–15
- 12 Jeremiah 26:6; 1 Chronicles 28:1
- 13 Romans 2:5; Joshua 22:17–18; Matthew 23:35; Matthew 23:32; Numbers 32:14
- 15 Deuteronomy 34:3; Proverbs 25:21–22; Judges 1:16; 2 Kings 6:22; Matthew 25:35–45
- 16 2 Kings 16:5–7; Isaiah 7:17; Isaiah 7:1–9
- 17 Obadiah 10; Obadiah 13–14; Leviticus 26:18; 2 Chronicles 25:11–12
- 18 Ezekiel 16:57; Ezekiel 16:27; Judges 14:1; 2 Chronicles 11:10; Joshua 15:41
- 19 2 Chronicles 21:2; Job 40:12; 1 Samuel 2:7; Hosea 5:11; Psalm 106:41–43
- 20 2 Kings 15:29; 1 Chronicles 5:26; Isaiah 30:16; Isaiah 7:20; Hosea 5:13
- 21 2 Kings 18:15–16; 2 Kings 16:8–9; 2 Chronicles 12:9; Proverbs 20:25
- 22 Isaiah 1:5; Ezekiel 21:13; Jeremiah 5:3; Hosea 5:15; Psalm 50:15
- 23 2 Chronicles 25:14; Jeremiah 44:20–28; Habakkuk 1:11; Hosea 13:9; Isaiah 1:28
- 24 2 Chronicles 29:7; 2 Chronicles 30:14; 2 Kings 16:17–18; 2 Chronicles 33:3–5; Acts 17:16
- 25 2 Chronicles 28:3
- 26 2 Kings 16:19–20; 2 Chronicles 20:34; 2 Chronicles 27:7–9
- 27 2 Chronicles 21:20; 2 Chronicles 24:25; Proverbs 10:7; 2 Chronicles 26:23; 2 Chronicles 33:20
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