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1 Algún tiempo después, Absalón compró un magnífico carro de guerra y caballos; además, contrató a cincuenta hombres para que fueran su escolta personal.
1 After this, Absalom prepared a chariot and horses for himself, and fifty men to run before him.
2 Se levantaba temprano cada mañana y se paraba en la puerta de la ciudad. Cuando alguien traía un caso para que el rey lo juzgara, Absalón lo llamaba y se mostraba interesado en su problema.
2 Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate. When any man had a suit which should come to the king for judgment, then Absalom called to him, and said, “What city are you from?” He said, “Your servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.”
3 Entonces decía: ―Veo que tienes razón en este asunto. Es desafortunado que el rey no tenga a alguien que le ayude para atender estos casos.
3 Absalom said to him, “Behold, your matters are good and right; but there is no man deputized by the king to hear you.”
4 Ciertamente me gustaría ser el juez; así cualquiera que tuviera un caso vendría a mí, y yo le haría justicia.
4 Absalom said moreover, “Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who has any suit or cause might come to me, and I would do him justice!”
5 Y cuando alguien iba a saludarlo y se inclinaba delante de él, Absalón le tendía la mano, lo abrazaba y lo besaba.
5 It was so, that when any man came near to bow down to him, he stretched out his hand, took hold of him, and kissed him.
6 De esta manera Absalón iba conquistando el corazón de todo el pueblo de Israel.
6 Absalom did this sort of thing to all Israel who came to the king for judgment. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
7 Después de cuatro años, Absalón le dijo al rey: ―Déjame ir a Hebrón a ofrecer sacrificios al Señor. De esta manera podré cumplir el voto que le hice mientras estaba en Guesur de Aram, de que si me permitía volver a Jerusalén, yo le ofrecería un sacrificio.
7 At the end of forty years, Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed to Yahweh, in Hebron.
8 Not in this translation
8 For your servant vowed a vow while I stayed at Geshur in Syria, saying, ‘If Yahweh shall indeed bring me again to Jerusalem, then I will serve Yahweh.’”
9 ―Muy bien —le dijo el rey—, anda y cumple tu voto. Absalón se fue a Hebrón.
9 The king said to him, “Go in peace.” So he arose and went to Hebron.
10 Pero mientras estaba allí envió mensajeros a todas las tribus de Israel con el siguiente mensaje: «En cuanto oigan el toque de las trompetas, digan que Absalón ha sido coronado como rey en Hebrón».
10 But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say, ‘Absalom is king in Hebron!’”
11 Con Absalón habían ido doscientos hombres de Jerusalén como invitados, pero ellos no conocían sus intenciones.
11 Two hundred men went with Absalom out of Jerusalem, who were invited, and went in their simplicity; and they didn’t know anything.
12 Mientras estaba ofreciendo los sacrificios, envió por Ajitofel, uno de los consejeros de David que vivía en Guiló. De esta manera la conspiración adquirió mucha fuerza, y cada vez eran más los que estaban a favor de Absalón.
12 Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he was offering the sacrifices. The conspiracy was strong, for the people increased continually with Absalom.
13 Pronto llegó un mensajero a Jerusalén y le dijo al rey David: ―Todo Israel se ha unido a Absalón en contra suya.
13 A messenger came to David, saying, “The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.”
14 Al oír esto, David les dijo a todos sus oficiales que estaban con él en Jerusalén: ―¡Debemos huir de inmediato, o será demasiado tarde! Si salimos de la ciudad antes de que Absalón llegue, nos salvaremos nosotros y se salvará la ciudad de Jerusalén.
14 David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, “Arise! Let’s flee, or else none of us will escape from Absalom. Hurry to depart, lest he overtake us quickly and bring down evil on us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”
15 ―Estamos con usted, mi rey —le respondieron los oficiales—. Haremos lo que nos ordene.
15 The king’s servants said to the king, “Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king chooses.”
16 El rey y los de su casa se pusieron en marcha inmediatamente. David sólo dejó a diez de sus concubinas para que se ocuparan del cuidado del palacio.
16 The king went out, and all his household after him. The king left ten women, who were concubines, to keep the house.
17 Al llegar a la última casa de la ciudad, David se detuvo, y todos sus oficiales se colocaron junto a él, mientras que el resto de la gente seguía adelante. Así que delante del rey pasaron los quereteos, los peleteos, y los seiscientos guititas que habían acompañado a David desde Gat.
17 The king went out, and all the people after him; and they stayed in Beth Merhak.
18 Not in this translation
18 All his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men who came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.
19 El rey se dirigió a Itay, el jefe de los seiscientos guititas, y le dijo: ―¿Qué estás haciendo aquí? Vuelve y quédate con el nuevo rey, porque tú eres extranjero en Israel, y estás desterrado de tu patria. Casi acabas de llegar y no encuentro justo que te obligue a ir con nosotros quién sabe por qué lugares. Vuelve y lleva tus tropas contigo, y que el Señor sea misericordioso contigo.
19 Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why do you also go with us? Return, and stay with the king; for you are a foreigner and also an exile. Return to your own place.
20 Not in this translation
20 Whereas you came but yesterday, should I today make you go up and down with us, since I go where I may? Return, and take back your brothers. Mercy and truth be with you.”
21 Pero Itay le respondió: ―Juro delante de Dios, y por la vida suya, rey mío, que donde usted vaya yo iré, sea que esto signifique la vida o la muerte.
21 Ittai answered the king and said, “As Yahweh lives, and as my lord the king lives, surely in what place my lord the king is, whether for death or for life, your servant will be there also.”
22 ―Bien, ven con nosotros —le dijo David. Así que Itay y sus seiscientos hombres, junto con sus familias, fueron con él.
22 David said to Ittai, “Go and pass over.” Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones who were with him.
23 Hubo profunda tristeza en la ciudad cuando el rey y los que lo acompañaban salieron, cruzaron el arroyo de Cedrón, y se dirigieron hacia el campo.
23 All the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over. The king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over toward the way of the wilderness.
24 Abiatar, Sadoc y los levitas llevaron el cofre del pacto de Dios y la pusieron junto al camino hasta que todos pasaron.
24 Behold, Zadok also came, and all the Levites with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God; and they set down God’s ark; and Abiathar went up until all the people finished passing out of the city.
25 Entonces, siguiendo las instrucciones de David, Sadoc llevó el cofre de regreso a la ciudad. ―Si es la voluntad del Señor —dijo David—, él me permitirá regresar para ver el cofre y el santuario nuevamente. Pero si no, que haga conmigo lo que mejor le parezca.
25 The king said to Zadok, “Carry God’s ark back into the city. If I find favor in Yahweh’s eyes, he will bring me again, and show me both it and his habitation;
26 Not in this translation
26 but if he says, ‘I have no delight in you,’ behold, here I am. Let him do to me as seems good to him.”
27 Y dijo a Sadoc: ―Este es mi plan: Vuelve en paz a la ciudad con tu hijo Ajimaz y con Abiatar y su hijo Jonatán.
27 The king said also to Zadok the priest, “Aren’t you a seer? Return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz your son and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.
28 Yo me detendré en los llanos del desierto hasta que ustedes me manden a decir cómo está la situación en la ciudad.
28 Behold, I will stay at the fords of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me.”
29 Sadoc y Abiatar, pues, regresaron con el cofre de Dios a Jerusalén, y se quedaron allí.
29 Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried God’s ark to Jerusalem again; and they stayed there.
30 David subió llorando por el camino que lleva al monte de los Olivos. Llevaba la cabeza cubierta e iba descalzo, en señal de duelo. Y la gente que lo acompañaba también llevaba la cabeza cubierta, y lloraban mientras subían por el monte.
30 David went up by the ascent of the Mount of Olives, and wept as he went up; and he had his head covered and went barefoot. All the people who were with him each covered his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
31 Cuando alguien le dijo a David que Ajitofel, su consejero, estaba de parte de Absalón, David oró: «Señor, haz que fracasen los planes de Ajitofel».
31 Someone told David, saying, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” David said, “Yahweh, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.”
32 Cuando llegaron a la cumbre del monte de los Olivos, donde el pueblo adoraba a Dios, David encontró a Husay, el arquita, con la ropa rasgada y con la cabeza cubierta de ceniza, en señal de duelo.
32 When David had come to the top, where God was worshiped, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his tunic torn and earth on his head.
33 Pero David le dijo: ―Si vas conmigo serás una carga. Vuelve a Jerusalén y dile a Absalón: “Rey, yo le serviré de consejero como lo hice con su padre”. Entonces podrás arruinar los planes de Ajitofel.
33 David said to him, “If you pass on with me, then you will be a burden to me;
34 Not in this translation
34 but if you return to the city, and tell Absalom, ‘I will be your servant, O king. As I have been your father’s servant in time past, so I will now be your servant; then you will defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel.’
35 Los sacerdotes Sadoc y Abiatar están allí. Cuéntales todo cuanto sepas sobre esta situación. Por medio de Ajimaz hijo de Sadoc y de Jonatán hijo de Abiatar me podrán mandar cualquier noticia.
35 Don’t you have Zadok and Abiathar the priests there with you? Therefore whatever you hear out of the king’s house, tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.
36 Not in this translation
36 Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz, Zadok’s son, and Jonathan, Abiathar’s son. Send to me everything that you shall hear by them.”
37 Entonces Husay, el amigo de David, regresó a la ciudad. Llegó precisamente en el momento en que Absalón entraba a Jerusalén.
37 So Hushai, David’s friend, came into the city; and Absalom came into Jerusalem.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Absalom
David's handsome son who avenged Tamar, rebelled against his father, and briefly seized the throne.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 3:3; 2 Samuel 15-18
Ahimaaz
Zadok's son, who with Jonathan son of Abiathar secretly carried word to David during Absalom's revolt and outran the Cushite to bring David news of the victory.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 15:27; 2 Samuel 15:36; 2 Samuel 17:17
Ahithophel
David's counselor from Giloh, whose advice was regarded like the word of God; he joined Absalom's conspiracy, advised him to take David's concubines and to pursue David at once,…
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 15:12; 2 Samuel 15:31; 2 Samuel 16:23
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
Hushai
David's friend, who at David's request returned to Jerusalem as Absalom's servant and defeated Ahithophel's counsel with advice Absalom judged better.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 15:32; 2 Samuel 15:37; 2 Samuel 16:16
Ittai
A foreigner from Gath who swore to follow David wherever he went, left Jerusalem with David and his men, and commanded a third of David's army against Absalom.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 15:19; 2 Samuel 15:21; 2 Samuel 15:22
Jonathan
Son of the priest Abiathar, who with Ahimaaz carried messages to David during Absalom's revolt and hid in a well at Bahurim.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 15:27; 2 Samuel 15:36; 2 Samuel 17:17
Zadok
Son of Ahitub and a priest alongside Abiathar in David's administration, who with the Levites carried the ark when David fled Jerusalem and returned it to the city at David's…
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 8:17; 2 Samuel 15:24; 2 Samuel 15:25
Cross references (28)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Kings 1:5; 2 Samuel 12:11; Psalm 20:7; 1 Samuel 8:11; Proverbs 11:2
- 2 Ruth 4:1; Matthew 27:1; Exodus 18:16; 2 Samuel 19:8; Exodus 18:14
- 3 2 Peter 2:10; Psalm 12:2; Proverbs 30:11; 1 Peter 2:17; Proverbs 30:17
- 4 Judges 9:29; Luke 14:8–11; 2 Peter 2:19; Proverbs 27:2; Proverbs 25:6
- 5 2 Samuel 14:33; Proverbs 26:25; Psalm 55:21; Psalm 10:9–10
- 6 Romans 16:18; 2 Peter 2:3; Proverbs 11:9
- 7 Isaiah 58:4; 2 Samuel 13:24–27; 1 Samuel 16:1–2; 2 Samuel 13:38; Proverbs 21:27
- 10 2 Samuel 14:30; 2 Samuel 5:5; 2 Samuel 3:2–3; 1 Chronicles 12:38; 2 Samuel 19:10
- 11 1 Samuel 9:13; 1 Samuel 22:15; Romans 16:18–19; Genesis 20:5; Matthew 10:16
- 12 2 Samuel 15:31; Psalm 41:9; Joshua 15:51; Titus 1:16; Psalm 55:12–14
- 13 Judges 9:3; 2 Samuel 15:6; Matthew 27:22; Psalm 62:9; 2 Samuel 3:36
- 14 2 Samuel 19:9; Psalm 3:1–8; Psalm 51:18; 2 Samuel 12:11; Matthew 11:12
- 15 Proverbs 18:24; Luke 22:28–29; John 6:66–69; John 15:14
- 16 2 Samuel 16:21–22; 2 Samuel 20:3; Psalm 3:1; Romans 12:2; 1 Samuel 25:27
- 17 Psalm 3:1–2; Psalm 66:12; Ecclesiastes 10:7
- 19 2 Samuel 18:2; Ruth 1:11–13
- 21 Ruth 1:16–17; Proverbs 17:17; 2 Kings 4:30; Proverbs 18:24; Acts 11:23
- 23 2 Samuel 16:2; 1 Kings 2:37; John 18:1; Matthew 3:3; 2 Chronicles 29:16
- 24 2 Samuel 8:17; Numbers 4:15; 2 Samuel 20:25; 1 Samuel 22:20; Joshua 3:3
- 25 Jeremiah 25:30; Psalm 26:8; Psalm 84:10; Psalm 43:3–4; Exodus 15:13
- 27 2 Samuel 17:17; 1 Samuel 9:9; 2 Samuel 15:36; 2 Samuel 24:11; 2 Samuel 15:34
- 28 2 Samuel 17:16; 2 Samuel 15:23; 2 Samuel 16:2; 2 Samuel 17:1
- 30 Esther 6:12; 2 Samuel 19:4; Luke 19:41; Ezekiel 24:23; Luke 19:37
- 31 2 Samuel 17:14; 2 Samuel 17:23; Psalm 41:9; James 3:15; Job 5:12
- 32 Joshua 16:2; 2 Samuel 1:2; Psalm 3:3–5; 2 Samuel 16:16–19; Luke 19:29
- 33 2 Samuel 19:35
- 35 2 Samuel 17:15–16
- 37 1 Chronicles 27:33; 2 Samuel 16:15–16
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Now the story which gave occasion to this prophecy may be easily recognised in the second book of Kings. For there Chusi, the friend of king David, went over to the side of Abessalon, his son, who was carrying on war against his father, for the purpose of discovering and reporting the designs which he was taking against his father, …
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