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1 Esto fue el comienzo de una larga guerra entre los seguidores de Saúl y los de David. Cada día David se iba afirmando en el poder, mientras que el reino de Saúl se debilitaba cada vez más.
1 Now there was a long war between Saul’s house and David’s house. David grew stronger and stronger, but Saul’s house grew weaker and weaker.
2 En Hebrón, David tuvo varios hijos. El mayor fue Amnón, hijo de su esposa Ajinoán de Jezrel.
2 Sons were born to David in Hebron. His firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
3 Su segundo hijo fue Quileab, hijo de Abigaíl, la viuda de Nabal de Carmel. El tercero fue Absalón, hijo de Macá, la hija del rey Talmay de Guesur.
3 and his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
4 El cuarto fue Adonías, hijo de Jaguit. Luego estaba Sefatías, hijo de Abital,
4 and the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;
5 e Itreán, hijo de Eglá. Todos estos le nacieron a David en Hebrón.
5 and the sixth, Ithream, of Eglah, David’s wife. These were born to David in Hebron.
6 A medida que se prolongaba la guerra, Abner se hacía políticamente más poderoso entre los seguidores de Saúl.
6 While there was war between Saul’s house and David’s house, Abner made himself strong in Saul’s house.
7 Aprovechando la posición en que se encontraba, se acostó con una de las concubinas de Saúl, una mujer llamada Rizpa, hija de Ayá. Cuando Isboset le llamó la atención por esto,
7 Now Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah; and Ishbosheth said to Abner, “Why have you gone in to my father’s concubine?”
8 Abner se enfureció y le gritó: ―¿Soy yo un perro de Judá para ser tratado de esta manera? Después de todo lo que he hecho por ti y por tu padre, no entregándolos a David, ¿ahora me reprochas por una simple cuestión de faldas?
8 Then Abner was very angry about Ishbosheth’s words, and said, “Am I a dog’s head that belongs to Judah? Today I show kindness to your father Saul’s house, to his brothers, and to his friends, and have not delivered you into the hand of David; and yet you charge me today with a fault concerning this woman!
9 ¡Que Dios me mande el peor de los castigos si, de aquí en adelante, no hago todo lo posible por quitarte todo el reino, desde Dan hasta Berseba, para dárselo a David! ¡Así se cumplirá lo que el Señor le juró a David!
9 God do so to Abner, and more also, if, as Yahweh has sworn to David, I don’t do even so to him:
10 Not in this translation
10 to transfer the kingdom from Saul’s house, and to set up David’s throne over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba.”
11 Isboset no se atrevió a responder, porque le tenía miedo a Abner.
11 He could not answer Abner another word, because he was afraid of him.
12 Entonces Abner envió unos mensajeros a David con el siguiente recado: «Le propongo que haga un pacto conmigo, y yo me comprometo a hacer todo lo posible para que todos los israelitas lo acepten como rey, pues, en realidad, toda la tierra de Israel le pertenece a usted».
12 Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, “Whose is the land?” and saying, “Make your alliance with me, and behold, my hand will be with you to bring all Israel around to you.”
13 «De acuerdo —respondió David—, pero no negociaré contigo a menos que me traigas a mi esposa Mical, la hija de Saúl».
13 David said, “Good. I will make a treaty with you, but one thing I require of you. That is, you will not see my face unless you first bring Michal, Saul’s daughter, when you come to see my face.”
14 David envió también este mensaje a Isboset: «Devuélveme a mi esposa Mical, porque yo la compré con la vida de cien filisteos».
14 David sent messengers to Ishbosheth, Saul’s son, saying, “Deliver me my wife Michal, whom I was given to marry for one hundred foreskins of the Philistines.”
15 Así que Isboset mandó que se la quitaran a Paltiel hijo de Lais, que en ese momento era su marido.
15 Ishbosheth sent and took her from her husband, Paltiel the son of Laish.
16 Este se fue detrás de ella, llorando por todo el camino, hasta que llegaron a Bajurín. Allí Abner le dijo: «¡Deja ya de llorar y regresa a tu casa!». Y él obedeció.
16 Her husband went with her, weeping as he went, and followed her to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, “Go! Return!” and he returned.
17 Mientras tanto, Abner consultó con los dirigentes de Israel y les recordó que por largo tiempo ellos habían querido que David fuera su rey.
17 Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, “In times past, you sought for David to be king over you.
18 «Ahora es la ocasión —les dijo—. Porque el Señor le dijo a David: “Es por medio de ti, que eres mi siervo, que yo salvaré a mi pueblo de los filisteos y de sus demás enemigos”».
18 Now then do it! For Yahweh has spoken of David, saying, ‘By the hand of my servant David, I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.’”
19 Abner habló también con los jefes de la tribu de Benjamín. Fue después a Hebrón e informó a David del éxito de las conversaciones con el pueblo de Israel y de Benjamín.
19 Abner also spoke in the ears of Benjamin; and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel and to the whole house of Benjamin.
20 Veinte hombres lo acompañaron, y David los agasajó con una fiesta.
20 So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. David made Abner and the men who were with him a feast.
21 Cuando Abner emprendió el regreso, prometió a David: «Cuando yo regrese, convocaré a todo el pueblo de Israel, para que lo elijan como su rey, tal como usted lo ha deseado por tanto tiempo». Después de despedirse de David, Abner regresó a su casa en paz.
21 Abner said to David, “I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may reign over all that your soul desires.” David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.
22 No hacía mucho que Abner había salido, cuando Joab y algunos de los soldados de David regresaron de una incursión trayendo consigo un gran botín.
22 Behold, David’s servants and Joab came from a raid and brought in a great plunder with them; but Abner was not with David in Hebron, for he had sent him away, and he had gone in peace.
23 Cuando le informaron a Joab que Abner hijo de Ner había estado hablando con el rey, y que este lo había despedido en paz,
23 When Joab and all the army who was with him had come, they told Joab, “Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he has sent him away, and he has gone in peace.”
24 se presentó rápidamente ante el rey y le dijo: «¿Qué ha hecho? ¿Por qué ha permitido que Abner regrese en paz a su casa? Usted bien sabe que todo lo que él le ha dicho es mentira. Todo lo que quiere es enterarse de sus planes y movimientos».
24 Then Joab came to the king and said, “What have you done? Behold, Abner came to you. Why is it that you have sent him away, and he is already gone?
25 Not in this translation
25 You know Abner the son of Ner. He came to deceive you, and to know your going out and your coming in, and to know all that you do.”
26 Luego Joab envió mensajeros para que dieran alcance a Abner y le pidieran que regresara. Lo encontraron junto al pozo de Sira, y él regresó con ellos. Pero David nada sabía de esto.
26 When Joab had come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the well of Sirah; but David didn’t know it.
27 Cuando Abner regresó a Hebrón, Joab lo llevó a la entrada de la ciudad, como si quisiera conversar con él secretamente. Una vez allí, Joab sacó su cuchillo y se lo clavó en el vientre. De esta manera Joab vengó la muerte de su hermano Asael.
27 When Abner had returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the middle of the gate to speak with him quietly, and struck him there in the body, so that he died for the blood of Asahel his brother.
28 Cuando David oyó lo ocurrido, declaró: «Juro delante del Señor que yo y mi pueblo somos inocentes del crimen cometido contra Abner.
28 Afterward, when David heard it, he said, “I and my kingdom are guiltless before Yahweh forever of the blood of Abner the son of Ner.
29 Joab y su familia son los culpables. ¡Que no falte nunca entre ellos quien padezca de flujo, o de lepra, o de cojera, o que muera violentamente o padezca hambre!».
29 Let it fall on the head of Joab and on all his father’s house. Let there not fail from the house of Joab one who has a discharge, or who is a leper, or who leans on a staff, or who falls by the sword, or who lacks bread.”
30 Joab, pues, y su hermano Abisay mataron a Abner para vengar la muerte de su hermano Asael, a quien Abner mató en la batalla de Gabaón.
30 So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.
31 Luego, el rey David ordenó a Joab y a todos los que estaban con él que se rasgaran las vestiduras, se vistieran con ropa áspera y lloraran por la muerte de Abner. Y el rey David fue detrás del féretro al cementerio.
31 David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, “Tear your clothes, and clothe yourselves with sackcloth, and mourn in front of Abner.” King David followed the bier.
32 Sepultaron a Abner en Hebrón, y el rey y todo el pueblo lloraron junto a la tumba. Y David entonó el siguiente lamento:
32 They buried Abner in Hebron; and the king lifted up his voice and wept at Abner’s grave; and all the people wept.
33 «¿Debía morir Abner como un villano? Tus manos no estaban atadas, ni tus pies estaban encadenados. ¡Moriste como quien es asesinado por los malvados!». Y todo el pueblo lloró nuevamente por él.
33 The king lamented for Abner, and said, “Should Abner die as a fool dies?
34 Not in this translation
34 Your hands weren’t bound, and your feet weren’t put into fetters. As a man falls before the children of iniquity, so you fell.” All the people wept again over him.
35 David se había negado a comer en el día del funeral, y todos le rogaban que se sirviera algo de comida. Pero David había jurado que no comería nada hasta la puesta del sol. Esto agradó a su pueblo; en verdad, todo lo que el rey hacia agradaba al pueblo.
35 All the people came to urge David to eat bread while it was yet day; but David swore, saying, “God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread or anything else, until the sun goes down.”
36 Not in this translation
36 All the people took notice of it, and it pleased them, as whatever the king did pleased all the people.
37 Así todos, tanto los de Judá como los de Israel, quedaron plenamente convencidos de que David nada tenía que ver con la muerte de Abner.
37 So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to kill Abner the son of Ner.
38 Y David dijo a su pueblo: «¿Se dan cuenta de que hoy ha caído un hombre muy importante de Israel?
38 The king said to his servants, “Don’t you know that a prince and a great man has fallen today in Israel?
39 A pesar de que he sido nombrado como rey, nada pude hacer para evitar que los hijos de Sarvia asesinaran a Abner. ¡Que el Señor le dé su castigo a quien cometió tal maldad!».
39 I am weak today, though anointed king. These men, the sons of Zeruiah are too hard for me. May Yahweh reward the evildoer according to his wickedness.”
People & places in this chapter
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People
Abital
A wife of David who bore his fifth son, Shephatiah, in Hebron.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 3:4; 1 Chronicles 3:3
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
Adonijah
A son of David who tried to claim the throne ahead of Solomon in David's final days.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 3:4; 1 Kings 1-2
Aiah
Named as the father of Rizpah, Saul's concubine.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 3:7; 2 Samuel 21:8
Amnon
David's firstborn son, who wronged his half-sister Tamar and was killed by Absalom in revenge.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 3:2; 2 Samuel 13
Chileab
David's second son, born to Abigail, who is named but scarcely mentioned afterward.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 3:3; 1 Chronicles 3:1
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
Eglah
A wife of David who bore his sixth son, Ithream, in Hebron.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 3:5; 1 Chronicles 3:3
Haggith
A wife of David who bore his fourth son, Adonijah, in Hebron.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 3:4; 1 Kings 1:5; 1 Kings 1:11
Ithream
David's sixth son, born in Hebron to David's wife Eglah.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 3:5; 1 Chronicles 3:3
Joab
Son of Zeruiah and commander of David's army, who killed Abner and Amasa, besieged Rabbah, killed Absalom in the oak, and carried out David's census.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 2:13; 2 Samuel 3:27; 2 Samuel 12:26
Laish
Named as the father of Palti (Paltiel), to whom Saul gave Michal; Palti is described as being from Gallim.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 25:44; 2 Samuel 3:15
Maacah
Daughter of King Talmai of Geshur, who bore David his third son, Absalom, in Hebron.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 3:3; 1 Chronicles 3:2
Paltiel
Palti son of Laish, from Gallim, to whom Saul gave his daughter Michal; he followed her weeping to Bahurim when Ish-bosheth took her from him for David.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 25:44; 2 Samuel 3:15
Rizpah
Saul's concubine, the daughter of Aiah, who bore Saul two sons and, after they were hanged by the Gibeonites, guarded their bodies from the birds and beasts from the harvest until…
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 3:7; 2 Samuel 21:8; 2 Samuel 21:10
Shephatiah
David's fifth son, born in Hebron to Abital.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 3:4; 1 Chronicles 3:3
Talmai
King of Geshur and father of David's wife Maacah, to whom Absalom fled after killing Amnon and with whom he stayed three years.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 3:3; 2 Samuel 13:37; 1 Chronicles 3:2
Cross references (29)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Kings 14:30; Job 8:7; Proverbs 4:18–19; 2 Samuel 2:17; Ephesians 6:12
- 2 1 Chronicles 3:1–4; 1 Samuel 25:42–43; 2 Samuel 13:1–29; Genesis 49:3–4
- 3 1 Samuel 27:8; 1 Chronicles 3:1; 2 Samuel 13:20–28; 2 Samuel 2:2; 2 Samuel 13:37–38
- 4 1 Kings 2:13–25; 1 Kings 1:5–18
- 6 2 Samuel 2:8–9; Isaiah 8:9–10; Matthew 12:30; 2 Chronicles 25:8; Joel 3:9–13
- 7 2 Samuel 21:8–11; 2 Samuel 12:8; 2 Samuel 16:21–22; 1 Kings 2:21–22; 1 Kings 2:17
- 8 2 Samuel 9:8; 2 Samuel 16:9; 1 Samuel 15:28; Deuteronomy 23:18; 2 Samuel 5:2
- 9 1 Samuel 15:28; 1 Kings 19:2; Ruth 1:17; 1 Samuel 28:17; 1 Chronicles 12:23
- 12 1 Chronicles 12:38–40; 2 Samuel 5:1–3; Psalm 62:9; 2 Samuel 19:6; Luke 16:5–8
- 13 Genesis 43:3; 1 Chronicles 15:29; Genesis 44:23; 1 Samuel 19:11–17; 1 Samuel 18:20–28
- 14 1 Samuel 18:27; 1 Samuel 18:25; 2 Samuel 2:10
- 15 1 Samuel 25:44
- 16 2 Samuel 16:5; 2 Samuel 19:16; 1 Kings 2:8; 2 Samuel 17:18; Proverbs 9:17–18
- 18 1 Samuel 15:28; Psalm 89:19–23; 1 Samuel 9:16; Psalm 89:3–4; 2 Samuel 3:9
- 19 1 Chronicles 12:29; 1 Samuel 10:20–21; Psalm 68:27
- 20 Genesis 26:30; Esther 1:3; Genesis 31:54
- 21 2 Samuel 3:12; 1 Kings 11:37; 2 Samuel 3:10; Philippians 2:21; Psalm 20:4
- 24 2 Samuel 19:5–7; 2 Samuel 3:39; 2 Samuel 3:8; John 18:35; Numbers 23:11
- 26 Proverbs 27:4–6; Proverbs 26:23–26
- 27 1 Kings 2:5; 2 Samuel 20:9–10; 1 Kings 2:32; Deuteronomy 27:24; Jeremiah 41:6–7
- 28 Numbers 35:33; Exodus 21:12; Genesis 4:10; Genesis 9:6; Deuteronomy 21:1–9
- 29 2 Samuel 1:16; Psalm 109:8–19; 1 Kings 2:31–34; Acts 28:4; 2 Kings 5:1
- 30 Acts 28:4; 2 Samuel 2:19–23; Proverbs 28:17
- 31 Genesis 37:34; 2 Samuel 1:2; 2 Samuel 1:11; Joshua 7:6; Judges 11:35
- 32 Proverbs 24:17; Job 31:28; 2 Samuel 1:12; 1 Samuel 30:4; 2 Samuel 18:33
- 33 2 Chronicles 35:25; Luke 12:19–20; 2 Samuel 1:17; 2 Samuel 13:12–13; Ecclesiastes 2:15–16
- 35 2 Samuel 1:12; 2 Samuel 12:17; Ruth 1:17; Jeremiah 16:7; Ezekiel 24:17
- 38 Job 32:9; 1 Samuel 14:50–51; 2 Samuel 3:12; 2 Samuel 2:8
- 39 Psalm 28:4; Psalm 101:8; 1 Kings 2:33–34; 2 Timothy 4:14; Proverbs 25:5
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