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1 Como ya se ha dicho, no había rey en Israel en aquel tiempo. La tribu de Dan estaba tratando de encontrar un lugar donde establecerse, pues aún no habían recibido su heredad para establecerse allí.
1 In those days there was no king in Israel. In those days the tribe of the Danites sought an inheritance to dwell in; for to that day, their inheritance had not fallen to them among the tribes of Israel.
2 Entonces los hombres de Dan escogieron a cinco hombres valientes de las ciudades de Zora y Estaol para que exploraran la tierra donde habían de establecerse. Cuando llegaron a la región montañosa de Efraín, se quedaron en casa de Micaías.
2 The children of Dan sent five men of their family from their whole number, men of valor, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land and to search it. They said to them, “Go, explore the land!” They came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there.
3 Al darse cuenta del acento del levita que oficiaba de sacerdote, lo llamaron a un lado y le preguntaron: ―¿Qué estás haciendo aquí? ¿Por qué viniste?
3 When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite; so they went over there and said to him, “Who brought you here? What do you do in this place? What do you have here?”
4 Él les contó acerca del contrato que tenía con Micaías y que era su sacerdote privado.
4 He said to them, “Thus and thus has Micah dealt with me, and he has hired me, and I have become his priest.”
5 ―Bien —dijeron—, pídele entonces a Dios que te diga si nuestro viaje tendrá éxito.
5 They said to him, “Please ask counsel of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.”
6 ―Sí —contestó el sacerdote—. Todo saldrá bien. El Señor los cuidará.
6 The priest said to them, “Go in peace. Your way in which you go is before Yahweh.”
7 Los cinco hombres salieron y fueron a Lais, y notaron que allí todo el mundo se sentía seguro y confiado. Vivían a la manera de los sidonios y eran muy ricos. Vivían reposadamente y estaban totalmente desprevenidos para un ataque, porque no había tribus suficientemente fuertes en la región como para que intentaran atacarlos. Vivían a gran distancia de sus parientes en Sidón y tenían poco o ningún contacto con los pueblos cercanos.
7 Then the five men departed and came to Laish and saw the people who were there, how they lived in safety, in the way of the Sidonians, quiet and secure; for there was no one in the land possessing authority, that might put them to shame in anything, and they were far from the Sidonians, and had no dealings with anyone else.
8 Los espías regresaron a Zora y Estaol. ―¿Qué hay? —preguntaron—. ¿Qué noticias nos traen?
8 They came to their brothers at Zorah and Eshtaol; and their brothers asked them, “What do you say?”
9 Y los hombres respondieron: ―Ataquemos sin pérdida de tiempo. La tierra es amplia y fértil. Es un verdadero paraíso. El pueblo no está preparado para defenderse. ¡Vamos y tomémosla, porque el Señor nos la ha dado!
9 They said, “Arise, and let’s go up against them; for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very good. Do you stand still? Don’t be slothful to go and to enter in to possess the land.
10 Not in this translation
10 When you go, you will come to an unsuspecting people, and the land is large; for God has given it into your hand, a place where there is no lack of anything that is on the earth.”
11 Seiscientos soldados de la tribu de Dan salieron de Zora y Estaol.
11 The family of the Danites set out from Zorah and Eshtaol with six hundred men armed with weapons of war.
12 Acamparon en los lugares al oeste de Quiriat Yearín en Judá (lugares que todavía se conocen por el nombre de Campamento de Dan),
12 They went up and encamped in Kiriath Jearim in Judah. Therefore they call that place Mahaneh Dan to this day. Behold, it is behind Kiriath Jearim.
13 y luego siguieron hasta la región montañosa de Efraín. Cuando pasaron por casa de Micaías,
13 They passed from there to the hill country of Ephraim, and came to the house of Micah.
14 los cinco exploradores les dijeron a los demás: ―Aquí hay un santuario con un efod, algunos terafines y muchos ídolos de plata. Es obvio lo que tenemos que hacer.
14 Then the five men who went to spy out the country of Laish answered and said to their brothers, “Do you know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a carved image, and a molten image? Now therefore consider what you have to do.”
15 Los cinco hombres entraron a la casa de Micaías y saludaron al joven sacerdote. Los seiscientos hombres armados se quedaron junto a la puerta,
15 They went over there and came to the house of the young Levite man, even to the house of Micah, and asked him how he was doing.
16 Not in this translation
16 The six hundred men armed with their weapons of war, who were of the children of Dan, stood by the entrance of the gate.
17 mientras los cinco espías entraban en el santuario y sacaban los ídolos, el efod y los terafines.
17 The five men who went to spy out the land went up, and came in there, and took the engraved image, the ephod, the teraphim, and the molten image; and the priest stood by the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men armed with weapons of war.
18 ―¿Qué hacen? —preguntó el joven sacerdote, cuando vio que los sacaban.
18 When these went into Micah’s house, and took the engraved image, the ephod, the teraphim, and the molten image, the priest said to them, “What are you doing?”
19 ―Calla y ven con nosotros —le dijeron—. Serás nuestro sacerdote y te respetaremos como a un padre. Es mucho mejor que seas sacerdote de toda una tribu de Israel que de un solo hombre.
19 They said to him, “Hold your peace, put your hand on your mouth, and go with us. Be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?”
20 El joven sacerdote se sintió muy feliz de irse con ellos y se llevó consigo el efod, los terafines y los ídolos.
20 The priest’s heart was glad, and he took the ephod, the teraphim, and the engraved image, and went with the people.
21 Se pusieron en marcha nuevamente, poniendo a los hijos, el ganado y los enseres adelante.
21 So they turned and departed, and put the little ones, the livestock, and the goods before them.
22 Cuando ya estaban a buena distancia, los de la casa de Micaías salieron en su persecución
22 When they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men who were in the houses near Micah’s house gathered together and overtook the children of Dan.
23 y les gritaban que se detuvieran. ―¿Qué pretenden persiguiéndonos de esta manera? —preguntaron los hombres de Dan.
23 As they called to the children of Dan, they turned their faces, and said to Micah, “What ails you, that you come with such a company?”
24 ―¿Y lo preguntan? —replicó Micaías—. Se han robado mis dioses y mi sacerdote, y nada me han dejado.
24 He said, “You have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and have gone away! What more do I have? How can you ask me, ‘What ails you?’”
25 ―Cuidado con lo que dices —replicaron los hombres de Dan—. Hay aquí algunos que son de ánimo colérico, y podrían enojarse y matarte.
25 The children of Dan said to him, “Don’t let your voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows fall on you, and you lose your life, with the lives of your household.”
26 Los hombres de Dan siguieron su marcha. Cuando Micaías vio que eran muchos para enfrentarse a ellos por sí mismo, volvió a su casa.
26 The children of Dan went their way; and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back to his house.
27 Con los ídolos y el sacerdote de Micaías, los hombres de Dan llegaron a la ciudad de Lais. Ni siquiera había guardia; así que entraron, mataron a todo el pueblo y quemaron la ciudad hasta los cimientos.
27 They took that which Micah had made, and the priest whom he had, and came to Laish, to a people quiet and unsuspecting, and struck them with the edge of the sword; then they burned the city with fire.
28 Nadie pudo ayudar a sus habitantes porque estaba muy lejos de Sidón, y no tenían aliados locales porque no tenían tratos con nadie. Esto ocurrió en el valle que está junto a Bet Rejob. El pueblo de la tribu de Dan reedificó la ciudad y vivió allí.
28 There was no deliverer, because it was far from Sidon, and they had no dealings with anyone else; and it was in the valley that lies by Beth Rehob. They built the city and lived in it.
29 La ciudad fue llamada Dan, en honor a su antepasado, el hijo de Israel, pero anteriormente se llamaba Lais.
29 They called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel; however the name of the city used to be Laish.
30 Luego instalaron los ídolos y designaron a un hombre llamado Jonatán, hijo de Gersón y biznieto de Moisés, y a sus hijos para que fueran sacerdotes. Esta familia continuó en el sacerdocio hasta que la ciudad fue finalmente conquistada en la época del cautiverio.
30 The children of Dan set up for themselves the engraved image; and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land.
31 Así que la tribu de Dan adoró los ídolos de Micaías mientras el Tabernáculo permaneció en Siló.
31 So they set up for themselves Micah’s engraved image which he made, and it remained all the time that God’s house was in Shiloh.
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Jonathan
Son of Gershom and grandson of Moses (the KJV reads Manasseh) who with his sons served as priests for the tribe of Dan at the idols they took from Micah, and who is generally…
Cited in the guide: Judges 18:30
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Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Judges 1:34; Judges 17:6; Judges 19:1; Joshua 19:40–48; Judges 21:25
- 2 Judges 13:25; Joshua 2:1; Judges 18:11; Numbers 13:17; Judges 18:8
- 3 Genesis 27:22; Matthew 26:73; Judges 12:6; Isaiah 22:16
- 4 Judges 17:10; Ezekiel 13:19; John 10:12–13; Judges 17:12; Malachi 1:10
- 5 Acts 8:10; 1 Kings 22:5; Isaiah 30:1; Hosea 4:12; Judges 18:14
- 6 1 Kings 22:6; Psalm 33:18; 1 Kings 22:12; Jeremiah 23:32; Jeremiah 23:21–22
- 7 Joshua 19:47; 1 Samuel 3:13; Judges 18:27–28; 1 Kings 1:6; Romans 13:3
- 8 Judges 18:2; Judges 18:11; Judges 13:2; Judges 16:31
- 9 Joshua 2:23–24; Numbers 13:30; John 6:27; Joshua 18:3; 1 Kings 22:23
- 11 Judges 18:16
- 12 Judges 13:25; 1 Chronicles 13:5–6; Joshua 15:60; 2 Chronicles 1:4; 1 Samuel 7:1
- 13 Judges 18:2–3; Joshua 24:30; Judges 19:1; Judges 17:1; Joshua 24:33
- 14 Judges 17:5; Proverbs 19:27; Judges 18:3–4; 1 Samuel 14:28; Isaiah 8:19–20
- 15 Genesis 43:27; John 14:27; 2 Kings 4:26; 1 Samuel 17:22; Luke 10:4–6
- 17 Judges 18:14; Judges 18:2; Judges 17:4–5; Genesis 31:19; Isaiah 46:1–2
- 19 Job 21:5; Judges 17:10; Job 29:9; Proverbs 30:32; Micah 7:16
- 20 Isaiah 56:11; Ezekiel 13:19; Hosea 4:3; 2 Peter 2:15–16; Acts 20:33
- 23 Genesis 21:17; Psalm 114:5; 2 Samuel 14:5; Isaiah 22:1; 1 Samuel 11:5
- 24 Habakkuk 2:18–19; Psalm 115:8; Isaiah 44:18–20; Judges 17:13; Jeremiah 51:17
- 25 Job 27:2; 1 Samuel 30:6; 2 Samuel 17:8; Job 3:5
- 27 Joshua 19:47; Judges 18:7; Judges 18:10; Joshua 11:11; Deuteronomy 33:22
- 28 2 Samuel 10:6; Numbers 13:21; Judges 18:7; Psalm 7:2; Psalm 50:22
- 29 Joshua 19:47; 1 Kings 15:20; Genesis 14:14; Genesis 30:6; 1 Kings 12:29–30
- 30 1 Samuel 4:10–11; Exodus 2:22; Judges 17:5; Judges 17:3; Judges 13:1
- 31 Joshua 18:1; Judges 19:18; 1 Samuel 1:3; Jeremiah 7:12; Judges 21:21
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