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1 Pero los jefes de la tribu de Efraín estaban airados con Gedeón. ―¿Por qué no nos llamaste la primera vez que saliste a pelear contra los madianitas? —le preguntaron.
1 The men of Ephraim said to him, “Why have you treated us this way, that you didn’t call us when you went to fight with Midian?” They rebuked him sharply.
2 Gedeón respondió: ―Dios permitió que ustedes capturaran a Oreb y Zeb, los generales del ejército de Madián. ¿Qué he hecho yo en comparación con eso? Las acciones de ustedes al final de la batalla fueron más importantes que las nuestras al comienzo. Entonces ellos se calmaron.
2 He said to them, “What have I now done in comparison with you? Isn’t the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?
3 Not in this translation
3 God has delivered into your hand the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb! What was I able to do in comparison with you?” Then their anger was abated toward him when he had said that.
4 Gedeón cruzó luego el río Jordán con sus trescientos hombres. Estaban muy cansados, pero aún perseguían a sus enemigos.
4 Gideon came to the Jordan and passed over, he and the three hundred men who were with him, faint, yet pursuing.
5 Pidió alimento a los hombres de Sucot. ―Estamos cansados y tenemos que seguir persiguiendo a Zeba y Zalmuna, reyes de Madián.
5 He said to the men of Succoth, “Please give loaves of bread to the people who follow me; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
6 Pero los jefes de Sucot le respondieron: ―Aún no les han dado alcance. Si les damos de comer y fracasan, ellos vendrán y nos destruirán.
6 The princes of Succoth said, “Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?”
7 ―Cuando el Señor los haya entregado en nuestras manos —Gedeón les advirtió— regresaremos y trillaremos sus carnes con espinas y cardos del desierto.
7 Gideon said, “Therefore when Yahweh has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.”
8 Fue hasta Peniel, y pidió alimento allí, pero recibió la misma respuesta.
8 He went up there to Penuel, and spoke to them in the same way; and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered.
9 Y les dijo también: «Cuando todo esto haya acabado, regresaré para derribar esta torre».
9 He spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, “When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.”
10 Mientras tanto el rey Zeba y el rey Zalmuna, con quince mil hombres, estaban en Carcor. Era todo lo que quedaba de los ejércitos aliados del oriente, porque ciento veinte mil ya habían sido muertos.
10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their armies with them, about fifteen thousand men, all who were left of all the army of the children of the east; for there fell one hundred twenty thousand men who drew sword.
11 Gedeón subió por la ruta de las caravanas al oriente de Noba y de Yogbea, y atacó a los madianitas sorpresivamente.
11 Gideon went up by the way of those who lived in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and struck the army; for the army felt secure.
12 Los dos reyes huyeron, pero Gedeón los persiguió y los capturó tras la derrota.
12 Zebah and Zalmunna fled and he pursued them. He took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and confused all the army.
13 Gedeón regresó por la bajada de Jeres
13 Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle from the ascent of Heres.
14 y capturó a un joven de Sucot y le pidió que escribiera los nombres de los setenta y siete dirigentes políticos y religiosos de la ciudad.
14 He caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him; and he described for him the princes of Succoth, and its elders, seventy-seven men.
15 Enseguida regresó a Sucot. «Ustedes me injuriaron diciendo que jamás podría dar caza a Zeba y a Zalmuna, y nos negaron alimentos cuando estábamos cansados y hambrientos. Aquí tienen a Zeba y a Zalmuna».
15 He came to the men of Succoth, and said, “See Zebah and Zalmunna, concerning whom you taunted me, saying, ‘Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your men who are weary?’”
16 Entonces tomó a los jefes de la ciudad y los hizo azotar con espinas y cardos hasta que murieron.
16 He took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
17 También fue a Peniel, derribó la torre de la ciudad y mató a toda la población masculina.
17 He broke down the tower of Penuel, and killed the men of the city.
18 Luego les preguntó al rey Zeba y al rey Zalmuna: ―¿Cómo eran los hombres que ustedes mataron en Tabor? Ellos respondieron: ―Estaban vestidos como ustedes, como hijos de reyes.
18 Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men were they whom you killed at Tabor?” They answered, “They were like you. They all resembled the children of a king.”
19 ―¡Deben de haber sido mis hermanos! —exclamó Gedeón—. Juro que si ustedes no los hubieran matado, yo tampoco los mataría a ustedes.
19 He said, “They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. As Yahweh lives, if you had saved them alive, I would not kill you.”
20 Volviéndose a Jéter su hijo mayor, le dio orden de matarlos. El muchacho, que era casi un niño, tuvo miedo.
20 He said to Jether his firstborn, “Get up and kill them!” But the youth didn’t draw his sword; for he was afraid, because he was yet a youth.
21 Zeba y Zalmuna le dijeron a Gedeón: ―Hazlo tú mismo; preferimos que nos mate un hombre. Entonces Gedeón los mató y sacó los adornos de los cuellos de sus camellos.
21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, “You rise and fall on us; for as the man is, so is his strength.” Gideon arose, and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescents that were on their camels’ necks.
22 Más tarde los hombres de Israel le dijeron a Gedeón: ―Sé nuestro rey. Tú, tus descendientes y todos tus hijos reinen sobre nosotros, por cuanto nos has salvado de Madián.
22 Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, “Rule over us, both you, your son, and your son’s son also; for you have saved us out of the hand of Midian.”
23 Pero Gedeón replicó: ―No seré su rey, ni tampoco lo será mi hijo. El Señor es nuestro rey.
23 Gideon said to them, “I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you. Yahweh shall rule over you.”
24 Sin embargo, les pediré algo: que cada uno de ustedes me dé aretes de los que recogieron de los enemigos. (Porque las tropas de Madián, siendo ismaelitas, usaban aretes de oro).
24 Gideon said to them, “I do have a request: that you would each give me the earrings of his plunder.” (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)
25 ―Con todo gusto te los damos —respondieron—, y extendieron una sábana donde cada uno pudiera lanzar los aretes que había recogido.
25 They answered, “We will willingly give them.” They spread a garment, and every man threw the earrings of his plunder into it.
26 El valor se estimó en unos veinte kilos de oro sin contar las lunetas y pendientes, las ropas reales, ni las cadenas tomadas de los cuellos de los camellos.
26 The weight of the golden earrings that he requested was one thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold, in addition to the crescents, and the pendants, and the purple clothing that was on the kings of Midian, and in addition to the chains that were about their camels’ necks.
27 Gedeón hizo un efod con el oro y lo puso en Ofra, su ciudad. Pero Israel pronto comenzó a adorarlo, de modo que sirvió para mal a Gedeón y a su familia.
27 Gideon made an ephod out of it, and put it in Ophrah, his city. Then all Israel played the prostitute with it there; and it became a snare to Gideon and to his house.
28 Este es el relato de cómo Madián fue subyugado por Israel. Madián jamás se recobró y la tierra tuvo paz durante cuarenta años, mientras vivió Gedeón.
28 So Midian was subdued before the children of Israel, and they lifted up their heads no more. The land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.
29 Gedeón regresó a su tierra
29 Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and lived in his own house.
30 y tuvo setenta hijos, porque se casó con muchas mujeres.
30 Gideon had seventy sons conceived from his body, for he had many wives.
31 También tuvo una concubina en Siquén que le dio un hijo al que llamó Abimélec.
31 His concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.
32 Finalmente, falleció a una edad muy avanzada, y fue sepultado en el sepulcro de Joás su padre, en Ofra, en la tierra de los abiezeritas.
32 Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the tomb of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
33 Pero en cuanto Gedeón murió, los israelitas volvieron a prostituirse yendo tras los baales y adoptaron como dios a Baal Berit.
33 As soon as Gideon was dead, the children of Israel turned again and played the prostitute following the Baals, and made Baal Berith their god.
34 Ya no consideraban al Señor como su Dios, aunque él los había salvado de todos sus enemigos en todas sus fronteras.
34 The children of Israel didn’t remember Yahweh their God, who had delivered them out of the hand of all their enemies on every side;
35 Tampoco tuvieron ninguna muestra de bondad hacia la familia de Gedeón, a pesar de todo lo que él había hecho por ellos.
35 neither did they show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, that is, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shown to Israel.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Abiezer
A son of Gilead, called Iezer in Numbers 26:30 where he founds the Iezerite clan of Manasseh.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 26:30; Joshua 17:2; Judges 8:2
Abimelech
Son of Gideon by his concubine in Shechem who murdered his seventy brothers on one stone, was made king by the leaders of Shechem, reigned three years, and died at Thebez when a…
Cited in the guide: Judges 8:31; Judges 9:1; Judges 9:6
Jether
Gideon's firstborn, a youth whom his father told to kill the Midianite kings but who was too afraid to draw his sword.
Cited in the guide: Judges 8:20
Joash
Abiezrite of Ophrah and father of Gideon, who defended his son against the townsmen who wanted him killed for tearing down the altar of Baal, and in whose tomb Gideon was buried.
Cited in the guide: Judges 6:11; Judges 6:29–31; Judges 8:32
Oreb
One of the two princes of Midian captured by the Ephraimites at the Jordan, who was killed at the rock of Oreb and whose head was brought to Gideon.
Cited in the guide: Judges 7:25; Judges 8:3
Zalmunna
One of the two kings of Midian whom Gideon pursued to Karkor, captured, and killed with his own hand because they had killed his brothers at Tabor.
Cited in the guide: Judges 8:5; Judges 8:12; Judges 8:18
Zebah
One of the two kings of Midian whom Gideon pursued to Karkor, captured, and killed with his own hand because they had killed his brothers at Tabor.
Cited in the guide: Judges 8:5; Judges 8:12; Judges 8:18
Zeeb
One of the two princes of Midian captured by the Ephraimites at the Jordan, who was killed at the winepress of Zeeb and whose head was brought to Gideon.
Cited in the guide: Judges 7:25; Judges 8:3
Cross references (31)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Samuel 19:41; Job 5:2; James 4:5–6; Judges 12:1–6; Ecclesiastes 4:4
- 2 James 1:19–20; Judges 6:11; Galatians 5:14–15; Judges 6:34; 1 Corinthians 13:4–7
- 4 Galatians 6:9; 2 Corinthians 4:16; Hebrews 12:1–4; 1 Samuel 14:28–29; 1 Samuel 30:10
- 5 Genesis 33:17; Psalm 60:6; Genesis 14:18; 2 Samuel 17:28–29; Deuteronomy 23:4
- 6 1 Kings 20:11; Philippians 2:21; Proverbs 18:23; 2 Kings 14:9; Judges 8:15
- 7 Judges 7:15
- 8 1 Kings 12:25; Genesis 32:30–31
- 9 Judges 8:17; 1 Kings 22:27–28
- 10 Judges 7:12; 2 Kings 3:26; Judges 20:35; Judges 20:46; Judges 20:2
- 11 Numbers 32:35; Numbers 32:42; 1 Thessalonians 5:3; Judges 18:27; 1 Samuel 30:16
- 12 Psalm 83:11; Amos 2:14; Revelation 6:15–16; Job 12:16–21; Revelation 19:19–21
- 14 1 Samuel 30:11–15; Judges 1:24–25
- 15 Judges 8:6–7
- 16 Proverbs 10:13; Proverbs 19:29; Judges 8:7; Micah 7:4; Ezra 2:6
- 17 Judges 8:9; 1 Kings 12:25
- 18 Judges 4:6; Jude 16; Psalm 89:12; Psalm 12:2
- 20 Joshua 10:24; Psalm 149:9; 1 Samuel 15:33
- 21 Psalm 83:11; Isaiah 3:18; Judges 8:26; 1 Samuel 31:5; Revelation 9:6
- 22 John 6:15; 1 Samuel 8:5; 1 Samuel 12:12; Judges 9:8–15
- 23 Isaiah 33:22; 1 Samuel 12:12; 1 Samuel 10:19; 2 Corinthians 1:24; Judges 11:9–11
- 24 Genesis 25:13; Exodus 32:3; Genesis 37:25; Genesis 37:28; 1 Peter 3:3–5
- 26 Revelation 18:16; John 19:5; Jeremiah 10:9; Revelation 18:12; Esther 8:15
- 27 Psalm 106:39; Deuteronomy 7:16; Judges 18:14; Judges 17:5; Judges 18:17
- 28 Judges 5:31; Judges 3:11; Judges 3:30; Isaiah 10:26; Psalm 83:9–12
- 29 Judges 7:1; Judges 6:32; 1 Samuel 12:11; Nehemiah 5:14–15
- 30 Judges 9:2; Judges 9:5; Deuteronomy 17:17; 1 Kings 11:3; Genesis 7:7
- 31 Judges 9:18; Genesis 16:15; Judges 9:1–5; Genesis 22:24; Genesis 20:2
- 32 Genesis 25:8; Job 42:17; Judges 6:24; Job 5:26; Genesis 15:15
- 33 Judges 9:4; Judges 9:46; Judges 2:19; Judges 8:27; Judges 2:17
- 34 Psalm 78:42; Psalm 106:21; Psalm 78:11; Jeremiah 2:32; Deuteronomy 4:9
- 35 Ecclesiastes 9:14–15; Judges 9:5; Judges 9:16–19
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