1 Kings · God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
1 Kings 1 God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
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1 Cuando el rey David era anciano, avanzado en días, lo cubrían con ropas, pero no se calentaba.
1 Now King David was old and advanced in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he couldn’t keep warm.
2 Por tanto le dijeron sus esclavos: Que busquen para mi ʼadón el rey una joven virgen. Que ella esté delante del rey, lo abrigue y duerma a su lado para que mi ʼadón el rey pueda calentarse.
2 Therefore his servants said to him, “Let a young virgin be sought for my lord the king. Let her stand before the king, and cherish him; and let her lie in your bosom, that my lord the king may keep warm.”
3 Entonces buscaron a una joven bella por todo el territorio de Israel. Hallaron a Abisag sunamita y la llevaron al rey.
3 So they sought for a beautiful young lady throughout all the borders of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
4 La joven era muy bella. Ella atendía al rey y le servía, pero el rey no cohabitó con ella.
4 The young lady was very beautiful; and she cherished the king, and served him; but the king didn’t know her intimately.
5 Entonces Adonías, hijo de Haguit, se enalteció y dijo: ¡Yo reinaré! Y se consiguió una carroza y jinetes, y 50 hombres que corrieran delante de él.
5 Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I will be king.” Then he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.
6 Su padre nunca lo amonestó ni le dijo: ¿Por qué actúas así? También era hombre de muy buena presencia, y nació después de Absalón.
6 His father had not displeased him at any time in saying, “Why have you done so?” and he was also a very handsome man; and he was born after Absalom.
7 Consultó con Joab, hijo de Sarvia, y con el sacerdote Abiatar, y ellos respaldaron a Adonías.
7 He conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest; and they followed Adonijah and helped him.
8 Pero el sacerdote Sadoc, Benaías, hijo de Joiada, el profeta Natán, Simei, Rei y los valientes que tenía David, no seguían a Adonías.
8 But Zadok the priest, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and the mighty men who belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.
9 Adonías sacrificó ovejas, bueyes y animales gordos junto a la piedra de Zohélet, que está cerca de la fuente de Roguel, e invitó a todos sus hermanos, los hijos del rey y a todos los hombres de Judá, esclavos del rey,
9 Adonijah killed sheep, cattle, and fatlings by the stone of Zoheleth, which is beside En Rogel; and he called all his brothers, the king’s sons, and all the men of Judah, the king’s servants;
10 pero no invitó al profeta Natán, ni a Benaías, ni a los valientes, ni a su hermano Salomón.
10 but he didn’t call Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother.
11 Entonces Natán habló a Betsabé, madre de Salomón: ¿No oíste que reina Adonías, hijo de Haguit, y nuestro ʼadón David no lo sabe?
11 Then Nathan spoke to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, “Haven’t you heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith reigns, and David our lord doesn’t know it?
12 Ahora pues, ven, permíteme darte un consejo para que salves tu vida y la vida de tu hijo Salomón:
12 Now therefore come, please let me give you counsel, that you may save your own life and your son Solomon’s life.
13 Vé, preséntate al rey David y dile: ¿No juraste a tu servidora, oh rey ʼadón mío: Tu hijo Salomón reinará después de mí y se sentará en mi trono? ¿Por qué entonces reina Adonías?
13 Go in to King David, and tell him, ‘Didn’t you, my lord the king, swear to your servant, saying, “Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne”? Why then does Adonijah reign?’
14 Mira, mientras tú aún hablas allí con el rey, yo entraré después de ti y confirmaré tus palabras.
14 Behold, while you are still talking there with the king, I will also come in after you and confirm your words.”
15 Entonces Betsabé entró en el dormitorio del rey, quien estaba muy anciano. Y Abisag sunamita cuidaba al rey.
15 Bathsheba went in to the king in his room. The king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite was serving the king.
16 Betsabé se inclinó ante el rey, y el rey preguntó: ¿Qué deseas?
16 Bathsheba bowed and showed respect to the king. The king said, “What would you like?”
17 Y ella le respondió: ʼAdón mío, tú juraste a tu servidora por Yavé tu ʼElohim: Tu hijo Salomón reinará después de mí, y él se sentará en mi trono.
17 She said to him, “My lord, you swore by Yahweh your God to your servant, ‘Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.’
18 Pero ahora mira, Adonías reina, y tú, mi ʼadón el rey, no lo sabes.
18 Now, behold, Adonijah reigns; and you, my lord the king, don’t know it.
19 Él sacrificó becerros, animales gordos y ovejas en abundancia, e invitó a todos los hijos del rey, al sacerdote Abiatar y Joab, general del ejército, pero a Salomón tu esclavo no lo invitó.
19 He has slain cattle and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has called all the sons of the king, Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the army; but he hasn’t called Solomon your servant.
20 Sobre ti, oh rey ʼadón mío, están los ojos de todo Israel para que les declares quién se sentará en el trono de mi ʼadón el rey después de él.
20 You, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, that you should tell them who will sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
21 De otra manera, acontecerá que cuando mi ʼadón el rey repose con sus antepasados, mi hijo Salomón y yo seremos considerados como ofensores.
21 Otherwise it will happen, when my lord the king sleeps with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be considered criminals.”
22 Ciertamente, mientras ella aún hablaba con el rey, llegó el profeta Natán.
22 Behold, while she was still talking with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.
23 Informaron al rey: Aquí está el profeta Natán. Y él entró ante el rey y se inclinó rosto en tierra ante el rey.
23 They told the king, saying, “Behold, Nathan the prophet!” When he had come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.
24 Y Natán dijo: ¿Dijo mi ʼadón el rey: Adonías reinará después de mí y él se sentará en mi trono?
24 Nathan said, “My lord, King, have you said, ‘Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne’?
25 Porque hoy él bajó y sacrificó bueyes, animales gordos y ovejas en abundancia, e invitó a todos los hijos del rey, a los capitanes del ejército y al sacerdote Abiatar. Ciertamente comen y beben ante él, y dijeron: ¡Viva el rey Adonías!
25 For he has gone down today, and has slain cattle, fatlings, and sheep in abundance, and has called all the king’s sons, the captains of the army, and Abiathar the priest. Behold, they are eating and drinking before him, and saying, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’
26 Pero no me invitaron a mí, tu esclavo, ni al sacerdote Sadoc, ni a Benaías, hijo de Joiada, ni a tu esclavo Salomón.
26 But he hasn’t called me, even me your servant, Zadok the priest, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomon.
27 ¿Hizo esto mi ʼadón el rey, sin informar a tus esclavos quién debía sentarse después de él en el trono de mi amo el rey?
27 Was this thing done by my lord the king, and you haven’t shown to your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?”
28 Entonces el rey David respondió: Llámenme a Betsabé. Y ella entró ante el rey y estuvo en pie ante él.
28 Then King David answered, “Call Bathsheba in to me.” She came into the king’s presence and stood before the king.
29 Y el rey juró: Vive Yavé, Quien rescató mi alma de toda angustia,
29 The king vowed and said, “As Yahweh lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
30 que como te juré por Yavé, el ʼElohim de Israel: ¡Ciertamente tu hijo Salomón reinará después de mí. Él se sentará en mi trono en mi lugar, así lo haré hoy mismo!
30 most certainly as I swore to you by Yahweh, the God of Israel, saying, ‘Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place;’ I will most certainly do this today.”
31 Betsabé se inclinó rostro en tierra ante el rey y dijo: ¡Viva mi ʼadón el rey David para siempre!
31 Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth and showed respect to the king, and said, “Let my lord King David live forever!”
32 El rey David dijo: ¡Llámenme al sacerdote Sadoc, al profeta Natán y a Benaías, hijo de Joiada! Y ellos entraron ante el rey.
32 King David said, “Call to me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada.” They came before the king.
33 Y el rey les dijo: Tomen con ustedes a los esclavos de su ʼadón, y digan a mi hijo Salomón que monte sobre mi propia mula, y bájenlo a Gihón.
33 The king said to them, “Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride on my own mule, and bring him down to Gihon.
34 El sacerdote Sadoc y el profeta Natán lo ungirán allí como rey de Israel, soplarán la corneta y gritarán: ¡Viva el rey Salomón!
34 Let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel. Blow the trumpet, and say, ‘Long live King Solomon!’
35 Después ustedes subirán tras él. Y él vendrá, se sentará en mi trono y reinará en mi lugar, pues lo designé soberano sobre Israel y sobre Judá.
35 Then come up after him, and he shall come and sit on my throne; for he shall be king in my place. I have appointed him to be prince over Israel and over Judah.”
36 Benaías, hijo de Joiada, respondió al rey: ¡Amén! ¡Así lo haga Yavé, ʼElohim de mi ʼadón el rey!
36 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, “Amen. May Yahweh, the God of my lord the king, say so.
37 Así como Yavé estuvo con mi ʼadón el rey, así esté Él con Salomón, y engrandezca su trono más que el trono de mi amo el rey David.
37 As Yahweh has been with my lord the king, even so may he be with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David.”
38 El sacerdote Sadoc, el profeta Natán y Benaías, hijo de Joiada, junto con los cereteos y los peleteos, bajaron y montaron a Salomón sobre la mula del rey David y lo condujeron a Gihón.
38 So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites went down and had Solomon ride on King David’s mule, and brought him to Gihon.
39 Entonces el sacerdote Sadoc tomó el cuerno de aceite del Tabernáculo y ungió a Salomón. Soplaron la corneta, y todo el pueblo exclamó: ¡Viva el rey Salomón!
39 Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the Tent, and anointed Solomon. They blew the trumpet; and all the people said, “Long live King Solomon!”
40 Todo el pueblo subió tras él, y el pueblo tocaba flautas y se regocijaba con tal regocijo que la tierra se hundía con el clamor de ellos.
40 All the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth shook with their sound.
41 Adonías y todos los huéspedes que estaban con él oyeron eso cuando terminaron de comer. Y cuando Joab oyó el sonido de la corneta, dijo: ¿Por qué hay tanto bullicio y tanto alboroto en la ciudad?
41 Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they had finished eating. When Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, “Why is this noise of the city being in an uproar?”
42 Mientras él aún hablaba, ahí llegaba Jonatán, hijo del sacerdote Abiatar, y Adonías le dijo: Entra, porque eres hombre digno y traes buenas noticias.
42 While he yet spoke, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came; and Adonijah said, “Come in; for you are a worthy man, and bring good news.”
43 Pero Jonatán respondió a Adonías: Al contrario, nuestro ʼadón el rey David designó como rey a Salomón.
43 Jonathan answered Adonijah, “Most certainly our lord King David has made Solomon king.
44 El rey envió con él al sacerdote Sadoc, al profeta Natán, a Benaías, hijo de Joiada, y a los cereteos y a los peleteos, y lo montaron sobre la mula del rey.
44 The king has sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and they have caused him to ride on the king’s mule.
45 El sacerdote Sadoc y el profeta Natán lo ungieron como rey en Gihón, y subieron desde allí con gran regocijo, de modo que la ciudad está alborotada. Ese es el bullicio que oyeron.
45 Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon. They have come up from there rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that you have heard.
46 Además, Salomón se sentó en el trono del reino,
46 Also, Solomon sits on the throne of the kingdom.
47 y también los esclavos del rey llegaron a bendecir a nuestro ʼadón, el rey David, y dijeron: ¡Tu ʼElohim haga el nombre de Salomón más ilustre que tu nombre, y engrandezca su trono más que el tuyo! Y el rey le hizo reverencia sobre su cama.
47 Moreover the king’s servants came to bless our lord King David, saying, ‘May your God make the name of Solomon better than your name, and make his throne greater than your throne;’ and the king bowed himself on the bed.
48 Y el rey también dijo: ¡Bendito sea Yavé, ʼElohim de Israel, que actuó para que uno se siente en mi trono hoy, y que mis ojos lo vean!
48 Also thus said the king, ‘Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who has given one to sit on my throne today, my eyes even seeing it.’”
49 Entonces todos los huéspedes de Adonías se estremecieron, se levantaron y cada uno se fue por su camino.
49 All the guests of Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and each man went his way.
50 Pero Adonías tuvo temor a Salomón y se levantó. Fue y se agarró de los cuernos del altar.
50 Adonijah was afraid because of Solomon; and he arose, and went, and hung onto the horns of the altar.
51 Informaron a Salomón y le dijeron: Mira, Adonías teme al rey Salomón, porque se agarró de los cuernos del altar y dijo: ¡Júreme hoy el rey Salomón que no matará a espada a su esclavo!
51 Solomon was told, “Behold, Adonijah fears King Solomon; for, behold, he is hanging onto the horns of the altar, saying, ‘Let King Solomon swear to me first that he will not kill his servant with the sword.’”
52 Salomón dijo: Si él es un hombre digno, ni uno de sus cabellos caerá a la tierra, pero si es hallada en él perversidad, morirá.
52 Solomon said, “If he shows himself a worthy man, not a hair of his shall fall to the earth; but if wickedness is found in him, he shall die.”
53 El rey Salomón ordenó que lo sacaran del altar. Y él fue y se inclinó ante el rey Salomón, quien le dijo: Vete a tu casa.
53 So King Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. He came and bowed down to King Solomon; and Solomon said to him, “Go to your house.”
People & places in this chapter
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Abishag the Shunammite
A very beautiful girl from Shunem found to care for the aged King David and keep him warm, whom Adonijah later asked to marry.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 1:3; 1 Kings 1:15; 1 Kings 2:17
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
Bathsheba
Wife of David and mother of Solomon, remembered amid both sin and grace.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 11-12; 1 Kings 1-2; Matthew 1:6
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
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
Jehoiada
Named as the father of Benaiah, the commander of the Cherethites and Pelethites.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 8:18; 2 Samuel 23:20; 1 Kings 1:8
Rei
Named with Shimei and David's mighty men among those who would not join Adonijah.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 1:8
Shimei
Named with Rei and David's mighty men among those who would not join Adonijah.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 1:8
Solomon
David's son who built the temple and became famous for God-given wisdom.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 1-11; 1 Chron. 3:5; Matt. 1:6-7
Cross references (49)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Chronicles 29:27–28; Joshua 23:1–2; 1 Chronicles 23:1; Psalm 90:10; 2 Samuel 5:4
- 2 Ecclesiastes 4:11; Genesis 16:5; Micah 7:5; 1 Samuel 16:21–22; Deuteronomy 13:6
- 3 Joshua 19:18; Esther 2:4; Esther 2:2; 2 Kings 4:8; 1 Samuel 28:4
- 4 Matthew 1:25
- 5 2 Samuel 15:1; 2 Samuel 3:4; Exodus 9:17; 1 Chronicles 29:1; 1 Chronicles 28:5
- 6 2 Samuel 3:3–4; 1 Samuel 3:13; Proverbs 29:15; Hebrews 12:5–6; 1 Chronicles 3:2
- 7 2 Samuel 20:25; 1 Kings 2:22; 1 Kings 2:26–35; Psalm 2:2; 2 Samuel 20:23
- 8 1 Kings 4:18; 2 Samuel 23:8–39; 2 Samuel 20:25; Zechariah 12:13; 2 Samuel 12:1–15
- 9 2 Samuel 17:17; 2 Samuel 15:11–12; Proverbs 15:8; 2 Samuel 13:23–27; Joshua 15:7
- 10 2 Samuel 12:24; 2 Samuel 12:1–15; 1 Kings 1:19; 1 Kings 1:8
- 11 2 Samuel 3:4; 1 Chronicles 22:9–10; 1 Chronicles 29:1; 2 Samuel 12:24–25; 2 Samuel 7:12–17
- 12 2 Chronicles 22:10; Proverbs 11:14; Proverbs 20:18; Judges 9:5; 1 Kings 1:21
- 13 1 Kings 1:30; 1 Kings 1:17; 1 Chronicles 22:6–13; Psalm 132:11–12; 1 Kings 2:12
- 14 2 Corinthians 13:1; 1 Kings 1:17–27
- 15 1 Kings 1:1
- 16 1 Samuel 20:41; 1 Samuel 25:23; 1 Samuel 24:8; Esther 7:2; 1 Kings 2:20
- 17 1 Kings 1:13; 1 Kings 1:30; Genesis 18:12; 1 Peter 3:6
- 18 1 Kings 1:24; 2 Samuel 15:10; 1 Kings 1:11; 1 Kings 1:27; Acts 3:17
- 19 1 Kings 1:25; 1 Kings 1:7–10
- 20 1 Chronicles 29:1; 2 Samuel 23:2; 1 Chronicles 28:5–6; 1 Chronicles 28:10; Psalm 25:15
- 21 Deuteronomy 31:16; 1 Kings 2:10; 2 Samuel 7:12; Genesis 15:15; 1 Kings 2:22–24
- 22 Genesis 24:15; Job 1:16–18; Daniel 9:20
- 23 1 Peter 2:17; 1 Kings 1:16; Romans 13:7
- 24 1 Kings 1:17–18; 1 Kings 1:13–14; 1 Kings 1:5
- 25 1 Samuel 10:24; 1 Kings 1:9; 1 Kings 1:19; Luke 19:38; 2 Chronicles 23:11
- 26 1 Kings 1:8; 1 Kings 1:10; 2 Samuel 7:2; 2 Samuel 12:25; 2 Samuel 7:12–17
- 27 1 Kings 1:24; 2 Kings 4:27; John 15:15
- 29 2 Samuel 4:9; Psalm 136:24; 1 Kings 17:1; Psalm 72:14; 1 Kings 18:10
- 30 1 Kings 1:13; 1 Kings 1:17
- 31 Daniel 5:10; Daniel 2:4; Daniel 3:9; Hebrews 12:9; Daniel 6:6
- 32 1 Kings 1:8; 1 Kings 1:38; 1 Kings 1:26
- 33 2 Chronicles 32:30; 1 Kings 1:38; 2 Chronicles 33:14; Genesis 41:43; Esther 6:6–11
- 34 1 Samuel 10:1; 2 Samuel 15:10; 1 Kings 1:25; 2 Kings 11:12; 2 Kings 9:3
- 35 Psalm 72:1–2; 1 Kings 1:13; 1 Chronicles 23:1; 1 Kings 2:12; 1 Chronicles 28:4–5
- 36 Jeremiah 11:5; Psalm 18:2; Matthew 28:20; 1 Samuel 25:29; 1 Corinthians 14:16
- 37 1 Samuel 20:13; 1 Kings 1:47; Joshua 1:17; Joshua 1:5; 1 Chronicles 28:20
- 38 2 Samuel 8:18; 1 Kings 1:8; Zephaniah 2:5; 1 Kings 1:33; 1 Samuel 30:14
- 39 Psalm 89:20; 1 Chronicles 29:22; 1 Kings 1:34; 1 Samuel 10:24; 2 Kings 11:12
- 40 2 Kings 11:20; Revelation 11:15–18; 1 Chronicles 12:38–40; 2 Kings 11:14; Luke 19:37
- 41 Matthew 21:9–11; Exodus 32:17; Proverbs 14:13; Acts 21:31; Psalm 73:18–20
- 42 2 Samuel 15:36; 2 Samuel 18:27; 2 Samuel 17:17; 2 Samuel 15:27; Isaiah 57:21
- 45 1 Kings 1:40; Ezra 3:13; 1 Samuel 4:5; Daniel 5:26–28; 1 Kings 14:6
- 46 1 Chronicles 29:23; Psalm 132:11; Haggai 2:22; 1 Kings 1:13
- 47 1 Kings 1:37; Genesis 47:31; 2 Samuel 21:3; Hebrews 11:21; 2 Samuel 8:10
- 48 1 Kings 3:6; Psalm 132:11–12; 2 Samuel 7:12; Proverbs 17:6; 1 Chronicles 29:20
- 49 Isaiah 21:4–5; Daniel 5:4–6; Proverbs 28:1
- 50 1 Kings 2:28; Psalm 118:27; Exodus 27:2; Exodus 38:2; Exodus 21:14
- 52 1 Samuel 14:45; 2 Samuel 14:11; Proverbs 13:6; Proverbs 21:12; 1 Kings 2:21–25
- 53 2 Samuel 14:24; 1 Kings 1:31; 1 Kings 1:16; 2 Samuel 14:28; 1 Kings 2:36
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But that you may learn more plainly that even a virgin is called in Holy Scripture a "damsel," hear the Book of the Kings, speaking of Abishag the Shunamite, And the damsel was very fair: for that as a virgin she was chosen and brought to David is admitted.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
So also the High-priest, in advancing Solomon to the kingdom, anointed him after he had bathed in Gihon.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)