1 Samuel · God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
1 Samuel 18 God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
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1 Cuando acabó de hablar a Saúl, aconteció que el alma de Jonatán quedó ligada al alma de David, y Jonatán lo amó como a él mismo.
1 When he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
2 Aquel día Saúl lo retuvo y no lo dejó volver a casa de su padre.
2 Saul took him that day, and wouldn’t let him go home to his father’s house any more.
3 Jonatán hizo un pacto con David porque lo amaba como a él mismo.
3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
4 Jonatán se quitó la ropa que llevaba y se la dio a David junto con otras ropas suyas, incluso su espada, su arco y su cinturón.
4 Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him and gave it to David with his clothing, even including his sword, his bow, and his sash.
5 David salía adondequiera que Saúl lo enviaba, y se portaba con prudencia. Saúl lo ascendió al mando de gente de guerra. Fue acepto a los ojos de todo el pueblo, y ante los ojos de los esclavos de Saúl.
5 David went out wherever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely; and Saul set him over the men of war. It was good in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul’s servants.
6 Pero sucedió que cuando ellos regresaban, al volver David de la matanza de los filisteos, las mujeres de todas las ciudades de Israel salían con cantos y danzas a recibir al rey Saúl con cánticos de júbilo, panderos e instrumentos musicales.
6 As they came, when David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul with tambourines, with joy, and with instruments of music.
7 Y mientras danzaban, las mujeres cantaban y decían: Saúl mató a sus miles, Y David a sus diez miles.
7 The women sang to one another as they played, and said, “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.”
8 Saúl se enojó muchísimo, pues ese dicho le pareció malo, y dijo: A David le dan diez miles y a mí me dan miles. ¿Qué más puede tener sino el reino?
8 Saul was very angry, and this saying displeased him. He said, “They have credited David with ten thousands, and they have only credited me with thousands. What can he have more but the kingdom?”
9 Desde aquel día Saúl no miró con buenos ojos a David.
9 Saul watched David from that day and forward.
10 Al día siguiente, aconteció que un espíritu malo de parte de ʼElohim se apoderó de Saúl, quien deliraba furioso en su casa. David tañía con su mano, como otras veces, y Saúl tenía su lanza en su mano.
10 On the next day, an evil spirit from God came mightily on Saul, and he prophesied in the middle of the house. David played with his hand, as he did day by day. Saul had his spear in his hand;
11 Saúl tiró la lanza mientras se decía: ¡Clavaré a David contra la pared! Pero David la esquivó dos veces.
11 and Saul threw the spear, for he said, “I will pin David to the wall!” David escaped from his presence twice.
12 Saúl tuvo temor a David, porque Yavé estaba con él. [David] se apartó de Saúl.
12 Saul was afraid of David, because Yahweh was with him, and had departed from Saul.
13 Por tanto Saúl lo apartó de él y lo designó jefe de 1.000 hombres. Él salía y entraba al frente de la tropa.
13 Therefore Saul removed him from his presence, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
14 En todos sus asuntos David se conducía con prudencia, y Yavé estaba con él.
14 David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and Yahweh was with him.
15 Al ver Saúl que él procedía con tanta prudencia, tenía temor a causa de él.
15 When Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he stood in awe of him.
16 Pero todo Israel y Judá amaban a David, porque él salía y entraba al frente de ellos.
16 But all Israel and Judah loved David; for he went out and came in before them.
17 Saúl dijo a David: Ahí está Merab, mi hija mayor. A ella te la daré como esposa, con tal que me seas un guerrero valiente y pelees las batallas de Yavé. Porque Saúl se decía: Que mi mano no se levante contra él, sino que la mano de los filisteos se levante contra él.
17 Saul said to David, “Behold, my elder daughter Merab. I will give her to you as wife. Only be valiant for me, and fight Yahweh’s battles.” For Saul said, “Don’t let my hand be on him, but let the hand of the Philistines be on him.”
18 Respondió David a Saúl: ¿Quién soy yo? ¿Qué es mi vida, o la familia de mi padre en Israel, para que yo sea yerno del rey?
18 David said to Saul, “Who am I, and what is my life, or my father’s family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?”
19 Pero sucedió que al llegar el momento de entregar a Merab, hija de Saúl, a David, ella fue entregada como esposa a Adriel meholatita.
19 But at the time when Merab, Saul’s daughter, should have been given to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as wife.
20 Mical, hija de Saúl, amaba a David. Se lo informaron a Saúl, y le pareció bien el asunto.
20 Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved David; and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
21 Saúl se dijo: Se la daré, para que ella le sirva de trampa, y la mano de los filisteos se levante contra él. Y Saúl dijo a David por segunda vez: Hoy serás mi yerno.
21 Saul said, I will give her to him, that she may be a snare to him and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Therefore Saul said to David a second time, “You shall today be my son-in-law.”
22 Saúl ordenó a sus esclavos: Hablen en secreto a David, y díganle: Mira, el rey se complace en ti, y todos sus esclavos te aman. ¡Sé, pues, yerno del rey!
22 Saul commanded his servants, “Talk with David secretly, and say, ‘Behold, the king has delight in you, and all his servants love you. Now therefore be the king’s son-in-law.’”
23 Los esclavos de Saúl hablaron estas palabras a oídos de David. Y David respondió: ¿Les parece a ustedes cosa sencilla ser yerno del rey? Yo soy un hombre pobre y de baja estima.
23 Saul’s servants spoke those words in the ears of David. David said, “Does it seem to you a light thing to be the king’s son-in-law, since I am a poor man and little known?”
24 Sus esclavos le informaron eso a Saúl y le dijeron: David habló estas palabras.
24 The servants of Saul told him, saying, “David spoke like this.”
25 Y Saúl contestó: Digan esto a David: El rey no desea alguna dote, sino 100 prepucios de filisteos, para vengarse de los enemigos del rey. Pero Saúl deseaba que David cayera en manos de los filisteos.
25 Saul said, “Tell David, ‘The king desires no dowry except one hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies.’” Now Saul thought he would make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
26 Cuando sus esclavos dijeron esas palabras a David, agradó a David ser yerno del rey. Antes que el plazo se cumpliera,
26 When his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son-in-law. Before the deadline,
27 David se levantó, salió con sus hombres y mató a 200 varones de los filisteos. Luego David llevó sus prepucios y los entregó todos al rey para ser yerno del rey. Y Saúl le dio a su hija Mical como esposa.
27 David arose and went, he and his men, and killed two hundred men of the Philistines. Then David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king, that he might be the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave him Michal his daughter as wife.
28 Al ver esto, Saúl comprendió que Yavé estaba con David, y Mical, hija de Saúl, lo amaba.
28 Saul saw and knew that Yahweh was with David; and Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved him.
29 El temor de Saúl le aumentó a David, y éste fue hostil a David todos los días.
29 Saul was even more afraid of David; and Saul was David’s enemy continually.
30 Entonces los jefes de los filisteos salían a la guerra. Sucedía que cada vez que salían, David actuaba en las batallas mejor que cualquiera de los esclavos de Saúl, de modo que su nombre adquirió mucha fama.
30 Then the princes of the Philistines went out; and as often as they went out, David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul, so that his name was highly esteemed.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Adriel
Adriel of Meholah, son of Barzillai the Meholathite, who received Saul's daughter Merab in marriage and fathered five sons who were handed over to the Gibeonites.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 18:19; 2 Samuel 21:8
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
Jonathan
Saul's noble son and David's devoted friend, who died beside his father at Gilboa.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 14; 1 Samuel 18:1-4; 2 Samuel 1
Merab
Saul's firstborn daughter, offered to David in marriage but given to Adriel of Meholah; five sons she bore to Adriel were later handed over to the Gibeonites (some manuscripts…
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 14:49; 1 Samuel 18:17; 1 Samuel 18:19
Michal
Saul's daughter who loved David and became his first wife amid her father's schemes.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 18:20-27; 2 Samuel 6:16-23
Cross references (29)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Proverbs 18:24; 1 Samuel 20:17; 2 Samuel 1:26; 1 Samuel 18:3; Colossians 2:2
- 2 1 Samuel 17:15; 1 Samuel 16:21–23
- 3 1 Samuel 20:42; 1 Samuel 20:8–17; 2 Samuel 21:7; 2 Samuel 9:1–3; 1 Samuel 23:18
- 4 Genesis 41:42; Esther 6:8–9; Isaiah 61:10; Luke 15:22; 2 Corinthians 5:21
- 5 1 Samuel 18:30; 1 Samuel 18:14–15; Colossians 4:5; Acts 7:10; Ephesians 5:17
- 6 Judges 11:34; Exodus 15:20; Psalm 68:25; Jeremiah 31:11–13
- 7 1 Samuel 21:11; Exodus 15:21; 1 Samuel 29:5; Psalm 24:7–8
- 8 1 Samuel 15:28; Proverbs 13:10; Esther 3:5; James 4:5; 1 Samuel 20:31
- 9 Ephesians 4:27; James 5:9; Genesis 4:5–6; Genesis 31:2; Matthew 20:15
- 10 2 Thessalonians 2:11; 1 Kings 18:29; 1 Samuel 19:9; Acts 16:16; 1 Samuel 16:14–16
- 11 1 Samuel 20:33; Isaiah 54:17; John 8:59; Psalm 37:32–33; Luke 4:30
- 12 1 Samuel 18:15; 1 Samuel 18:29; 1 Samuel 16:13–14; 1 Samuel 28:15; 1 Samuel 16:18
- 13 2 Samuel 5:2; Psalm 121:8; 1 Samuel 18:16–17; 1 Samuel 22:7; 1 Samuel 8:12
- 14 Genesis 39:23; Joshua 6:27; 1 Samuel 16:18; Matthew 28:20; Genesis 39:2–3
- 15 Colossians 4:5; Daniel 6:4–5; Psalm 112:5; James 1:5; James 3:17
- 16 1 Samuel 18:5; 2 Samuel 5:2; 1 Kings 3:7; Numbers 27:17; Luke 20:19
- 17 1 Samuel 17:25; 1 Samuel 18:25; 1 Samuel 25:28; 1 Samuel 18:21; 1 Samuel 17:47
- 18 2 Samuel 7:18; 1 Samuel 9:21; 1 Samuel 18:23; Exodus 3:11; Ruth 2:10
- 19 Judges 7:22; 2 Samuel 21:8; Judges 14:20
- 20 1 Samuel 18:28
- 21 1 Samuel 18:17; Jeremiah 9:8; 1 Samuel 18:26; Exodus 10:7; 1 Samuel 19:11–12
- 22 Psalm 55:21; Psalm 36:1–3; 2 Samuel 13:28–29; Proverbs 29:12
- 23 Proverbs 14:20; Ecclesiastes 9:15–16; 1 John 3:1; Proverbs 19:6–7; Psalm 119:141
- 25 1 Samuel 14:24; 1 Samuel 18:17; Genesis 34:12; Exodus 22:16–17; Genesis 17:11–14
- 26 1 Samuel 18:21
- 27 2 Samuel 3:14; 1 Samuel 18:13; Judges 14:19
- 28 Genesis 39:3; 1 Samuel 26:25; Revelation 3:9; 1 Samuel 24:20; Genesis 37:8–11
- 29 Ecclesiastes 4:4; 1 John 3:12–15; James 2:19; 1 Samuel 18:12; Psalm 37:12–14
- 30 2 Samuel 11:1; 1 Samuel 18:5; Ephesians 5:15; Daniel 1:20; Psalm 119:99
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For when he was Saul, his name was derived from Saul: now Saul was a proud king; and in his reign he persecuted the humble David. So when he who was afterwards Paul, was Saul, he was proud, at that time a persecutor of the innocent, at that time a waster of the Church.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)