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1 Los hijos de los profetas dijeron a Eliseo: Mira, el lugar donde vivimos delante de ti es estrecho para nosotros.
1 The sons of the prophets said to Elisha, “See now, the place where we live and meet with you is too small for us.
2 Te rogamos que nos permitas ir al Jordán, para que cada uno tome de allí un madero, y nos hagamos allí un lugar donde podamos vivir. Y él dijo: Vayan.
2 Please let us go to the Jordan, and each man take a beam from there, and let’s make us a place there, where we may live.” He answered, “Go!”
3 Y dijo uno: Te rogamos que vayas con tus esclavos. Y él respondió: Yo iré.
3 One said, “Please be pleased to go with your servants.” He answered, “I will go.”
4 Así que fue con ellos, y cuando llegaron al Jordán, cortaron unos árboles.
4 So he went with them. When they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood.
5 Aconteció que mientras uno de ellos cortaba un árbol, se le cayó el hierro al agua, y gritó: ¡Ay, ʼadón mío! ¡Era prestada!
5 But as one was cutting down a tree, the ax head fell into the water. Then he cried out and said, “Alas, my master! For it was borrowed.”
6 Y el varón de ʼElohim preguntó: ¿Dónde cayó? Y le mostró el lugar. Entonces él cortó un palo, lo echó allí e hizo flotar el hierro.
6 The man of God asked, “Where did it fall?” He showed him the place. He cut down a stick, threw it in there, and made the iron float.
7 Y dijo: Tómalo. Y él extendió su mano y lo tomó.
7 He said, “Take it.” So he put out his hand and took it.
8 El rey de Siria tenía guerra contra Israel. Al consultar con sus esclavos dijo: En tal lugar estará mi campamento.
8 Now the king of Syria was at war against Israel; and he took counsel with his servants, saying, “My camp will be in such and such a place.”
9 Entonces el varón de ʼElohim envió a decir al rey de Israel: Cuídate de pasar por tal lugar, porque los sirios van a bajar allí.
9 The man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, “Beware that you not pass this place, for the Syrians are coming down there.”
10 El rey de Israel envió gente al lugar que el varón de ʼElohim le indicó. Así fue advertido y él fue vigilante allí, no una ni dos veces.
10 The king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of; and he saved himself there, not once or twice.
11 El corazón del rey de Siria estaba turbado por tal motivo. Llamó a sus esclavos y les preguntó: ¿No me dirán ustedes quién de los nuestros está a favor del rey de Israel?
11 The king of Syria’s heart was very troubled about this. He called his servants, and said to them, “Won’t you show me which of us is for the king of Israel?”
12 Y uno de sus esclavos respondió: No, rey y ʼadón mío. Es el profeta Eliseo que está en Israel, quien revela al rey de Israel las palabras que tú hablas en el interior de tu aposento.
12 One of his servants said, “No, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom.”
13 Y él dijo: Vayan y averigüen dónde está, para que yo envíe a detenerlo. Y le fue dicho: Mira, está en Dotán.
13 He said, “Go and see where he is, that I may send and get him.” He was told, “Behold, he is in Dothan.”
14 Entonces el rey envió allá caballería, carruajes y un gran ejército, los cuales llegaron de noche y rodearon la ciudad.
14 Therefore he sent horses, chariots, and a great army there. They came by night and surrounded the city.
15 Cuando el esclavo del varón de ʼElohim madrugó para salir, ahí estaba un ejército con caballos y carruajes rodeando la ciudad. Entonces el esclavo le dijo: ¡Ay, ʼadón mío! ¿Qué haremos?
15 When the servant of the man of God had risen early and gone out, behold, an army with horses and chariots was around the city. His servant said to him, “Alas, my master! What shall we do?”
16 Él respondió: No temas, porque más son los que están con nosotros que los que están con ellos.
16 He answered, “Don’t be afraid, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”
17 Eliseo oró: ¡Oh Yavé, te ruego que abras sus ojos para que mire! Y Yavé abrió los ojos del esclavo, y miró. Ciertamente la montaña estaba repleta de caballos y carruajes de fuego alrededor de Eliseo.
17 Elisha prayed, and said, “Yahweh, please open his eyes, that he may see.” Yahweh opened the young man’s eyes, and he saw; and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire around Elisha.
18 Cuando bajaron contra él, Eliseo oró a Yavé: Te ruego que hieras a esta gente con ceguera. Y Él los hirió con una ceguera total según la palabra de Eliseo.
18 When they came down to him, Elisha prayed to Yahweh, and said, “Please strike this people with blindness.” He struck them with blindness according to Elisha’s word.
19 Entonces Eliseo les dijo: Este no es el camino, ni ésta es la ciudad. Síganme y los llevaré al varón que buscan. Y los condujo a Samaria.
19 Elisha said to them, “This is not the way, neither is this the city. Follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom you seek.” He led them to Samaria.
20 Cuando llegaron a Samaria, sucedió que Eliseo dijo: Oh Yavé, abre los ojos de éstos para que puedan mirar. Y Yavé abrió sus ojos, y miraron. Ciertamente estaban en medio de Samaria.
20 When they had come into Samaria, Elisha said, “Yahweh, open these men’s eyes, that they may see.” Yahweh opened their eyes, and they saw; and behold, they were in the middle of Samaria.
21 Y cuando el rey de Israel los vio, preguntó a Eliseo: ¿Los mato? Padre mío, ¿Los mato?
21 The king of Israel said to Elisha, when he saw them, “My father, shall I strike them? Shall I strike them?”
22 Y él dijo: No los mates. ¿Matarías tú a los que capturaste con tu espada y con tu arco? Sírveles pan y agua, para que coman y beban, y vuelvan a sus ʼadón.
22 He answered, “You shall not strike them. Would you strike those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? Set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, then go to their master.”
23 Entonces preparó una gran comida para ellos. Cuando comieron y bebieron, los dejó ir, y regresaron a sus ʼadón. Nunca más volvieron bandas armadas de Siria a la tierra de Israel.
23 He prepared a great feast for them. After they ate and drank, he sent them away and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria stopped raiding the land of Israel.
24 Después de esto, sucedió que Ben-adad, rey de Siria, reunió todo su ejército, salió y sitió a Samaria.
24 After this, Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up and besieged Samaria.
25 Hubo una gran hambruna en Samaria, pues estaba sitiada, hasta el punto que la cabeza de un asno era vendida por 80 piezas de plata, y 0,3 litros de estiércol de paloma por cinco piezas de plata.
25 There was a great famine in Samaria. Behold, they besieged it until a donkey’s head was sold for eighty pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.
26 Sucedió que cuando el rey de Israel pasaba por el muro, una mujer clamó a él: ¡Auxilio, mi ʼadón, oh rey!
26 As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried to him, saying, “Help, my lord, O king!”
27 Y él dijo: Si Yavé no te salva, ¿de dónde te salvo yo? ¿Con algo del granero o del lagar?
27 He said, “If Yahweh doesn’t help you, where could I get help for you? From the threshing floor, or from the wine press?”
28 Y el rey agregó: ¿Qué tienes? Y ella respondió: Esta mujer me dijo: Entrega a tu hijo para que lo comamos hoy, y mañana comeremos el mío.
28 Then the king asked her, “What is your problem?” She answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give your son, that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.’
29 Cocimos, pues, a mi hijo y lo comimos. Al día siguiente le dije: Entrega a tu hijo para que lo comamos, pero ella escondió a su hijo.
29 So we boiled my son and ate him; and I said to her on the next day, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him;’ and she has hidden her son.”
30 Cuando el rey escuchó las palabras de la mujer, mientras pasaba por el muro, rasgó sus ropas. Ciertamente llevaba ropa áspera sobre su cuerpo.
30 When the king heard the words of the woman, he tore his clothes. Now he was passing by on the wall, and the people looked, and behold, he had sackcloth underneath on his body.
31 Entonces dijo: ¡Así me haga ʼElohim, y aun me añada, si la cabeza de Eliseo, hijo de Safat, permanece hoy sobre él!
31 Then he said, “God do so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat stays on him today.”
32 Eliseo estaba sentado en su casa. Los ancianos estaban sentados con él cuando el rey envió a uno de sus hombres. Pero antes que el mensajero llegara a él, Eliseo dijo a los ancianos: ¿Vieron como este hijo de homicida envió a cortarme la cabeza? Observen cuando llegue el emisario, cierren la puerta e impídanle la entrada. ¿No se escucha tras él el ruido de los pasos de su ʼadón?
32 But Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. Then the king sent a man from before him; but before the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, “Do you see how this son of a murderer has sent to take away my head? Behold, when the messenger comes, shut the door, and hold the door shut against him. Isn’t the sound of his master’s feet behind him?”
33 Aún hablaba con ellos, cuando ciertamente el mensajero bajaba hacia él, y Eliseo dijo: Reconozco que esta desgracia es de parte de Yavé. ¿Para qué espero más a Yavé?
33 While he was still talking with them, behold, the messenger came down to him. Then he said, “Behold, this evil is from Yahweh. Why should I wait for Yahweh any longer?”
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Ben-hadad
King of Aram who besieged Samaria with thirty-two kings, was spared and made a treaty by Ahab, later besieged Samaria again, and was smothered by Hazael while sick.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 20:1; 1 Kings 20:34; 2 Kings 6:24
Cross references (33)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Kings 2:3; Isaiah 54:2–3; 1 Samuel 19:20; 1 Kings 20:35; Joshua 17:14
- 2 1 Corinthians 9:6; 1 Timothy 6:6; 1 Thessalonians 2:9; Acts 18:3; 2 Thessalonians 3:8
- 3 Judges 4:8; 2 Kings 5:23; Judges 19:6; Job 6:28
- 4 Deuteronomy 19:5; Deuteronomy 29:11
- 5 2 Kings 6:15; Ecclesiastes 10:10; Revelation 18:10; 2 Kings 3:10; Psalm 37:21
- 6 2 Kings 2:21; Mark 8:23–25; Exodus 15:25; 2 Kings 4:41; Mark 7:33–34
- 7 2 Kings 4:36; 2 Kings 4:7; Exodus 4:4; Luke 7:15; Acts 9:41
- 8 2 Kings 6:24; Proverbs 20:18; Proverbs 21:30; 1 Kings 22:31; Job 5:12–13
- 9 Amos 3:7; 2 Kings 4:27; Revelation 1:1; 2 Kings 6:12; 1 Kings 20:13
- 10 Amos 7:1–6; 2 Kings 5:14; Acts 27:24; Hebrews 11:7; Exodus 9:20–21
- 11 1 Samuel 22:8; Isaiah 57:20–21; Psalm 48:4–5; 1 Samuel 28:21; Job 18:7–11
- 12 Daniel 2:28–30; Amos 3:7; Daniel 2:22–23; 2 Kings 6:9–10; Ecclesiastes 10:20
- 13 Genesis 37:17; John 11:47–53; Acts 23:12–27; Psalm 37:12–14; Psalm 37:32–33
- 14 2 Kings 18:17; Matthew 26:55; 1 Samuel 24:2; John 18:3–6; 1 Samuel 23:26
- 15 Matthew 8:26; 2 Chronicles 20:12; Exodus 24:13; Psalm 53:5; 2 Kings 6:5
- 16 Romans 8:31; Isaiah 41:10–14; 1 John 4:4; 2 Chronicles 32:7–8; Acts 18:9–10
- 17 Psalm 68:17; Psalm 34:7; Zechariah 6:1–7; Hebrews 1:14; Acts 26:18
- 18 Acts 13:11; John 12:40; Genesis 19:11; Job 5:14; John 9:39
- 19 2 Samuel 16:18–19; Mark 8:34; Matthew 16:24; Luke 24:16; Luke 9:23
- 20 2 Kings 6:17; Luke 24:31; Luke 16:23; Judges 20:40–42
- 21 2 Kings 5:13; 2 Kings 8:9; 2 Kings 2:12; 1 Samuel 24:19; 1 Samuel 24:4
- 22 Genesis 48:22; Romans 12:20–21; Hosea 2:18; Deuteronomy 20:11–16; 2 Chronicles 28:8–15
- 23 2 Kings 5:2; 2 Kings 24:2; Luke 6:35; 2 Kings 6:8–9; Luke 10:29–37
- 24 1 Kings 20:1; 2 Kings 17:5; 1 Kings 22:31; Ecclesiastes 9:14; Deuteronomy 28:52
- 25 Jeremiah 52:6; Jeremiah 14:18; 2 Kings 6:28–29; Jeremiah 14:13–15; Jeremiah 32:24
- 26 2 Samuel 14:4; Isaiah 10:3; Luke 18:3; Acts 21:28
- 27 Psalm 118:8–9; Psalm 124:1–3; Psalm 146:3; Psalm 62:8; Jeremiah 17:5
- 28 2 Samuel 14:5; Leviticus 26:29; Judges 18:23; Lamentations 4:10; Luke 23:29
- 29 Deuteronomy 28:53; Leviticus 26:29; Deuteronomy 28:57; 1 Kings 3:26; Isaiah 66:13
- 30 1 Kings 21:27; Isaiah 58:5–7; 2 Kings 5:7; 2 Kings 19:1
- 31 Ruth 1:17; 1 Kings 19:2; Acts 23:12–13; Jeremiah 38:4; 1 Kings 2:23
- 32 Ezekiel 14:1; Ezekiel 8:1; Ezekiel 20:1; 1 Kings 18:4; 1 Kings 18:13–14
- 33 Job 2:9; Isaiah 8:21; Isaiah 50:10; Psalm 37:9; Job 1:21
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And he cut down a tree, and cast it in there, and the iron floated." This was a sign that souls should be borne aloft (anagoges psuchon) through the instrumentality of wood, upon which He suffered who can lead those souls aloft that follow His ascension.