1 Samuel 31 – NVI & NIRV

Nueva Versión Internacional

1 Samuel 31:1-13

Muerte de Saúl

31:1-132S 1:4-12; 1Cr 10:1-12

1Los filisteos fueron a la guerra contra Israel y los israelitas huyeron ante ellos. Muchos cayeron muertos en el monte Guilboa. 2Entonces los filisteos se fueron en persecución de Saúl y lograron matar a sus hijos Jonatán, Abinadab y Malquisúa. 3La batalla se intensificó contra Saúl y los arqueros lo alcanzaron con sus flechas. Al verse gravemente herido, 4Saúl dijo a su escudero: «Saca la espada y mátame, no sea que esos incircuncisos me atraviesen cuando lleguen y se burlen de mí».

Pero el escudero estaba tan asustado que no quiso hacerlo, de modo que Saúl mismo tomó su espada y se dejó caer sobre ella. 5Cuando el escudero vio que Saúl caía muerto, también él se arrojó sobre su propia espada y murió con él. 6Así, en un mismo día murieron Saúl, sus tres hijos, su escudero y todos sus hombres.

7Cuando los israelitas que vivían al otro lado del valle y del Jordán vieron que el ejército de Israel había huido, y que Saúl y sus hijos habían muerto, también ellos abandonaron sus ciudades y se dieron a la fuga. Así fue como los filisteos las ocuparon.

8Al otro día, cuando los filisteos llegaron para despojar a los cadáveres, encontraron muertos a Saúl y a sus tres hijos en el monte Guilboa. 9Entonces lo decapitaron, le quitaron las armas, y enviaron mensajeros por todo el país filisteo para que proclamaran la noticia en el templo de sus ídolos y ante todo el pueblo. 10Después colocaron sus armas en el templo de la diosa Astarté, y su cadáver lo colgaron en el muro de Betseán.

11Cuando los habitantes de Jabés de Galaad se enteraron de lo que habían hecho los filisteos con Saúl, 12los más valientes de ellos caminaron toda la noche hacia Betseán, tomaron los cuerpos de Saúl y de sus hijos y, luego de bajarlos del muro, regresaron a Jabés. Allí los incineraron 13y luego tomaron los huesos y los enterraron a la sombra del tamarisco de Jabés. Después de eso guardaron siete días de ayuno.

New International Reader’s Version

1 Samuel 31:1-13

Saul Takes His Own Life

1The Philistines fought against the Israelites. The Israelites ran away from them. But many Israelites were killed on Mount Gilboa. 2The Philistines kept chasing Saul and his sons. They killed his sons Jonathan, Abinadab and Malki-Shua. 3The fighting was heavy around Saul. Men who were armed with bows and arrows caught up with him. They shot their arrows at him and wounded him badly.

4Saul spoke to the man carrying his armor. He said, “Pull out your sword. Stick it through me. If you don’t, these fellows who aren’t circumcised will come. They’ll stick their swords through me and hurt me badly.”

But the man was terrified. He wouldn’t do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it. 5The man saw that Saul was dead. So he fell on his own sword and died with him. 6Saul and his three sons died together that same day. The man who carried his armor also died with them that day. So did all of Saul’s men.

7The Israelites who lived along the valley saw that their army had run away. So did those who lived across the Jordan River. They saw that Saul and his sons were dead. So they left their towns and ran away. Then the Philistines came and made their homes in them.

8The day after the Philistines had won the battle, they came to take what they wanted from the dead bodies. They found Saul and his three sons dead on Mount Gilboa. 9So they cut off Saul’s head. They took his armor from his body. Then they sent messengers through the whole land of the Philistines. They announced the news in the temple where they had set up statues of their gods. They also announced it among their people. 10They put Saul’s armor in the temple where they had set up statues of female gods that were named Ashtoreth. They hung his body up on the wall of Beth Shan.

11The people of Jabesh Gilead heard about what the Philistines had done to Saul. 12So all their brave men marched through the night to Beth Shan. They took down the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth Shan. They brought them to Jabesh. There they burned them. 13Then they got the bones of Saul and his sons and buried them under a tamarisk tree at Jabesh. They didn’t eat anything for seven days.