1 Chronicles 14
1 One day Hiram, the king of Tyre [city], sent some messengers to David [to talk about making an agreement between their countries]. Then Hiram sent cedar logs, bricklayers, and carpenters to build a palace for David.
Entonces Hiram, rey de Tiro, envió mensajeros a David junto con madera de cedro, canteros y carpinteros para que le construyeran un palacio.
2 [When that happened, ] David knew that Yahweh had truly caused him to be the king of Israel, and that he had caused his kingdom to be greatly respected. Yahweh did this because [he loved] his Israeli people.
De esta manera David se dio cuenta de que el Señor lo había colocado en el trono como rey de Israel y había bendecido apoyando su reino por el bien del pueblo del Señor, Israel.
3 David married more women in Jerusalem, and [those women] gave birth to more sons and daughters for him.
David se casó con más esposas en Jerusalén y tuvo más hijos e hijas.
4 The names of the children that were born to him there in Jerusalem are Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,
Esta es una lista de los nombres de los hijos que tuvo en Jerusalén: Samúa, Sobab, Natán, Salomón,
5 Ibhar, Elishua, Elpelet,
Ibhar, Elisúa, Elpelet,
6 Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia,
Noga, Nefeg, Jafía,
7 Elishama, Beeliada, and Eliphelet.
Elisama, Beeliada y Elifelet.
8 When the army of Philistia heard that David has been appointed to be king of all of Israel, they came to capture him. But David heard that they were coming, so he [and his soldiers] marched out to fight against them.
Cuando los filisteos se enteraron de que David había sido ungido rey de todo Israel, reunieron todo su ejército para ir tras él. Pero David oyó que venían y salió a enfrentarlos.
9 The army of Philistia had attacked the people in the Rephaim Valley [southwest of Jerusalem] and had robbed them.
Los filisteos llegaron y asaltaron el valle de Refaim.
10 David asked God, “Should [my men and] I go and attack the army of Philistia? [If we go, ] will you enable us to defeat [IDM] them?” Yahweh replied, “Yes, go, and I will enable you to defeat [IDM] them.”
David consultó a Dios y le preguntó: “¿Debo ir a atacar a los filisteos? ¿Me harás victorioso sobre ellos?”. “Adelante”, le dijo el Señor, “yo te haré victorioso sobre ellos”.
11 So David and his men went up to a town where the soldiers of Philistia were staying and defeated them. Then David said, “God has enabled me [and my soldiers] to overwhelm my enemies like [MET] a flood.” So they named that place {That place is called} ‘Baal-Perazim’ [which means ‘Yahweh breaks through’].
Así que David atacó y los derrotó allí en Baal-perazim. “Dios me utilizó para derrotar a mis enemigos como un torrente de agua que brota”, declaró. Por eso el lugar se llamó Baal-perazim.
12 [As the soldiers of Philistia fled], they left their idols there. So David commanded his soldiers to burn those idols.
Los filisteos habían dejado sus dioses, así que David dio órdenes de que los quemaran.
13 But soon the army of Philistia attacked the people in that valley again.
Sin embargo, los filisteos regresaron y realizaron otra incursión en el valle.
14 So again David prayed to God [to ask him what he should do], and God replied, saying “Do not attack the army of Philistia from the front. Instead, go around them, and attack them [from the rear] in front of the balsam trees.
David volvió a consultar a Dios. “No hagas un ataque frontal”, le dijo Dios. “En lugar de eso, ve por detrás de ellos y atácalos frente a los árboles de bálsamo.
15 When you hear something in the tops of the balsam trees that sounds like [soldiers] marching, attack them. I, God, will have gone ahead of you to enable you to defeat the army of Philistia.”
En cuanto oigas el ruido de la marcha en las copas de los bálsamos, ve y ataca, porque el Señor ha ido delante de ti para derribar al ejército filisteo”.
16 So David did what God commanded him to do, and he and his army defeated the army of Philistia, all the way from Gibeon [city in the east] to Gezer [city in the west].
Así que David hizo lo que Dios le dijo, derribando al ejército filisteo desde Gabaón hasta Gezer.
17 So David became famous in all the nearby countries, and Yahweh caused [the leaders of] all the [nearby] nations to be afraid of him.
Como resultado, la reputación de David se extendió por todas partes, y el Señor hizo que todas las naciones tuvieran miedo de David.
