I Kings - '𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤉𐤌 𐤀

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Canonical Versions

Version	Modern or critical edition	Selected manuscript/s
Masoretic Text of I Kings - in Hebrew	מלכים א' (לפי נוסח חמסורה) מקור: מִקְרָא עַל־פִּי הַמָּסוֹרָה	Leningrad Codex Aleppo Codex
Targum Jonathan on I Kings - in Jewish Aramaic	תרגום יונתן על מלכים א' מקור: מקראות גדולות של ספריא combined critical edition מקור: ארמיטה	Codex Reuchlinianus 3, 1105 CE [earliest print edition: Leiria, 1494 CE (P: 2)]
Peshitta I Kings - in Syriac Aramaic	ܐ. ܡܠܟ̈ܐ (ܓ. ܡܠܟ̈ܐ) ܡܒܘܥܐ: ארמיטה	Codex Ambrosianus
Ethiopic Third Kings (I Kings) - in Ge'ez	መጽሐፈ ፡ ነገሥት ፡ ሣልሳዊ ። ዐይን: Augustus Dillman	"Pre-Solomonic" ms.: EMML 6940 (12th-13th c.) [p: 49] Likely typical "early" ms.: Davies Bizan 1 (16th c.) [p: 220] Likely typical "standardized" mss.: Gunda Gunde 106 (1682-1706) [p: 29]; EMIP 754 (18th c.) [p: 83]; EMML 819 (18th c.) [p: 55]; EMML 38 (18th c.) [p: 40] Likely typical "modern" ms.: IES 77 (Haile Selassie Bible) (1934) [p: 151r] Potential "Outlier" mss.: Cambridge Ms. 1570 (translated by Jacob the Israelite) (1588); D'Abbadie 35 (17th c.); Davies Axum Zion 3 (1664) [p: 360]
Septuagint Third Kings (I Kings) - in Koine Greek	Βασιλειών Γ': Rahlfs' edition πηγή: nocr Swete's edition πηγή: biblehub (vs. 1:1-2:11 and ch. 22 represent a "Kaige" recension; vs. 2:12-2:46 and ch. 3-21 represent an "Old Greek" recension)	Codex Vaticanus (p: 395) Codex Alexandrinus
Vulgate I Kings - in Latin	regum I fons: vulgate.org	Codex Gigas

Non-canonical versions

Version	Modern or critical edition	Selected manuscript/s
Dead Sea Scrolls versions of I Kings - in Hebrew	ספר מלכים א': נוסחי מגילות ים המלח מקור: הדרך ליהוה	All Dead Sea Scrolls Kings fragments
Early Palestinian Christian versions of I Kings - in "Syriac" Aramaic	general fragments ܡܒܘܥܐ: ארמיטה
Septuagint-based Syriac versions of Second Kings (II Samuel) - Syriac Aramaic -- (SHOW/HIDE)
Syro-Hexaplar (Septuagint) Third Kings (I Kings) - in Syriac Aramaic	ܟܛܒܐ ܕܬܠܝܬܝܐ ܕܡܵܠܟܘܬܐܼ ܐܝܟ ܡܫܠܡܢܘܬܐ ܕܫܒܵܥܝܢ Paul de Lagarde: Bibliothecae Syriacae
Jacob of Edessa's revision of Third Kings (I Kings) (a combination of the Syro-Hexapla and the Peshitta) only I Kings 1:1-49 are extant.	ܟܬܒܐ ܕܬܪܝܢ ܕܡܵܠܟܘܬܐ (end of text) ܡܒܘܥܐ: Alison Salvesen: "The Books of Samuel in the Syriac Version of Jacob of Edessa" (p. 165) [the full text is not available at this link.]	BL Add. Ms. 14429 (not digitised)
Vetus Latina ("Old Latin") I Kings - in Latin	tertius regum fons: Petri Sabatier
Additional Jewish Targumim: Tosefta to Targum I Kings - in Jewish Aramaic	תוספתא לתרגום מלכים א' מקור: ארמיטה

Related quasi-biblical texts

Version	Modern or critical edition	Selected manuscript/s
Dead Sea Scrolls Texts Closely Related to Kings - in Hebrew -- (SHOW/HIDE)
Paraphrase of Kings from Qumran - in Hebrew	מגילת מלכים מקור: : מאגרים	4Q382 = 4Q pap. Paraphrase of Kings
Apocryphon on Samuel-Kings from Qumran - in Hebrew	מגילת אפוקריפון שמואל-מלכים מקור: : מאגרים	6Q9 = 6Q pap. Apocryphon on Samuel-Kings

Other significantly related biblical texts

Books of Samuel/Kings:

• I Samuel
• II Samuel
• II Kings

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