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)

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

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

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