II Kings - '𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤉𐤌 𐤁

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Canonical Versions

Version Modern or critical edition Selected manuscript/s

Masoretic Text of II Kings
- in Hebrew
מלכים ב' (לפי נוסח חמסורה)
מקור: מִקְרָא עַל־פִּי הַמָּסוֹרָה
Leningrad Codex

Aleppo Codex

Targum Jonathan on II Kings
- in Jewish Aramaic
תרגום יונתן על מלכים ב'
מקור: מקראות גדולות של ספריא
combined critical edition
מקור: ארמיטה
Codex Reuchlinianus 3, 1105 CE
[earliest print edition: Leiria, 1494 CE (P: 246)]

Peshitta II Kings
- in Syriac Aramaic
ܒ. ܡܠܟ̈ܐ (ܕ. ܡܠܟ̈ܐ)
ܡܒܘܥܐ: ארמיטה
Codex Ambrosianus

Ethiopic Fourth Kings (II Kings)
- in Ge'ez
መጽሐፈ ፡ ነገሥት ፡ ራብዓዊ ።
ዐይን: Augustus Dillman
"Pre-Solomonic" ms.:
EMML 6940 (12th-13th c.) [p: 70]
Likely typical "early" ms.:
Davies Bizan 1 (16th c.) [p: 243]
Likely typical "standardized" mss.:
Gunda Gunde 106 (1682-1706) [p: 41];
EMML 819 (18th c.) [p: 89]; EMML 38 (18th c.) [p: 58]
Likely typical "modern" ms.:
IES 77 (Haile Selassie Bible) (1934) [p: 166v]
Potential "Outlier" mss.:
Cambridge Ms. 1570 (translated by Jacob the Israelite) (1588);
D'Abbadie 35 (17th c.); Davies Axum Zion 3 (1664) [p: 379]

Septuagint Fourth Kings (II Kings)
- in Koine Greek
Βασιλειών Δ':
Rahlfs' edition
πηγή: nocr
Swete's edition
πηγή: biblehub
(represents a "Kaige" recension)
Codex Vaticanus (p: 442)

Vulgate II Kings
- in Latin
regum II
fons: vulgate.org
Codex Gigas

Non-canonical versions

Version Modern or critical edition Selected manuscript/s

Dead Sea Scrolls versions of II Kings
- in Hebrew
ספר מלכים ב': נוסחי מגילות ים המלח
מקור: הדרך ליהוה
All Dead Sea Scrolls Kings fragments

Early Palestinian Christian versions of II Kings
- in "Syriac" Aramaic
general fragments
ܡܒܘܥܐ: ארמיטה

Vetus Latina ("Old Latin") II Kings
- in Latin
quartus regum
fons: Petri Sabatier

Additional Jewish Targumim: Tosefta to Targum I Kings
- in Jewish Aramaic
תוספתא לתרגום מלכים ב'
מקור: ארמיטה

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