II Samuel - '𐤔𐤌𐤅𐤀𐤋 𐤁

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Canonical Versions

Version Modern or critical edition Selected manuscript/s

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

Aleppo Codex

Targum Jonathan on II Samuel
- in Jewish Aramaic		תרגום יונתן על שמואל ב'
מקור: מקראות גדולות של ספריא
combined critical edition
מקור: ארמיטה 		Codex Reuchlinianus 3, 1105 CE
[earliest print edition: Leiria, 1494 CE (P: 253)]

Peshitta I Samuel
- in Syriac Aramaic		 ܒ. ܫܡܘܐܝܠ (ܒ. ܡܠܟ̈ܐ)
ܡܒܘܥܐ: ארמיטה		Codex Ambrosianus

Ethiopic Second Kings (II Samuel)
- in Ge'ez		መጽሐፈ ፡ ነገሥት ፡ ዳግማዊ ።
ዐይን: Augustus Dillman
"Pre-Solomonic" ms.:
EMML 6940 (12th-13th c.) [p: 29]
Likely typical "early" ms.:
Davies Bizan 1 (16th c.) [p: 200]
Likely typical "standardized" mss.:
Gunda Gunde 106 (1682-1706) [p: 18]; EMIP 754 (18th c.) [p: 75];
EMML 819 (18th c.) [p: 35]; EMML 38 (18th c.) [p: 23]
Likely typical "modern" ms.:
IES 77 (Haile Selassie Bible) (1934) [p: 138r]
Potential "Outlier" mss.:
Cambridge Ms. 1570 (translated by Jacob the Israelite) (1588);
D'Abbadie 35 (17th c.); Davies Axum Zion 3 (1664) [p: 342]

Septuagint Second Kings (II Samuel)
- in Koine Greek		Βασιλειών Β':
Rahlfs' edition
πηγή: nocr
Swete's edition
πηγή: biblehub
(ch. 1-10 represent an "Old Greek" recension; ch. 11-24 represent a "Kaige" recension)		Codex Vaticanus (p: 354)

Vulgate II Samuel
- in Latin		 samuhel II
fons: vulgate.org		Codex Gigas

Non-canonical versions

Version Modern or critical edition Selected manuscript/s

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

Early Palestinian Christian version of II Samuel
- in "Syriac" Aramaic		 general fragments
ܡܒܘܥܐ: ארמיטה

Vetus Latina ("Old Latin") II Samuel
- in Latin		secundus samuelis (secundum regum)
fons: Petri Sabatier

Additional Jewish Targumim: Tosefta to Targum II Samuel
- in Jewish Aramaic		 תוספתא לתרגום שמואל ב'
מקור: ארמיטה

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