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) Codex Alexandrinus
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, II Samuel 23:7 in the Great Psalms Scroll (11Q5)
Early Palestinian Christian version of II Samuel - in "Syriac" Aramaic	general fragments ܡܒܘܥܐ: ארמיטה
Septuagint-based Syriac versions of Second Kings (II Samuel) - Syriac Aramaic -- (SHOW/HIDE)
Syro-Hexaplar (Septuagint) Second Kings (II Samuel) (only fragments extant)	ܒ. ܡܠܟ̈ܐ: ch. 6 ܡܒܘܥܐ: Willem Baars: New Syro-Hexaplaric texts. Only previews available at this link. ch. 7, 21, 23 ܡܒܘܥܐ: M.H. Gottstein: Neue Syrohexaplafragmente [doc. pp. 18-22]
Jacob of Edessa's revision of Second Kings (II Samuel) (a combination of the Syro-Hexapla and the Peshitta)	ܟܬܒܐ ܕܬܪܝܢ ܕܡܵܠܟܘܬܐ ܡܒܘܥܐ: Alison Salvesen: "The Books of Samuel in the Syriac Version of Jacob of Edessa" (p. 95) [the full text is not available at this link.]	BL Add. Ms. 14429 (not digitised)
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

Related quasi-biblical texts

Version	Modern or critical edition	Selected manuscript/s
Dead Sea Scrolls Texts Closely Related to Samuel - in Hebrew -- (SHOW/HIDE)
Vision of Samuel from Qumran - in Hebrew	מגילת חזון שמואל מקור: : מאגרים	4Q160 = 4Q Vision of Samuel
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
• I Kings
• II Kings

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