2 Samuel (Bible)

For works with similar titles, see 2 Samuel.

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Shmuel 2 (2 Samuel)
Anonymous; traditionally attributed to Samuel

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2 Samuel is a book of the Christian and Hebrew Bibles. It is universally accepted across all Jewish and Christian biblical canons. In Eastern Orthodox bibles it is named 2 Kingdoms. In older bibles based on the Vulgate, it was named 2 Kings.

English-language translations of Shmuel 2 include:

"II. Kyngis" in the Wycliffe version (first printing, c. 1384)
"2 Kings" in the Wycliffe version (revised by Purvey et al., c. 1394)
"II. Regum" in the Coverdale version (1535)
"2 Samuel" in the Geneva version (1560)
"2 Kings" in the Bishops' version (1568)
"2 Samuel" in the Douay–Rheims version (first printing, 1582–1610)
"2 Samuel" in the King James version (first printing, 1611)
"2 Samuel" in the Douay–Rheims version (illustrated version, 1633–1635)
"2 Samuel" in the Douay–Rheims version (Challoner's revision, 1749–1952)
"2 Samuel" in the King James version (Oxford text, 1769)
"2 Samuel" in the Thomson version (1808)
"2 Samuel" in the Webster's version (1833)
"2 Samuel" in the Leeser version (1853)
"2 Samuel" in the English Revised version (1885)
"2 Samuel" in the Young's Literal Translation version (1898)
"2 Samuel" in the American Standard version (1901)
"II. Samuel" in the King James version (tercentenary printing, 1911)
"2 Samuel" in the Emphasised Bible version (1916)
"II Samuel" in the Jewish Publication Society version (third impression, 1919)
"2 Samuel" in the Basic English version (1941–1949)
"2 Samuel" in the World English version (in progress since 1997)
"2 Samuel" in the Wikisource edition (in progress since 2006)
"2 Samuel" in the Literal Standard Version (2020)