(895), Aleppo Codex (10th century), and Codex Leningradensis (1008). Fragments containing parts of this chapter in Hebrew were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls including 4Q51 (4QSam; 100-50 BCE) with extant verses 1-6, 13-34, 36-39.

Extant ancient manuscripts of a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint (originally was made in the