2 Samuel — Book Source

Translation profile

Language: English. Collection scope: protestant.

Translation: Door43 World Missions Community

Publisher: Door43 World Missions Community; distributed by eBible.org

Copyright © 2017 Door43 World Missions Community. Unlocked Literal Bible; https://ebible.org/details.php?id=engULB. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Spirit Nation normalized USFX display formatting and whitespace, retained the supplied primary wording and chapter/verse labels, and separated source headings, footnotes and cross-references from primary verse text. Formatting and editorial metadata are a Spirit Nation rendering; the original licensor does not necessarily endorse these changes. Spirit Nation contributions to this rendering are distributed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source-text reuse rights are not narrowed by service access plans. Complete 66-book legacy Unlocked Literal Bible package distributed by eBible, source updated 2020-12-04. This is not the distinct current unfoldingWord Literal Text release. Door43's current ULT release page identifies stable v91 dated 2026-09-26; no ULT text is substituted or included. Seven source combined verse labels are retained as combined units. Original source package: https://ebible.org/Scriptures/engULB_usfx.zip. Separate images and host-page materials are excluded.

Copyright © 2017 Door43 World Missions Community

Spirit Nation normalized USFX display formatting and whitespace, retained the supplied primary wording and chapter/verse labels, and separated source headings, footnotes and cross-references from primary verse text. Formatting and editorial metadata are a Spirit Nation rendering; the original licensor does not necessarily endorse these changes. Spirit Nation contributions to this rendering are distributed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source-text reuse rights are not narrowed by service access plans.

Source chapter and verse labels, including combined ranges, are retained. No cross-translation word alignment or verse equivalence is asserted.

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Complete 66-book legacy Unlocked Literal Bible package distributed by eBible, source updated 2020-12-04. This is not the distinct current unfoldingWord Literal Text release. Door43's current ULT release page identifies stable v91 dated 2026-09-26; no ULT text is substituted or included. Seven source combined verse labels are retained as combined units.

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