2 Nephi 24:18 Textual Variants

Royal Skousen
all the kings of the [nations 1ABCDEFGIJLMNOPQRST|nation HK] yea all of them lie in glory every one of them in his own house

Isaiah 14:18 (King James Bible) all the kings of the nations even all of them lie in glory every one in his own house

The 1874 RLDS edition accidentally replaced the plural nations (the King James reading) with the singular nation. The error was followed by the subsequent RLDS edition (1892), but the 1908 RLDS edition corrected this typo. The previous verse (2 Nephi 24:17) refers to the entire world and its cities; thus the reference to the “all the kings of the nations” is appropriate. The Hebrew original also has the plural nations.

Summary: Maintain the plural nations in 2 Nephi 24:18, which is also the King James reading.

Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon, Part. 2

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