2 Kings — Book front (modern spelling)

Book title

THE SECOND BOOK OF SAMUEL, WHICH WE CALL THE SECOND OF KINGS.

(The Hebrew title is Samuel; the Latin and English tradition counts it the second of the four books of Kings = 1–4 Kings. It opens with David hearing of Saul's death and his lament "How are the valiants fallen.")

The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.