2 Nephi 17:2 Textual Variants

Royal Skousen
Syria is [confederate 1ABCDEFHIJKLMNOPQRST|confederated G] with Ephraim

Isaiah 7:2 (King James Bible) Syria is confederate with Ephraim

The 1858 Wright edition accidentally replaced the adjective confederate with the past participle confederated. The text for the 1874 RLDS edition derives from a combined use of the 1858 Wright edition and the earlier 1840 Nauvoo edition, with apparently the Wright edition as the copy-text; in this instance, the King James reading (found in the 1840 edition) was maintained.

Summary: Retain the adjective confederate in 2 Nephi 17:2.

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

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