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What it is now commonly known as '''1 Samuel''' and '''2 Samuel''' are called by [[the Vulgate]], in imitation of [[Septuagint|the Septuagint]], '''1 Kings''' and '''2 Kings''' respectively.<ref>[[:s:Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/First and Second Books of Kings|Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/First and Second Books of Kings]]</ref> Then, what it is now commonly known as '''1 Kings''' and '''2 Kings''' would be '''3 Kings''' and '''4 Kings''' in old Bibles before the year 1516.<ref>[[:s:Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Third and Fourth Books of Kings|Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Third and Fourth Books of Kings]]</ref> It was in 1517 that use of the division we know now today used by Protestant Bibles and adopted by Catholics began. Some Bibles still preserve the old denomination, for example, [[Douay Rheims bible]].<ref>[http://www.drbo.org/ Douay Rheims bible]</ref>
1 and 2 Samuel were originally (and, in some Jewish bibles, still are<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=t1J-BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT17&lpg=PT17&dq=1+and+2+Samuel+were+originally+(and,+in+some+Jewish+bibles,+still+are&source=bl&ots=L6XjBvzHdU&sig=JFtLzI6iJlr4bJUhzAA3Ny_x8Jw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj2wpaL0tvYAhVLbrwKHcb1AqgQ6AEIRzAF#v=onepage&q=1%20and%202%20Samuel%20were%20originally%20(and,%20in%20some%20Jewish%20bibles,%20still%20are&f=false|title=2 Samuel (Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible)|last=Barron|first=Robert|date=2015-04-28|publisher=Brazos Press|isbn=9781441221964|language=en}}</ref>{{cn|date=July 2017}}) a single book, but the first Greek translation, called [[Septuagint]] and produced around the second century
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