_Alteration in Oxford Edition of the Bible._--In the stereotype edition of
the Bible, in 8vo., printed at Cambridge, for the British and Foreign Bible
Society, I find the word _Judah_, 2 Chron. xxi. 2., substituted for
_Israel_. This latter word is the reading of every copy of the authorized
English version that I have been able to consult, including the 12mo.
edition printed for the British and Foreign Bible Society at Oxford.
No doubt _Judah_ is the right word in this passage. The context requires
it; and it is the reading of forty Hebrew MSS., and of all the ancient
versions, except the Chaldee. It is also the reading of the old English
version by Coverdale. But it has not been adopted by King James's
translators. How has this deviation from their text crept into an edition
emanating from a University press?