1 Kings 9 in the early church

[LXX: 3 Kingdoms; Vulgate: 3 Kings]

15 passages quote, allude to, or echo 1 Kings 9, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.

Verses: 4 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 16 · 17 · 26 · 27 · 28

1 Kings 9:4

And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, with a heart of integrity and uprightness, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
1 Kgs 9:4	1 Clement 60.2 · Clement of Rome	echo, medium confidence	ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100)
1 Kgs 9:4	Apology of the Prophet David 3 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 384-390

1 Kings 9:6

But if indeed you or your sons turn away from following Me and do not keep the commandments and statutes I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
1 Kgs 9:6	Divine Institutes 4.18.32 · Lactantius	quotation, high confidence	ca. 303–311

1 Kings 9:7

then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. Then Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all peoples.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
1 Kgs 9:7	Divine Institutes 4.18.32 · Lactantius	quotation, high confidence	ca. 303–311
1 Kgs 9:7	Epitome of the Divine Institutes 41.8 · Lactantius	quotation, medium confidence	ca. 314–320

1 Kings 9:8

And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
1 Kgs 9:8	Divine Institutes 4.18.32 · Lactantius	quotation, high confidence	ca. 303–311
1 Kgs 9:8	Epitome of the Divine Institutes 41.8 · Lactantius	quotation, medium confidence	ca. 314–320

1 Kings 9:9

And others will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the LORD their God who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—because of this, the LORD has brought all this disaster upon them.’”
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
1 Kgs 9:9	Divine Institutes 4.18.33 · Lactantius	quotation, medium confidence	ca. 303–311
1 Kgs 9:9	Epitome of the Divine Institutes 41.8 · Lactantius	quotation, medium confidence	ca. 314–320

1 Kings 9:16

Pharaoh king of Egypt had attacked and captured Gezer. He had set it on fire, killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and given it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
1 Kgs 9:16	Homilies on Joshua 22.1 · Origen	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)

1 Kings 9:17

So Solomon rebuilt Gezer, Lower Beth-horon,
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
1 Kgs 9:17	Letter 108.8 · Jerome	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 370–419

1 Kings 9:26

King Solomon also assembled a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
1 Kgs 9:26	Preparation for the Gospel 9.30.7 · Eusebius of Caesarea	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 313–324

1 Kings 9:27

And Hiram sent his servants, sailors who knew the sea, to serve in the fleet with Solomon’s servants.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
1 Kgs 9:27	Explanation of Twelve Psalms 47.14.3 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 387-397

1 Kings 9:28

They sailed to Ophir and imported gold from there—420 talents—and delivered it to Solomon.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
1 Kgs 9:28	Preparation for the Gospel 9.30.7 · Eusebius of Caesarea	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 313–324
1 Kgs 9:28	Letter 65.15 · Jerome	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 370–419