1 Samuel 11 in the early church

[LXX: 1 Kingdoms; Vulgate: 1 Kings]

6 passages quote, allude to, or echo 1 Samuel 11, 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: 1 · 2 · 14

1 Samuel 11:1

Then Nahash the Ammonite came up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.”
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
1 Sam 11:1	Monastic Exercise, chapter 15 · Nilus of Ancyra	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 390-430
1 Sam 11:1	Psalm 36:35–36 · Theodoret of Cyrus	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 436-448

1 Samuel 11:2

But Nahash the Ammonite replied, “I will make a treaty with you on one condition, that I may put out everyone’s right eye and bring reproach upon all Israel.”
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
1 Sam 11:2	Monastic Exercise, chapter 26 · Nilus of Ancyra	allusion, high confidence	ca. 390-430
1 Sam 11:2	1 Kingdoms Question 23 · Theodoret of Cyrus	allusion, high confidence	ca. 453
1 Sam 11:2	2 Kingdoms Question 27 · Theodoret of Cyrus	allusion, high confidence	ca. 453

1 Samuel 11:14

Then Samuel said to the people, “Come, let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingship there.”
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
1 Sam 11:14–15	Commentary on Hosea, Joel and Amos 1.9.11 · Julian of Eclanum	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 420-440