1 Samuel 30 in the early church
[LXX: 1 Kingdoms; Vulgate: 1 Kings]
3 passages quote, allude to, or echo 1 Samuel 30, 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.
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1 Samuel 30:1
On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked Ziklag, and burned it down.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Sam 30:1–5 | Homilies on Numbers 19.1 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| 1 Sam 30:1–17 | Against Jovinianus 2.24 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | 393 |
1 Samuel 30:16
So he led David down, and there were the Amalekites spread out over all the land, eating, drinking, and celebrating the great amount of plunder they had taken from the land of the Philistines and the land of Judah.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Sam 30:16–17 | Homilies on Numbers 19.1 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |