1 Samuel 5 in the early church

[LXX: 1 Kingdoms; Vulgate: 1 Kings]

14 passages quote, allude to, or echo 1 Samuel 5, 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 · 3 · 4 · 6 · 10

1 Samuel 5:1

After the Philistines had captured the ark of God, they took it from Ebenezer to Ashdod,
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
1 Sam 5:1	Dialogue with Trypho 132.2 · Justin Martyr	allusion, high confidence	ca. 155–160
1 Sam 5:1–2	Demonstration 14.20 · Aphrahat	allusion, high confidence	337-345
1 Sam 5:1–12	On Saint Athanasius 1.12 · Lucifer of Cagliari	quotation, high confidence	ca. 356–361
1 Sam 5:1	Oration 42.8 · Gregory of Nazianzus	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 362–383
1 Sam 5:1–6	Part 2, chapter 24 · Quodvultdeus of Carthage	allusion, high confidence	ca. 445-450

1 Samuel 5:2

carried it into the temple of Dagon, and set it beside his statue.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
1 Sam 5:2–6	Homilies on Numbers 16.7 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)

1 Samuel 5:3

When the people of Ashdod got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on his face before the ark of the LORD. So they took Dagon and returned him to his place.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
1 Sam 5:3	Eleven Tractates 10.140 · Priscillian	allusion, high confidence	ca. 380–385
1 Sam 5:3	Sermon 53.7 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 391-430

1 Samuel 5:4

But when they got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on his face before the ark of the LORD, with his head and his hands broken off and lying on the threshold. Only the torso remained.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
1 Sam 5:4	Oration 5.29 · Gregory of Nazianzus	allusion, high confidence	ca. 362–383
1 Sam 5:4	City of God 10.17 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	413–426

1 Samuel 5:6

Now the hand of the LORD was heavy on the people of Ashdod and its vicinity, ravaging them and afflicting them with tumors.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
1 Sam 5:6–12	Demonstration 14.20 · Aphrahat	allusion, high confidence	337-345
1 Sam 5:6	History of the Arians 57 · Athanasius of Alexandria	allusion, high confidence	ca. 357
1 Sam 5:6	Instructions 1.35 · Eucherius of Lyon	allusion, high confidence	ca. 428-434

1 Samuel 5:10

So they sent the ark of God to Ekron, but as it arrived, the Ekronites cried out, “They have brought us the ark of the God of Israel in order to kill us and our people!”
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
1 Sam 5:10–11	Homilies on Numbers 16.7 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)