1 Samuel 7 in the early church

[LXX: 1 Kingdoms; Vulgate: 1 Kings]

21 passages quote, allude to, or echo 1 Samuel 7, 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 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 9 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 15

1 Samuel 7:1

Then the men of Kiriath-jearim came for the ark of the LORD and took it into Abinadab’s house on the hill. And they consecrated his son Eleazar to guard the ark of the LORD.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
1 Sam 7:1	Demonstration 14.20 · Aphrahat	allusion, high confidence	337-345

1 Samuel 7:4

So the Israelites put away the Baals and Ashtoreths and served only the LORD.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
1 Sam 7:4	Letters 8, 9 · Basil of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 357–378

1 Samuel 7:5

Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf.”
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
1 Sam 7:5–9	Letter 66 · Basil of Caesarea	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 357–378
1 Sam 7:5	Question 46, section 7 · Ambrosiaster	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 370–384
1 Sam 7:5–6	Against Jovinianus 2.15 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	393

1 Samuel 7:6

When they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted, and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD.” And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
1 Sam 7:6	On Fasting 7 · Tertullian	allusion, high confidence	ca. 210–220

1 Samuel 7:9

Then Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. He cried out to the LORD on behalf of Israel, and the LORD answered him.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
1 Sam 7:9	Demonstration 4.8 · Aphrahat	allusion, medium confidence	337-345
1 Sam 7:9	Oration 2.39 · Gregory of Nazianzus	allusion, high confidence	ca. 362–383
1 Sam 7:9–10	Question 46, section 6 · Ambrosiaster	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–384
1 Sam 7:9	Apostolic Constitutions 7.37.2 · Anonymous	allusion, high confidence	ca. 380
1 Sam 7:9–12	City of God 17.7 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	413–426
1 Sam 7:9	Commentary on Jeremiah 3.42 · Jerome	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 414-419
1 Sam 7:9	Commentary on Jeremiah 5.54 · Jerome	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 414-419

1 Samuel 7:10

As the Philistines drew near to fight against Israel, Samuel was offering up the burnt offering. But that day the LORD thundered loudly against the Philistines and threw them into such confusion that they fled before Israel.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
1 Sam 7:10	On Fasting 7 · Tertullian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 210–220

1 Samuel 7:11

Then the men of Israel charged out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, striking them down all the way to an area below Beth-car.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
1 Sam 7:11	On Fasting 7 · Tertullian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 210–220

1 Samuel 7:12

Afterward, Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.”
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
1 Sam 7:12	To Quirinus 2.16 · Cyprian of Carthage	allusion, high confidence	ca. 248–250 (book 3 perhaps later)
1 Sam 7:12	On the Destruction of Jerusalem 5.16 · Anonymous	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370
1 Sam 7:12	Letter 78.13 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
1 Sam 7:12	Sermon 27 · Peter Chrysologus	allusion, high confidence	ca. 425-450

1 Samuel 7:15

So Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
1 Sam 7:15	On Saint Athanasius 1.13 · Lucifer of Cagliari	quotation, high confidence	ca. 356–361
1 Sam 7:15	Question 46, section 9 · Ambrosiaster	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–384