2 Kings 19 in the early church
[LXX: 4 Kingdoms; Vulgate: 4 Kings]
46 passages quote, allude to, or echo 2 Kings 19, 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 · 9 · 14 · 15 · 16 · 19 · 21 · 34 · 35 · 36 · 37
2 Kings 19:1
On hearing this report, King Hezekiah tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and entered the house of the LORD.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Kgs 19:1 | On Fasting 7 · Tertullian | allusion, high confidence | ca. 210–220 |
| 2 Kgs 19:1–35 | Demonstration 9.3 · Aphrahat | allusion, high confidence | 337-345 |
| 2 Kgs 19:1 | Oration 5.23 · Gregory of Nazianzus | allusion, high confidence | ca. 362–383 |
| 2 Kgs 19:1–37 | Against Jovinianus 2.15 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | 393 |
2 Kings 19:2
And he sent Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests, all wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Kgs 19:2 | Poem 26, lines 195–226 · Paulinus of Nola | allusion, high confidence | ca. 393–431 |
2 Kings 19:9
Now Sennacherib had been warned about Tirhakah king of Cush: “Look, he has set out to fight against you.” So Sennacherib again sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Kgs 19:9 | Commentary on Matthew 12.1 · Origen | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 246–248 |
2 Kings 19:14
So Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers, read it, and went up to the house of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Kgs 19:14 | PG 12:1245 (Ps 18–19 LXX) · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| 2 Kgs 19:14–19 | Apostolic Constitutions 7.37.3 · Anonymous | allusion, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| 2 Kgs 19:14 | Poem 26, lines 162–194 · Paulinus of Nola | allusion, high confidence | ca. 393–431 |
2 Kings 19:15
And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD: “O LORD, God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Kgs 19:15–35 | Demonstration 4.8 · Aphrahat | allusion, high confidence | 337-345 |
| 2 Kgs 19:15 | Oration 5.23 · Gregory of Nazianzus | allusion, high confidence | ca. 362–383 |
| 2 Kgs 19:15 | Poem 26, lines 162–194 · Paulinus of Nola | allusion, high confidence | ca. 393–431 |
2 Kings 19:16
Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Kgs 19:16 | On the Trinity 6 · Novatian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 240–250 |
| 2 Kgs 19:16 | Oration 5.23 · Gregory of Nazianzus | allusion, high confidence | ca. 362–383 |
2 Kings 19:19
And now, O LORD our God, please save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God.”
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Kgs 19:19 | 1 Clement 59.4 · Clement of Rome | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) |
2 Kings 19:21
This is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Kgs 19:21 | Altercatio, chapter 2, speech 23 · Evagrius of Gaul | allusion, high confidence | ca. 400 |
2 Kings 19:34
I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Kgs 19:34 | PG 12:1413 (Ps 41 LXX) · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| 2 Kgs 19:34 | Homilies on Matthew 2.3 · John Chrysostom | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 390 |
| 2 Kgs 19:34 | Homilies on Matthew 26.7 · John Chrysostom | quotation, high confidence | ca. 390 |
2 Kings 19:35
And that very night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!
2 Kings 19:36
So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Kgs 19:36 | Poem 26, lines 162–194 · Paulinus of Nola | allusion, high confidence | ca. 393–431 |
2 Kings 19:37
One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Kgs 19:37 | Commentary on Daniel 3.4 · Hippolytus of Rome | allusion, high confidence | ca. 202-204 |