2 Kings 22 in the early church

[LXX: 4 Kingdoms; Vulgate: 4 Kings]

26 passages quote, allude to, or echo 2 Kings 22, 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 · 8 · 11 · 14 · 18 · 19 · 20

2 Kings 22:1

Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years. His mother’s name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah; she was from Bozkath.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Kgs 22:1	Miscellanies 1.21.120 · Clement of Alexandria	allusion, high confidence	ca. 198–203
2 Kgs 22:1	Didascalia 2.1 (Latin) · Anonymous	allusion, high confidence	first half of the third century
2 Kgs 22:1	Preparation for the Gospel 10.14.6 · Eusebius of Caesarea	allusion, high confidence	ca. 313–324
2 Kgs 22:1	On the Incarnation 36.1 · Athanasius of Alexandria	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 318–325
2 Kgs 22:1	Long recension, Magnesians 3 · Anonymous	allusion, high confidence	later 4th century (probable)
2 Kgs 22:1	Oration 33.3 · Gregory of Nazianzus	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 362–383
2 Kgs 22:1	Apostolic Constitutions 2.1.4 · Anonymous	allusion, high confidence	ca. 380
2 Kgs 22:1–23:25	Letter to Valerian, paragraph 14 · Eucherius of Lyon	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 432

2 Kings 22:2

And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in all the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Kgs 22:2	On Not Sparing Those Who Sin against God 7 · Lucifer of Cagliari	quotation, high confidence	ca. 356–361

2 Kings 22:8

Then Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the LORD!” And he gave it to Shaphan, who read it.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Kgs 22:8	Miscellanies 1.21.120 · Clement of Alexandria	allusion, high confidence	ca. 198–203
2 Kgs 22:8	Commentary on Daniel 1.4-10 · Hippolytus of Rome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 202-204
2 Kgs 22:8	Homilies 3.47 · Anonymous	allusion, medium confidence	4th century (reworking earlier material)
2 Kgs 22:8	Letter to Marcellinus 32 · Athanasius of Alexandria	allusion, high confidence	uncertain, after 335
2 Kgs 22:8	Homilies on Matthew 9.4 · John Chrysostom	allusion, high confidence	ca. 390
2 Kgs 22:8–14	Against Jovinianus 1.5 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	393

2 Kings 22:11

When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his clothes
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Kgs 22:11–20	On Not Sparing Those Who Sin against God 7 · Lucifer of Cagliari	quotation, high confidence	ca. 356–361

2 Kings 22:14

So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went and spoke to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, the keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem, in the Second District.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Kgs 22:14	Miscellanies 1.21.120 · Clement of Alexandria	allusion, high confidence	ca. 198–203
2 Kgs 22:14	Miscellanies 1.21.136 · Clement of Alexandria	allusion, high confidence	ca. 198–203
2 Kgs 22:14	Preparation for the Gospel 10.14.6 · Eusebius of Caesarea	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 313–324
2 Kgs 22:14	Demonstration 14.33 · Aphrahat	allusion, high confidence	337-345
2 Kgs 22:14	Letter 65.1 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Kgs 22:14	Apostolic Constitutions 8.20.1 · Anonymous	allusion, high confidence	ca. 380
2 Kgs 22:14	Against Jovinianus 1.25 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	393

2 Kings 22:18

But as for the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘As for the words that you heard,
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Kgs 22:18	On Care for the Dead 16 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 421–422

2 Kings 22:19

because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its people, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and because you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Kgs 22:19	On Care for the Dead 16 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 421–422

2 Kings 22:20

‘Therefore I will indeed gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see all the calamity that I will bring on this place.’” So they brought her answer back to the king.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Kgs 22:20	On Care for the Dead 16 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 421–422