2 Kings 8 in the early church
[LXX: 4 Kingdoms; Vulgate: 4 Kings]
9 passages quote, allude to, or echo 2 Kings 8, 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 · 8 · 17 · 18 · 24 · 25 · 26 · 27
2 Kings 8:1
Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Arise, you and your household; go and live as a foreigner wherever you can. For the LORD has decreed that a seven-year famine will come to the land.”
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Kgs 8:1 | Question 115, section 39 · Ambrosiaster | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 370–384 |
2 Kings 8:8
So the king said to Hazael, “Take a gift in your hand, go to meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD through him, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Kgs 8:8–9 | Apostolic Constitutions 4.7.2 · Anonymous | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 380 |
2 Kings 8:17
Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Kgs 8:17 | Miscellanies 1.21.115 · Clement of Alexandria | allusion, high confidence | ca. 198–203 |
| 2 Kgs 8:17 | Preparation for the Gospel 10.14.4 · Eusebius of Caesarea | allusion, high confidence | ca. 313–324 |
2 Kings 8:18
And Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Kgs 8:18 | Question 85, section 1 · Ambrosiaster | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 370–384 |
2 Kings 8:24
And Jehoram rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David. And his son Ahaziah reigned in his place.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Kgs 8:24 | Commentary on Romans 1.5 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406) |
2 Kings 8:25
In the twelfth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab over Israel, Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Kgs 8:25–27 | Commentary on Matthew 1 · Hilary of Poitiers | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 353–355 |
2 Kings 8:26
Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri king of Israel.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Kgs 8:26 | Preparation for the Gospel 10.14.4 · Eusebius of Caesarea | allusion, high confidence | ca. 313–324 |
2 Kings 8:27
And Ahaziah walked in the ways of the house of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab, for he was a son-in-law of the house of Ahab.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Kgs 8:27 | Question 85, section 1 · Ambrosiaster | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 370–384 |