2 Samuel 17 in the early church

[LXX: 2 Kingdoms; Vulgate: 2 Kings]

10 passages quote, allude to, or echo 2 Samuel 17, 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 · 14 · 19 · 20 · 23

2 Samuel 17:1

Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Sam 17:1	PG 12:1181 (Ps 7–8 LXX) · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 220-254
2 Sam 17:1	Exposition of Psalm 118 3.46.1 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386-397

2 Samuel 17:2

I will attack him while he is weak and weary; I will throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will flee; I will strike down only the king
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Sam 17:2	Exposition of Psalm 118 19.7.1 · Ambrose	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 386-397

2 Samuel 17:14

Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Sam 17:14	Homilies on the Psalms 7.1 · Basil of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360-378
2 Sam 17:14	Letter 92.3 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Sam 17:14	On Grace and Free Will 20 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 426
2 Sam 17:14	The Conferences 17.19 · John Cassian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 426–429

2 Samuel 17:19

Then the man’s wife took a covering, spread it over the mouth of the well, and scattered grain over it so nobody would know a thing.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Sam 17:19	The Conferences 17.19 · John Cassian	allusion, high confidence	ca. 426–429

2 Samuel 17:20

When Absalom’s servants came to the woman at the house, they asked, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” “They have crossed over the brook,” she replied. The men searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Sam 17:20	The Conferences 17.19 · John Cassian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 426–429

2 Samuel 17:23

When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Sam 17:23	Demonstration 14.10 · Aphrahat	allusion, high confidence	337-345