2 Samuel 5 in the early church

[LXX: 2 Kingdoms; Vulgate: 2 Kings]

23 passages quote, allude to, or echo 2 Samuel 5, 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 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 11 · 13 · 18 · 19 · 20

2 Samuel 5:1

Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Sam 5:1	On the Duties of the Clergy 2.7 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–390
2 Sam 5:1	The Conferences 4.10 · John Cassian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 426–429
2 Sam 5:1–3	Part 2, chapter 26 · Quodvultdeus of Carthage	allusion, high confidence	ca. 445-450

2 Samuel 5:2

Even in times past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And to you the LORD said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Sam 5:2	On the Duties of the Clergy 2.7 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–390

2 Samuel 5:3

So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Sam 5:3	Oration 44.2 · Gregory of Nazianzus	allusion, high confidence	ca. 362–383

2 Samuel 5:4

David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Sam 5:4	To Autolycus 3.25 · Theophilus of Antioch	allusion, high confidence	ca. 180–185
2 Sam 5:4	Miscellanies 1.21.112 · Clement of Alexandria	allusion, high confidence	ca. 198–203
2 Sam 5:4	On the Incarnation 36.1 · Athanasius of Alexandria	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 318–325

2 Samuel 5:5

In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Sam 5:5	Miscellanies 1.21.112 · Clement of Alexandria	allusion, high confidence	ca. 198–203
2 Sam 5:5	Commentary on John 10.259 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 230–248

2 Samuel 5:6

Now the king and his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who inhabited the land. The Jebusites said to David: “You will never get in here. Even the blind and lame can repel you.” For they thought, “David cannot get in here.”
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Sam 5:6–8	Against Marcion 4.36 · Tertullian	allusion, high confidence	207/208 (third edition, completed later)
2 Sam 5:6	Eclogae on 1 Kingdoms, column 993 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 220-254
2 Sam 5:6–8	Letter 93 · Gregory of Nazianzus	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 360–390
2 Sam 5:6	Oration 42.22 · Gregory of Nazianzus	allusion, high confidence	ca. 362–383

2 Samuel 5:7

Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Sam 5:7	On the Destruction of Jerusalem 5.9 · Anonymous	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 370

2 Samuel 5:8

On that day he said, “Whoever attacks the Jebusites must use the water shaft to reach the lame and blind who are despised by David.” That is why it is said, “The blind and the lame will never enter the palace.”
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Sam 5:8	Eclogae on 1 Kingdoms, column 993 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 220-254
2 Sam 5:8	Letter 58.11 · Jerome	allusion, low confidence	ca. 370–419

2 Samuel 5:11

Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Sam 5:11	Preparation for the Gospel 9.30.4 · Eusebius of Caesarea	echo, low confidence	ca. 313–324

2 Samuel 5:13

After he had arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Sam 5:13	Against Faustus the Manichaean 32.4 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 398–400

2 Samuel 5:18

Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Sam 5:18	On the Christian Faith 3.1 · Ambrose	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 378–380
2 Sam 5:18	On the Duties of the Clergy 1.35 · Ambrose	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 386–390

2 Samuel 5:19

So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” “Go up,” replied the LORD, “for I will surely deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Sam 5:19	On the Duties of the Clergy 1.35 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386–390

2 Samuel 5:20

So David went to Baal-perazim, where he defeated the Philistines and said, “Like a bursting flood, the LORD has burst out against my enemies before me.” So he called that place Baal-perazim.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Sam 5:20	Exposition of Psalm 118 17.6.3 · Ambrose	allusion, low confidence	ca. 386-397