2 Samuel 6 in the early church

[LXX: 2 Kingdoms; Vulgate: 2 Kings]

40 passages quote, allude to, or echo 2 Samuel 6, 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: 3 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 9 · 10 · 14 · 16 · 17 · 19 · 20 · 21 · 22 · 23

2 Samuel 6:3

They set the ark of God on a new cart and brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new cart,
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Sam 6:3	Commentary on Matthew 14.1 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 246–248
2 Sam 6:3–7	Demonstration 14.20 · Aphrahat	allusion, high confidence	337-345

2 Samuel 6:5

David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD with all kinds of wood instruments, harps, stringed instruments, tambourines, sistrums, and cymbals.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Sam 6:5	Commentary on Matthew 14.1 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 246–248

2 Samuel 6:6

When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God, because the oxen had stumbled.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Sam 6:6 (2 Reg. 6:6 Vulg.)	Paraenesis, or Exhortation to Penitence 6 · Pacian of Barcelona	allusion, high confidence	ca. 360-390
2 Sam 6:6	Oration 2.40 · Gregory of Nazianzus	allusion, high confidence	ca. 362–383
2 Sam 6:6	Oration 20.2 · Gregory of Nazianzus	allusion, high confidence	ca. 362–383
2 Sam 6:6	Letter 147.10 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Sam 6:6–7	Apostolic Constitutions 2.10.3 · Anonymous	allusion, high confidence	ca. 380
2 Sam 6:6	On the Governance of God 6.54 · Salvian of Marseilles	allusion, high confidence	ca. 439-451

2 Samuel 6:7

And the anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah, and God struck him down on the spot for his irreverence, and he died there beside the ark of God.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Sam 6:7	Paraenesis, or Exhortation to Penitence 6 · Pacian of Barcelona	allusion, high confidence	ca. 360-390
2 Sam 6:7	Oration 2.40 · Gregory of Nazianzus	allusion, high confidence	ca. 362–383
2 Sam 6:7	Letter 22.23 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Sam 6:7	Letter 147.10 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Sam 6:7	On the Governance of God 6.54 · Salvian of Marseilles	allusion, high confidence	ca. 439-451

2 Samuel 6:9

That day David feared the LORD and asked, “How can the ark of the LORD ever come to me?”
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Sam 6:9–12	Demonstration 14.20 · Aphrahat	allusion, high confidence	337-345

2 Samuel 6:10

So he was unwilling to move the ark of the LORD to the City of David; instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Sam 6:10–12	Demonstration 16.6 · Aphrahat	allusion, high confidence	337-345

2 Samuel 6:14

And David, wearing a linen ephod, danced with all his might before the LORD,
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Sam 6:14	On the Shows 2 · Novatian	allusion, high confidence	mid-3rd cent. (disputed)
2 Sam 6:14	On the Shows 3 · Novatian	allusion, high confidence	mid-3rd cent. (disputed)
2 Sam 6:14–16	Demonstration 14.20 · Aphrahat	allusion, high confidence	337-345
2 Sam 6:14	Oration 5.35 · Gregory of Nazianzus	allusion, high confidence	ca. 362–383
2 Sam 6:14	Question 46, section 8 · Ambrosiaster	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–384
2 Sam 6:14	Letter 64.15 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Sam 6:14–16	Homily 6 · Gregory of Nyssa	allusion, high confidence	ca. 379–394
2 Sam 6:14	Apology of the Prophet David 28 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 384-390
2 Sam 6:14	On the Duties of the Clergy 1.43 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386–390
2 Sam 6:14	Exposition of Psalm 118 7.27.1 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386-397
2 Sam 6:14	Explanation of Twelve Psalms 1.9.5 · Ambrose	allusion, low confidence	ca. 387-397
2 Sam 6:14	Commentary on Jeremiah 6.6 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 414-419
2 Sam 6:14–20	Part 2, chapter 25 · Quodvultdeus of Carthage	allusion, high confidence	ca. 445-450
2 Sam 6:14–20	Part 5, chapter 14 · Quodvultdeus of Carthage	allusion, high confidence	ca. 445-450

2 Samuel 6:16

As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Sam 6:16	Exposition of Psalm 118 7.27.1 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386-397

2 Samuel 6:17

So they brought the ark of the LORD and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Sam 6:17	Question 46, section 6 · Ambrosiaster	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 370–384

2 Samuel 6:19

Then he distributed to every man and woman among the multitude of Israel a loaf of bread, a date cake, and a raisin cake. And all the people departed, each to his own home.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Sam 6:19	The Instructor 2.1.18 · Clement of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	ca. 190–200

2 Samuel 6:20

When David returned home to bless his own household, Saul’s daughter Michal came out to meet him. “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today!” she said. “He has uncovered himself today in the sight of the maidservants of his subjects, like a vulgar person would do.”
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Sam 6:20	Apology of the Prophet David 28 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 384-390
2 Sam 6:20	Exposition of Psalm 118 7.27.1 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386-397

2 Samuel 6:21

But David said to Michal, “I was dancing before the LORD, who chose me over your father and all his house when He appointed me ruler over the LORD’s people Israel. I will celebrate before the LORD,
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Sam 6:21	Apology of the Prophet David 28 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 384-390
2 Sam 6:21	Exposition of Psalm 118 7.27.2 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386-397

2 Samuel 6:22

and I will humiliate and humble myself even more than this. Yet I will be honored by the maidservants of whom you have spoken.”
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Sam 6:22	Apology of the Prophet David 28 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 384-390
2 Sam 6:22	Exposition of Psalm 118 7.27.2 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386-397

2 Samuel 6:23

And Michal the daughter of Saul had no children to the day of her death.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Sam 6:23	Exposition of Psalm 118 7.27.3 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386-397