Judges 18 in the early church

5 passages quote, allude to, or echo Judges 18, 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 · 14 · 17 · 21 · 30

Judges 18:1

In those days there was no king in Israel, and the tribe of the Danites was looking for territory to occupy. For up to that time they had not come into an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Judg 18:1–20	Judges, lines 721–744 · Cyprianus Gallus	allusion, high confidence	early 5th cent.

Judges 18:14

Then the five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish said to their brothers, “Did you know that one of these houses has an ephod, household gods, a graven image, and a molten idol? Now think about what you should do.”
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Judg 18:14	Letter 29.3 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Judges 18:17

And the five men who had gone to spy out the land went inside and took the graven image, the ephod, the household idols, and the molten idol, while the priest stood at the entrance of the gate with the six hundred armed men.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Judg 18:17	Letter 29.3 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Judges 18:21

Putting their small children, their livestock, and their possessions in front of them, they turned and departed.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Judg 18:21–31	Judges, lines 745–760 · Cyprianus Gallus	allusion, high confidence	early 5th cent.

Judges 18:30

The Danites set up idols for themselves, and Jonathan son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests for the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Judg 18:30	Question 46, section 11 · Ambrosiaster	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–384