1 Kings 8 in the early church

[LXX: 3 Kingdoms; Vulgate: 3 Kings]

56 passages quote, allude to, or echo 1 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: 4 · 6 · 10 · 11 · 17 · 18 · 19 · 26 · 27 · 39 · 46 · 51 · 57 · 58 · 60 · 62 · 63

1 Kings 8:4

and they brought up the ark of the LORD and the Tent of Meeting with all its sacred furnishings. So the priests and Levites carried them up.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
1 Kgs 8:4	Preparation for the Gospel 9.34.14 · Eusebius of Caesarea	allusion, high confidence	ca. 313–324

1 Kings 8:6

Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
1 Kgs 8:6	Preparation for the Gospel 9.34.15 · Eusebius of Caesarea	allusion, high confidence	ca. 313–324

1 Kings 8:10

And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, the cloud filled the house of the LORD
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
1 Kgs 8:10	Commentary on John 32.332 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 230–248
1 Kgs 8:10	Commentary on Matthew 16.23 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 246–248
1 Kgs 8:10	Commentary on Romans 2.5 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)
1 Kgs 8:10	Poem 27, lines 477–510 · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, high confidence	ca. 393–431

1 Kings 8:11

so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud. For the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
1 Kgs 8:11	Dialogue with Trypho 127.3 · Justin Martyr	allusion, high confidence	ca. 155–160
1 Kgs 8:11	Commentary on John 10.264 · Origen	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 230–248
1 Kgs 8:11	Commentary on John 32.333 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 230–248
1 Kgs 8:11	Commentary on Matthew 16.23 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 246–248
1 Kgs 8:11	Commentary on Romans 2.5 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406)

1 Kings 8:17

Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
1 Kgs 8:17	The Conferences 13.12 · John Cassian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 426–429
1 Kgs 8:17–19	Chapter 12 · Prosper of Aquitaine	quotation, high confidence	ca. 432-433

1 Kings 8:18

But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done well to have this in your heart.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
1 Kgs 8:18	The Conferences 13.12 · John Cassian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 426–429

1 Kings 8:19

Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
1 Kgs 8:19	The Conferences 13.12 · John Cassian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 426–429

1 Kings 8:26

And now, O God of Israel, please confirm what You promised to Your servant, my father David.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
1 Kgs 8:26	Prophetic Extracts 1.22 · Eusebius of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	before 325 (probably ca. 310–320)
1 Kgs 8:26–27	Demonstration of the Gospel 6.12.1 · Eusebius of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 314–324
1 Kgs 8:26–27	Demonstration of the Gospel 6.12.9 · Eusebius of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 314–324

1 Kings 8:27

But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
1 Kgs 8:27	Fragment 17 · Clement of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	late 2nd–early 3rd century
1 Kgs 8:27	Fragment 36 (Canon of the Church, or Against the Judaizers) · Clement of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	late 2nd-early 3rd century
1 Kgs 8:27	Against Heresies 4.27.1 · Irenaeus of Lyons	quotation, high confidence	ca. 180–190
1 Kgs 8:27	Octavius 32.1 · Minucius Felix	echo, medium confidence	ca. 197–250
1 Kgs 8:27	Prophetic Extracts 1.22 · Eusebius of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	before 325 (probably ca. 310–320)
1 Kgs 8:27	Oration I Against the Arians 53 · Athanasius of Alexandria	quotation, medium confidence	ca. 339–346
1 Kgs 8:27	Catechetical Lecture 12.11 · Cyril of Jerusalem	quotation, high confidence	ca. 350
1 Kgs 8:27	Letter 58.3 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
1 Kgs 8:27	Letter 59.5 · Jerome	echo, medium confidence	ca. 370–419
1 Kgs 8:27	Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 30.31.4 · Epiphanius of Salamis	echo, medium confidence	374-377
1 Kgs 8:27	Book of Heresies 94.2 · Philastrius of Brescia	quotation, high confidence	ca. 380s
1 Kgs 8:27	Poem 27, lines 607–647 · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, high confidence	ca. 393–431
1 Kgs 8:27	Poem 29, lines 1–35 (XXVIIII) · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 393–431
1 Kgs 8:27	Book 2, lines 54–75 · Sedulius	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 425-450
1 Kgs 8:27	Book 2, section 4 · Sedulius	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 425-450

1 Kings 8:39

be heard by You from heaven, Your dwelling place. And may You forgive and act, and repay each man according to all his ways, since You know his heart—for You alone know the hearts of all men—
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
1 Kgs 8:39	On the Trinity 13 · Novatian	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 240–250
1 Kgs 8:39	Commentary on Matthew 12.6 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 246–248
1 Kgs 8:39	Homilies on Matthew 29.1 · John Chrysostom	quotation, high confidence	ca. 390
1 Kgs 8:39	The Conferences 7.13 · John Cassian	quotation, medium confidence	ca. 426–429

1 Kings 8:46

When they sin against You—for there is no one who does not sin—and You become angry with them and deliver them to an enemy who takes them as captives to his own land, whether far or near,
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
1 Kgs 8:46	PG 12:1255 (Ps 21 LXX) · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 220-254
1 Kgs 8:46	Prophetic Extracts 4.27 · Eusebius of Caesarea	allusion, medium confidence	before 325 (probably ca. 310–320)
1 Kgs 8:46	Letter 133.2 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
1 Kgs 8:46 (3 Reg. 8:46 Vulg.)	Book of Rules 3 · Tyconius	quotation, high confidence	ca. 380
1 Kgs 8:46	Apostolic Constitutions 8.9.9 · Anonymous	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 380
1 Kgs 8:46	Apology of the Prophet David 53 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 384-390
1 Kgs 8:46	Questions and Answers to the Orthodox 82–88 · Anonymous	echo, medium confidence	5th century (disputed)
1 Kgs 8:46	Canon 115 (Bruns) · Anonymous	quotation, high confidence	401–424 (collection of 419)
1 Kgs 8:46	On the Spirit and the Letter 65 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	412
1 Kgs 8:46	On Nature and Grace 8 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	415

1 Kings 8:51

For they are Your people and Your inheritance; You brought them out of Egypt, out of the furnace for iron.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
1 Kgs 8:51	Exposition of Psalm 118 20.11.1 · Ambrose	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 386-397

1 Kings 8:57

May the LORD our God be with us, as He was with our fathers. May He never leave us or forsake us.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
1 Kgs 8:57	On the Predestination of the Saints 20 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 428/429

1 Kings 8:58

May He incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep the commandments and statutes and ordinances He commanded our fathers.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
1 Kgs 8:58	The Conferences 13.10 · John Cassian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 426–429
1 Kgs 8:58	On the Predestination of the Saints 20 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 428/429

1 Kings 8:60

so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God. There is no other!
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
1 Kgs 8:60	1 Clement 59.4 · Clement of Rome	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100)

1 Kings 8:62

Then the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices before the LORD.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
1 Kgs 8:62–64	Question 46, section 6 · Ambrosiaster	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 370–384
1 Kgs 8:62–64	Apostolic Constitutions 7.37.3 · Anonymous	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 380

1 Kings 8:63

And Solomon offered as peace offerings to the LORD 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the Israelites dedicated the house of the LORD.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
1 Kgs 8:63	Preparation for the Gospel 9.34.16 · Eusebius of Caesarea	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 313–324
1 Kgs 8:63	Second Apology of David 11 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 384-397