1 Samuel 13 in the early church

[LXX: 1 Kingdoms; Vulgate: 1 Kings]

16 passages quote, allude to, or echo 1 Samuel 13, 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: 8 · 9 · 12 · 13 · 14

1 Samuel 13:8

And Saul waited seven days for the time appointed by Samuel, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the troops began to desert Saul.
BSB

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
1 Sam 13:8–14	Apostolic Constitutions 8.46.7 · Anonymous	allusion, high confidence	ca. 380

1 Samuel 13:9

So he said, “Bring me the burnt offering and the peace offerings.” And he offered up the burnt offering.
BSB

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
1 Sam 13:9	History of the Arians 37 · Athanasius of Alexandria	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 357
1 Sam 13:9	Question 46, section 6 · Ambrosiaster	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 370–384

1 Samuel 13:12

I thought, ‘Now the Philistines will descend upon me at Gilgal, and I have not sought the favor of the LORD.’ So I felt compelled to offer the burnt offering.”
BSB

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
1 Sam 13:12	Homilies on Matthew 86.3 · John Chrysostom	quotation, medium confidence	ca. 390

1 Samuel 13:13

“You have acted foolishly,” Samuel declared. “You have not kept the command that the LORD your God gave you; if you had, the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.
BSB

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
1 Sam 13:13	Long recension, Magnesians 3 · Anonymous	allusion, high confidence	later 4th century (probable)
1 Sam 13:13	Apostolic Constitutions 2.27.3 · Anonymous	quotation, high confidence	ca. 380
1 Sam 13:13–14	City of God 17.6 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	413–426

1 Samuel 13:14

But now your kingdom will not endure; the LORD has sought a man after His own heart and appointed him ruler over His people, because you have not kept the command of the LORD.”
BSB

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
1 Sam 13:14	1 Clement 18.1 · Clement of Rome	echo, medium confidence	ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100)
1 Sam 13:14	Miscellanies 4.17.107 · Clement of Alexandria	quotation, medium confidence	ca. 198–203
1 Sam 13:14	PG 12:1211 (Ps 15 LXX) · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 220-254
1 Sam 13:14	On the Trinity 12.9 · Hilary of Poitiers	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 356–360
1 Sam 13:14	Tractates on the Psalms 53.1 · Hilary of Poitiers	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 360–367
1 Sam 13:14	Letter 22.12 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
1 Sam 13:14	Explanation of Twelve Psalms 1.11.1 · Ambrose	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 387-397
1 Sam 13:14	Against Jovinianus 2.4 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	393
1 Sam 13:14	Questions and Answers to the Orthodox 78–79 · Anonymous	allusion, high confidence	5th century (disputed)