2 Kings 1 in the early church

[LXX: 4 Kingdoms; Vulgate: 4 Kings]

45 passages quote, allude to, or echo 2 Kings 1, 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: 2 · 3 · 4 · 6 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 15

2 Kings 1 as a whole

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Kgs 1–2Kgs:25	Canon 60 · Anonymous	allusion, high confidence	ca. 343–381
2 Kgs 1–2Kgs:25	Canon 47 · Anonymous	allusion, high confidence	397

2 Kings 1:2

Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers and instructed them: “Go inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover from this injury.”
BSB

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Kgs 1:2	Homilies on Jeremiah 19.13 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 240
2 Kgs 1:2	Oration 5.29 · Gregory of Nazianzus	allusion, high confidence	ca. 362–383
2 Kgs 1:2	Letter 129.5 · Jerome	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Kgs 1:2	Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 62.7.5 · Epiphanius of Salamis	allusion, medium confidence	374-377
2 Kgs 1:2	Book of Heresies 13.1 · Philastrius of Brescia	allusion, high confidence	ca. 380s

2 Kings 1:3

But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are on your way to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?’
BSB

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Kgs 1:3	Against Celsus 1.36 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 248
2 Kgs 1:3–4	Book of Heresies 13.2 · Philastrius of Brescia	allusion, high confidence	ca. 380s

2 Kings 1:4

Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘You will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.’” So Elijah departed.
BSB

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Kgs 1:4	Prophetic Extracts 4.0 · Eusebius of Caesarea	allusion, medium confidence	before 325 (probably ca. 310–320)

2 Kings 1:6

They replied, “A man came up to meet us and said, ‘Go back to the king who sent you and tell him that this is what the LORD says: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending these men to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.’”
BSB

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Kgs 1:6	Commentary on Matthew, Latin Series 56 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 244–249 (Latin translation, 4th–5th century)

2 Kings 1:8

“He was a hairy man,” they answered, “with a leather belt around his waist.” “It was Elijah the Tishbite,” said the king.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Kgs 1:8	The Instructor 2.10.112 · Clement of Alexandria	allusion, high confidence	ca. 190–200
2 Kgs 1:8	Miscellanies 3.6.53 · Clement of Alexandria	allusion, high confidence	ca. 198–203
2 Kgs 1:8	Commentary on John 6.82 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 230–248
2 Kgs 1:8	On Virginity 6 · Gregory of Nyssa	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 370–371
2 Kgs 1:8	Letter 121.1 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Kgs 1:8	Letter 130.4 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Kgs 1:8	Homilies on Matthew 10.4 · John Chrysostom	allusion, high confidence	ca. 390
2 Kgs 1:8	Homilies on Matthew 46.3 · John Chrysostom	allusion, low confidence	ca. 390
2 Kgs 1:8	Homilies on Matthew 56.2 · John Chrysostom	allusion, low confidence	ca. 390
2 Kgs 1:8	Homilies on Matthew 68.3 · John Chrysostom	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 390
2 Kgs 1:8	Homily 7 · Gregory of Nyssa	allusion, high confidence	ca. 390–394
2 Kgs 1:8	Homily 15 · Gregory of Nyssa	allusion, high confidence	ca. 390–394
2 Kgs 1:8	Letters 29.1 · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, high confidence	ca. 394–413
2 Kgs 1:8	Commentary on Jeremiah 1.9 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 414-419
2 Kgs 1:8	The Institutes 1.1 · John Cassian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 419–426

2 Kings 1:9

Then King Ahaziah sent to Elijah a captain with his company of fifty men. So the captain went up to Elijah, who was sitting on top of a hill, and said to him, “Man of God, the king declares, ‘Come down!’”
BSB

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Kgs 1:9	Against Celsus 8.25 · Origen	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 248
2 Kgs 1:9–12	On Saint Athanasius 1.18 · Lucifer of Cagliari	allusion, high confidence	ca. 356–361
2 Kgs 1:9–10	Against the Manichees, Greek continuation of book 3, Lagarde p. 95 · Titus of Bostra	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360s
2 Kgs 1:9–12	Letter 121.5 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Kgs 1:9	Letter 140.2 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Kgs 1:9–12	Sermon 151 · Peter Chrysologus	allusion, high confidence	ca. 425-450
2 Kgs 1:9–12	Part 2, chapter 31 · Quodvultdeus of Carthage	allusion, high confidence	ca. 445-450

2 Kings 1:10

Elijah answered the captain, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And fire came down from heaven and consumed the captain and his fifty men.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Kgs 1:10–12	Against Marcion 4.23 · Tertullian	allusion, high confidence	207/208 (third edition, completed later)
2 Kgs 1:10	Homilies on Leviticus 3.3 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
2 Kgs 1:10	Homilies 16.20 · Anonymous	allusion, medium confidence	4th century (reworking earlier material)
2 Kgs 1:10–12	Demonstration 4.12 · Aphrahat	allusion, high confidence	337-345
2 Kgs 1:10	Defence of His Flight 20 · Athanasius of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	ca. 357
2 Kgs 1:10	Against the Manichees, Greek continuation of book 3, Lagarde p. 96 · Titus of Bostra	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360s
2 Kgs 1:10	Oration 25.8 · Gregory of Nazianzus	echo, low confidence	ca. 362–383
2 Kgs 1:10	Letter 140.2 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
2 Kgs 1:10–12	The Lord's Sermon on the Mount 1.20 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 393–396
2 Kgs 1:10–12	Against Adimantus, a Disciple of Mani 17 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 394
2 Kgs 1:10–12	Questions and Answers to the Orthodox 82–88 · Anonymous	allusion, high confidence	5th century (disputed)

2 Kings 1:15

Then the angel of the LORD said to Elijah, “Go down with him. Do not be afraid of him.” So Elijah got up and went down with him to the king.
BSB

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Kgs 1:15	Defence of His Flight 17 · Athanasius of Alexandria	allusion, high confidence	ca. 357