2 Kings 13 in the early church
[LXX: 4 Kingdoms; Vulgate: 4 Kings]
22 passages quote, allude to, or echo 2 Kings 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.
2 Kings 13:14
When Elisha had fallen sick with the illness from which he would die, Jehoash king of Israel came down to him and wept over him, saying, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!”
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Kgs 13:14 | PG 12:1155 (Ps 4 LXX) · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
2 Kings 13:20
And Elisha died and was buried. Now the Moabite raiders used to come into the land every spring.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Kgs 13:20 | Miscellanies 1.21.116 · Clement of Alexandria | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 198–203 |
| 2 Kgs 13:20–21 | Apostolic Constitutions 6.30.5 · Anonymous | allusion, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| 2 Kgs 13:20–21 | Against Jovinianus 2.29 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | 393 |
2 Kings 13:21
Once, as the Israelites were burying a man, suddenly they saw a band of raiders, so they threw the man’s body into Elisha’s tomb. And as soon as his body touched the bones of Elisha, the man was revived and stood up on his feet.