2 Kings 25 in the early church

[LXX: 4 Kingdoms; Vulgate: 4 Kings]

45 passages quote, allude to, or echo 2 Kings 25, 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 · 4 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 11 · 13 · 15 · 27 · 28

2 Kings 25:1

So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Kgs 25:1	Commentary on Daniel 1.3 · Hippolytus of Rome	quotation, medium confidence	ca. 202-204
2 Kgs 25:1–21	Demonstration 19.1 · Aphrahat	allusion, high confidence	337-345
2 Kgs 25:1–11	Question 37, section 2 · Ambrosiaster	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–384
2 Kgs 25:1	Explanation of Twelve Psalms 43.6.3 · Ambrose	allusion, low confidence	ca. 387-397
2 Kgs 25:1–10	Commentary on Daniel 1, scholion 3 · Polychronius of Apamea	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 400-430
2 Kgs 25:1–21	City of God 17.7 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, medium confidence	413–426
2 Kgs 25:1–21	City of God 17.23 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	413–426
2 Kgs 25:1	City of God 18.25 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	413–426
2 Kgs 25:1–7	Part 2, chapter 33 · Quodvultdeus of Carthage	allusion, high confidence	ca. 445-450

2 Kings 25:4

Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Kgs 25:4	Commentary on Daniel 1.3 · Hippolytus of Rome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 202-204

2 Kings 25:6

The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where they pronounced judgment on him.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Kgs 25:6	Commentary on Jeremiah 6.40 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 414-419

2 Kings 25:7

And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Kgs 25:7	Miscellanies 1.21.122 · Clement of Alexandria	allusion, high confidence	ca. 198–203
2 Kgs 25:7	On the Computation of Easter 11 · Anonymous	allusion, high confidence	243
2 Kgs 25:7	Prophetic Extracts 4.31 · Eusebius of Caesarea	allusion, high confidence	before 325 (probably ca. 310–320)
2 Kgs 25:7	Catechetical Lecture 2.17 · Cyril of Jerusalem	allusion, high confidence	ca. 350
2 Kgs 25:7	On the Destruction of Jerusalem 5.22 · Anonymous	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370

2 Kings 25:8

On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Kgs 25:8	Oration 33.3 · Gregory of Nazianzus	allusion, high confidence	ca. 362–383
2 Kgs 25:8	Oration 43.47 · Gregory of Nazianzus	allusion, high confidence	ca. 362–383
2 Kgs 25:8–17	City of God 17.10 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, medium confidence	413–426

2 Kings 25:9

He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Kgs 25:9	To Autolycus 3.25 · Theophilus of Antioch	allusion, high confidence	ca. 180–185
2 Kgs 25:9	Commentary on John 10.259 · Origen	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 230–248
2 Kgs 25:9	On the Computation of Easter 12 · Anonymous	allusion, high confidence	243
2 Kgs 25:9	Homilies 3.47 · Anonymous	allusion, medium confidence	4th century (reworking earlier material)
2 Kgs 25:9	Preparation for the Gospel 10.14.7 · Eusebius of Caesarea	allusion, high confidence	ca. 313–324
2 Kgs 25:9	Catechetical Lecture 2.17 · Cyril of Jerusalem	allusion, high confidence	ca. 350
2 Kgs 25:9	Tractates on the Psalms 146.1 · Hilary of Poitiers	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 360–367
2 Kgs 25:9	Eleven Tractates 3.67 · Priscillian	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 380–385
2 Kgs 25:9	Second Apology of David 23 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 384-397
2 Kgs 25:9	City of God 18.25 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	413–426

2 Kings 25:11

Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile the people who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the population.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Kgs 25:11	Tractates on the Psalms 125.3 · Hilary of Poitiers	allusion, high confidence	ca. 360–367
2 Kgs 25:11	Explanation of Twelve Psalms 43.54.5 · Ambrose	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 387-397
2 Kgs 25:11	City of God 18.25 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	413–426

2 Kings 25:13

Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried the bronze to Babylon.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Kgs 25:13	Commentary on Daniel 1.3 · Hippolytus of Rome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 202-204
2 Kgs 25:13	Preparation for the Gospel 9.39.5 · Eusebius of Caesarea	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 313–324
2 Kgs 25:13	Oration 5.2 · Gregory of Nazianzus	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 362–383
2 Kgs 25:13–17	Commentary on Jeremiah 5.54 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 414-419
2 Kgs 25:13–15	Part 2, chapter 33 · Quodvultdeus of Carthage	allusion, high confidence	ca. 445-450

2 Kings 25:15

The captain of the guard also took away the censers and sprinkling bowls—anything made of pure gold or fine silver.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Kgs 25:15	On the Duties of the Clergy 2.28 · Ambrose	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 386–390

2 Kings 25:27

On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Judah’s King Jehoiachin, in the year Evil-merodach became king of Babylon, he released King Jehoiachin of Judah from prison.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Kgs 25:27	Commentary on Daniel 1.2 · Hippolytus of Rome	quotation, medium confidence	ca. 202-204
2 Kgs 25:27	Commentary on Daniel 3.14 · Hippolytus of Rome	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 202-204
2 Kgs 25:27	Preparation for the Gospel 9.40.3 · Eusebius of Caesarea	echo, medium confidence	ca. 313–324
2 Kgs 25:27	Preparation for the Gospel 9.41.4 · Eusebius of Caesarea	echo, medium confidence	ca. 313–324
2 Kgs 25:27	Commentary on Daniel 5, scholion 1 · Polychronius of Apamea	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 400-430
2 Kgs 25:27	Commentary on Jeremiah 5.48 · Jerome	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 414-419

2 Kings 25:28

And he spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and set his throne above the thrones of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Kgs 25:28	On the Destruction of Jerusalem 5.22 · Anonymous	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370