2 Kings 7 in the early church
[LXX: 4 Kingdoms; Vulgate: 4 Kings]
16 passages quote, allude to, or echo 2 Kings 7, 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 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 16 · 17
2 Kings 7:1
Then Elisha said, “Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the LORD says: ‘About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, a seah of fine flour will sell for a shekel, and two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel.’”
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Kgs 7:1 | Prophetic Extracts 4.0 · Eusebius of Caesarea | allusion, medium confidence | before 325 (probably ca. 310–320) |
| 2 Kgs 7:1 | On the Destruction of Jerusalem 5.16 · Anonymous | quotation, high confidence | ca. 370 |
| 2 Kgs 7:1 | On the Duties of the Clergy 3.20 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 386–390 |
| 2 Kgs 7:1–16 | Against Jovinianus 2.29 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | 393 |
2 Kings 7:2
But the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” replied Elisha, “but you will not eat any of it.”
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Kgs 7:2 | On the Duties of the Clergy 3.20 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 386–390 |
2 Kings 7:3
Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate, and they said to one another, “Why just sit here until we die?
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Kgs 7:3 | On the Duties of the Clergy 3.20 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 386–390 |
2 Kings 7:4
If we say, ‘Let us go into the city,’ we will die there from the famine in the city; but if we sit here, we will also die. So come now, let us go over to the camp of the Arameans. If they let us live, we will live; if they kill us, we will die.”
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Kgs 7:4 | On the Duties of the Clergy 3.20 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 386–390 |
2 Kings 7:6
For the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel must have hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to attack us.”
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Kgs 7:6 | On the Destruction of Jerusalem 5.2 · Anonymous | allusion, high confidence | ca. 370 |
| 2 Kgs 7:6 | On the Destruction of Jerusalem 5.16 · Anonymous | allusion, high confidence | ca. 370 |
| 2 Kgs 7:6 | On the Duties of the Clergy 3.20 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 386–390 |
2 Kings 7:7
Thus the Arameans had arisen and fled at twilight, abandoning their tents and horses and donkeys. The camp was intact, and they had run for their lives.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Kgs 7:7 | On the Duties of the Clergy 3.20 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 386–390 |
2 Kings 7:8
When the lepers reached the edge of the camp, they went into a tent to eat and drink. Then they carried off the silver, gold, and clothing, and went and hid them. On returning, they entered another tent, carried off some items from there, and hid them.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Kgs 7:8 | On the Duties of the Clergy 3.20 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 386–390 |
2 Kings 7:9
Finally, they said to one another, “We are not doing what is right. Today is a day of good news. If we are silent and wait until morning light, our sin will overtake us. Now, therefore, let us go and tell the king’s household.”
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Kgs 7:9 | On the Duties of the Clergy 3.20 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 386–390 |
2 Kings 7:16
Then the people went out and plundered the camp of the Arameans. It was then that a seah of fine flour sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley sold for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Kgs 7:16 | Homilies on the Psalms 32.6 · Basil of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 360-378 |
| 2 Kgs 7:16 | On the Duties of the Clergy 3.20 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 386–390 |
2 Kings 7:17
Now the king had appointed the officer on whose arm he leaned to be in charge of the gate, but the people trampled him in the gateway, and he died, just as the man of God had foretold when the king had come to him.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Kgs 7:17 | On the Duties of the Clergy 3.20 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 386–390 |