2 Samuel 13 in the early church
[LXX: 2 Kingdoms; Vulgate: 2 Kings]
32 passages quote, allude to, or echo 2 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: 1 · 2 · 14 · 15 · 18 · 19 · 28 · 29
2 Samuel 13:1
After some time, David’s son Amnon fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of David’s son Absalom.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Sam 13:1 | Commentary on the Song of Songs 0.68 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 240–245 (Rufinus's translation ca. 410) |
| 2 Sam 13:1–29 | Demonstration 14.40 · Aphrahat | allusion, high confidence | 337-345 |
| 2 Sam 13:1–29 | Demonstration 18.9 · Aphrahat | allusion, high confidence | 337-345 |
| 2 Sam 13:1 | Explanation of Twelve Psalms 37.20.5 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 387-397 |
| 2 Sam 13:1–29 | Commonitorium 1.361–390 · Orientius of Auch | allusion, high confidence | ca. 420-450 |
| 2 Sam 13:1–29 | Part 2, chapter 26 · Quodvultdeus of Carthage | allusion, high confidence | ca. 445-450 |
2 Samuel 13:2
Amnon was sick with frustration over his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed implausible for him to do anything to her.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Sam 13:2 | Commentary on the Song of Songs 0.68 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 240–245 (Rufinus's translation ca. 410) |
2 Samuel 13:14
But Amnon refused to listen to her, and being stronger, he violated her and lay with her.
2 Samuel 13:15
Then Amnon hated Tamar with such intensity that his hatred was greater than the love he previously had. “Get up!” he said to her. “Be gone!”
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Sam 13:15 | Commentary on the Song of Songs 0.68 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 240–245 (Rufinus's translation ca. 410) |
2 Samuel 13:18
So Amnon’s attendant threw her out and bolted the door behind her. Now Tamar was wearing a robe of many colors, because this is what the king’s virgin daughters wore.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Sam 13:18 | Letter 130.2 · Jerome | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 370–419 |
2 Samuel 13:19
And Tamar put ashes on her head and tore her robe. And putting her hand on her head, she went away crying aloud.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Sam 13:19 | Letter 64.3 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| 2 Sam 13:19 | Commentary on Jeremiah 1.47 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | ca. 414-419 |
2 Samuel 13:28
Now Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike Amnon down, you are to kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant!”
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Sam 13:28 | Letters to Virgins 2.11.1 · Anonymous | allusion, high confidence | 3rd century |
| 2 Sam 13:28 | Commentary on Romans 11:11 · Ambrosiaster | allusion, high confidence | ca. 366–384 |
| 2 Sam 13:28–29 | On Cain and Abel 2.26 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 375-378 |
| 2 Sam 13:28 | Eleven Tractates 8.121 · Priscillian | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 380–385 |
| 2 Sam 13:28 | Explanation of Twelve Psalms 37.20.5 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 387-397 |
2 Samuel 13:29
So Absalom’s young men did to Amnon just as Absalom had ordered. Then all the other sons of the king got up, and each one fled on his mule.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Sam 13:29 | Exposition of Psalm 118 15.19.1 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 386-397 |
| 2 Sam 13:29 | On the Governance of God 2.21 · Salvian of Marseilles | allusion, high confidence | ca. 439-451 |