2 Samuel 14 in the early church

[LXX: 2 Kingdoms; Vulgate: 2 Kings]

13 passages quote, allude to, or echo 2 Samuel 14, 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 · 14 · 20 · 25 · 26 · 33

2 Samuel 14:1

Now Joab son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart longed for Absalom.
BSB

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Sam 14:1–24	Demonstration 14.11 · Aphrahat	allusion, high confidence	337-345
2 Sam 14:1–20	Letter 65.1 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419

2 Samuel 14:14

For we will surely die and be like water poured out on the ground, which cannot be recovered. Yet God does not take away a life, but He devises ways that the banished one may not be cast out from Him.
BSB

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Sam 14:14	Against Heresies 5.9.3 · Irenaeus of Lyons	allusion, low confidence	ca. 180–190
2 Sam 14:14	The Conferences 13.7 · John Cassian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 426–429

2 Samuel 14:20

Joab your servant has done this to bring about this change of affairs, but my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of the angel of God, to know everything that happens in the land.”
BSB

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Sam 14:20	PG 12:1295 (Ps 29 LXX) · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 220-254
2 Sam 14:20	Letter 216.1 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386–430

2 Samuel 14:25

Now there was not a man in all Israel as handsome and highly praised as Absalom. From the sole of his foot to the top of his head, he did not have a single flaw.
BSB

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Sam 14:25	Demonstration 14.29 · Aphrahat	allusion, high confidence	337-345
2 Sam 14:25	On the Duties of the Clergy 2.22 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386–390
2 Sam 14:25	Letters 23.20 · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, high confidence	ca. 394–413

2 Samuel 14:26

And when he cut the hair of his head—he shaved it every year because his hair got so heavy—he would weigh it out to be two hundred shekels, according to the royal standard.
BSB

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Sam 14:26	Homilies 20.1 · Basil of Caesarea	allusion, high confidence	ca. 363-378
2 Sam 14:26	Letters 23.19 · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, high confidence	ca. 394–413
2 Sam 14:26	Letters 23.20 · Paulinus of Nola	quotation, high confidence	ca. 394–413

2 Samuel 14:33

So Joab went and told the king, and David summoned Absalom, who came to him and bowed facedown before him. Then the king kissed Absalom.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Sam 14:33	Exposition of Psalm 118 15.19.1 · Ambrose	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 386-397