2 Samuel 20 in the early church

[LXX: 2 Kingdoms; Vulgate: 2 Kings]

5 passages quote, allude to, or echo 2 Samuel 20, 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 · 10 · 14 · 16

2 Samuel 20:1

Now a worthless man named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be there, and he blew the ram’s horn and shouted: “We have no share in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Every man to his tent, O Israel!”
BSB

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Sam 20:1	Apostolic Constitutions 6.2.4 · Anonymous	quotation, high confidence	ca. 380

2 Samuel 20:10

Amasa was not on guard against the dagger in Joab’s hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach and spilled out his intestines on the ground. And Joab did not need to strike him again, for Amasa was dead. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bichri.
BSB

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Sam 20:10	Question 113, section 4 · Ambrosiaster	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–384
2 Sam 20:10	Apostolic Constitutions 7.5.5 · Anonymous	allusion, high confidence	ca. 380

2 Samuel 20:14

Sheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel-beth-maacah and through the entire region of the Berites, who gathered together and followed him.
BSB

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Sam 20:14–22	Demonstration 14.11 · Aphrahat	quotation, high confidence	337-345

2 Samuel 20:16

a wise woman called out from the city, “Listen! Listen! Please tell Joab to come here so that I may speak with him.”
BSB

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
2 Sam 20:16–22	Letter 65.1 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419