Judges 8 in the early church

12 passages quote, allude to, or echo Judges 8, 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 · 12 · 21 · 24 · 26 · 28 · 30

Judges 8:1

Then the men of Ephraim said to Gideon, “Why have you done this to us? Why did you fail to call us when you went to fight against Midian?” And they contended with him violently.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Judg 8:1–12	Judges, lines 349–373 · Cyprianus Gallus	allusion, high confidence	early 5th cent.

Judges 8:12

When Zebah and Zalmunna fled, Gideon pursued and captured these two kings of Midian, routing their entire army.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Judg 8:12–21	Judges, lines 374–398 · Cyprianus Gallus	allusion, high confidence	early 5th cent.

Judges 8:21

Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Get up and kill us yourself, for as the man is, so is his strength.” So Gideon got up and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent ornaments from the necks of their camels.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Judg 8:21	Question 115, section 23 · Ambrosiaster	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–384

Judges 8:24

Then he added, “Let me make a request of you, that each of you give me an earring from his plunder.” (For the enemies had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Judg 8:24	Homilies on Exodus 13.5 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Judg 8:24–27	On Apostate Kings 1 · Lucifer of Cagliari	quotation, high confidence	ca. 356–361

Judges 8:26

The weight of the gold earrings he had requested was 1,700 shekels, in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple garments of the kings of Midian, and the chains from the necks of their camels.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Judg 8:26	Question 115, section 23 · Ambrosiaster	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 370–384

Judges 8:28

In this way Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again. So the land had rest for forty years in the days of Gideon,
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Judg 8:28	To Autolycus 3.24 · Theophilus of Antioch	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 180–185
Judg 8:28	Miscellanies 1.21.110 · Clement of Alexandria	allusion, high confidence	ca. 198–203
Judg 8:28	Preparation for the Gospel 10.14.3 · Eusebius of Caesarea	allusion, high confidence	ca. 313–324
Judg 8:28	On Apostate Kings 1 · Lucifer of Cagliari	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 356–361

Judges 8:30

Gideon had seventy sons of his own, since he had many wives.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Judg 8:30–31	Fragment 26 · Julius Africanus	allusion, high confidence	after 221
Judg 8:30	Letter 65.10 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419