Where the Fathers quote 2Sam 18
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52Sam 18:5
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:549…gave many orders to the generals marching out on behalf of the tyrant, and restrained those who were eager to kill him, saying, “Spare the young man Absalom” (2 Sam. 18.5); and when he had fallen, he mourned, a…
92Sam 18:9
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:1463…no way whatsoever existed by the impulse of his will brought forth the heaven and the earth and the sea and all things in them and did not require matter that did not yet exist nor…
Theophilus of Antioch d. c. 190PG 6:425…for moses as we wrote before says in the beginning god created the heaven and the earth and the earth was invisible and unformed and the spirit of god was borne above the waters in imitation…
Theophilus of Antioch d. c. 190PG 6:1081…man and his being placed in paradise when god had thus finished the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them on the sixth day he rested on the seventh day…
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:297…made them through himself this is through his word and his wisdom the heaven and the earth and the seas and all that is in them this is the just one this is the good one…
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:549…their disciples the faith in one god the father almighty who made the heaven and the earth and the seas and all that is in them and in one christ jesus the son of god who…
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:821…them by himself that is by his word and by his wisdom the heaven and the earth and the seas and all things which are in them this is the just one this is the good…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1463…dry c for he speaks thus yet once more i will shake the heaven and the earth and the dry land and the sea just as he himself relegates the explanation of the myth in plato…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1811…the unjust guile of droserius for scripture says that god first created the heaven and the earth and then it existed for it did not say in the beginning the earth was but in the beginning…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:93…c extending from the knees to the soles of the feet situated between the heaven and the earth and containing the world in the middle a body held and contained by it as is shown by…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:777…hear the prophet haggai saying yet once more and i will shake the heaven and the earth and the sea and the dry ground you see how the prophet places land as one thing and dry…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:47…the hour of his judgment has come and worship him who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and the fountains of waters since therefore according to one interpretation we have shown that the…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1371…much more magnificent and excellent work of god than to have created the heaven and the earth and the celestial powers samaritans and sadducees denied the resurrection and note saturnilus basilides cerdo marcion and other heretics…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:145…chapter i genesis h h symmachus h in the beginning god created the heaven and the earth and the earth was idle and indistinct and darkness lay upon the face of the abyss and the spirit…
Methodius of Olympus d. c. 311PG 18:157…from this number for in the number of six days god created the heaven and the earth and the things that are in them containing within itself the senary number by the reason of the creative…
Eustathius of Antioch c. 270 - c. 337PG 18:709…maker of the universe for he says in the beginning god created the heaven and the earth and many of the greeks having dared to assert the opposite were cast headlong into the deep of ignorance…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 21:1107…and an intelligible light for in the beginning it says god created the heaven and the earth and the earth was invisible then it adds and god said let there be light and there was light…
Caesarius of Nazianzus c. 330-368/369PG 38:907…perceived by way of comparison for if we are unable to see the heaven and the earth and the sea in their entirety as they are by nature how shall we be able to see our…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:627…and have a beginning of existing for in the beginning god created the heaven and the earth and the things that are in them but the holy spirit is from god and is so called as…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:671…his own power for as moses said in the beginning god created the heaven and the earth and in the image of god created god man so also daniel c spoke boldly to darius saying i…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:57…confirms this argument in which it is said master you who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them who by the holy spirit through the mouth of our…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:251…baptism for god himself our father of all in six days made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all things that are in them for he himself adorned the heaven with the sun…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:511…world the great servant moses speaks thus in the beginning god created the heaven and the earth and the earth was invisible and unfinished and darkness was upon the abyss and the spirit of god moved…
Pseudo-Clement of Rome 3rd-4th c. (pseudonymousPG 2:291…for so the prophet moses has said in the beginning god created the heaven and the earth and the earth was invisible and unformed and darkness was upon the abyss and the spirit of god was…
Gregory of Nazianzus c. 329–390PG 35:739…downward to the earth and study the laws of created things for the heaven and the earth and the sea and this whole universe this great and famous element of god by which god is also…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 45:1313…and at other times he is perceived as being conjoined for if the heaven and the earth and the creation were made without the spirit…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:195…not the case it would have sufficed to say and god made the heaven and the earth and the rest and again at the command of god the firmament was made and again god divided furthermore…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:495…strengthened by the holy spirit for the apostles say master who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all things that are in them who by the holy spirit and by the mouth…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:533…apostles and their disciples in one god the father almighty who made the heaven and the earth and the seas and all things that are in them and in one christ jesus the son of god…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 42:55…myths set out to extinguish the truth among men for he created the heaven and the earth and the light and the things that are on the earth on the first day and he saw and…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 42:627…of god for they too worship the sun the moon the powers the heaven and the earth and the other creatures nor does the marvelous excellence of created things bring any diversity nor will the fact…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:737…teaching of the holy fathers d in the beginning when god created the heaven and the earth and the sea and all this visible creation he wondrously fashioned it out of four elements as i have…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:117…to provide all things to all speaks somehow thus god who made the heaven and the earth and the sea not being in need of anything himself giving to all life and breath and all things…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:33…the creation of these visible elements said in the beginning god created the heaven and the earth and the earth was invisible and unformed and we taught you the reason why and for what cause he…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:65…of the prophet it would have sufficed to say that god made the heaven and the earth and the sea and the animals without either setting the order of the days or what was created first…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:99…earth when it came to be in the day that god made the heaven and the earth and every herb of the field before it was upon the earth and all the grass of the field…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:587…in the eyes of god than all creation on account of whom the heaven and the earth and the sea and the rest of the body of creation were founded c man whose salvation god so…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:633…but by the mind led you around everywhere in the creation showing the heaven and the earth and the sea and lakes and springs and rivers and vast oceans and meadows and paradises and the crops…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:159…not see god but you see his creatures you see his works the heaven and the earth and the sea but he who loves if he sees the handiwork of the beloved if a shoe if…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:241…audience there the nations the earth born the rich the poor here the heaven and the earth and he introduces god himself judging and he moves such arguments from him defending his cause before the people…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:439…the legislator how were the jews able to believe that god made the heaven and the earth and all things that are in them unless he had first displayed in egypt the miracles that confirmed him…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:39…the testimonies which they bring to us in the beginning god made the heaven and the earth and the earth was invisible and uncomposed gen and there was a man from armathaim sipha kings these seem…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:611…case that the church lacks what moses wrote about these things about the heaven and the earth and the sea and the birds and the fishes and the quadrupeds and the reptiles and the plants and…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:689…creation of the world the first foundation of the creation god made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them ps to be brief he brought all other things into…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:33…my co worker but not a servant this is he who created the heaven and the earth and the cycle of the firmament on the things above…
Mark the Hermit fl. c. 400–430PG 65:1125…he did not say consider how great this man is who founded the heaven and the earth and the sea who knows the mind of men toward their own voluntary movements who apportions what is necessary…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:811…of all as one who is able to measure the water and the heaven and the earth and the mountains and the crags and who has knowledge of all things whatsoever even those that are inaccessible…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:843…those that were in the beginning saying in the beginning god created the heaven and the earth and the earth was invisible and unarranged and darkness was upon the abyss and he goes through the creation…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:1045…h vers for thus says the lord almighty yet once i shake the heaven and the earth and the sea and the dry land and i will shake all nations and the elect of all nations…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:1057…son of salathiel of the tribe of juda saying i will shake the heaven and the earth and the sea and the dry land and i will overturn the thrones of kings and i will destroy…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:675…by doing this he adds for in six days the lord made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them and rested on the seventh day therefore god blessed the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:575…god spoke to him face to face in the beginning god created the heaven and the earth and the earth was invisible and a uncompounded and darkness was upon the abyss and the spirit of god…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:581…and most unerring history of the truest realities for he stated that the heaven and the earth and the sun and the moon the stars and the light the winged creatures and the swimming creatures and…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:599…the visible gods but this creator is common to both who fashioned the heaven and the earth and the sea and among them generated the stars which are the archetypes of these in the intelligible realm…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:671…again for thus says the lord almighty yet once i will shake the heaven and the earth and the sea and the dry land and i will shake all the nations and there shall come the…
Gelasius of Cyzicus d. c. 450PG 85:1253…said there is one god he says who after he had fashioned the heaven and the earth and the sea and all things contained in them and had formed man from the earth sustained all things…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:963…with their horses but what he says yet once more i move the heaven and the earth and the sea and the dry land he did not state without cause but he renews the memory of…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1867…vers because thus says the lord almighty yet once i will shake the heaven and the earth and the sea and the dry land and i will shake all the nations and the elect of all…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1871…horses but as to what he says yet once more i shake the heaven and the earth and the sea and the dry land he did not say this without cause but he is renewing the…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:757…delivered to us in writing was that in the beginning god created the heaven and the earth and the other things that were said concerning creation vers through faith we understand that the worlds were framed…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:461…spoke thus blessed be abraham by the most high god who created the heaven and the earth and the patriarch himself said the same things to those from sodom i will stretch out my hand to…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:463…not exist and what things from what did exist for he made the heaven and the earth and the other elements from things that did not exist in the beginning he says god created the heaven…
Aeneas of Gaza c. 450 – c. 518PG 85:943…powers and no one was prompted to ask whence thus he made the heaven and the earth and the one he adorned with the stars and the other with plants do you see perhaps even the…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:75…mention them as distinct things saying yet once more i will shake the heaven and the earth and the sea and the dry land we stated however that it is the same thing called by a…
Gregentius of Taphar traditional dates c. 502-552PG 86:753…with all truth but the lord jesus christ with great wisdom made the heaven and the earth and the sea furthermore he has also fashioned the kingdom of the heavens and i myself know this therefore…
Justinian I 482–565PG 86:955…that this same thing happened in the creation itself for just as the heaven and the earth and the sun and the moon and all other things were created and after all these man who was…
Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:481…some are without succession co extending with the present age such as the heaven and the earth and the sun and the stars while others are corrupted and perish but are preserved by the succession of…
Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:75…so he himself cries out again for in six days god made the heaven and the earth and all things that are in them and likewise he says again and the heaven and the earth and…
Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:77…you to turn from these vanities to the living god who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all things in them but also the lord in the gospels says i confess to…
Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:155…universe and on the first day after having produced them along with the heaven and the earth and the elements he created the light first of all in their sight on the second day the firmament…
Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:379…womb but for you dearest one i will delineate the shape of the heaven and the earth and the firmament between them as well as the tabernacle constructed by moses which is a pattern of the…
Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:693…jesus christ who alone art good and loving to mankind who created the heaven and the earth and the sea do thou thyself look upon the prayer of thy servant by the good pleasure of thy…
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:293…devised for the governance of the world that is to say of the heaven and the earth and the sea for the twelve houses of the zodiac circle they recorded govern the earth and the sea…
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:493…the sovereign christ our true god the day on which he created the heaven and the earth and the day on which he granted to us the incorruptible and life giving resurrection…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 94:1535…in quality c and again we see the elements and the seasons the heaven and the earth and the sea always holding in the same way and night and day the motions of the sun and…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:795…she says to offer sacrifice to my lord jesus christ who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all things that exist in them but as for your gods the prophet has worthily…
Theophanes the Confessor 9th–10th c.PG 108:387…race was devised for the administration of the world that is of the heaven and the earth and the sea for they chronicled the twelve houses of the zodiacal circle that rules the earth and the…
Peter of Sicily 9th–10th c.PG 104:1325…the heavens and showing that he is the same who created c the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them by his word the same god also assumed flesh and…
Arethas of Caesarea c. 860 – after 932PG 106:683…the hour of his judgment has come and worship him who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and the fountains of waters the term mid heaven conveys a twofold meaning for it indicates…
John Geometres c. 935–c. 1000PG 106:837…the time is altogether consonant with the time of grace for now the heaven and the earth and the magnitude and beauty of this whole universe are being created with a new harmony and wisdom today…
Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 114:99…preserves thee and the saint said he is the god who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them who created and reshaped us unto whom the angels minister…
Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 115:235…mockery of your own lives having abandoned the true god who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them and worshipping stones the judge said to him do not…
Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 115:359…your foolish tradition but we glorify the only true god who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them but it is not fitting for you o emperor to…
Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 116:203…then lifting his eyes to heaven said o god who hast created the heaven and the earth and the sea and all things that are in them who knowest all things before the rising of them…
Menologium of Basil II compiled under Basil II, r. 976-1025PG 117:293…true god and taught that he himself is the one who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all things that are in them and that beside him there is no other god…
Symeon the New Theologian 949–1022PG 120:361…when you hear that god was made man he who made c the heaven and the earth and the sea and all things in their midst and things subject to the eyes and things that are…
Euthymius the Hagiorite c. 955-1028PG 96:905…the ministers of the majesty of god and then this visible world the heaven and the earth and the sea which he also adorned with light the heaven with the sun and moon and stars the…
Euthymius the Hagiorite c. 955-1028PG 96:1107…came into the world by the providence of god and having beheld the heaven and the earth and the sea the sun and the moon and the rest i marvelled at their adornment since i saw…
George Kedrenos fl. 11th c.PG 121:103…eternal power a fire lacking death more splendid than any flame this the heaven and the earth and the deep sea tremble at and the demons whom orcus holds in the lowest depths this is god…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 125:707…should turn from these vain institutions to the living god who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them vers who in the generations past allowed all nations to…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:607…they bring forward to us in the beginning he says god made the heaven and the earth and the earth was invisible and unformed and there was a man from ramathaim zophim these are what they…
John VI Kantakouzenos c. 1292–1383PG 154:655…divinity and the god seer moses says in the beginning god created the heaven and the earth and the prophet david says in wisdom you have made all things and by the word of the lord…
John VI Kantakouzenos c. 1292–1383PG 154:1125…said in many places of the alcoran we it says have created the heaven and the earth and what is between them not in vain and we justified man and we sent the son of mary…
Isidore Glabas c. 1342–1396PG 139:13…it b on the other hand if anyone were to contend that the heaven and the earth and the sea and all things whatsoever that preceded the virgin served as a kind of matter and were…
George Gemistos Plethon d. c. 1450PG 160:1011…to zeus zeus made all things and the works of zeus are the heaven and the earth and the gods and men and as many things as one must grasp in thought and as many as…
Prudentius Maranus 1683-1762PG 6:35…the world in the beginning saying thus 'in the beginning god created the heaven and the earth and the earth was invisible and unformed and darkness was upon the abyss and the spirit of god was…
OrigenesPG 16:2799…glory was rendered back to me to the most high who created the heaven and the earth and the seas and the rivers and all that is in them i confess and i praise because he…
Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:485…pass for thus saith the lord almighty yet once i will shake the heaven and the earth and the sea and the dry land and i will shake all nations and the elect of all nations…
Germanus I of ConstantinoplePG 98:151…great is the mystery of godliness would that it were possible for the heaven and the earth and the sea and all animals and the plants and whatever else exists to recount them both by voices…
142Sam 18:14
Manuel II Palaiologos 1350–1425PG 156:81…in the empire after his death and acknowledged him as an associate while he was yet alive in the year circa andronicus driven to frenzy by such ignominy fled to bajazet king of the turks and…
232Sam 18:23
OrigenesPG 16:111…hebraic text the hebrew and it happened that i ran by the way of the plain and the cushite passed by i saw a great multitude when the king s servant joab sent…
OrigenesPG 16:2195…garden through the gate between the two walls and he went out by the way of the plain and the army of the chaldeans pursued after them and overtook zedekiah in the plains of jericho and…
252Sam 18:25
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:75…one and your son is the dead one and they spoke before the king and the king said to them you say this is my son who is living and the son of this woman is…
Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 4:487…lord says to me that i will speak and micaiah came to the king and the king said to him micaiah shall i go up to ramoth gilead into battle or shall i refrain and he…
272Sam 18:27
OrigenesPG 16:2803…mention of daniel to him who was from the captivity of judea and the king said he is a man endowed with knowledge and wise and surpassing all the wise men of babylon and the holy…
282Sam 18:28
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:969…h joshua chapter vii h symmachus upon the earth upon his face before the lord another upon the earth upon his face before the ark of the lord i pray another…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1287…render me good for this cursing ii reg xix and semei fell upon his face before the king and said to the king b let not my lord impute iniquity nor remember all that your servant…
322Sam 18:32
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1243…a may the enemies of my lord the king and all who have risen against you for evil be as the lad abesalom and the king…