2 Kings 1:3

Origen

• Origen, Against Celsus I.36Book I

  “And why should not those who desired to obtain auguries from idols be severely rebuked by the administrators of the law among the Jews?—as Elijah is found rebuking Ahaziah, and saying, “Is it because there is not a God in Israel that ye go to inquire of Baalzebub, god of Ekron?”” — editor's note: Cf. 2 Kings i. 3.

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Catena Aurea on Matthew

• JeromeCatena Aurea on Matthew

  “Beelzebub is the idol of Accaron who is called in the book of Kings, the God of flies; [2 Ki 1:3] ‘Bel,’ signifying, “idol;” ‘zebub,’ a “fly”.” — the author cites it

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John Cassian

• John Cassian, The Institutes I.1Book I

  “…“and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins;” and by this dress the king at once saw that it was the man of God, and said: “It is Elijah the Tishbite:” i.e., by the evidence of the girdle and the look of the hairy and unkempt body he recognized without the slightest doubt the man of God, because this was…” — editor's note: 2 Kings i. 1–8.

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• Matthew 3:4

  Cited together in The Institutes I.1.

• Matthew 10:24

  Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 10:24–25 (Catena Aurea).

• Matthew 10:25

  Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 10:24–25 (Catena Aurea).

• Acts 12:8

  Cited together in The Institutes I.1.

• Acts 21:11

  Cited together in The Institutes I.1.

• Deuteronomy 18:14

  Cited together in Against Celsus I.36.

• Deuteronomy 18:15

  Cited together in Against Celsus I.36.

• 1 Samuel 9:10

  Cited together in Against Celsus I.36.

• 1 Kings 14:12

  Cited together in Against Celsus I.36.