Slaughter
In Genesis 14:17, this signifies the liberation and vindication of the apparent good and truth represented by Abram here. (Arcana Coelestia 1722)
In Zechariah 11:4, this signifies people who are in good but led astray by falsities of doctrine. (Apocalypse Explained 315[11])
In Isaiah 30:25, this signifies the Last Judgment when the wicked perish spiritually. (Apocalypse Explained 315[15])
'Slaughter' signifies perdition and damnation. 'Slaughter' and 'a storm of slaughter,' signifies evils which destroy the goods of the church. 'The day of great slaughter' stands for the last judgment.
(सन्दर्भ: Apocalypse Explained 315)
Arcana Coelestia #1721
1721. That 'the king of Sodom went out to meet him' means that the evil and falsity submitted to Him is clear from the meaning of 'the king of Sodom' as the evil and falsity against which the conflict took place, and from the meaning of 'going out to meet' as submitting. Mention is made here of the king of Sodom because of this point occurring in the sequence of thought, that the evil and falsity submitted themselves to Him; but that king is not specifically the subject until verse 21 below.
