King
![{{en|Meeting of three kings in Potsdam and Charlottenburg, 1709. Frederick I. in Prussia -- August II. (the Strong), King of Poland and Elector of Saxony -- Frederick IV. of Denmark {{de|Treffen der drei Könige in Potsdam und Charlottenburg, 1709. Friedrich I. in Preußen -- August II. (der Starke), König von Polen und Kurfürst von Sachsen -- Friedrich IV. von Dänemark Meeting of three kings in Potsdam and Charlottenburg, 1709, by Samuel Theodor Gericke](/bundles/ncbsw/media/Konigstreffen_1709.webp)
In Genesis 14:1, kings signify apparent goods and truths having the upper hand. In the next verse, they stand for the dominant evils and falsities against which the Lord fought as he passed He grew up on Earth.
In Genesis 14:3, we see that these evils and falsities were unclean; and in Genesis 14:4, that they burst forth later. (Arcana Coelestia 1661-1664).
In Genesis 14:14-15, this signifies that the Lord gained victory over them the evils represented earlier in the chapter. (Arcana Coelestia 1711-1715)
In Isaiah 33:17, a king signifies seeing genuine truth. (Apocalypse Explained 304[31])
In Revelation 9:11, a king signifies one who is in truth from an affection for what is good, and abstractly that truth itself -- here, in the opposite sense. (Apocalypse Revealed 440)
Isaiah 13:9-10
9
Behold, the day of Yahweh comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger; to make the land a desolation, and to destroy its sinners out of it.
10
For the stars of the sky and its constellations will not give their light. The sun will be darkened in its going forth, and the moon will not cause its light to shine.