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)
Ezekiel 29:3-5
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Speak and say, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lies in the midst of his rivers, that has said, 'My river is my own, and I have made it for myself.'
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I will put hooks in your jaws, and I will make the fish of your rivers stick to your scales; and I will bring you up out of the midst of your rivers, with all the fish of your rivers which stick to your scales.
5
I'll cast you forth into the wilderness, you and all the fish of your rivers. You'll fall on the open field. You won't be brought together, nor gathered. I have given you for food to the animals of the earth and to the birds of the sky.