The Bible

Genesis 1:15

¹⁵ And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

The Bible

2 Kings 19:14

¹⁴ And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.

Commentary

Spreading themselves

'Spreading themselves on the earth,' as in Genesis 8:17, signifies the internal self operating on the external.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 913)