'Poor' signifies someone who is not in truths, and people who are ignorant of good and truth, but desire instruction.

(Referências: Heaven and Hell 420)

1671. 'Chedorlaomer came' means apparent good in the External Man. This is clear from the meaning of 'Chedorlaomer', dealt with in the previous verse, as apparent good and truth - here good alone, because the words are also added, 'and the kings who were with him', by whom truth is meant.