Revelation 9:11

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9 And they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was ^alike the sound of chariots with many horses running into battle.

10 They had tails like scorpions, and there were stings in their tails. Their power was to hurt men five months.

11 And they had as king over them ^athe angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew is¹ Abaddon, but in Greek he has the name² Apollyon.

12 ^aOne woe is past. Behold, still two more woes are coming after these things.

Sixth Trumpet: The Angels from the Euphrates

13 Then the sixth angel sounded: And I heard a voice from the four horns of the ^agolden altar which is before God,

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Revelation 9:11

A king over them - A supreme head; some think Mohammed, some think Vespasian.

The angel of the bottomless pit - The chief envoy of Satan.

Abaddon - From abad , he destroyed.

Apollyon - From , intensive, and , to destroy. The meaning is the same both in the Hebrew and Greek.

Other Adam Clarke entries containing Revelation 9:11:

Job 28:22
Matthew 18:11
Revelation 11:14
Revelation 16:5

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Sixth Trumpet: The Angels from the Euphrates

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