Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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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