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Pharaoh, king of Egypt

Facts:

In ancient times, the kings who ruled over the country of Egypt were called pharaohs.

  • Altogether, over 300 pharaohs ruled Egypt for more than 2,000 years.
  • These Egyptians kings were very powerful and wealthy.
  • Several of these pharaohs are mentioned in the Bible.
  • Often this title is used as a name rather than as a title. In these cases, it is capitalized and written as, "Pharaoh."

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(See also: other/egypt · other/king)

Bible References:

Examples from the Bible stories:

  • 08:06 One night, the Pharaoh, which is what the Egyptians called their kings, had two dreams that disturbed him greatly.
  • __08:08__Pharaoh was so impressed with Joseph that he appointed him to be the second most powerful man in all of Egypt!
  • 09:02 So the Pharaoh who was ruling over Egypt at that time made the Israelites slaves to the Egyptians.
  • 09:13"I will send you to Pharaoh so that you can bring the Israelites out of their slavery in Egypt."
  • 10:02 Through these plagues, God showed __Pharaoh __ that he is more powerful than Pharaoh and all of Egypt's gods.