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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."
(Translation suggestions: How to Translate Names)
(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.