Revelation 17:10

They are also seven kings; of whom five have fallen and one remains, while one is not yet come. When he comes, he must stay for a little while.

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In The King James Version

And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.

In Context

9(Here there is need for the discerning mind.) The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman is seated.

11So must the Beast that was, but is not. He counts as an eighth king, although he is one of the seven, and is on his way to destruction.

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Cross References

Revelation 13:12It exercises all the authority of the first Beast under its eyes; and it makes the earth and all who are living on it worship that first Beast, whose mortal wound was healed.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 17:8-14

The Fall of Babylon. ( a. d. 95.) 7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns. 8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. 9… Read the whole commentary →

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