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They had breastplates, like breastplates of iron. The sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots, or of many horses rushing to war. 10 They have tails like those of scorpions, and stings. In their tails they have power to harm men for five months. 11 They have over them as king the angel of the abyss. His name in Hebrew is “Abaddon”,[a] but in Greek, he has the name “Apollyon”.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 9:11 “Abaddon” is a Hebrew word that means “ruin”, “destruction”, or “the place of destruction”
  2. 9:11 “Apollyon” means “Destroyer”.