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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: egypt, king)

Bible References:

• Acts 07:9-10
• Acts 07:11-13
• Acts 07:20-21
• Genesis 12:14-16
• Genesis 40:6-8
• Genesis 41:25-26

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.