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Revelation 12:6 KJV
Revelation · chapter 12 · verse 6
And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.Revelation 12:6 · King James Version
Revelation 12:6 in context
4And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
5And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
6And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
7And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
8And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
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Key words (Strong's)
- wildernesserēmossolitary, lonely, desolate, uninhabited, used of places, a desert, wilderness, deserted…G2048 →
- threescorehexēkontasixtyG1835 →
- preparedhetoimazōto make ready, prepare, to make the necessary preparations, get everything ready…G2090 →
- thousandchilioia thousandG5507 →
- hundreddiakosioitwo hundredG1250 →
- womangynēa woman of any age, whether a virgin, or married, or a widow, a wife, of a betrothed womanG1135 →
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Here we see that early prophecy eminently fulfilled in which God said he would put enmity between the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent, Gen 3:15. You will observe, I. The attempts of Satan and his agents to prevent the increase of the church, by devouring her offspring as soon as it was born;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-11