9 others in the registry answer to the name Pharaoh. Every Pharaoh in the Bible
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Pharaoh
פַּרְעֹהΦαραώ
Pharaoh, the Egyptian ruler who refused to release the Israelites from slavery, resulting in the ten plagues and the Exodus.
- verses
- 111
- first named
- Exodus 3:10
- last named
- Romans 9:17
- period
- Egypt and Wilderness
- tribe
- Egypt
Description
Who was Pharaoh?
This Pharaoh was the Egyptian ruler during the time of the Exodus (Exodus 3-14). When Moses and Aaron approached Pharaoh, demanding that he let the Israelites go, Pharaoh refused and increased their labor. God then sent a series of ten plagues upon Egypt, each time giving Pharaoh the opportunity to release the Israelites. However, Pharaoh repeatedly hardened his heart and refused to let them go until the tenth and final plague, the death of the firstborn.
After the death of his own firstborn son, Pharaoh finally relented and allowed the Israelites to leave Egypt. However, he soon changed his mind and pursued them with his army. God parted the Red Sea for the Israelites to cross on dry land, but when the Egyptian army attempted to follow, the sea closed in on them, drowning Pharaoh and his forces (Exo.14.28; Psalm Exo.136.15).
This Pharaoh is depicted as a stubborn and proud ruler who refused to acknowledge the power and authority of the God of Israel. His story serves as a reminder of God's sovereignty and His ability to deliver His people from oppression (Rom.9.17). The Bible does not provide the specific name or historical identity of this Pharaoh, but some scholars suggest that he may have been Amenhotep II, Thutmose III, or Ramesses II, based on the historical and archaeological evidence.
Relations
Direct connections
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The 10 best-attested of 12 are drawn. All 12 are listed below.
Places
Where this happens
The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.
The pattern
Where Pharaoh is named
Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.
111 verses across 7 of 66 books; 59 write the name nowhere. Named in Exodus (97), Deuteronomy (7), 1 Samuel (2), 2 Kings (1), Nehemiah (1), Psalms (2) and Romans (1).
Read it
Where to read it
Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 111, across 7 books. The name is written 119 times in them.
Exodus97 verses
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Deuteronomy7 verses
1 Samuel2 verses
2 Kings1 verse
Nehemiah1 verse
Psalms2 verses
Romans1 verse
Onward
Where this page goes
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Where they appear
Chapter by chapter
Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.
- Exodus 4Pharaoh was warned to let Israel go and was told that his refusal would bring judgment on his firstborn son.
- Exodus 5Pharaoh refused to let Israel go, then ordered the straw removed while keeping the brick quota unchanged.
- Exodus 6Pharaoh was commanded to let Israel go out of Egypt, though Moses wondered why he would listen.
- Exodus 7Pharaoh heard Moses and Aaron, watched the staffs become serpents, and then went into his palace without taking the bloodied Nile to heart.
- Exodus 8Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron, asked for the frogs and flies to be removed, made promises, and hardened his heart each time.
- Exodus 9Pharaoh refuses to let Israel go, acknowledges his sin during the hail, and hardens his heart again when the storm stops.
- Exodus 10Pharaoh repeatedly bargains over who may go, confesses his sin when the locusts arrive, and refuses Israel’s release once they are gone.
- Exodus 11Pharaoh would not let Israel leave, and his heart was hardened against the wonders performed before him.
13 more chapters, from Exodus 12 to Romans 9
- Exodus 12Pharaoh rose amid Egypt’s wailing, summoned Moses and Aaron, ordered Israel to leave, and asked for a blessing.
- Exodus 13Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let Israel go, then let the people go.
- Exodus 14Pharaoh changed his mind, pursued Israel with his army, and lost his chariots, horsemen, and troops in the sea.
- Exodus 15Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and horsemen went into the sea and were covered when the waters returned.
- Exodus 18Pharaoh was named in Moses’ account of the LORD’s deliverance of Israel.
- Deuteronomy 6Pharaoh and all his household receive great and devastating signs and wonders.
- Deuteronomy 7Pharaoh is remembered as the king of Egypt from whose hand the LORD brought the people out.
- Deuteronomy 11Pharaoh’s army, horses, and chariots pursued Israel before the waters of the Red Sea engulfed them.
- 1 Samuel 6Pharaoh was recalled as one who hardened his heart when the LORD afflicted Egypt.
- 2 Kings 17Pharaoh was king of Egypt when Israel was brought out from under his hand.
- Psalms 135Pharaoh and all his servants face signs and wonders sent into Egypt.
- Psalms 136Pharaoh and his army were swept into the Red Sea.
- Romans 9Pharaoh is raised up so that power may be displayed in him and the name of God proclaimed throughout the earth.
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