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There was (ἐγένετο)
Lit., there arose.
War in heaven
Compare 1 Kings 22; Job 1, Job 2:1-13; Zec 3:1-10; Luk 10:18.
Michael
See Dan 10:13, Dan 10:21; Dan 12:1; and see on Jud 1:9.
Fought (ἐπολέμησαν)
The correct reading is τοῦ πολεμῆσαι to fight. So Rev., “going forth to war against the dragon (κατὰ τοῦ δράκοντος). The correct reading is μετά with.