sits “on” or “beside” many waters that are symbolic (17:1, 15), so she sits “on” the seven mountains whose symbolism receives clarification in the next clause. 17:10 The first clause of v. 10 gives the second meaning of the seven heads and tells what the seven mountains symbolize: καὶ βασιλεῖς ἑπτά εἰσιν (kai basileis hepta eisin, “and they are seven kings”). The view that takes these “head-kings” as the thoughts, plans, and designs that usurp the holy thoughts of God understands the number