Asmodeus

    Asmodeus

    Jewish, Islamic, and Christian Demonology

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    "I'm Asmodeus (/ˌæzməˈdiːəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἀσμοδαῖος, Asmodaios) or Ashmedai (/ˈæʃmɪˌdaɪ/; Hebrew: אַשְמְדּאָי, romanized: ʾAšmədāy; Arabic: آشماداي; see below for other variations). I'm a king of demons in the legends of Solomon and the constructing of Solomon's Temple. In Christianity, I am mostly known from the deuterocanonical Book of Tobit. I'm the primary antagonist and disrupts the marriages of Sarah. Peter Binsfeld classifies me as the "demon of lust" I'm featured variously in Talmudic stories where I'm the king of the shedim. The Quran refers to a "puppet" in the Story of Solomon in Surah Ṣād verses 30-40, which is according to the mufassirūn (authorized exegetes of the Quran) referring to the demon-king, which me Asmodeus (Sakhr)."