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among certain sections of the jews, belial was considered the chief of all the devils. in the war of the sons of light and the sons of darkness (1qm), one of the dead sea scrolls, belial is the leader of the sons of darkness:

‘but for corruption thou hast made belial, an angel of hostility. all his dominions are in darkness, and his purpose is to bring about wickedness and guilt. all the spirits that are -ssociated with him are but angels of destruction.’

belial is also mentioned in the fragments of a zadokite work (which is also known as the damascus doc-ment (cd)), which states that at the time of the antichrist, “belial shall be let loose against israel, as g-d spake through isaiah the prophet.” (6:9). the fragments also speak of “three nets of belial” which are said to be fornication, wealth, and polution of the sanctuary. (6:10-11) in this work, belial is sometimes presented as an agent of divine punishment and sometimes as a rebel, as mastema is. it was belial who inspired the egyptian sorcerers, jochaneh and his brother, to oppose moses and aaron. the fragments also say that anyone who is ruled by the spirits of belial and speaks of rebellion should be condemned as a necromancer and wizard.

belial is also mentioned in the testament of the twelve patriarchs. the author of the work seems to be a dualist because he presents belial as g-d’s opponent, not as a servant, but does not mention how or why this came to be. simeon 5:3 says that fornication separates man from g-d and brings him near to beliar. levi tells his children to choose between the law of g-d and the works of beliar (levi 19:1) it also states that when the soul is constantly disturbed, the lord departs from it and beliar rules over it. naphtali (2:6, 3:1) contrasts the law and will of g-d with the purposes of beliar. also, in 20:2, joseph prophesies that when israel leaves egypt, they will be with g-d in light while beliar will remain in darkness with the egyptians. finally, the testament describes that when the messiah comes, the angels will punish the spirits of deceit and beliar (3:3) and that the messiah will bind beliar and give to his children the power to trample the evil spirits (18:12).

in the martyrdom of isaiah, belial is the angel of lawlessness and is the ruler of this world.

“and man-sseh turned aside his heart to serve beliar; for the angel of lawlessness, who is the ruler of this world, is beliar, whose name is matanbuchus.” – martyrdom of isaiah 2:4

in milton’s paradise lost

belial came last; than whom a spirit more lewd
fell not from heaven, or more gross to love,
vice for itself. to him no temple stood
or altar smoked; yet who more oft than he
in temples and at altars, when the priest
turns atheist, as did eli’s sons, who filled
with l-st and violence the house of g-d?
in courts and palaces he also reigns,
and in luxurious cities, where the noise
of riot ascends above their loftiest towers,
and injury and outrage; and, when night
darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons
of belial, flown with insolence and wine.
witness the streets of sodom, and that night
in gibeah, when the hospitable door
exposed a matron, to avoid worse rape.
-paradise lost, i. 490-504

belial appears later in mather’s translation of the goetia: the lesser key of solomon as the 68th spirit.
belial, lucifer, satan and leviathan are the four princes of h-ll.
the kind of person that has to be better than everyone else. because of this quality, the belials struggles to make friends and insists on being an -sshole to everyone he meets.

helpful tip: if you ever find yourself talking to a belials, make sure to let him think he is better than you. doing otherwise will prove unsuccessful.
examples:
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you—– “oh look! i found a dollar on the ground, sweet!”
belials—“that’s nothing one time i found 72 dollars on the ground…”

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you—–” awesome! i just got my black belt after all these years of hard work.

belials–” i got 3 black belts in 2 months, i’m way better than you”
one of the devils commanders; also my co-worker, hardcore gamer. player of ragnorok online.
dude: that belial is totally kicking -ss in r/o, i mean whats the deal? does he have a pact with satan?

2nd dude: yeah he does. you should see him play diablo2, its insane!
love-making genius
<3 belial mean-spirited b-st-rd muchos haet for belial deformed killed in the 1980's horror flick basket case. belial was formerly a seimese twin, attatched to his brother, duane. as a child, they were sperated and now that belial has grown older, he seeks to murder the doctors who performed the operation that separted him and his brother. d-mn, belial is f-cking awesome. did you see how he stuck surgical instruments into that girls face?