After Asmodeus had been bound, Solomon summoned again to stand before him,
Beelzeboul, the prince of demons. And he sat him down on a raised seat of honour, and said to him:
"Why are you alone, O prince of the demons?" And the demon said to him: "Because I alone am left of
the angels of heaven that came down, For I was an angel in the first heaven. And now I control all
those who are bound in Tartarus. But I too have a child, and he haunts the Red Sea. He is subject to
me, and comes up to me on occasions and reveals to me what he has done, and I support him".
Solomon said unto him: "Beelzeboul, what is your duty, what are your inclinations?" And the demon
answered him: "I destroy kings. I ally myself with foreign tyrants. And my own demons I set on to
men, so that they may believe in them and be lost. The servants of God, the priests and faithful men,
I rouse in them, desires for wicked sins, lawless deeds, and evil heresies. Fickle men that they
are, they obey me, and are led to destruction. I fill men with envy, and the desire for murder,
for wars, for sodomy, and other evil things. Hear me now, I shall detroy the world."
So Solomon said to him: "Bring to me your child, who, as you say, is in the Red Sea."
But Beelzeboul said to him: "I will not bring him to you. But there shall come another demon,
one of the wind, called Ephippas. Him will I bind, and him will I bring up from the deep."
And Solomon asked: "How is it that your son resides in the depth of the sea,
and what is his name?" "And the demon answered: "Do not ask me, for you cannot learn that from me.
He will come to you by command, and will tell you openly."
So Solomon said to him: "Tell me, in which star do you reside?" And the demon answered: "The one men
call the Evening Star." And Solomon again said to him: "Tell me by what angel you are frustrated."
And the demon answered: "By the holy name of the Almighty God. If I be commanded
by the great name of the power Eleéth, I disappear at once.
Solomon was astounded when he heard this, and ordered him to saw up the Theban marbles.
When the other demons saw Beelzeboul, they cried out with a loud voice, howling because of their
king." Solomon questioned him, saying: "If you would have the chance, would you tell about the
things in heaven?" And Beelzeboul said: "Hear, O king, if you burn gum, incense, and sea-bulbs,
with nard and saffron, and light seven lamps during an earthquake, you shall firmly build your
house. And being pure, if you light the 7 lamps at dawn when the sun rises, then you will see the
heavenly dragons, how they wind themselves along, and drag the chariot of the sun."
Having heard this, Solomon believed Beelzeboul was mocking him, and rebuked him, saying:
"Be Silent this very moment, and continue to saw the marbles as I commanded you".
And by the divine power vested in him, the demon obeyed.
To the Jews, Beelzeboul is the same as Satan, as well as the Cannanite god Ba-al.
Some say that Satan and Lucifer are the same, but many others believe they are not one, but are two
separate beings, although they were both cast from heaven and rule over hell.
It is believed Satan is Baal-beelzebub, the cannanite lord of the flies and dung,
while Lucifer is , well Lucifer, the morning star, the fallen seraphim.