# Beliar

Source: https://enocharchive.com/characters/beliar (Enoch Archive).

In the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, Beliar gives seven spirits against man that are chief of the works of youth. Fornication is the mother of all evils, separating from God and bringing near to Beliar, and it makes a man a reproach and laughing-stock with Beliar and the sons of men. If fornication overcome not the mind, neither shall Beliar overcome.

In the Ascension of Isaiah Beliar is the angel of lawlessness who is the ruler of this world and whose name is Matanbûchis. He dwells in Manasseh and in the hearts of the princes of Judah and Benjamin, causes abandonment of the true faith in Jerusalem, and is in great wrath against Isaiah by reason of the vision.

**books:** The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs; The Ascension of Isaiah