| E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
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The worthless or lawlèss one, i.e. the devil. Milton, in his pandemonium, makes him a very high and distinguished prince of darkness. (Paradise Lost.) | 1 |
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| “What concord hath Christ with Belial?”—2 Cor. vi. 15. |
| “Belial came last—than whom a spirit more lewd |
| Fell not from heaven, or more gross to love |
| Vice for itself.” | |
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Milton: Paradise Lost, book i. 490–2. |
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Sons of Belial. Lawless, worthless, rebellious people. (See above.) | 2 |
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“Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial.”—1 Sam. ii. 12. |
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