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 The '''sons of Belial''' are the seed of the [[fallen angel]] Belial, who sought to supplant the seed of Christ at every hand. In the Old Testament, ''belial'' is usually interpreted as a common noun meaning worthlessness, ungodliness, or wickedness. (Deut. 13:13; Judges 19:22; 20:13; I Samuel 2:12; 10:27; 25:17; II Samuel 23:6; I Kings 21:10, 13; II Chronicles 13:7). In II Cor. 6:l5, ''Belial'' is used as a proper name for a prince of demons.
-Some Jewish apocryphal works make Belial synonymous with [[Satan]], but this is actually, it is the name of a different fallen angel, whose sons took embodiment after the fall of [[Lucifer]].
+Some Jewish apocryphal works make Belial synonymous with [[Satan]], but this is actually the name of a different fallen angel, whose sons took embodiment after the fall of [[Lucifer]].
 Belial is described in Milton’s ''Paradise Lost'' as one of the fallen angels.