Editing Asmodeus (section)

{{Short description|King of demons from the Book of Tobit}}
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[[File:asmodeus.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Asmodeus as depicted in [[Collin de Plancy]]'s ''[[Dictionnaire Infernal]]'']]
'''Asmodeus''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|æ|z|m|ə|ˈ|d|iː|ə|s}}; {{langx|grc|Ἀσμοδαῖος}}, ''Asmodaios'') or '''Ashmedai''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|æ|ʃ|m|ɪ|ˌ|d|aɪ}}; {{langx|he|אַשְמְדּאָי|ʾAšmədāy}}; {{langx|ar|آشماداي}}; see [[#Etymology|below]] for other variations) is a king of [[demon]]s in the legends of [[Solomon]] and the constructing of [[Solomon's Temple]].<ref name=Brit>"Asmodeus" in ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica|The New Encyclopædia Britannica]]''. Chicago: [[Encyclopædia Britannica Inc.]], 15th edn., 1992, Vol. 1, p. 635.</ref>

He is featured variously in [[Talmud]]ic stories where he is the king of the ''[[shedim]]''. The [[Quran]] refers to a "puppet" in the [[Solomon in Islam|Story of Solomon]] in [[Ṣād (surah)|Surah Ṣād]] verses 30-40, which is according to the ''[[tafsir|mufassirūn]]'' (authorized exegetes of the Quran) referring to the demon-king Asmodeus (Sakhr).<ref>Nünlist, T. (2015). Dämonenglaube im Islam. Deutschland: De Gruyter. p. 156 (German)</ref>

In Christianity, Asmodeus is mostly known from the [[Deuterocanonical books|deuterocanonical]] [[Book of Tobit]]. He is the primary [[antagonist]] and disrupts the marriages of Sarah.<ref name=Brit/><ref>{{cite web
| date = 25 March 2003
| title = Asmodeus/Asmoday
| work = Judeo-Christian Demons
| publisher = Deliriumsrealm.com
| url = http://www.deliriumsrealm.com/97/asmodeus/
| access-date = 2009-03-04}}</ref> [[Binsfeld's classification of demons|Peter Binsfeld classifies]] Asmodeus as the "demon of [[lust]]".