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What if the spirits that trouble a kingdom could be forced to build its Temple?
The Testament of Solomon opens with a boy whose wages and strength are stolen by a demon. According to the tale, the archangel Michael brings Solomon a ring that gives him power over spirits. The king sends the boy to bind Ornias, turning a servant’s suffering into a confrontation with the unseen.
Written in Solomon’s voice, this anonymous text follows the king as he questions spirits and compels them to build the Temple in Jerusalem. Ornias, Beelzeboul and Asmodeus reveal their powers and weaknesses. Traditionally attributed to Solomon, but regarded by scholars as a later work, it explores power, temptation and the pursuit of wisdom through religious folklore.
What you’ll discover
- A boy and a ring Follow a young servant as he carries the king’s ring to confront the demon stealing his strength.
- Names that reveal weaknesses Discover how each spirit names its harms and the angel or remedy that defeats it.
- The prince of demons Meet Beelzeboul, feared by other spirits and brought before Solomon to confess.
- An uncanny procession Encounter a headless spirit, a woman with donkey legs, and seven spirits bound together.
- Stones for the Temple Watch the tale turn supernatural power toward the hard labour of building in Jerusalem.
Who will love it
For readers curious about Solomon legends, ancient magic, early Christian folklore and the history of demonology. It suits anyone who loves strange catalogues and stories of spirits, angels and a king's power.
What’s inside
The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- A boy's wages and a stolen thing
- The ring binds the first demon
- Beelzeboul, prince of the demons
- A parade of demons, each with a weakness
- Seven spirits, thirty-six rulers and a spirit of three forms
- Stones for the Temple, and what the tale means
Who’s who
- SolomonThe king of Israel, who builds the Temple and tells the story himself, seeking power over the spirits that trouble his people.
- The boySolomon's young servant, whose wages and strength are drained by a demon, and who carries the ring to bind it.
- OrniasA thieving demon who preys on the boy, is the first to be bound, and is forced to haul stones.
- BeelzeboulThe prince of the demons, who is brought before the king and made to confess.
- MichaelThe archangel who brings Solomon the ring and seal, which give him power over every demon.
- AsmodeusA demon who harms marriages, forced to labour on the Temple and named as defeated by the angel Raphael.
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The Testament of Solomon
In this tale, Solomon receives a ring from heaven and commands demons to build the Temple.
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The Testament of Solomon is an ancient tale that treats King Solomon as a master of demons. It survives in Greek, in several manuscripts that differ from one another, and no author is known.
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A boy's wages and a stolen thing
The story opens while Solomon is building the Temple. The work is huge. He has a favourite among the boys who serve him, and he pays the child double wages and a double share of food. Yet the boy grows thin and pale. Solomon asks him what is wrong.
The boy explains that a demon visits him each evening. It takes away his pay and his food. Worse, it sucks the thumb of his right hand, and his strength drains away. The boy is afraid, and the king is troubled. The ruler of a nation and the builder of God's house cannot keep one child safe from a nightly thief.
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What is the Testament of Solomon about?
It tells how King Solomon receives a ring from God through the archangel Michael, uses it to bind demons, and has them build the Temple. Each demon names itself, its harm and the angel that defeats it.
Who wrote the Testament of Solomon and when?
No author is known. Scholars date its core roughly between the first and third centuries, with later additions, and they disagree on the details. It was written in Greek and attributed to Solomon.
Is the Testament of Solomon in the Bible?
No. It is a pseudepigraphon, a work attributed to a famous figure, and it was never part of the Jewish or Christian Bible. Some readers have still valued it as folklore and early demonology.
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