Solomon commanded Asmodeus and bound him to labor in the construction of the Temple.
Solomon's foreign wives introduced Asherah worship into Jerusalem, and asherah poles were erected at the Temple itself. Successive kings alternately promoted and destroyed her cult objects (1 Kings 15, 2 Kings 21).
According to 1 Kings 11, Solomon built a high place for Astarte (called Ashtoreth) on the Mount of Olives, drawn to her worship by his foreign wives from Sidon.
In the Testament of Solomon, Beelzeboul (the demonized form of Baal-Zebub) appears as the prince of demons whom Solomon interrogates and binds using his divine ring.
In 1 Kings 11:7, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh on the hill east of Jerusalem to please his Moabite wives. King Josiah later destroyed this shrine during his reforms.
Yahweh granted Solomon extraordinary wisdom and Solomon built the First Temple in Jerusalem as the dwelling place for Yahweh's name (1 Kings 3-8).
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