Adonael is a protective name invoked against harmful spirits in the Testament of Solomon. Conybeare’s translation prints forms including Adônaêl. The name appears in the sequence where Solomon interrogates the thirty-six decans and learns what makes them retreat.
Metathiax and the tenth decan
In section 81 of this translation, the tenth spirit names itself Metathiax and claims to cause pain in the reins, an older term for the kidneys. It says that hearing a command addressed to Adônaêl to imprison Metathiax causes it to retreat.
The protective name belongs to the spirit’s reported answer. The passage does not introduce Adonael in a separate scene as a speaking character, describe an appearance or give a rank in a complete angelic hierarchy.
The thirteenth decan
Section 84 gives another occurrence. Here the spirit calls itself Bobêl, marked sic in the translation, and claims to cause nervous illness. The repelling formula names the great Adonaêl and asks for the imprisonment of Bothothêl. Those different demon names are part of the wording of the inspected edition and should remain visible rather than be silently harmonized.
In these two episodes, the text presents Adonael as an authority invoked to restrain spirits. The illnesses belong to the Testament’s narrative and its religious understanding of affliction; they are not medical diagnoses or treatments. Other figures, including Abezethibou, occur elsewhere in the same work.
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