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Any wicked man. Shimei so called David (2 Sam. xvi. 7), The ungodly are called “children of Belial,” or “sons of Belial.” The word Belial means worthlessness.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.