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Surah 32:11 mentions the angel of death identified with Azrael. [17] Surah 6:61 mentions a multitude of angels of death interpreted as assistants of Azrael. [18] When the unbelievers in hell cry out for help, an angel, also identified with Azrael, will appear on the horizon and tell them that they have to remain. [19]
The destroying angel passes through Egypt. [1]In the Hebrew Bible, the destroying angel (Hebrew: מַלְאָך הַמַשְׁחִית, malʾāḵ hamašḥīṯ), also known as mashḥit (מַשְׁחִית mašḥīṯ, 'destroyer'; plural: מַשְׁחִיתִים, mašḥīṯīm, 'spoilers, ravagers'), is an entity sent out by God on several occasions to deal with numerous peoples.
According to The Expositor's Bible Commentary, Azazel is the Hebrew word for scapegoat. This is the only place that the Hebrew word is found in the whole Hebrew Old Testament. It says that the Book of Enoch, (extra-biblical Jewish theological literature, dated around 200 B.C.) is full of demonology and reference to fallen angels.
Aside from the redeemed, the transgressors and various angels mentioned in the Bible and other Hebrew literature, a number of specific figures and spirits are mentioned as residing in the Third Heaven. According to The Legends of the Jews by Louis Ginzberg these include: [2] Abraham; Isaac; Jacob; Moses; Aaron; Azrael; the Israelites of the Exodus
The term abaddon appears six times in the Masoretic text of the Hebrew Bible; abaddon means destruction or "place of destruction", or the realm of the dead, and is accompanied by Sheol. Job 26:6: Sheol is naked before Him; Abaddon has no cover. Job 28:22: Abaddon and Death say, “We have only a report of it.”
He also fulfills the role of the Angel of Death when he comes to take the body of Moses and is called the leader of Satan. The title of satan is also applied to him in the midrash Pirkei De-Rabbi Eliezer , where he is the chief of the fallen angels , [ 7 ] : 257–60 and a twelve-winged seraph . [ 14 ]
A military warplane nicknamed the "Angel of Death" will swoop over the Indiana skies later this month to unleash "controlled fury," officials said. Don't be alarmed though.
The Angel of Death receives his orders from God (Ber. 62b). As soon as he has received permission to destroy, however, he makes no distinction between good and bad (B. Ḳ. 60a). In the city of Luz, the Angel of Death has no power, and, when the aged inhabitants are ready to die, they go outside the city (Soṭah 46b; compare Sanh. 97a).