Frumentius

“ He gave of them false speech, and said he would reveal great truths to them, and for this he was loved. [Therefore, Satan] cast the people’s discernment upon the false gods and those that believe in them, and among all the children of Adam, whose prayers had become like that of the dust.
1:14 They gazed upon [the idols] in solemn reverence, and [Satan] filled their mind with their own desires. ”

“ And the people complied, offering as sacrifice their young girls and young boys, children of their own blood. They spilled the innocent blood of their children.
1:15 This did not concern [the king] , for Satan had savored the sacrifices he made to his gods in order to complete his malicious designs. [Satan sought to] bring him down into Gehenna, where he dwells, and where there is no respite for all eternity, and where all will receive chastisement.
1:16 This king, Tseerutsaydan, was full of conceit; for he had fifty idols made of false gods, and twenty idols of false goddesses. ”

“ It would appear to him that [these idols] had created him, for Satan2 blocked him from knowledge of the true God, who alone grants eternal life. Rather, [Satan] sought to bring him away from life, into the fire of Gehenna3 forever, for he believed the idols to be gods,
1:12 but since they do not truly live, they cannot give life. ”