Because that she had been married to seven husbands, whom Asmodeus the evil spirit had killed, before they had lain with her. Dost thou not know, said they, that thou hast strangled thine husbands? thou hast had already seven husbands, neither wast thou named after any of them.
because she had been given to seven husbands, all of whom the demon Asmodeus had killed before they could be with her. Don't you know, they said, that you strangle your husbands? You have already had seven, and you are not named for even one of them.
