Apparently, Jehovah did not want to give Satan undue prominence by devoting large portions of the Hebrew Scriptures to discussing him and his activity.
हिब्रू शास्त्रवचनांतल्या १ इतिहास, ईयोब आणि जखऱ्‍या या पुस्तकांमध्येच सैतानाचा उल्लेख आढळतो.