Baalis
And said unto him, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the
king of the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah
to slay thee? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them
not....
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is the name given in the Book of Jeremiah for the king of
Ammon. He instigated the murder of Gedaliah, the Babylonian-
appointed Jewish governor of Jerusalem.
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Seal of Ba’alis Surfaces by Robert Deutsch
When the Babylonians conquered Judah in the early 6th century
BCE and destroyed Jerusalem, they m...
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ba'-a-lis ba`lic, perhaps for Baalim, "gods"; Septuagint
Beleisa, Belisa, [Baalis]; Ant, X, ix, 3, Baalimos: King of
the children of Ammon, the instigator of the murder of
Gedaliah (Jer 40:14). Compare Ant, X, ix, 3....
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king of the Ammonites at the time of the destruction of
Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar. Jer 40:14 (B.C. 588.)...
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king of the Ammonites at the time of the Babylonian captivity
(Jer. 40:14). He hired Ishmael to slay Gedaliah who
had been
appointed governor over the cities of Judah....
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King of the children of Ammon, at the time of Nebuchadnezzar's
destruction of Jerusalem. He hired Ishmael to slay Gedaliah,
who was appointed by the king of Babylon governor over the
cities of Judah (Jeremiah 40:14...
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