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Ba’alis | |
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King of Ammon | |
Reign | c. 590s–582 BCE |
Predecessor | Possibly Amminadab II |
Successor | Unknown |
Born | c. late 7th BCE |
Father | Amminadab II (uncertain) |
Baalis (Hebrew: בַּעֲלִיס, Ba‘ălīs; Ammonite: 𐤁𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤔𐤏, B‘LYŠ‘) 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.