Baalis is the name given in the Book of Jeremiah for the king of Ammon. He instigated the murder of Gedaliah, the Assyrian-appointed Jewish governor of Jerusalem. The Book of Jeremiah, or Jeremiah (יִרְמְיָהוּ Yirmiyahu in Hebrew), is a book that is part of the Hebrew Bible, Judaisms Tanakh, and later became a part of Christianitys Old Testament. ... For the extinct mollusc see Ammonite. ... Gedaliah (Hebrew, meaning made great by God) is any one of several Biblical persons: (1. ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ... Jerusalem and the Old City. ...
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
and said to him, "Are you well aware that Baalis the king of the sons of Ammon has sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to take your life?" But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam did not believe them.
And they said to him: Know that Baalis the king of the children of Ammon hath sent Ismahel the son of Nathanias to kill thee.
Jer 40:6 With the collusion of Baalis, king of the Ammonites in Transjordan, Ishmael, a member of the royal family and a nationalist fanatic, murdered Gedaliah...
It seems that Baalis had intended to incite a largescale revolt...belonging) to Milkomur, servant of Baalis." It was discovered in the excavations...
BAALIS ba lis, in the Bible, king of the Ammonites, contemporary with Jeremiah.
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