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Baalis

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

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.

From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.

Named in 1 verse

Jeremiah: 40:14

The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.