Baalis
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| Ba’alis | |
|---|---|
| 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.
In 1984 an Ammonite seal, dated to c. 600 BCE, was excavated in Tell El-`Umeiri, Jordan that reads "belonging to Milkomor, the servant of Baalisha". Identification of 'Baalisha' with the biblical Baalis is likely,[1] but it is currently unknown if there was only one Ammonite king of that name.[2]
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