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Baalis

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Easton's 1897Smith's 1863ISBE 19151 verse reference

Easton's 1897

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.

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · public domain

Smith's 1863

king of the Ammonites at the time of the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar. (Jeremiah 40:14) (B.C. 588.)

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863) · public domain

ISBE 1915

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.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · public domain

In Scripture

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