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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Baalis (King living at the time of Divided Monarchy)
King of the Ammonites when Babylon took Judah. He put Ishmael son of Nethaniah up to murdering Gedaliah, the governor Babylon had left over the people still in the land.
First, in plain English
King of the Ammonites when Babylon took Judah. He put Ishmael son of Nethaniah up to murdering Gedaliah, the governor Babylon had left over the people still in the land.
Who this is
King of the Ammonites during the Babylonian conquest of Judah, Baalis incited Ishmael son of Nethaniah to assassinate Gedaliah, the governor Babylon had appointed over the remnant left in the land, an act that triggered further Jewish flight into Egypt (Jeremiah 40:14; 41:1-3).
study-bible (ACAI + Tyndale)
The word
H1185
Where it appears
- Jeremiah 40:14
