Baalis
An Ammonite king who arranged for the murder of Gedaliah, the governor of the people left behind after Nebuchadnezzar’s capture of Jerusalem and deportation of its inhabitants (Jeremiah 40:14). Gedaliah was warned by a guerrilla leader, Johanan, but he refused to take listen and was killed (Jeremiah 41:1–3).
People and places
Baalis: King of the Ammonites during the Babylonian exile