Baalis

Ba’alis
King of Ammon
Reignc. 590s–582 BCE
PredecessorPossibly Amminadab II
SuccessorUnknown
Bornc. late 7th BCE
FatherAmminadab 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.

Sources

https://web.archive.org/web/20061022182148/http://www.robert-deutsch.com/en/monographs/m7/