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(Hebrews Baalis', áִּòֲìַéñ , prob. for áֶּïàּòֲìַéñ , son of exultation; Sept. ÂåëéóÜ v. r. ÂåëåéóóÜ , and even Âáóßëéóóá ; Vulg. Baalis), king of the Ammonites about the time of the Babylonian captivity, whom Johanan and his fellow-generals reported to Gedaliah, the viceroy, as having sent Ishmael to assassinate him (Jeremiah xl, 14). B.C. 587. Some MSS. have Baalim ( áִּòֲìַéí ), and so Josephus ( Âááëåßì , Ant. 10:9, 3).