Baalis


Baalis

(bā`əlĭs), in the Bible, king of the Ammonites, contemporary with Jeremiah. See also AmmonAmmon
, in the Bible, people living E of the Dead Sea. Their capital was Rabbath-Ammon, the present-day Amman (Jordan). Their god was Milcom, to whom Solomon built an altar. A Semitic people, they flourished from the 13th cent. B.C. to the 8th cent. B.C.
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