Balak
And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men:
but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou
shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak....
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And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto
another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt
see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all:
and curse me them from thence....
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And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I
took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast
blessed [them] altogether....
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was king of Moab around 1200 BC. According to the Bible,
Zippor was the father of Balak and the ruler of Moab around
1350 BC.[citation needed]
Revelation 2:12 - 2:14 says about Balak: 12 `And to the
messenger of the assembly in Pergamos write: These things
saith he who is having the sharp two-edged sword: 13 I
have known thy works, and where t...
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ba'-ak balaq, "devastator" or "one who lays waste"): Mentioned
in connection with the story of Balaam/Balak (Nu 22 through
24; compare Josh 24:9; Jdg 11:25; Mic 6:5; Rev 2:14). He was
the king of Moab who hired Balaam to pronounce a curse on the
Israelites....
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King of Moab
Nu 22:4; Jos 24:9; Jud 11:25; Mic 6:5
-Tries to bribe Balaam to curse Israel
Nu 22:5-7,15-17...
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(spoiler), son of Zippor, king of the Moabites, who hired
Balaam to curse the Israelites; but his designs were
frustrated int he manner recorded in Nu 22:24 (B.C. 1451.)...
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empty; spoiler, a son of Zippor, and king of the Moabites
(Num.
22:2, 4). From fear of the Israelites, who were
encamped near
the confines of his territory, he applied to Balaam
(q.v.) to
curse them; but in vain (Josh. 24:9)....
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("vain, empty, son of Zipper".) Not hereditary king, but
imposed on Moab by Sihon. (See BALAAM; HUR (2).) His
employment of Balaam to curse Israel was near the close of
Israel's journeying. His knowing as to the seer in Mesopotamia
would imply a circulation of intelligence, great considering
the times. Moab's descent from Lot, originally of Me...
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