Category:Balak

---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Balak - Empty; spoiler, a son of Zippor, and king of the Moabites (Numbers 22:2, Numbers 22:4). 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 (Joshua 24:9).