Balak

thumb|Balak, with his back turned, facing Balaam, in a biblical illustration Balak was a king of Moab described in the Book of Numbers in the Hebrew Bible, where his dealings with the prophet and Midianite sorcerer Balaam are recounted. Balak tried to engage Balaam for the purpose of cursing the migrating Israelites (Numbers 22:1-22:5). The story of Balak is detailed in Numbers 22–24, Judges 11:25, and Micah 6:5. According to Numbers 22:2, and Joshua 24:9, Balak was the son of Zippor. Quotes about Balak the king of Moab has brought me from Aram, / From the mountains of the east. / ‘Come, curse Jacob for me, / And come, denounce Israel!’ / “How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? / And how shall I denounce whom the Lord has not denounced? Numbers 23:7-8 NKJV. O My people, remember now / What Balak king of Moab counseled, / And what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, / From Acacia Grove to Gilgal, / That you may know the righteousness of the Lord. Micah 6:5 NKJV. External links Category:BCE births Category:BCE deaths Category:People from the Bible