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Balak, Son of Zippor (בָּלָק, balaq). A Moabite king, son of Zippor, who hired the Mesopotamian diviner Balaam to curse the Israelites (Num 22–24). As the Israelites camped on the plains of Moab after defeating the Amorites, Balak tried to prevent the demise of Moab and Midian at Israel’s hands by hiring Balaam to curse them. Balaam ends up blessing Israel instead, and Balak becomes an Old Testament example of the futility of trying to thwart God’s plan (Josh 24:9–10; Judg 11:25).
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