Balak
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who lays waste or destroys
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
BALAK.The king of Moab who hired Balaam, Num_22:1-41; Num_23:1-30; Num_24:1-25. See Balaam.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
("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 Mesopotamia; also the merchant caravans passing across the deserts; also the advanced civilization of Moab in letters, proved by the Moabite stone some centuries later: all make it intelligible. Finding Israel "too mighty" for him (Num_22:6), and his hope of prevailing by Balaam's enchantments being disappointed, he let them alone thenceforth. His "warring against Israel" (Jos_24:9-10) consisted not in "fighting," which is denied in Jdg_11:25, but in hiring Balak against them.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Ba'lak. (spoiler). Son of Zippor, king of the Moabites, who hired Balaam to curse the Israelites; but his designs were frustrated in the manner recorded in Num_22:24. (B.C. 1451).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
bā?lak בּלק, bālāḳ, ?devastator? or ?one who lays waste?): Mentioned in connection with the story of Balaam/Balak (Nu 22 through 24; compare Jos_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. See BALAAM.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Ba?lak (emptier, spoiler), son of Zippor, and king of the Moabites (Num_22:2; Num_22:4), who was so terrified at the approach of the victorious army of the Israelites, who in their passage through the desert had encamped near the confines of his territory, that he applied to Balaam, who was then reputed to possess great influence with the higher spirits, to curse them. From Jdg_11:25, it is clear that Balak was so certain of the fulfillment of Balaam's blessing, 'blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee' (Num_24:9), that he never afterwards made the least military attempt to oppose the Israelites (comp. Mic_6:5; Rev_2:14).
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
BALAK.The king of Moab who hired Balaam, Num_22:1-41; Num_23:1-30; Num_24:1-25. See Balaam.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
("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 Mesopotamia; also the merchant caravans passing across the deserts; also the advanced civilization of Moab in letters, proved by the Moabite stone some centuries later: all make it intelligible. Finding Israel "too mighty" for him (Num_22:6), and his hope of prevailing by Balaam's enchantments being disappointed, he let them alone thenceforth. His "warring against Israel" (Jos_24:9-10) consisted not in "fighting," which is denied in Jdg_11:25, but in hiring Balak against them.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Ba'lak. (spoiler). Son of Zippor, king of the Moabites, who hired Balaam to curse the Israelites; but his designs were frustrated in the manner recorded in Num_22:24. (B.C. 1451).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
bā?lak בּלק, bālāḳ, ?devastator? or ?one who lays waste?): Mentioned in connection with the story of Balaam/Balak (Nu 22 through 24; compare Jos_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. See BALAAM.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Ba?lak (emptier, spoiler), son of Zippor, and king of the Moabites (Num_22:2; Num_22:4), who was so terrified at the approach of the victorious army of the Israelites, who in their passage through the desert had encamped near the confines of his territory, that he applied to Balaam, who was then reputed to possess great influence with the higher spirits, to curse them. From Jdg_11:25, it is clear that Balak was so certain of the fulfillment of Balaam's blessing, 'blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee' (Num_24:9), that he never afterwards made the least military attempt to oppose the Israelites (comp. Mic_6:5; Rev_2:14).
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.
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