King Balak of Moab, located in today's Jordan, is mentioned in a passage of the Book of Numbers. In the biblical story, he asks the prophet Balaam to curse the people of Israel, as the ...

In this week’s portion, Balak King of Moab hires Bilaam to curse Israel. (Numbers 22:5,6) A review of the history of Moab’s relationship with Israel reveals a terrible decline that in t… ...

The text is pointed: that rescuer, Balak son of Zippor, was the king at that time. Ibn Ezra claims this means he was only appointed because of the Moabites’ fear.

That behavior was induced by Balaam, the heathen prophet hired by Balak, king of Moab, to curse the Jews. Thus, Moab plays a key role in persuading Israel to grievously sin (Numbers 22:5, 6; 31:16).

In our weekly biblical portion, Balak, we read that efforts by enemies to define the Jewish people have ancient antecedents. King Balak of Moab, frightened by the “Biblical Israelis,” vastly ...

The biblical King Balak may have been a historical figure, according to a new reading of the Mesha Stele, an inscribed stone dating from the second half of the 9th century BCE.

Wooed by Balak, the king of Moab, Balaam is that savvy evildoer who strategically locates an alibi before sinning, lest he be held accountable for his behavior: “If Balak would give me his house ...

"If Balak is indeed mentioned in the stele as the king of Horonaim [a city in Moab], this is the first time in which he appears outside of the Bible, in real-time evidence, that is, in a text ...

According to the study, a word on Line 31 of the stele that has until now been interpreted as "House of David" in fact refers to King "Balak," who is known as a Moab ruler only from the Book of ...