Balak
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'''Balak''' was king of [[Moab]] around [[1200 BC]]. According to the Bible, Zippor was the father of Balak and the ruler of Moab around 1350 BCE.{{Fact|date=February 2007}}
Revelation 2:12 - 2:14 says about Balak:
12 `And to the messenger of the assembly in Pergamos write: These things saith he who is having the sharp two-edged sword:
13 I have known thy works, and where thou dost dwell -- where the throne of the Adversary [is] -- and thou dost hold fast my name, and thou didst not deny my faith, even in the days in which Antipas [was] my faithful witness, who was put to death beside you, where the Adversary doth dwell.
14 `But I have against thee a few things: That thou hast there those holding the teaching of [[Balaam]], who did teach Balak to cast a stumbling-block before the sons of Israel, to eat idol-sacrifices, and to commit whoredom;
(above is quoted from [[Young's Literal Translation]] of the Holy [[Bible]].) And can be read online via
http://www.ccel.org/bible/ylt/ylt.htm
Other sources detailing the story of Balak.
* {{bibleverse|Numbers||22–24|HE}}
* {{bibleverse|Judges||11:25|HE}}
* {{bibleverse|Micah||6:5|HE}}
Balak died when [[Joshua]] began his conquest of [[Canaan]].
[[Balak (parsha)|Balak]] is also the name of the weekly [[parsha|parshah]] or portion in the annual [[Judaism|Jewish]] cycle of [[Torah reading]] that tells the story of Balak in the [[Book of Numbers]].
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