Balak 151333 219445796 2008-06-15T07:17:22Z Kathleen.wright5 5228525 Removed - Judaism-bio-stub {{otheruses}} '''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]]. [[Category:Torah monarchs]] {{MEast-royal-stub}} {{Tanakh-stub}} [[de:Balak]] [[el:Βαλάκ]] [[es:Balac]] [[he:בלק]] [[pl:Balak]] [[pt:Balaque]] [[fi:Baalak]] [[sv:Balak]] [[wo:Balag]]