Who was Balak?

Empty; spoiler, a son of Zippor, and king of the Moabites (Num. 22:2, 4). From fear of the Israelites, who were encamped near the confines of his territory, he applied to Balaam (q. v. ) to curse them; but in vain.

Balak first appears in Numbers 22:2. In this repository’s biblical text, this figure is associated with 40 verse mentions across 4 books, most notably Numbers, Joshua, Judges, Micah.