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== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34707" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34707" /> == | ||
<p> ("vain, empty, son of Zipper".) Not hereditary king, but imposed on [[Moab]] by Sihon. (See | <p> ("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 ( Numbers 22:6), and his hope of prevailing by Balaam's enchantments being disappointed, he let them alone thenceforth. His "warring against Israel" ( Joshua 24:9-10) consisted not in "fighting," which is denied in Judges 11:25, but in hiring [[Balak]] against them. </p> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_55160" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_55160" /> == | ||
<p> Balak is named in Revelation 2:14 along with Balaam. Like Balaam ( <i> q.v. [Note: quod vide, which see.] </i> ), Balak is to be regarded here as a typical figure. The former teaches doctrine which is false in itself, corrupt in its motive, and immoral in its fruits; while Balak is, as in the | <p> Balak is named in Revelation 2:14 along with Balaam. Like Balaam ( <i> q.v. [Note: quod vide, which see.] </i> ), Balak is to be regarded here as a typical figure. The former teaches doctrine which is false in itself, corrupt in its motive, and immoral in its fruits; while Balak is, as in the [[Ot,]] the heathen power which thrusts Balaam’s sorceries on the faithful. It is difficult to resist the conclusion that, if Balaam is the teacher of Gnosticism, Balak is the Roman power which has adopted syncretism and seeks to compel the [[Christians]] to adopt its ways also, and so makes them fall into the corruptions attendant on pagan worship. </p> <p> [[W.]] [[F.]] Cobb. </p> | ||
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15595" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15595" /> == | ||
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== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71751" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71751" /> == | ||
<p> '''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 Numbers 22:24. (B.C. 1451). </p> | <p> '''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 Numbers 22:24. [[(B.C.]] 1451). </p> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49936" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49936" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> | <p> <strong> [[Balak]] </strong> . The king of Moab who hired Balaam, Numbers 22:1-41; Numbers 23:1-30; Numbers 24:1-25 . See Balaam. </p> | ||
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_30708" /> == | == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_30708" /> == | ||
