Numbers 22:2 BSB — MannaFest

Numbers 22:2

Now Balak son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites,

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.

KJV

And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Balak the son of Zippor - The comparison of Num 22:4 with Num 21:26 suggests that Balak was not the hereditary king but a Midianite, and that a change of dynasty had taken place. His father’s name, Zippor, “Bird,” reminds us of those of other Midianites, e. g., Oreb, “Crow,” Zeeb, “Wolf.” Possibly the Midianite chieftains had taken advantage of the weakness of the Moabites after the Amorite victories to establish themselves as princes in the land.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Balak--that is, "empty." Terrified (De 2:25; Ex 15:15) at the approach of so vast a multitude and not daring to encounter them in the field, he resolved to secure their destruction by other means.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיַּ֥רְא	vai.Yar'	and he saw	H7200 →
בָּלָ֖ק	ba.Lak	Balak	H1111 →
בֶּן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →
צִפּ֑וֹר	tzi.Por	Zippor	H6834 →
אֵ֛ת	'et	<obj.>	H853 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	that	H834 →
עָשָׂ֥ה	'a.Sah	it had done	H6213 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
לָֽאֱמֹרִֽי׃	La.'e.mo.Ri	to the Amorite[s]	H567 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Judges 11:25
Are you now so much better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever contend with Israel or fight against them?
leads to
- Micah 6:5
  My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the righteousness of the LORD.’”
- Joshua 24:9–10
  Then Balak son of Zippor, the king of Moab, set out to fight against Israel. He sent for Balaam son of Beor to curse you,
- Deuteronomy 23:3–4
  No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation.
Through
Numbers 21:3
And the LORD heard Israel’s plea and delivered up the Canaanites. Israel devoted them and their cities to destruction; so they named the place Hormah.
leads to
- Numbers 14:45
  Then the Amalekites and Canaanites who lived in that part of the hill country came down, attacked them, and routed them all the way to Hormah.
- Deuteronomy 1:44
  Then the Amorites who lived in the hills came out against you and chased you like a swarm of bees. They routed you from Seir all the way to Hormah.
- Psalms 91:15
  When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.
- Psalms 102:17
  He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.
- 1 Samuel 30:30
  to those in Hormah, Bor-ashan, and Athach;