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Zippor צִפּוֹר
Moabite king. Zippor was the father of Balak, the king of Moab who hired Balaam to curse Israel.
Family
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Where Zippor appears
Numbers (5), Joshua (1), Judges (1)
Key verses
- Numbers 22:2 first mention — And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.
- Numbers 22:4 — And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time.
- Numbers 22:10 — And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying,
- Numbers 22:16 — And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me:
- Numbers 23:18 — And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
- Joshua 24:9 — Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you:
- Judges 11:25 — And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them,
Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Verse text: King James Version.