Numbers 22:2

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

Numbers 22:2 in Other Translations

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

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

2 Balak son of Zippor, the Moabite king, had seen everything the Israelites did to the Amorites.

2 Balak son of Zippor learned of all that Israel had done to the Amorites.

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

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

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

2 Balak saw everything that Israel had done to the Amorites. Balak was the son of Zippor.

Numbers 22:2 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 22:2

And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to
the Amorites.
] The word "Amorites" being particularly pointed, shows, as Aben Ezra observes, that Sihon and Og are both meant, and that there were not among the kings of the land of Canaan any so great as they; wherefore when Balak, who was the present king of Moab, saw what Israel had done to them, that they had conquered them, and seized upon their kingdoms: he reasoned within himself, and said, as Jarchi represents him, that if they could not stand before Israel, much less could he and his people; and the rather, since those kings Israel had subdued were too powerful for the king of Moab, and had taken part of his country from him, and yet Israel was too strong for them.

Numbers 22:2 In-Context

1 Then the Israelites traveled to the plains of Moab and camped along the Jordan across from Jericho.

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

3 and Moab was terrified because there were so many people. Indeed, Moab was filled with dread because of the Israelites.

4 The Moabites said to the elders of Midian, “This horde is going to lick up everything around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field.” So Balak son of Zippor, who was king of Moab at that time,

5 sent messengers to summon Balaam son of Beor, who was at Pethor, near the Euphrates River, in his native land. Balak said: “A people has come out of Egypt; they cover the face of the land and have settled next to me.

Cross References

• 1. Numbers 23:1-3; Joshua 24:9; Judges 11:25; Micah 6:5; Revelation 2:14