And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.
Balak the son of Zippor, [Septuagint, Sepfoor]. "Balak" - i:e., empty. Corbeaux ('Jour. Sac. Lit.,' April, 1852, p. 78) endeavours to show that this king was not a native Moabite, but a chieftain of the ancient race of the Emim. 'In the treaty between Rameses II. and the Shet'ta, the pedigree of the great chief of this nation is given; and the name of his grandfather, which Mr. Birch reads Sapuru, shows that the name of Balak's father, Zippor, evidently must have been a family name, characteristic of the last Shethite dynasty, as Rameses was of the contemporaneous rival power in Egypt. The first Zippor (or Sapuru) lived in the time of Rameses I. The last was contemporary of Rameses III, and for aught we know it may be his portrait that figures among The last was contemporary of Rameses III, and for aught we know it may be his portrait that figures among the captive princes at Medinet-Abou.'