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Zippor

Mentioned 1451–1186 BC traditional (Jones)

A little bird, the father of Balak, king of Moab (Num. 22:2, 4).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Child
Balak
Tagged in
7 verses

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

Two generations up and the children. Gold lines join partners; grey lines run from parent to child; a dotted line marks a parent named in the text but not by descent.

Places

Places named in the same verses as Zippor, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification. A dashed ring on the map marks a region, river, or mountain rather than a town.

  1. location not graded: Moab4
  2. location not graded: Midian1

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 1517–1120 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 3 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

7 tagged verses in 3 books. Select a book to read its verses.

  1. Numbers5
  2. Joshua1
  3. Judges1

The name in each translation

TextOccurrences of each name
BSBZippor 7
KJVZippor 7
ASVZippor 7

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Every verse

All 7 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

Numbers5 verses
  1. 22:2

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

  2. 22:4

    So the Moabites said to the elders of Midian, “This horde will devour everything around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field.” Since Balak son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time,

  3. 22:10

    And Balaam said to God, “Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, sent me this message:

  4. 22:16

    They came to Balaam and said, “This is what Balak son of Zippor says: ‘Please let nothing hinder you from coming to me,

  5. 23:18

    Then Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Arise, O Balak, and listen; give ear to me, O son of Zippor.

Joshua1 verse
  1. 24:9

    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,

Judges1 verse
  1. 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?

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.

A little bird, the father of Balak, king of Moab (Num. 22:2, 4).