Zippor was the father of Balak, king of Moab, who feared the people of Israel as they approached Moabite territory after leaving Egypt. Zippor is primarily known through his son Balak, who hired the prophet Balaam to curse Israel. The name Zippor means 'bird' in Hebrew.
4So Moab said to the elders of Midian, "This horde will lick up everything around us the way an ox licks up the grass of the field." Balak son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time,
5and he sent messengers to Balaam son of Beor, at Pethor on the River, in the land of his people, to summon him with this message: "A people has come out of Egypt. They cover the face of the land, and they have settled next to me.
6Now come and curse this people for me, for they are too strong for me. Perhaps then I will be able to strike them down and drive them out of the land. For I know that whomever you bless is blessed, and whomever you curse is cursed."
Joshua reminds the Israelites that Balak, son of Zippor, rose up against Israel and sent for Balaam to curse them, but the Lord turned the curse into a blessing.
Judge Jephthah refers to Balak, son of Zippor, in his diplomatic message to the king of the Ammonites, reminding him that Balak did not wage war against Israel.
5My people, remember what Balak king of Moab devised, and how Balaam son of Beor answered him, and what happened from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the saving deeds of the LORD.