Who is Balak ? Is moab connected to this king ??

[Anaphora]

Numbers chapter 22. King balak hired Balaam to curse Israel. God intervened, and Balaam Blessed Israel. Question. Is moab descendants of Lot, abraham nephew ??. Why was moab jealous of Israel ?.

 

[for_his_glory]

Moab was the son of Lot and a nephew of Abraham.

Moab was jealous of Israel because of the miracles God had preformed for them and that is why he hired Balaam to seduce Israel. Numbers 25