Numbers 22:2-4

English Standard Version

² And ^(A)Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. ³ And ^(B)Moab was in great dread of the people, because they were many. Moab was overcome with fear of the people of Israel. ⁴ And Moab said to ^(C)the elders of Midian, “This horde will now lick up all that is around us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field.” So Balak the son of Zippor, who was king of Moab at that time,