Balaam

Cassell's Eneyclopedia of General Information · 1910 · p. 332

the son of Beor or Bosor, a Chaldean prophet who dwelt at Pethor, in Me so pot am i a. When the Israeli tes, on their way into Palestine, came to the borders of Moab, Balak, the Moabite king, sent for Balaam to curse them At first he refused to obey, being warned by heaven against complying.