Now are you anything better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them?
Of course, the Book of Numbers revealed that Balak thoroughly hated Israel and employed Balaam to curse Israel, but still it was a fact that Moab acknowledged Israel's right to the land they had taken away from the Amorites and their king Sihon.