And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they.
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Gill's Exposition
And Balaam answered, and said unto the servant's of Balak,.... Who were not only princes of the land, but officers of state in the court of Balak:
if Balak would give me his house full of silver and…
Barnes' Notes
Balak, like the ancient pagan world generally, not only believed in the efficacy of the curses and incantations of the soothsayers, but regarded their services as strictly venal. Hence, when his first…
We have here a second embassy sent to Balaam, to fetch him over to curse Israel. It were well for us if we were as earnest and constant in prosecuting a good work, notwithstanding disappointments, as…
Cambridge Bible
Balak treats the prophet's reason for not coming as a mere excuse. Balaam, being a famous diviner, required, as he thought, to be treated with greater respect.