Book of Judges monarchs

male human biblical figure in Judges 8:31, king of Shechem

Balak ( Bālāq) was a king of Moab described in the Book of Numbers in the Hebrew Bible, where his dealings with the prophet and Midianite sorcerer Balaam are recounted. Balak tried to engage Balaam for the purpose of cursing the migrating Israelites. The story of Balak is detailed in , , and . According to Numbers 22:2, and Joshua 24:9, Balak was the son of Zippor.

king appearing in the Book of Judges

thumb|A 15th-century depiction of Adoni-Bezek being mutilated.

Jabin ( Yāḇīn) is a Biblical name meaning 'discerner', or 'the wise'. It may refer to:

According to biblical sources, Cushan-rishathaim ( Kūšan Riš‘āṯayim, "twice-evil Kushite") was king of Aram-Naharaim, or Northwest Mesopotamia, and the first oppressor of the Israelites after their settlement in Canaan. In the Book of Judges, God delivers the Israelites into his hand for eight years (Judges 3:8) as a punishment for polytheism. However, when the people of Israel "called to Jehovah", He saved them through Othniel, son of Kenaz (Judges 3:9).

kings of Midian in the Book of Judges