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Balak

Balak (Hebrew: בָּלָק‎ Bālāq) was a king of Moab described in the Book of Numbers in the Hebrew Bible, where his dealings with the prophet Balaam are recounted. Balak tried to engage Balaam for the purpose of cursing the migrating Israelite community. On his journey to meet the princes of Moab, Balaam is stopped by an angel of the lord after beating his donkey. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Balak has received more than 246,625 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Balak is the 5,425th most popular politician (up from 6,781st in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Jordan and the 5th most popular Jordanian Politician.

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250k
Page Views (PV)
67.31
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
20
Languages Editions (L)
5.76
Effective Languages (L*)
2.06
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Balak ranks 5,425 out of 15,710. Before him are Albert III, Duke of Bavaria, Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark, Horace Walpole, Pharnaces I of Pontus, Amadeus II, Count of Savoy, and Borrell II, Count of Barcelona. After him are John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Psammuthes, Hugo Banzer, Lajos Batthyány, George Clinton, and Tervel of Bulgaria.

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Albert III, Duke of Bavaria
1401 - 1460
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 5,419
Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark
1913 - 2007
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 5,420
Horace Walpole
1717 - 1797
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 5,421
Pharnaces I of Pontus
300 BC - 159 BC
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 5,422
Amadeus II, Count of Savoy
1050 - 1080
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 5,423
Borrell II, Count of Barcelona
927 - 993
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 5,424
Balak
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 5,425
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
1792 - 1878
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 5,426
Psammuthes
500 BC - 391 BC
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 5,427
Hugo Banzer
1926 - 2002
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 5,428
Lajos Batthyány
1807 - 1849
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 5,429
George Clinton
1739 - 1812
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 5,430
Tervel of Bulgaria
675 - 721
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 5,431