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In the First Posuk it says:

וירא בלק בן ציפור (And Balak the son of Tzippor Saw)

no mention of his Royal status ,later on in the Parsha it says:

"ובלק בן ציפור מלך למואב (Balak the son of Tzippor was a King of Maov)

What happened that only later the torah tells us that he was king?

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Here's a shiur from Rabbi Paltiel that brings many commentaries that discuss this: insidechassidus.org/summer/276-parshas-balak/… – Menachem Jun 29 '12 at 7:22

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The Ohr Hachayim asks: a) Why does it say Balak saw what Israel did... The entire Moav was scared, it should say Moav saw. b) Midyan had plenty to be scared of, too, but the pasuk doesn't mention it.

He answers that Balak was really part of the chiefs of Midyan. When the Torah says Balak saw, its like saying Midyan was worried about the situation. When Moav grew fearful, they then recruited Balak to be their king. (see seforno that he was skilled at war, but the O"H doesn't say why)

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So first he was a chief and then afterwards he became king its a more exact of above,(he probably used the "problem of the Jews" as a campaign platform as the Brisker Rov Indicate Thanks for the details I will up you for it – SimchasTorah Jun 23 '10 at 13:48
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The Brisker Rov answers at first he was not King, it was only after he said theses Jews bring all the suffering in the world then and only then did they make him a King. Like the Gemara says in Gittin (56b): "המיצר לישראל נעשה ראש"

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