People of the Bible
Jabin (king of Hazor)
In the story
- Subjugation by Jabin · 1297 BC
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Another king of Hazor, called “the king of Canaan,” who overpowered the Israelites of the north one hundred and sixty years after Joshua’s death, and for twenty years held them in painful subjection. The whole population were paralyzed with fear, and gave way to hopeless despondency (Judg. 5:6-11), till Deborah and Barak aroused the national spirit, and gathering together ten thousand men, gained a great and decisive victory over Jabin in the plain of Esdraelon (Judg. 4:10-16; comp. Ps. 83:9). This was the first great victory Israel had gained since the days of Joshua. They never needed to fight another battle with the Canaanites (Judg. 5:31).
From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.
Named in 6 verses
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