Bible Encyclopedia: Jabin

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

JABIN

ja'-bin (yabhin, "one who is intelligent," "discerning." The word may have been a hereditary royal title among the northern Canaanites. Compare the familiar usage of par`oh melekh mitsrayim):

(1) "The king of Hazor," the leading city in Northern Palestine, who led an alliance against Joshua. He was defeated at the waters of Merom, his city was taken and he was slain (Joshua 11:1-9).

(2) "The king of Canaan, that reigned (or had reigned) in Hazor." It is not clear whether he dwelt in Hazor or Harosheth, the home of Sisera, the captain of his host at the time of the story narrated in Judges. He oppressed Israel in the days preceding the victory of Deborah and Barak. To the Israelites he must have been but a shadowy figure as compared with his powerful captain, Sisera, for the song makes no mention of him and there is nothing to indicate that he even took part in the battle that freed Israel (Judges 4:2, 7, 17, 23, 24 bis; Psalm 83:9, 10).

Ella Davis Isaacs

Strong's Hebrew

2985. Yabin -- "one who is intelligent," two Canaanite kings
... 2984, 2985. Yabin. 2986 . "one who is intelligent," two Canaanite kings.
Transliteration: Yabin Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-bene') Short Definition: Jabin. ... Jabin ...
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Library

How the Canaanites Brought the Israelites under Slavery for Twenty ...
... by their former misfortunes to amend their manners, and neither worshipping God
nor submitting to the laws, were brought under slavery by Jabin, the king of ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 5 how the canaanites.htm

The Marvels of Holy Scripture, --Moral and Physical. --Jael's Deed ...
... God promises deliverance: and Deborah is raised up to organize the resistance against
Jabin, "the captain of whose host was Sisera." Now, while Heber the ...
/.../burgon/inspiration and interpretation/sermon vii the marvels of.htm

Psalm LXXXIII.
... "Do thou to them," he saith, "as unto Madian and Sisera, as unto Jabin at the brook
of Kishon" (ver.9). "They perished at Endor, they became as the dung of the ...
/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm lxxxiii.htm

The Lake Samochonitis [Or Semechonitis. ]
... is the metropolis of Canaan, that is, of that northern country, which is known by
that name: which is called also 'Galilee of the Gentiles.' Jabin the king of ...
/.../lightfoot/from the talmud and hebraica/chapter 69 the lake samochonitis.htm

The Great Confession - the Great Commission - the Great ...
... It was there, that Joshua had fought the last and decisive battle against Jabin
and his confederates, by which Northern Palestine was gained to Israel. ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter xxxvii the great confession.htm

After the Death of Joshua, the People Acted Without a Leader. ...
... But again, the king of the Canaanites, Jabin by name, subdued the Hebrews who were
once more serving idols, and exercised over them a grievous tyranny for ...
/.../life and writings of sulpitius severus /chapter xxiv after the death.htm

Psalm 83
... Lot's children they conspire. ^9Do to them as to Midian,. Jabin at Kison strand;
^10And Sis'ra, which at En-dor fell,. as dung to fat the land. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/anonymous/scottish psalter and paraphrases/psalm 83.htm

June 18 Evening
... God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan."Gideon . . . feared his father's
household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, . . . ...
/.../anonymous/daily light on the daily path/june 18 evening.htm

The Story of God's Mighty Acts
... for ever? Have you not heard how when the hosts of Jabin came against them,
the stars in their courses fought against Sisera? The ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 5 1859/the story of gods mighty.htm

A Cloud of Witnesses.
... Individuals "through faith subdued kingdoms."[300] Gideon dispersed the
Midianites;[301] Barak discomfited Sisera, the captain of Jabin king of Canaan's ...
/.../the expositors bible the epistle to the hebrews/chapter xiii a cloud of.htm

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Jabin

Jabneh, he that understands; building

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Jabin

(whom God observes).

King of Hazor, who organized a confederacy of the northern princes against the Israelites. (Joshua 11:1-3) Joshua surprised the allied forces by the waters of Merom, ver. 7, and utterly routed them. (B.C. 1448.) During the ensuing wars Joshua again attacked Jabin, and burnt his city. (Joshua 11:1-14)
A king of Hazor, whose general, Sisera, was defeated by Barak. (Judges 4:2,13) (B.C. 1316.)

ATS Bible Dictionary

Jabin

1. A powerful king in the time of Joshua, at Hazor in the north of Canaan. The league which he organized to crush Joshua, only made his own ruin more complete, Joshua 11:1-23 B. C. 1450.

2. Another king of Hazor, a century and a half later, who sorely oppressed Israel for twenty years, till Deborah and Barak were raised up as deliverers, Jud 4:1-24 Psalm 83:9.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Discerner; the wise.

(1.) A king of Hazor, at the time of the entrance of Israel into Canaan (Joshua 11:1-14), whose overthrow and that of the northern chief with whom he had entered into a confederacy against Joshua was the crowning act in the conquest of the land (11:21-23; Comp. 14:6-15). This great battle, fought at Lake Merom, was the last of Joshua's battles of which we have any record. Here for the first time the Israelites encountered the iron chariots and horses of the Canaanites.

(2.) 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 (Judges 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 (Judges 4:10-16; Comp. Psalm 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 (Judges 5:31).

Thesaurus

Jabin (8 Occurrences)
... 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 ...
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Jabin's (1 Occurrence)
... Multi-Version Concordance Jabin's (1 Occurrence). Judges 4:7 I will draw
to you, to the river Kishon, Sisera, the captain of Jabin's...
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Hazor (19 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Enclosed; fortified. (1.) A stronghold of the Canaanites
in the mountains north of Lake Merom (Joshua 11:1-5). Jabin the king with ...
/h/hazor.htm - 17k

Sisera (18 Occurrences)
... (Egypt. Ses-Ra, "servant of Ra"). (1.) The captain of Jabin's army (Judges 4:2),
which was routed and destroyed by the army of Barak on the plain of Esdraelon. ...
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Deborah (10 Occurrences)
... (2.) A prophetess, "wife" (woman?) of Lapidoth. Jabin, the king of Hazor, had for
twenty years held Israel in degrading subjection. ... (see LAPIDOTH, JABIN .). ...
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Sis'era (19 Occurrences)
... Judges 4:2 And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned
in Hazor; the commander of his army was Sis'era, who dwelt in Haro'sheth-ha ...
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Jael (6 Occurrences)
... When the Canaanites were defeated by Barak, Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army,
fled and sought refuge with the friendly tribe of Heber, beneath the oaks of ...
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Misrephothmaim (2 Occurrences)
... waters, supposed to be salt-pans, or lime-kilns, or glass-factories, a place to
which Joshua pursued a party of Canaanites after the defeat of Jabin (Joshua 11 ...
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Misrephoth-maim (2 Occurrences)
... waters, supposed to be salt-pans, or lime-kilns, or glass-factories, a place to
which Joshua pursued a party of Canaanites after the defeat of Jabin (Joshua 11 ...
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Bible Concordance

Jabin (8 Occurrences)

Joshua 11:1 It happened, when Jabin king of Hazor heard of it, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, to the king of Shimron, to the king of Achshaph,
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Judges 4:2 Yahweh sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth of the Gentiles.
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Judges 4:7 I will draw to you, to the river Kishon, Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into your hand.'"
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Judges 4:17 However Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite; for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
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Judges 4:23 So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.
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Judges 4:24 The hand of the children of Israel prevailed more and more against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.
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1 Samuel 12:9 But they were false to the Lord their God, and he gave them up into the hands of Sisera, captain of the army of Jabin, king of Hazor, and into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the king of Moab, who made war against them.
(BBE RSV)

Psalms 83:9 Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Jabin

Jabin: Names of Two Kings of Hazor

Related Terms

Jabin's (1 Occurrence)

Hazor (19 Occurrences)

Sisera (18 Occurrences)

Deborah (10 Occurrences)

Sis'era (19 Occurrences)

Jael (6 Occurrences)

Misrephothmaim (2 Occurrences)