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Jabin
Excerpt from the Lexham Bible Dictionary, the most advanced Bible dictionary.
King of Hazor in northern Canaan at the time of the Israelite conquest. Jabin led an alliance against Joshua and was defeated at the waters of Merom (Josh 11:1–9). A second Jabin is mentioned as king of Canaan in Hazor during the time of the judges (Judg 4:1–24). The relationship between the two Jabins is unclear. One possibility is that the name was common among the rulers of Hazor.
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The Lexham Bible Dictionary
Jabin I
Jabin I (יָבִין‎, yavin). King of Hazor in northern Canaan at the time of the Israelite conquest. Jabin led an alliance against Joshua and was defeated at the waters of Merom (Josh 11:1–9). A second Jabin is mentioned as king of Canaan in Hazor during the time of the judges (Judg 4:1–24). The relationship
Jabin II
Jabin II (יָבִין‎, yavin). “King of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor” (Judg 4:2). Jabin oppressed Israel in the days preceding the victory of Deborah and Barak. His captain, Sisera is the more important figure in the story given in Judges. (Judg 4:7, 17–24; Psa 83:9–10). The phrase “until they destroyed Jabin
Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible
Jabin
Jabin. 1. King of Hazor, who led a coalition against Joshua at Merom. Jabin and his allies were destroyed in the battle, and Hazor was burned to the ground (Jos 11:1–14).2. King of Hazor during the period of the judges (Jgs 4). God allowed him to oppress Israel for 20 years because of their wickedness.
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised
Jabin
Jabin jāʹbin [Heb. yāḇîn—‘one who is intelligent,’ ‘discerning’ (?)]. The word may have been a hereditary royal title among the northern Canaanites (cf. the familiar usage of Heb. parʿôh meleḵ-miṣrayim).
Jabin
2. The king of Canaan, who 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
Tyndale Bible Dictionary
Jabin
JABIN1. King of Hazor who led a coalition against Joshua at Merom. Jabin and his allies were destroyed in the battle, and Hazor was burned to the ground (Jos 11:1–14).2. King of Hazor during the period of the judges (Jgs 4). God allowed him to oppress Israel for 20 years because of their wickedness.
The HarperCollins Bible Dictionary (Revised and Updated)
Jabin
Jabin (jay´bin).1 The Canaanite king of Hazor (ca. 1100 bce), who led a coalition of Canaanite petty princes against the Israelites. He was defeated at the waters of Merom and apparently executed (Josh. 11:10).2 The “king of Canaan who reigned in Hazor” (Judg. 4:2) whose army commander Sisera was defeated
The Wycliffe Bible Encyclopedia
Jabin
JABIN. According to W. F. Albright Yahweh and the gods of Canaan, Garden City: Doubleday, 1968, p. 49, n. 99), this name is an abbreviation of the longer Yabni-Hadad, the name of a king of Hazor in the 17th cen. b.c. It is similar to Yabni-el, the name of a 14th cen. prince of Lachish.1. King of Hazor
The New Bible Dictionary, Third Edition
Jabin
JABIN (Heb. yāḇîn, possibly ‘[God] perceives’). 1. A king of *Hazor, leader of an alliance of N princes defeated in battle by Joshua, who afterwards slew Jabin (Jos. 11:1–14). 2. Another king of Hazor (called ‘king of Canaan’ in Jdg. 4:2) who for 20 years ‘cruelly oppressed’ the Israelites, who had
Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible
Jabin
Jabin (Heb. yāḇɩ̂n)1. The Canaanite king of Hazor (Josh. 11:1), leader of a coalition of kings who opposed Joshua in his so-called “northern campaign” at the battle of Merom. Joshua captured and destroyed the city of Hazor and put its king (not named) to death.2. The king of Hazor to whom God delivered
Smith’s Bible Dictionary
Jabin
Ja´bin (whom God observes).1. King of Hazor, who organized a confederacy of the northern princes against the Israelites. Josh. 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
The New Unger’s Bible Dictionary
Jabin
JA´BIN (jaʹbin; “he [God] understands”). Probably a royal title at Hazor, like Agag among the Amalekites.1. A king of Hazor who organized a confederacy of the northern kings against the Israelites. These assembled with their hosts near the waters of Merom, where Joshua surprised this vast army and overthew
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Jabin
Jabin—discerner; the wise. (1.) A king of Hazor, at the time of the entrance of Israel into Canaan (Josh. 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
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