Jabin (king of Canaan)
야빈 (가나안 왕)
Named at Judges 4:2 as “Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor”: the LORD sold the children of Israel into his hand; the captain of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth of the Gentiles, and Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron and mightily oppressed the children of Israel for twenty years (4:2–3; WEB says “he” at 4:3, where the Korean Revised Version names King Jabin). 4:17 says that there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite, and at 4:23–24 God subdues Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel on that day, and the hand of the children of Israel prevails more and more against him until they have destroyed Jabin king of Canaan. This collection keeps him apart from Jabin king of Hazor in Joshua 11:1.
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- JDG 4:1–3, engwebp
1The children of Israel again did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, when Ehud was dead.
2The LORD 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.
3The children of Israel cried to the LORD, for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and he mightily oppressed the children of Israel for twenty years.
- JDG 4:6–10, engwebp
6She sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh Naphtali, and said to him, “Hasn’t the LORD, the God of Israel, commanded, ‘Go and lead the way to Mount Tabor, and take with you ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
7I 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.’”
8Barak said to her, “If you will go with me, then I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go.”
9She said, “I will surely go with you. Nevertheless, the journey that you take won’t be for your honor; for the LORD will sell Sisera into a woman’s hand.” Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.
10Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh. Ten thousand men followed him; and Deborah went up with him.
- JDG 4:17–22, engwebp
17However 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.
18Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said to him, “Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; don’t be afraid.” He came in to her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug.
19He said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink; for I am thirsty.” She opened a container of milk, and gave him a drink, and covered him.
20He said to her, “Stand in the door of the tent, and if any man comes and inquires of you, and says, ‘Is there any man here?’ you shall say, ‘No.’”
21Then Jael, Heber’s wife, took a tent peg, and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly to him, and struck the pin into his temples, and it pierced through into the ground, for he was in a deep sleep; so he fainted and died.
22Behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said to him, “Come, and I will show you the man whom you seek.” He came to her; and behold, Sisera lay dead, and the tent peg was in his temples.
- JDG 4:23–24, engwebp
23So God subdued Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel on that day.
24The hand of the children of Israel prevailed more and more against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.
- PSA 83:1–18, engwebp
1A song. A Psalm by Asaph. God, don’t keep silent. Don’t keep silent, and don’t be still, God.
2For, behold, your enemies are stirred up. Those who hate you have lifted up their heads.
3They conspire with cunning against your people. They plot against your cherished ones.
4“Come,” they say, “let’s destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”
5For they have conspired together with one mind. They form an alliance against you.
6The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagrites;
7Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
8Assyria also is joined with them. They have helped the children of Lot. Selah.
9Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon;
10who perished at Endor, who became as dung for the earth.
11Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, yes, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
12who said, “Let’s take possession of God’s pasture lands.”
13My God, make them like tumbleweed, like chaff before the wind.
14As the fire that burns the forest, as the flame that sets the mountains on fire,
15so pursue them with your tempest, and terrify them with your storm.
16Fill their faces with confusion, that they may seek your name, LORD.
17Let them be disappointed and dismayed forever. Yes, let them be confounded and perish;
18that they may know that you alone, whose name is the LORD, are the Most High over all the earth.
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Unresolved interpretation: Jabin king of Hazor in Joshua 11 and Jabin king of Canaan in Judges 4
- Joshua 11:1 says, “When Jabin king of Hazor heard of it, he sent to Jobab king of Madon, to the king of Shimron, to the king of Achshaph”; at 11:10–11 “Joshua turned back at that time, and took Hazor, and struck its king with the sword”, and he burned Hazor with fire.
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- JOS 11:1–5, engwebp
1When Jabin king of Hazor heard of it, he sent to Jobab king of Madon, to the king of Shimron, to the king of Achshaph,
2and to the kings who were on the north, in the hill country, in the Arabah south of Chinneroth, in the lowland, and in the heights of Dor on the west,
3to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite in the hill country, and the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpah.
4They went out, they and all their armies with them, many people, even as the sand that is on the seashore in multitude, with very many horses and chariots.
5All these kings met together; and they came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel.
- JOS 11:10–15, engwebp
10Joshua turned back at that time, and took Hazor, and struck its king with the sword; for Hazor used to be the head of all those kingdoms.
11They struck all the souls who were in it with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them. There was no one left who breathed. He burned Hazor with fire.
12Joshua captured all the cities of those kings, with their kings, and he struck them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded.
13But as for the cities that stood on their mounds, Israel burned none of them, except Hazor only. Joshua burned that.
14The children of Israel took all the plunder of these cities, with the livestock, as plunder for themselves; but every man they struck with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them. They didn’t leave any who breathed.
15As the LORD commanded Moses his servant, so Moses commanded Joshua. Joshua did so. He left nothing undone of all that the LORD commanded Moses.
- JOS 11:1–5, engwebp
- Judges 4:2 says that the LORD sold the children of Israel “into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor”; 4:17 says, “there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite”; and at 4:23–24 God subdues Jabin the king of Canaan on that day, and the hand of the children of Israel prevails against him until they have destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.
Source evidence (3)
AI-assisted comparison with the cited narrative; not independent historical verification.
- JDG 4:1–3, engwebp
1The children of Israel again did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, when Ehud was dead.
2The LORD 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.
3The children of Israel cried to the LORD, for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and he mightily oppressed the children of Israel for twenty years.
- JDG 4:17–22, engwebp
17However 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.
18Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said to him, “Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; don’t be afraid.” He came in to her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug.
19He said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink; for I am thirsty.” She opened a container of milk, and gave him a drink, and covered him.
20He said to her, “Stand in the door of the tent, and if any man comes and inquires of you, and says, ‘Is there any man here?’ you shall say, ‘No.’”
21Then Jael, Heber’s wife, took a tent peg, and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly to him, and struck the pin into his temples, and it pierced through into the ground, for he was in a deep sleep; so he fainted and died.
22Behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said to him, “Come, and I will show you the man whom you seek.” He came to her; and behold, Sisera lay dead, and the tent peg was in his temples.
- JDG 4:23–24, engwebp
23So God subdued Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel on that day.
24The hand of the children of Israel prevailed more and more against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.
- JDG 4:1–3, engwebp
Joshua 11:1 names Jabin king of Hazor, and 11:10 says that Joshua took Hazor and struck its king with the sword; Judges 4:2 and 4:17 name Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor, and Jabin the king of Hazor. Neither book says whether the two Jabins are one man. This collection records them as two entries and does not decide whether they are the same man.
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The LORD 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.
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.’”
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.
So God subdued Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel on that day.
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.
Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon;
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Jabin (king of Canaan) (person-jabin-canaan) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/person/jabin-canaan Current wording: Named at Judges 4:2 as “Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor”: the LORD sold the children of Israel into his hand; the captain of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth of the Gentiles, and Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron and mightily oppressed the children of Israel for twenty years (4:2–3; WEB says “he” at 4:3, where the Korean Revised Version names King Jabin). 4:17 says that there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite, and at 4:23–24 God subdues Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel on that day, and the hand of the children of Israel prevails more and more against him until they have destroyed Jabin king of Canaan. This collection keeps him apart from Jabin king of Hazor in Joshua 11:1. Cited evidence: JDG 4:1–3, engwebp / JDG 4:6–10, engwebp / JDG 4:17–22, engwebp / JDG 4:23–24, engwebp / PSA 83:1–18, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.