Jabin

Gender: Male

Years: -1450 - -1450

Dictionary Text: A king of Hazor, at the time of the entrance of Israel into Canaan, 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. 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.

Disambiguation Notes: Jabin (Hebrew: יָבִין Yāḇîn) is a Biblical name meaning 'discerner', or 'the wise'.

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Verses

• Joshua 11:1: And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those things, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,