Jabin

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  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 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 (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 Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Jabin, Jabneh, he that understands; building