Difference between revisions of "Jabin"

<p> '''1.''' King of [[Hazor]] in northern Palestine, near the [[Merom]] waters. Headed the confederacy of northern kings (Jobab of Madon, the kings of Shimron, Achshaph, etc., N. of the mountains of [[Naphtali]] and in the [[Arabah]] S. of Chinneroth, i.e. the Ghor, S. of the sea of Galilee, etc.) against Israel: &nbsp;Joshua 11:1-4. Their army was "even as the sand upon the sea shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many." [[Lest]] Joshua should be affrighted at this formidable array, [[Jehovah]] in vision promised "I will deliver them up all slain before Israel"; I am infinitely more than a match for them, and I am on thy side. </p> <p> The "I" is emphatic in the Hebrew. Joshua suddenly fell upon them and "chased them unto great [[Zidon]] (then the metropolis of Phoenicia, but later in David's time outstripped by Tyre), and Misrephoth Maim and unto the valley of [[Mizpeh]] eastward, until they left them none remaining." (See MISREPHOTH MAIM.) Then he "houghed" (lamed by cutting the hoof sinew) their horses, and burnt their chariots. The cities he did not burn except Hazor, which he burnt and slew its king, probably on account of some renewed hostility (&nbsp;Joshua 11:1-13). </p> <p> '''2.''' The king of Hazor whose general, Sisera, was defeated by Deborah and Barak. (See [[Deborah]] ; BARAK; HAROSHETH.) "For 20 years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel," until their "cry unto the Lord" brought a deliverer (Judges 4-5). </p>

<li> 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 (&nbsp;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]] (&nbsp;Judges 4:10-16; Compare &nbsp;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]] (&nbsp;Judges 5:31 ). <div> <p> '''Copyright Statement''' These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by [[Thomas]] Nelson, 1897. Public Domain. </p> <p> '''Bibliography Information''' Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Jabin'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/j/jabin.html. 1897. </p> </div> </li>

<p> [[Jabin]] (''Jâ'Bin'' ), ''Whom He—I.E., God—Observes.'' 1. King of Hazor, a northern district of Canaan. &nbsp;Joshua 11:1. He and his allies were utterly defeated in a battle with Joshua at Merom, the city of Hazor was taken, and Jabin put to death. 2. Another king of the same name and place, who had great wealth and power, and oppressed the children of Israel for 20 years. &nbsp;Judges 4:2. His army was defeated by Deborah and Barak, and Sisera, Ms principal general, put to death. </p>

<p> (Heb. Yabin', יָבַין '', Discerner;'' Sept. Ι᾿αβίς [v.r. Ι᾿αβίν, but Ι᾿αβείν in &nbsp;Psalms 83:9], [[Josephus]] Ι᾿αβῖνος '', Ant.'' 5, 5, ), the name of two kings of the [[Canaanitish]] city Hazor. (See Hazor). It was possibly a royal title, like [[Agag]] among the [[Amalekites]] and [[Abimelech]] among the Philistines. </p> <p> '''1.''' A king of Hazor, and one of the most powerful of all the princes who reigned in Canaan when it was invaded by the Israelites (&nbsp;Joshua 11:1-14). His dominion seems to have extended over all, the north part of the country; and after the ruin of the league formed against the Hebrews in the south by Adonizedek, king of Jerusalem, he assembled his tributaries near the waters of Merom (the Lake Huleh), and called all the people to arms. This coalition was destroyed, as the one in the south had been, and Jabin himself perished in the sack of Hazor, his capital, B.C. cir. 1615. This prince was the last powerful enemy with whom Joshua combated, and his overthrow seems to have been regarded as the crowning act in the conquest of the [[Promised]] Land, leaving only the [[Anakim]] in the mountains of Judah and [[Ephraim]] to be dispossessed in detail (&nbsp;Joshua 11:21-23; comp. &nbsp;Joshua 14:6-15). </p> <p> '''2.''' Another king of Hazor. and probably descended from the preceding (&nbsp;Judges 4:2-3), with whom some (Maurer, ''Comment.'' on Joshua 11; Hervey, ''Genealogies,'' p. 228) have confounded him (see Havernick, ''Einleit.'' II, i, 53; Keil, on &nbsp;Joshua 11:10-15). It appears that during one of the servitudes of the Israelites, probably, when they lay under the yoke of [[Cushan]] or Eglon, the:kingdom of Hazor was reconstructed. The narrative gives to this second Jabin even the title of "king of Canaan;" and this, with the possession of 900 iron-armed warchariots, implies unusual power and extent of dominion. The iniquities of the Israelites having lost them the divine protection, Jabin gained the mastery over them; and, stimulated by the memory of ancient hostilities, oppressed them heavily for twenty years, B.C. 14291409. From this thraldom they were relieved by the great victory won by Barak in the plain of Esdraelon over the hosts of Jabin, commanded by Sisera, one of the most renowned generals of those times (&nbsp;Judges 4:10-16). (See [[Sisera]]). </p> <p> The well-compacted power of the king of Hazor was not yet, however, entirely broken. The war was still prolonged for a time, but-ended in the entire ruin of Jabin, and the subjugation of his territories by the Israelites (&nbsp;Judges 4:24). This is the Jabin whose name occurs in &nbsp;Psalms 83:10. (See Hazor). </p>