Jabin

Judges 4, verse 2.

The Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin, king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor.

Hazor.

Two weeks ago, Joshua burned Hazor to the

The God of Israel did in one afternoon what Baal's worshipers begged their storm God to do all year.

The Lord sent the storm.

Sisera fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber, the Kenite, whose clan was at peace with Jabin.

In that world, the women pitched the tents.

The Perizzites, the high plains under the range of Carmel.

While in the extreme north dwelt a powerful chief who bore the hereditary name of Jabin, or the Wise.

His fortress was at Hazor, somewhere on the high ground overlooking the waters of Merom, a strong and fortified position, and the principal city of that portion of the land.

The first step to any complete subjugation of the country was the capture of the important city of Jericho, situated immediately opposite the camp of Joshua, in a vast grove of noble palm trees, nearly three miles broad and eight miles long, which must have recalled to the few survivors of the old generation of the Israelites the magnificent palm groves of Egypt, such as may now be seen stretching along the shores of the Nile at Memphis.

Battle of Merom and Division of the Land.

Joshua chapters eleven to twenty-one, BC 1450 to 1444.

Intelligence of the decisive battle of Beth-horon before long reached the ears of that powerful chief in northern Palestine who has been already mentioned, Jabin the Wise, whose capital, Hazor, was the principal fortress in that part of the country.

Determined to make a last effort to defeat the Israelites, he rallied round his standard not only the chiefs in his own immediate neighborhood, but from the plains south of the Sea of Galilee, or as it was then called, the Sea of Kinnereth, from the valley of the Jordan, the maritime plain of Dor, and the as yet unconquered fortress of Jebus.

They do what is evil in his own eyes.

And as a result of this, they find themselves cruelly oppressed by a Canaan ruler called Jabin and his military commander called Sisera.

And this oppression goes on for 20 years.

There is a ruler, Jabin, and a military commander, Sisera.

And Sisera is a brutal military commander.

He is violent, he is oppressive, and he's particularly dark in his treatment and objectification of women.

And the Israelites went up to her to have their disputes decided.

She sent for Barak, son of Abinoam from Kedesh, in Naphtali and said to him, the Lord, the God of Israel commands you, go, take with you 10,000 men of Naphtali and Zebulun and lead them up to Mount Tabor.

But the sons of Israel again did what was evil in the Lord's eyes after Ehud had died.

So the Lord sold them over into the hand of Jabin, king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor.

His army commander was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth Hagoyim.

So the sons of Israel cried out to the Lord, for he had nine hundred iron chariots and had harshly oppressed the sons of Israel for twenty years.

The whole army of Sisera fell by the sword.

Not one was left.

Meanwhile, Sisera fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, for there was peace between King Jabin of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.

So Jael went out to meet Sisera and said to him, Turn aside, my lord, turn aside to me, don't be afraid.

Listen to this.

He ran, he fled away on foot 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.

He was associated with Jabin.

Jail went out to meet Sisera and said to him, turn aside, my master, turn aside to me.

Don't be afraid.

So I wonder if Shamgar actually has a little overlap, maybe with Ehud.

And the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin, king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor.

The commander of his army was Sisera, who lived in Herosheth Hagayim.

Then the people of Israel cried out to the Lord for help, for he had 900 chariots of iron, and he oppressed the people of Israel cruelly for 20 years.

We're going to, like I said, we're going to bounce back and forth.

And so some historical context here.

Following Ehud's death, we see that they did evil again, and God sold them into the hand of Jabin.

And then it says Jabin's military commander, my autocorrect messed that up, Sisera, possessed 900 iron chariots.