Jabin יָבִין

Canaanite king. Jabin, a Canaanite king of Hazor, oppressed Israel for twenty years until he was defeated by Deborah and Barak.

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Where Jabin appears

Judges (5), Psalms (1)

Key verses

• Judges 4:2 first mention — And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles.
• Judges 4:7 — And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand.
• Judges 4:17 — Howbeit 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.
• Judges 4:23 — So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.
• Judges 4:24 — And the hand of the children of Israel prospered, and prevailed against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.
• Psalms 83:9 — Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:

Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Verse text: King James Version.