Joshua 11:1
in Joshua 11Now when Jabin king of Hazor heard about these things, he sent word to Jobab king of Madon; to the kings of Shimron and Achshaph;
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor heard thereof, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,
KJV
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,
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This verse in Joshua 11
Commentary
3 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Jabin - Probably the hereditary and official title of the kings of Hazor (see Jdg 4:2). The word means literally “he shall understand,” and is equivalent to “the wise” or “intelligent.” Hazor - This name, which means “enclosed or “fortified,” belonged also to two other towns in the south of Judah (compare Jos 15:23, Jos 15:25). The Hazor here in question, the head of the principalities of Northern Canaan Jos 11:10 overlooked the lake of Merom, and was afterward assigned to the tribe of Naphtali Jos 19:
This site's exposition
when Jabin king of Hazor
on Joshua 11:1-3
The southern alliance of chapter 10 was five kings called out by Adonizedek of Jerusalem, and this is the whole north summoned by one man. Barnes and Jamieson, Fausset and Brown both take Jabin as a throne title carried by the house rather than one man's given name, since a Jabin king of Hazor is reigning again at Judges 4:2 generations later. The muster runs from Chinneroth beside the lake down to Dor on the coast and up to Hermon, so every terrain in the north is called in at once.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
on Joshua 11:1-9
Jabin ("the Intelligent"), which seems to have been a hereditary title (Jud 4:2), took the lead, from Hazor being the capital of the northern region (Jos 11:10). It was situated on the borders of lake Merom. The other cities mentioned must have been in the vicinity though their exact position is unknown.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
South of Kinros. — South of Ginosar. 1 Genosar is an area near Tiberias, around Lake Kinneres.
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Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
16 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְהִ֕י | vayhi | and it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| כִּשְׁמֹ֖עַ | kishmoa' | when heard | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| יָבִ֣ין | yavin | Jabin | H2985 → | |
| מֶֽלֶךְ־ | melekh- | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| חָצ֑וֹר | chatzor | Hazor | H2674 → | 18 times |
| וַיִּשְׁלַ֗ח | vaiyishlach | and he sent | H7971 → | 845 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| יוֹבָב֙ | yovav | Jobab | H3103 → | |
| מֶ֣לֶךְ | melekh | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| מָד֔וֹן | madon | Madon | H4068 → | |
| וְאֶל־ | veel- | and to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| מֶ֥לֶךְ | melekh | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| שִׁמְר֖וֹן | shimron | Shimron | H8110 → | |
| וְאֶל־ | veel- | and to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| מֶ֥לֶךְ | melekh | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| אַכְשָֽׁף׃ | ʾakhshaf | Acshaph | H407 → | 3 times |
וַיְהִ֕יand it was
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
כִּשְׁמֹ֖עַwhen heard
kishmoa'H8085 →1159 times
יָבִ֣יןJabin
yavinH2985 →
מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of
melekh-H4428 →2525 times
חָצ֑וֹרHazor
chatzorH2674 →18 times
וַיִּשְׁלַ֗חand he sent
vaiyishlachH7971 →845 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
יוֹבָב֙Jobab
yovavH3103 →
מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of
melekhH4428 →2525 times
מָד֔וֹןMadon
madonH4068 →
וְאֶל־and to
veel-H413 →5510 times
מֶ֥לֶךְ[the] king of
melekhH4428 →2525 times
שִׁמְר֖וֹןShimron
shimronH8110 →
וְאֶל־and to
veel-H413 →5510 times
מֶ֥לֶךְ[the] king of
melekhH4428 →2525 times
אַכְשָֽׁף׃Acshaph
ʾakhshafH407 →3 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
6 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Judges 4:2So the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his forces was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim.
it leads to
- Judges 4:16
Then Barak pursued the chariots and army as far as Harosheth-hagoyim, and the whole army of Sisera fell by the sword; not a single man was left.
- Judges 4:13
he summoned all nine hundred of his iron chariots and all the men with him, from Harosheth-hagoyim to the River Kishon.
- 1 Samuel 12:9
But they forgot the LORD their God, and He sold them into the hand of Sisera the commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hands of the Philistines and the king of…
- Psalms 83:9
Do to them as You did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon,
- Joshua 11:10–11
At that time Joshua turned back and captured Hazor and put its king to the sword, because Hazor was formerly the head of all these kingdoms.
- Judges 4:16
Through
Joshua 11:10At that time Joshua turned back and captured Hazor and put its king to the sword, because Hazor was formerly the head of all these kingdoms.
it leads to
- Judges 4:2
So the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his forces was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim.
- Judges 4:2
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament and Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible.