Jabin

Canaanite king who oppressed Israel; defeated by Deborah and Barak.

A written article for Jabin is still to come. Below and alongside: where Jabin appears in Scripture, with the original words and any dates on record.

  • 1400 BC
    1200 BC
  • Jabin
    1305 BC to 1285 BC

Original word

  • יָבִין jabin, jabins
    H2985
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Where Jabin appears in Scripture

Joshua 11

וַיְהִי כִּשְׁמֹעַ יָבִין מֶֽלֶךְ-חָצוֹר וַיִּשְׁלַח אֶל-יוֹבָב מֶלֶךְ מָדוֹן וְאֶל-מֶלֶךְ שִׁמְרוֹן וְאֶל-מֶלֶךְ אַכְשָֽׁף׃
1
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,

Judges 4

וַיִּמְכְּרֵם יְהוָה בְּיַד יָבִין מֶֽלֶךְ-כְּנַעַן אֲשֶׁר מָלַךְ בְּחָצוֹר וְשַׂר-צְבָאוֹ סִֽיסְרָא וְהוּא יוֹשֵׁב בַּֽחֲרֹשֶׁת הַגּוֹיִֽם׃
2
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.
וּמָֽשַׁכְתִּי אֵלֶיךָ אֶל-נַחַל קִישׁוֹן אֶת-סִֽיסְרָא שַׂר-צְבָא יָבִין וְאֶת-רִכְבּוֹ וְאֶת-הֲמוֹנוֹ וּנְתַתִּיהוּ בְּיָדֶֽךָ׃
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.
וְסִֽיסְרָא נָס בְּרַגְלָיו אֶל-אֹהֶל יָעֵל אֵשֶׁת חֶבֶר הַקֵּינִי כִּי שָׁלוֹם בֵּין יָבִין מֶֽלֶךְ-חָצוֹר וּבֵין בֵּית חֶבֶר הַקֵּינִֽי׃
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.
וַיַּכְנַע אֱלֹהִים בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא אֵת יָבִין מֶֽלֶךְ-כְּנָעַן לִפְנֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
23
So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.
וַתֵּלֶךְ יַד בְּנֵֽי-יִשְׂרָאֵל הָלוֹךְ וְקָשָׁה עַל יָבִין מֶֽלֶךְ-כְּנָעַן עַד אֲשֶׁר הִכְרִיתוּ אֵת יָבִין מֶֽלֶךְ-כְּנָֽעַן׃
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

עֲשֵֽׂה-לָהֶם כְּמִדְיָן כְּֽסִֽיסְרָא כְיָבִין בְּנַחַל קִישֽׁוֹן׃
9
Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison: