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Jabin
the name means intelligent Strong's Lexicon
Jabin, king of Hazor, formed an alliance with other Canaanite kings to fight against Joshua and the Israelites.
From Easton's Bible Dictionary
Discerner; the wise. (1.) A king of Hazor, at the time of the entrance of Israel into Canaan (Josh. 11:1-14), whose overthrow and that of the northern chief with whom he had entered into a confederacy against Joshua was the crowning act in the conquest of the land (11:21-23; comp. 14:6-15). This great battle, fought at Lake Merom, was the last of Joshua's battles of which we have any record. Here for the first time the Israelites encountered the iron chariots and horses of the Canaanites.
Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.
First named at Joshua 11:1.
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Verses that name Jabin
- Joshua 11:1 Now when Jabin king of Hazor heard about these things, he sent word to Jobab king of Madon; to the kings of Shimron and Achshaph;