1. Joshua 11:1 (ESV)
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Who was Jabin?

Joshua 11:1 (ESV)

1 When Jabin, king of Hazor, heard of this, he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,

Another king with the name Jabin is mentioned in Judges 4:2. This suggests that Jabin was a dynastic name for the kings of Hazor, similar to Pharaoh for the kings in Egypt.1

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