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.
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Gill's Exposition
And the Lord sold them,.... Delivered them into a state of bondage and slavery, where they were like men sold for slaves, see Jdg 3:8,
into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor;…
Barnes' Notes
See Jos 11:1 note. Since the events there narrated, Hazor must have been rebuilt, and have resumed its position as the metropolis of the northern Canaanites; the other cities must also have resumed…
Here is, I. Israel backsliding from God: They again did evil in his sight, forsook his service, and worshipped idols; for this was the sin which now most easily beset them, Jdg 4:1. See in this, 1.…
Cambridge Bible
Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor Hazor, already a royal city in the 15 cent. b.c. (Amarna Tablets 154, 41), lay in the neighbourhood of Kedesh-naphtali (Jos 19:36 f., 2Ki 15:20) and to the…
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