jabin

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jabin - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Jabin
  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.
  
    (2.) Another king of Hazor, called "the king of Canaan," who
  overpowered the Israelites of the north one hundred and sixty
  years after Joshua's death, and for twenty years held them in
  painful subjection. The whole population were paralyzed with
  fear, and gave way to hopeless despondency (Judg. 5:6-11), till
  Deborah and Barak aroused the national spirit, and gathering
  together ten thousand men, gained a great and decisive victory
  over Jabin in the plain of Esdraelon (Judg. 4:10-16; comp. Ps.
  83:9). This was the first great victory Israel had gained since
  the days of Joshua. They never needed to fight another battle
  with the Canaanites (Judg. 5:31).