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).



 Jabin, Jabneh, he that understands; building