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And it came about,וַיְהִיwhenכִּJabinיָבִיןkingמֶלֶךְof Hazorחָצוֹרheard of it,שְׁמֹעַthat he sentוַיִּשְׁלַחtoאֶלJobabיוֹבָבkingמֶלֶךְof Madon,מָדוֹןtoוְאֶלthe kingמֶלֶךְof Shimron,שִׁמְרוֹןtoוְאֶלthe kingמֶלֶךְof Achshaph,אַכְשָׁף
Joshua 11:1
Study it in the app“And it came about, when Jabin king of Hazor heard of it, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, to the king of Shimron, to the king of Achshaph,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 11:1, word by word
- And it came aboutיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- Jabinיָבִיןyavin
Jabin
Jabin: a king of Hazor in the time of Joshua; another king of the same name appears in Judges 4.
Where else “yavin” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Hazorחָצוֹרchatsor
Hazor
See it on the mapWhere else “chatsor” appears- heard of itשְׁמֹעַshemoa
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shemoa” appears- that he sentיִּשְׁלַחyishlach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “yishlach” appears- Jobabיוֹבָבyovav
Jobab
Jobab, a son of Joktan; also a king of Edom and other men.
Where else “yovav” appears- of Madonמָדוֹןmadon
Madon
Madon: a Canaanite city of the north.
Where else “madon” appears- of Shimronשִׁמְרוֹןshimron
Shimron
Shimron, a son of Issachar; also a town in Zebulun.
Where else “shimron” appears- of Achshaphאַכְשָׁףachshaf
Achshaph
Achshaph: a Canaanite city of the north.
Where else “achshaf” appears
Places in this verse
Hazor
Today: Tel Hazor ruins, Israel
A city in northern Israel, about 9 miles (15 km) north of the Sea of Galilee.
Joshua defeated and burned it (Josh 11:10-11). Later its king Jabin oppressed Israel until Deborah and Barak defeated him (Judg 4:2). Solomon fortified it (1 Kgs 9:15).
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2and to the kings who were in the north, in the hill country, in the Arabah south of Chinneroth, in the Shephelah, and in the heights of Dor on the west,