KJV King James Version
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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Judges 4:2
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his forces was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim.
WEB World English Bible
Yahweh sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth of the Gentiles.
ASV American Standard Version
And Jehovah sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, who dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Jehovah selleth them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who hath reigned in Hazor, and the head of his host is Sisera, and he is dwelling in Harosheth of the Goyim;
Surrounding context — Judges 4
1 And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead.
2 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.
3 And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.
4 And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
5 And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
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וַיִּמְכְּרֵ֣םH4376 · ma.kharto sellיְהוָ֗הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDבְּיַד֙H3027 · yadhandיָבִ֣יןH2985 · ya.vinJabinמֶֽלֶךְ־H4428 · me.lekhkingכְּנַ֔עַןH3667 · ke.na.anCanaanאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichמָלַ֖ךְH4427 · ma.lakhto reignבְּחָצ֑וֹרH2674 · cha.tsorHazorוְשַׂר־H8269 · sarrulerצְבָאוֹ֙H6635 · tsa.vaarmyסִֽיסְרָ֔אH5516 · sis.raSiseraוְה֥וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itיוֹשֵׁ֖בH3427 · ya.shavto dwellבַּחֲרֹ֥שֶׁתH2800 · cha.ro.shetHaroshethהַגּוֹיִֽם׃H1471 · goynation
Cross-references
Judges 4:13And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, [even] nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that [were] with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon.Joshua 11:1And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard [those things], that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,Judges 4:16But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword; [and] there was not a man left.1 Samuel 12:9And when they forgat the LORD their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.Psalm 83:9Do unto them as [unto] the Midianites; as [to] Sisera, as [to] Jabin, at the brook of Kison:Judges 10:7And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the children of Ammon.Joshua 11:10-11And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms.Isaiah 50:1Thus saith the LORD, Where [is] the bill of your mother’s divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors [is it] to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.Joshua 19:36And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor,Judges 2:14-15And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.Matthew 18:25But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
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