Joshua 11:1-3

Joshua 11:1-3

[1] And 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,  [2] And to the kings  that were on the north  of the mountains,  and of the plains  south  of Chinneroth,  and in the valley,  and in the borders  of Dor  on the west,  [3] And to the Canaanite  on the east  and on the west,  and to the Amorite,  and the Hittite,  and the Perizzite,  and the Jebusite  in the mountains,  and to the Hivite  under Hermon  in the land  of Mizpeh. 

What does Joshua 11:1-3 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

Hazor (lit. enclosure) was the leading city in northern Canaan with an area of175 acres and a population of30 ,000 to40 ,000 people. [1] Archaeologists calculate the population of walled cities in Canaan as about200 people per acre. Hazor was at one time the head of an alliance of all the northern cities ( Joshua 11:10). [2] Jabin ( Joshua 11:1) may have been a title rather than a proper name (cf. Judges 4:2), or it may have been a personal name. [3]