One of the temples at Hazor was decorated with basalt slabs and standing stones. A depiction of raised hands on one of the stones perhaps represent the worship of celestial deities, a common feature of Canaanite religion. As with other such places of Canaanite worship, animal bones, cultic vessel, and ritual masks have be found in the vicinity of the altar.
Residential ho uses were built very close together upon streets, often with a forecourt area that archaeologists believed to be storefronts or shops. These houses are built according to the traditional four-room house plan. In essence, the house would consist of four rooms built around a central "patio".
The people lived in the surrounding rooms while the animals lived in the enclosed empty space in the center. This palace was constructed of impressive ashlar large, rectangular masonry and casemate walls and contained two long rooms encompassed by smaller rooms on three sides, similar to the style of the four room house.
Large palatial buildings are also found at Megiddo and Gezer, though they vary somewhat in design. A large public storage complex and granary on the lower terrace of the mound indicates that Hazor may have also been a center for royal food administration. Excavations at Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer have all found gates and wall systems that follow the "same" plan.
Based on this passage from the Bible and the striking resemblance of gates at all three sites, scholars have suggested that the fortifications at Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer date to the 10th century BCE, that is, the time of King Solomon's reign. A similar gate at Lachish gate may also date to this period, but many archaeologists think it was built later, in the 9th century. God promises deliverance: and Deborah is raised up to organize the resistance against Jabin , "the captain of whose host was Sisera.
It was there, that Joshua had fought the last and decisive battle against Jabin and his confederates, by which Northern Palestine was gained to Israel. But again, the king of the Canaanites, Jabin by name, subdued the Hebrews who were once more serving idols, and exercised over them a grievous tyranny for Lot's children they conspire.
God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan. Have you not heard how when the hosts of Jabin came against them, the stars in their courses fought against Sisera? Individuals "through faith subdued kingdoms. Multi-Version Concordance Jabin's 1 Occurrence. Judges I will draw to you, to the river Kishon, Sisera, the captain of Jabin's Easton's Bible Dictionary Enclosed; fortified.
The fact that God must raise up a non-Israelite worshiper of the Canaanite god of war to "save" Israel from Philistine attackers, is, no doubt, yet another sad sign of how far Israel had fallen and how thoroughly the nation had been Canaanized. Even though not much was known about Shamgar, his heroic act lives on because God used him a Canaanite to save Israel from the Philistines. In this we see that there was no one like Othniel left in Israel who would lead God's people. This brings us to the fourth judge in the series of judges the account of Deborah , as we find Israel continuing to feel the effects and reap the consequences of Canaanization.
Once again, in the opening verse of chapter 4, we read the disappointing words the reader of Judges has come to know quite well. Even though YHWH repeatedly had come to their aid and shown himself faithful to his covenant promises, the people of Israel still did not repent of their sins nor do they seek God's face. This time the oppressor is a Canaanite with a grudge.
As we read in verse 2, "and the Lord sold them [the Israelites] into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim.
Recall that in Joshua 11, Joshua led the armies of Israel to a complete and total victory over Jabin and ordered Jabin's city Hazor-which was seat of power of all the Canaanite tribes to the north , to be burned to the ground.
Since a century or more has passed since the days of Joshua and the destruction of Hazor, the man named Jabin who appears here must be an ancestor of the Canaanite king mentioned back in Joshua The name Jabin is not a personal name, but a family or royal name. Even though Hazor had been destroyed, once the Canaanites were allowed back into the land, the city was eventually rebuilt and had regained its dominance.
Hazor was located just to the north of the Sea of Galilee and stood on the important trade route between Egypt and the countries in Western Asia.
At the time of the Conquest, scholars believe that Jericho a fortified city had inhabitants. Hazor, on the other hand, had a population during this time of at least 40, The man who ruled this city could rightly be called the king of Canaan.
We read in verse 3, "then the people of Israel cried out to the Lord for help, for he [Jabin] had chariots of iron and he oppressed the people of Israel cruelly for twenty years. What is unique about this particular account of one of Israel's judges is the great detail given us as to how God raised up Deborah as judge over Israel as a direct response to the cry of the people mentioned in verse 3.
According to verses , "Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time. She used to sit under the palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the people of Israel came up to her for judgment. The name Deborah means "bee. Her prophetic gift places her in good company with women like Miriam Moses and Aaron's sister-Exodus Deborah was married to a man Lappidoth whose name means "torches" or "flashes" and she was widely known throughout Israel for prophetic activity such as that depicted in Exodus , when the Lord said to Moses, "You shall speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron shall tell Pharaoh to let the people of Israel go out of his land.
At the time Deborah was "judging Israel," the priesthood the Levities had become so corrupt that the people of Israel were seeking out Deborah because she was known as a prophetess. Given the unfaithfulness of the Levities, it fell to Deborah to announce God's plan to deliver of his people. It is clear that God was shaming the unbelieving Levitic priesthood by proclaiming his word of deliverance through Deborah.
It is Deborah who will speak forth God's word announcing the forth-coming deliverance of Israel from the cruel rule of Jabin. That word of deliverance is described in what follows in the balance of this chapter and then in the "Song of Deborah" which is recorded in chapter 5. As the account of the defeat of Jabin unfolds, the story shifts from Deborah who speaks the word of God's deliverance to Barak, the man who will lead the armies of Israel against Jabin. As we see in verses , the plan to oppose Jabin soon begins to take shape, but then takes a very surprising turn.
And I will draw out Sisera, the general of Jabin's army, to meet you by the river Kishon with his chariots and his troops, and I will give him into your hand? Although Barak has his marching orders, he suddenly balks. As we read in verse 8, "Barak said to [Deborah], 'If you will go with me, I will go, but if you will not go with me, I will not go. In the first part of verse 9, Deborah grants Barak's request. According to Deborah's prophetic word, "Nevertheless, the road on which you are going will not lead to your glory, for the Lord will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.
With the prophetic word now given, the plan is immediately put in motion. And Barak called out Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh. And 10, men went up at his heels, and Deborah went up with him. A stronghold of the Canaanites in the mountains north of Lake Merom Joshua Jabin the king with Ses-Ra, "servant of Ra".
The captain of Jabin's army Judges , which was routed and destroyed by the army of Barak on the plain of Esdraelon. A prophetess, "wife" woman? Jabin , the king of Hazor, had for twenty years held Israel in degrading subjection. When the Canaanites were defeated by Barak, Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, fled and sought refuge with the friendly tribe of Heber, beneath the oaks of King of Hazor, who organized a confederacy of the northern princes against the Israelites.
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