The hand of the children of Israel prevailed more and more against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.
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The hand of the children of Israel prevailed more and more against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.
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Questions where the Bible appears to say two different things, with the passages on each side set together.
Joshua 11:10-11 has Joshua kill Jabin king of Hazor and burn the city during the Conquest, but Judges 4:2-24 has the Israelites being oppressed by — and finally defeating — Jabin king of Hazor in the time of Deborah and Barak, generations after Joshua's death.
Critical scholarship: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction.
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"Judges 4:24 — Scripture Analysis" GEBible, https://gebible.app/analysis/verse/judges/4/24?version=WEB (retrieved 27 August 2026).