Jabin of Hazor oppresses Israel
Jabin, a Canaanite king ruling at Hazor, oppressed Israel for twenty years with 900 iron chariots commanded by Sisera.
Hazor had been burned by Joshua but was rebuilt. Sisera's chariots dominated the plains, and Israel cried out to Yahweh.
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Dating notes
20 years (Judges 4:3). Ussher overlaps some oppressions and rest periods, counting each rest from the previous deliverance, so that the judges fit the 480 years of 1 Kings 6:1.