Judges 4:24

24 The hand of the sons of Israel pressed heavier and heavier upon Jabin the king of Canaan, until * they had destroyed Jabin the king of Canaan.

Judges 4:24 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 4:24

And the hand of the children of Israel, prospered and
prevailed against Jabin, the king of Canaan
They continued their wars with him, in which they were successful:

until they had destroyed Jabin, king of Canaan;
took him, and put him to death, and took his cities, and destroyed the inhabitants of them, and so acted more agreeably to the declared will of God, that they should not spare the Canaanites, but destroy them.

Judges 4:24 In-Context

22 And behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him and said to him, "Come, and I will show you the man whom you are seeking." And he entered with her, and behold Sisera was lying dead with the tent peg in his temple.

23 So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the sons of Israel.

24 The hand of the sons of Israel pressed heavier and heavier upon Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin the king of Canaan.

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "cut off"