Northern Palestine Taken

11 Then it came about, when Jabin king of ^(A)Hazor heard of it, 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 who were of the north in the hill country, and in the ^(B)Arabah—south of ^[a]Chinneroth and in the lowland and on the ^[b]heights of Dor on the west— ³ to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and the Amorite and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Jebusite in the hill country, and ^(C)the Hivite ^[c]at the foot of ^(D)Hermon in the land of ^(E)Mizpeh. ⁴ They came out, they and all their armies with them, ^(F)as many people as the sand that is on the seashore, with very many horses and chariots. ⁵ So all of these kings having agreed to meet, came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.

¹³ Sisera called together all his chariots, ^(A)nine hundred iron chariots, and all the people who were with him, from ^(B)Harosheth-hagoyim to the river Kishon.