“And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those things, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,”
Jabin marshals the northern coalition — When King Jabin of Hazor heard of this (הַשָּׁמַע יָבִין מֶלֶךְ־חָצוֹר), he sent to Jobab king of Madon, to the king of Shimron, to the king of Achshaph. Jabin, king of Hazor ('the head of all those kingdoms,' as Joshua 11:10 states), learns of the southern conquest and mobilizes the northern powers. Unlike the southern coalition's response to Gibeon's defection, this is a proactive alliance aimed at stopping Joshua before he reaches the north. Hazor was Canaan's greatest northern city.
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