^{1 Ref} Now Jabin, king of Hazor, hearing of these things, sent to Jobab, king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,

^{2 Ref} And to the kings on the north in the hill-country, and in the Arabah south of Chinneroth, and in the lowland, and in the highlands of Dor on the west,

^{3 Ref} And to the Canaanites on the east and on the west, and to the Amorites and the Hittites and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites in the hill-country, and the Hivites under Hermon in the land of Mizpah.

^{4 Ref} And they went out, they and all their armies with them, a great people, in number like the sand on the seaside, with horses and war-carriages in great number.

^{5 Ref} And all these kings came together, and put their forces in position at the waters of Merom, to make war on Israel.