Judges 4:2
And the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles.
Cross-reference
Judges 4:16 concludes the battle with Barak destroying Sisera's army, completing the narrative arc.
Judges 4:13 details Sisera gathering his army from Harosheth-hagoyim, expanding the battle setup.
Judges 10:7 repeats the same 'sold them into the hand' formula for a later oppression.
Judges 2:14 describes the same divine judgment pattern — God selling Israel into enemy hands — that is exemplified in the deliverance to Jabin.
Judges 2:15 shows the result of God selling them — the hand of the LORD was against them — explaining the oppression.
Judges 3:3 lists Canaanites left to test Israel; Judges 4:2 shows one of those nations oppressing them.
Psalm 83:9 directly cites the defeat of Sisera and Jabin, recalling this event as a model for divine judgment.
Joshua 11:1 introduces the same Jabin of Hazor whom Joshua defeated, now oppressing Israel again.
Joshua 11:10 records Joshua's defeat of Hazor's king, contrasting with Jabin's later reign.
Joshua 11:11 describes Hazor's destruction, which is now rebuilt and ruled by Jabin in Judges.
1 Samuel 12:9 explicitly recounts the same event — God selling Israel to Sisera — summarizing Judges 4.
Joel 3:8 uses the same verb 'sell' for divine judgment, closely paralleling the main verse's 'sold them into the hand of Jabin'.
Joshua 23:15 warns God will bring bad things for disobedience; Judges 4:2 fulfills that warning with oppression.
Joshua 5:1 shows Canaanites fearing Israel; Judges 4:2 reverses this — Israel now oppressed by Canaanites.
Joshua 12:19 lists Hazor as conquered; Judges 4:2 reveals a later Jabin ruling Hazor, undoing that victory.
Psalm 106:41 summarizes God giving Israel into enemy hands, a direct thematic parallel to the main verse's specific instance.
Deuteronomy 28:43 warns of foreigners rising above Israel; here the Canaanite king Jabin rules over them.
1 Kings 9:15 lists Hazor as a city Solomon fortified, connecting to the same city ruled by Jabin in the main verse.
2 Kings 15:29 mentions Hazor as a city captured by Assyria, linking to the same location in the main verse.
Ezra 5:12 echoes the theme of God giving his people into enemy hands, similar to the main verse's 'sold into hand of Jabin'.
Daniel 1:2 describes God delivering Judah into Nebuchadnezzar's hand, mirroring the main verse's pattern of divine judgment.
Joshua 19:36 lists Hazor as a city in Naphtali, later a Canaanite stronghold under Jabin.