1 King Jabin of Hazor heard ⌊what had happened⌋. So he sent messengers to King Jobab of Madon and to the kings of Shimron and Achshaph.
2 He also sent messengers to the northern kings in the mountains, the plains south of Chinneroth, the foothills, and Naphoth Dor in the west,
3 the Canaanites from east and west, the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, the Jebusites in the mountains, and the Hivites at the foot of Mount Hermon in Mizpah.
4 They came out with all their armies. Their troops were as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore. They also had horses and chariots.
5 All these kings camped together by the Springs of Merom in order to fight Israel.