And they smote all the souls that [were] therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying [them]: there was not any left to breathe: and he burnt Hazor with fire.
Ver. 11. And he burnt Hazor with fire.] Which yet was rebuilt and reigned in by another Jabin, this man's nephew haply, who therefore might, in revenge, the more cruelly tyrannise over the Israelites. Jdg 4:2-3 Malice is commonly hereditary, and runs in the blood; and, as we used to say of runnet, the older it is, the stronger.