Person
Canaan
Also called Canaanites, Canaanite
Mentioned in 84 verses across 12 books, first in Judges 3:1. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).
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In the Bible
All 6 verses in Judges, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
Judges
- Judges 3:1
These are the nations that the LORD left to test all the Israelites who had not known any of the wars in Canaan,
- Judges 4:2
So the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his forces was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim.
- Judges 4:23
On that day God subdued Jabin king of Canaan before the Israelites.
- Judges 4:24
And the hand of the Israelites grew stronger and stronger against Jabin king of Canaan until they destroyed him.
- Judges 5:19
Kings came and fought; then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they took no plunder of silver.
- Judges 21:12
So they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young women who had not had relations with a man, and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.
Events
Events the dataset lists Canaan as taking part in. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.
- c. 2346 BCNoah gets drunk and Canaan is cursed
- c. 1451 BCWar with Canaanites
Dictionary
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.
Read Easton’s entry
The fourth son of Ham (Gen. 10:6). His descendants were under a curse in consequence of the transgression of his father (9:22-27). His eldest son, Zidon, was the father of the Sidonians and Phoenicians. He had eleven sons, who were the founders of as many tribes (10:15-18).