In the conquest, it had been totally devoted to destruction, burned with fire (Joshua 11:11). This was the climax of Joshua’s conquest, which had also begun with a city, Jericho, conquered and devoted to destruction. But in the meantime the Canaanites rebuilt Hazor because of the Naphtalites’ indifference (Judges 1:33). What was now happening was that the threat of Judges 2:3 was carried out to such an extent that this Canaanite king was free to tyrannize the Israelites at his pleasure.
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2 And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim.