It happened, when Jabin king of Hazor heard of it, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,
Afterward, all of the opposition encountered by Israel was of a merely local nature.  After the events of this chapter, the whole land of Palestine lay open to Israel, and there was no power in the entire area that could effectively challenge them.  The great pity, of course, is that Israel desired peace so earnestly that they neglected to continue the conquest in any thorough manner.  Consequently, some of the tribes did not actually "possess their possessions."  Also, there was the settlement of the two and one half tribes east of Jordan, which drastically cut into the manpower available for a longer and more thorough conquest.