Judges 5:19

the kings of Canaan the chiefs of the principal Canaanite cities in the Plain and neighbourhood; Sisera, if not their overlord, was their leader. The kings of Canaanare mentioned in the Amarna letters, e.g. 101, 13; cf. Joshua 5:1, and contrast the unhistorical term king of C. in ch. Judges 4:2 n.

Taanach … Megiddo See on Judges 1:27; the waters of M. are the Kishon. The two towns are on the left bank of the river; ch. 4 rather implies that the battle took place at the foot of Tabor, which is about 15 m. from Taanach, cf. Judges 4:14.

They took no gain of money They expected spoil (Judges 5:30, cf. Exodus 15:9), but their expectations were disappointed.