The kings. — Comp. Joshua 11:1. Jabin did not stand alone.
In Taanach. — See Judges 1:27. The word means “sandy soil.”
By the waters of Megiddo. — The affluents of the Kishon, or the swollen waves of the river itself. There is a copious spring at Lejjûn, the ancient Megiddo, which in rainy seasons rapidly turns the plain into a morass (Thomson’s Land and Book. ch. 29).
They took no gain of money. — Literally, fragment of silver they did not take. They had doubtless hoped, if not for much actual spoil, at least for ransom from the numerous captives which they expected to win, or from the gain derived by selling them into slavery.