Psalms 68:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Kings of armies did flee apace— In the original it is, fled away, fled away; the reduplication of the words denoting their hasty flight and utter dissipation. The kings who commanded the armies which opposed them fled with their routed forces, and were pursued and destroyed by the Israelites: And she that tarried at home divided the spoil. After the conquest of the Midianites, God ordered the prey which was taken from them to be divided into two parts, between them who went out on that expedition, and the rest of the congregation who continued in the tents, Numbers 31:27 and therefore this was part of the damsels' song, that the women who had the charge of the household affairs were enriched by an equal division of the enemies' spoils, in which their husbands and fathers had their share; and I apprehend, that it is the victory over the Midianites which is here particularly referred to. For, the Lord gave the word; avenged the children of Israel of the Midianites, Numbers 31:2. Kings of armies fled away; five of the Midianitish kings being routed and slain, Psalms 68:8. She that tarried at home divided the spoil, according to the distribution before-mentioned, vast quantities of gold and silver being taken; to which there is a plain allusion in the next verse.