Commentaire sur Les Juges 5:19

At Ta'anach to the waters of Megiddo. Targum Yonasan renders, "They were encamped at Ta'anach, and reached the waters of Megiddo." The upper section of the camp was at Ta'anach, and it extended to the waters of Megiddo.

The kings came: That is to say, [some of] the tribes of Israel did not come to the assistance of their brothers; whereas the kings of other lands came to the assistance of Sisera and fought for him.

At Taanakh, by Megiddo’s waters: Taanakh and Megiddo were two places in the portion of Menashe. And from what it seems, they were far from one another - as it stated (Yehoshua 17:11), "the inhabitants of Taanakh and its hamlets, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its hamlets." If so, what is that which it stated, "at Taanakh, by Megiddo’s waters?" Yet it can likely be explained that the kings of Canaan came to fight - meaning Sisera and those that came with him to fight - in Taanakh. But his troops were so many that they reached Megiddo's waters. And likewise did Yonatan translate (in the Targum), "they dwelled in Taanakh, and they spread out to Meggido's waters."

Deigning no mercenary reward. They came to Sisera's assistance gratuitously—without requesting payment.

Then: At the time that Sisera fought, the kings of Canaan fought with a large mass. As [although] they fought at Taanakh, the edge of the camp reached the waters of Megiddo.

They got no spoil of silver: They would take no money from the Children of Israel that would fall into their hands, but would rather kill them.

Spoil: They came to his assistance for free and they did not take spoil of silver as their reward. And she said this, like someone angry, "Did the nations not come for free to the assistance of Sisera? So why did Reuven and Dan not come to the assistance of their brothers?"