Judges 4:2

2. Sold them See note on Judges 2:14.

Jabin king of Canaan This powerful monarch was probably a descendant of the Jabin who headed the confederacy of the northern Canaanites against Joshua, but who was signally defeated by that great conqueror. Joshua 11:1-15. He had taken advantage of Israel’s many oppressions, and gradually strengthened his power in the north, and enlarged his kingdom, until he could send into the field a vast army with nearly a thousand iron chariots. Judges 4:3. Having reduced all Israel to the most servile subjection, he was virtually ruler of the whole land, and called king of Canaan. The name Jabin was probably a royal title of the kings that reigned in Hazor. On this capital, see note at Joshua 11:1.

Captain… Sisera Jabin, like Abimelech, (Genesis 21:22,) had a captain, or general, to command his army. Most of the kings of that time commanded their armies in person. Doubtless Sisera’s great military skill and sagacity had won him this honour. The famous Rabbi Akiba is said to have descended from this Canaanite general.

Harosheth “About eight miles from Megiddo, at the entrance of the pass to Esdraelon from the plain of Acre, is an enormous double mound called Harothieh. It is still covered with the remains of old walls and buildings. It was probably called Harosheth of the Gentiles, or nations, because it belonged to those Gentiles of Acre and the neighbouring plains which we know, from Judges 1:31, the Hebrews could not subdue.” Thomson.