Five lords of the Philistines; whereof three had been in some sort subdued, Jud_1:18, but afterwards rescued themselves, and recovered their former strength. See Poole on "Jud_1:18".
The Canaanites; properly so called, who were very numerous, and dispersed through several parts of the land whence they gave denomination to all the rest of the people.
The Sidonians; the people living near Sidon, and subject to its jurisdiction.
Mount Baal-hermon was the eastern part of Mount Lebanon: see Deu_3:8,9.