Judges 8:4-10 ▼

4 Meanwhile, Gideon and the 300 soldiers with him came to the Jordan, exhausted but continuing their pursuit.

5 He told the men of Succoth, |Please give loaves of bread to the soldiers who are following behind me. They're tired, and I'm pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.|

6 But the officials of Succoth replied, |Do you have Zebah and Zalmunna in custody already, so that we should give food to your army?|

7 So Gideon responded, |Okay then, but when the LORD has turned over Zebah and Zalmunna into my control, I'm going to whip you with thorns and briers from the desert!|

8 Then he left there to go to Penuel and asked the same thing from them, but the men of Penuel responded the same way the men of Succoth did.

9 So he responded the same way to the men of Penuel, |When I come back safely, I'm going to tear down this tower.|

10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, along with their armies, about 15,000 men who survived from the entire army of the group from the east, since 120,000 swordsmen had already fallen.