Judges 8:4-10 ▼

4 Now Gideon and his three hundred men had crossed over the Jordan River, and even though they were exhausted, they were still chasing the Midianites.

5 He said to the men of Succoth, |Give some loaves of bread to the men who are following me, because they are exhausted. I am chasing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.|

6 The officials of Succoth said, |You have not yet overpowered Zebah and Zalmunna. So why should we give bread to your army?|

7 Gideon said, |Since you will not help, after the LORD hands Zebah and Zalmunna over to me, I will thresh your skin with desert thorns and briers.|

8 He went up from there to Penuel and made the same request. The men of Penuel responded the same way the men of Succoth had.

9 He also threatened the men of Penuel, warning, |When I return victoriously, I will tear down this tower.|

10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their armies. There were about fifteen thousand survivors from the army of the eastern peoples; a hundred and twenty thousand sword-wielding soldiers had been killed.