Judges 8:7-16

7“Very wellH3651,” GideonH1439 repliedH559, “when the LORDH3068 has deliveredH5414 ZebahH2078 andH853 ZalmunnaH6759 into my handH3027, I will tearH1758 your fleshH1320 withH854 the thornsH6975 and briersH1303 of the wildernessH4057H854!”

8From thereH8033 he went upH5927 to PenuelH64391 and askedH1696 the sameH2063 from themH413, but the menH582 of PenuelH6439 gave the same responseH6030 asH834 the menH582 of SuccothH5523. 9SoH1571 Gideon toldH559 the menH582 of PenuelH6439H559, “When I returnH7725 in triumphH7965, I will tear downH5422 thisH2088 towerH4026!”

10Now ZebahH2078 and ZalmunnaH6759 were in KarkorH7174 withH5973 their armyH4264 of about fifteenH2568H6240 thousandH505 men—allH3605 that were leftH3498 ofH3605 the armiesH4264 of the peopleH1121 of the eastH6924. A hundredH3967 and twentyH6242 thousandH505 swordsmenH376H8025H2719 had already fallenH5307. 11And GideonH1439 went upH5927 by way of the caravanH7931H168 routeH1870 eastH6924 of NobahH5025 and JogbehahH3011, and he attackedH5221 their armyH4264, taking them by surpriseH1961H983. 12When ZebahH2078 and ZalmunnaH6759 fledH5127, Gideon pursuedH7291H310 and capturedH3920 these twoH8147 kingsH4428 of MidianH4080, routingH2729 their entireH3605 armyH4264.

13After this, GideonH1439 sonH1121 of JoashH3101 returnedH7725 fromH4480 the battleH4421 along the Ascent ofH4608 HeresH2776. 14There he capturedH3920 a young manH5288H582 of SuccothH5523 and interrogated himH7592. The young man wrote downH3789 for himH413 the names of the seventy-sevenH7657H7651 leadersH8269 andH853 eldersH2205 of SuccothH5523.

15And Gideon wentH935 toH413 the menH582 of SuccothH5523 and saidH559, “HereH2009 are ZebahH2078 and ZalmunnaH6759, about whomH834 you tauntedH2778 meH853, sayingH559, ‘Are the handsH3709 of ZebahH2078 and ZalmunnaH6759 alreadyH6258 in your possessionH3027, thatH3588 we should giveH5414 breadH3899 to your wearyH3287 menH582?’” 16Then he tookH3947 the eldersH2205 of the cityH5892, andH853 using the thornsH6975 and briersH1303 of the wildernessH4057, he disciplinedH3045 the menH582 of SuccothH5523.