Judges 8:3-12

3God has given the leaders of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb into your hands; and what was I able to do in comparison with you?” Then their 1anger toward him subsided when he said 2that.

4Then Gideon and the 300 men who were with him came 3to the Jordan and crossed over, weary yet pursuing. 5He said to the men of 4Succoth, “Please give loaves of bread to the people who are following me, for they are weary, and I am pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.” 6The leaders of Succoth said, “56Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hands, that we should give bread to your army?” 7Gideon said, “7All right, 8when the Lord has given Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, then I will 9thrash your 10bodies with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.” 8He went up from there to 1112Penuel and spoke similarly to them; and the men of Penuel answered him just as the men of Succoth had answered. 9So he spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, “When I return safely, 13I will tear down this tower.”

10Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their 14armies with them, about 15,000 men, all who were left of the entire 15army of the sons of the east; 16for the fallen were 120,000 17swordsmen. 11Gideon went up by the way of those who lived in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and 18attacked the camp when the camp was 19unsuspecting. 12When Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued them and captured the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and routed the whole 20army.