Judges 8:3-12

3God has handed over to you the leaders of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; 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 three hundred men who were with him came 3to the Jordan and crossed over, exhausted yet still pursuing. 5And he said to the men of 4Succoth, “Please give loaves of bread to the people who are 5following me, for they are exhausted, and I am pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.” 6But the leaders of Succoth said, “67Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?” 7So Gideon said, “For this answer, 8when the Lord has handed over to me Zebah and Zalmunna, I will 9thrash your 10bodies with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.” 8Then he 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 said also to the men of 13Penuel, “When I return safely, 14I will tear down this tower.”

10Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their 15armies with them, about fifteen thousand men, all who were left of the entire 16army of the 17people of the east; 18for the fallen were 120,000 19swordsmen. 11Gideon went up by the way of those who lived in tents to the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and he 20attacked the camp when the camp was unsuspecting. 12When Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued them and captured the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and routed the entire 21army.