Judges 8:7-16

7So Gideon said, “For this answer, 1when the Lord has handed over to me Zebah and Zalmunna, I will 2thrash your 3bodies with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.” 8Then he went up from there to 45Penuel 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 6Penuel, “When I return safely, 7I will tear down this tower.”

10Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their 8armies with them, about fifteen thousand men, all who were left of the entire 9army of the 10people of the east; 11for the fallen were 120,000 12swordsmen. 11Gideon went up by the way of those who lived in tents to the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and he 13attacked 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 14army.

13Then Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle 15by the ascent of Heres. 14And he captured a youth from 16Succoth and questioned him. Then the youth wrote down for him the leaders of Succoth and its elders, seventy-seven men. 15And he came to the men of Succoth and said, “Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me, saying, ‘1718Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hand, that we should give bread to your men who are weary?’” 16Then he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and he 19disciplined the men of Succoth with them.