Judges 8:5-21

5And he saidH559 to the menH376 of 1SuccothH5523, “PleaseH4994 giveH5414 loavesH3603 of breadH3899 to the peopleH5971 whoH834 are 2followingH7272 me, for they are exhaustedH5889, and I am pursuingH7291H310 ZebahH2078 and ZalmunnaH6759, the kingsH4428 of MidianH4080.” 6But the leadersH8269 of SuccothH5523 saidH559, “34Are the handsH3709 of ZebahH2078 and ZalmunnaH6759 alreadyH6258 in your handH3027, that we should giveH5414 breadH3899 to your armyH6635?” 7So GideonH1439 saidH559, “For thisH3651 answer, 5when the LordH3068 has handedH5414H3027 overH5414 to me ZebahH2078 and ZalmunnaH6759, I will 6thrashH1758 your 7bodiesH1320 with the thornsH6975 of the wildernessH4057 and with briersH1303.” 8Then he wentH5927 upH5927 from thereH8033 to 89PenuelH6439 and spokeH1696 similarlyH2088 to them; and the menH376 of PenuelH6439 answeredH6030 him justH3512 asH3512 the menH376 of SuccothH5523 had answeredH6030. 9So he saidH559 alsoH1571 to the menH376 of 10PenuelH6439, “When I returnH7725 safelyH7965, 11I will tearH5422 downH5422 thisH2088 towerH4026.”

10Now ZebahH2078 and ZalmunnaH6759 were in KarkorH7174, and their 12armiesH4264 with them, about fifteenH2568H6240 thousandH505 men, allH3605 who were leftH3498 of the entireH3605 13armyH4264 of the 14peopleH1121 of the eastH6924; 15for the fallenH5307 were 120,000H3967H6242H505 16swordsmenH376H8025H2719. 11GideonH1439 wentH5927 upH5927 by the wayH1870 of those who livedH7931 in tentsH168 to the eastH6924 of NobahH5025 and JogbehahH3011, and he 17attackedH5221 the campH4264 when the campH4264 was unsuspectingH983. 12When ZebahH2078 and ZalmunnaH6759 fledH5127, he pursuedH7291H310 them and capturedH3920 the twoH8147 kingsH4428 of MidianH4080, ZebahH2078 and ZalmunnaH6759, and routedH2729 the entireH3605 18armyH4264.

13Then GideonH1439 the sonH1121 of JoashH3060 returnedH7725 from the battleH4421 19by the ascentH4608 of HeresH2776. 14And he capturedH3920 a youthH5288 from 20SuccothH5523 and questionedH7592 him. Then the youth wroteH3789 downH3789 for him the leadersH8269 of SuccothH5523 and its eldersH2205, seventy-sevenH7657 menH376. 15And he cameH935 to the menH376 of SuccothH5523 and saidH559, “BeholdH2009 ZebahH2078 and ZalmunnaH6759, about whomH834 you tauntedH2778 me, sayingH559, ‘2122Are the handsH3709 of ZebahH2078 and ZalmunnaH6759 alreadyH6258 in your handH3027, that we should giveH5414 breadH3899 to your menH376 who are wearyH3287?’” 16Then he tookH3947 the eldersH2205 of the cityH5892, and thornsH6975 of the wildernessH4057 and briersH1303, and he 23disciplinedH3045 the menH376 of SuccothH5523 with them. 1724And he toreH5422 downH5422 the towerH4026 of PenuelH6439 and killedH2026 the menH376 of the cityH5892.

18Then he saidH559 to ZebahH2078 and ZalmunnaH6759, “WhereH375 were the menH376 whomH834 you killedH2026 at TaborH8396?” But they saidH559, “You and they were alikeH3644, each oneH259 25resemblingH8389 the sonH1121 of a kingH4428.” 19And he saidH559, “They were my brothersH251, the sonsH1121 of my motherH517. As the LordH3068 livesH2416, ifH3863 onlyH3863 you had let them liveH2421, I would not killH2026 you.” 20So he saidH559 to JetherH3500 his firstbornH1060, “RiseH6965, killH2026 them.” But the youthH5288 did not drawH8025 his swordH2719, for he wasH3372 afraidH3372, becauseH3588 he was stillH5750 a youthH5288. 21Then ZebahH2078 and ZalmunnaH6759 saidH559, “RiseH6965 upH6965 yourselfH859, and attackH6293 us; for as the manH376, so is his strengthH1369.” 26So GideonH1439 aroseH6965 and killedH2026 ZebahH2078 and ZalmunnaH6759, and 27tookH3947 the crescentH7720 amuletsH7720 whichH834 were on their camels’H1581 necksH6677.