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The leaders of Succoth said, "^[c](d)Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hands, that we should give bread to your army?"

Gideon said, "^[d]All right, ^(e)when the Lord has given Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, then I will ^[e]thrash your ^[f]bodies with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers."

He went up from there to ^[g](f)Penuel and spoke similarly to them; and the men of Penuel answered him just as the men of Succoth had answered.

So he spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, "When I return safely, ^(g)I will tear down this tower."

Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their ^[h]armies with them, about 15,000 men, all who were left of the entire ^[i]army of the sons of the east; ^(h)for the fallen were 120,000 ^[j]swordsmen.

Gideon went up by the way of those who lived in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and ^[k]attacked the camp when the camp was ^[l]unsuspecting.

When Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued them and captured the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and routed the whole ^[m]army.

Then Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle ^[n]by the ascent of Heres.

And he captured a youth ^[o]from Succoth and questioned him. Then the youth wrote down for him the princes of Succoth and its elders, seventy-seven men.

He came to the men of Succoth and said, "Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, concerning whom you taunted me, saying, ‘^[p](i)Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hand, that we should give bread to your men who are weary?'"

He took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and he ^[q]disciplined the men of Succoth with them.

^(j)He tore down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.