5 And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmun´na, kings of Mid´i-an.
6 And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmun´na now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army?
7 And Gideon said, Therefore when the Lord hath delivered Zebah and Zalmun´na into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.
8 And he went up thence to Penu´el, and spake unto them likewise: and the men of Penu´el answered him as the men of Succoth had answered him.
9 And he spake also unto the men of Penu´el, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.
10 Now Zebah and Zalmun´na were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the east: for there fell a hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword.
11 And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jog´behah, and smote the host: for the host was secure.