Judges 8:7-17

New American Standard Bible

⁷ So Gideon said, “For this answer, ^(A)when the Lord has handed over to me Zebah and Zalmunna, I will ^[a]thrash your ^[b]bodies with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.” ⁸ Then he went up from there to ^[c](B)Penuel and spoke similarly to them; and the men of Penuel answered him just as the men of Succoth had answered. ⁹ So he said also to the men of ^[d]Penuel, “When I return safely, ^(C)I will tear down this tower.”

¹⁰ Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their ^[e]armies with them, about fifteen thousand men, all who were left of the entire ^[f]army of the ^[g]people of the east; ^(D)for the fallen were 120,000 ^[h]swordsmen. ¹¹ Gideon went up by the way of those who lived in tents to the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and he ^[i]attacked the camp when the camp was unsuspecting. ¹² When Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued them and captured the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and routed the entire ^[j]army.

¹³ Then Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle ^[k]by the ascent of Heres. ¹⁴ And he captured a youth from ^[l]Succoth and questioned him. Then the youth wrote down for him the leaders of Succoth and its elders, seventy-seven men. ¹⁵ And he came to the men of Succoth and said, “Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me, saying, ‘^[m](E)Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hand, that we should give bread to your men who are weary?’” ¹⁶ Then he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and he ^[n]disciplined the men of Succoth with them. ^17 (F)And he tore down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.