Judges 8:4-6

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⁴ Gideon now crossed the Jordan River with his three hundred men. They were very tired, but still chasing the enemy. ⁵ He asked the men of Succoth for food. “We are weary from chasing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian,” he said.

⁶ But the leaders of Succoth replied, “You haven’t caught them yet!^[a] If we feed you and you fail, they’ll return and destroy us.”