¹³ Then Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle ^[a]by the ascent of Heres. ¹⁴ And he captured a youth from ^[b]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, ‘^[c](A)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 ^[d]disciplined the men of Succoth with them. ^17 (B)And he tore down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.