¹³ Then Gideon son of Jehoash returned from the battle by way of^[a] the ascent of Heres.^{[b] 14} He captured a young man from Succoth^[c] and questioned him. The young man listed^[d] for him the commanders of Succoth and its elders, seventy-seven men. ¹⁵ He came to the men of Succoth, and he said, “Here is Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me, saying, ‘Is the palm^[e] of Zebah and Zalmunna in your hand now, that we should give food to your weary men?’” ¹⁶ He took the elders of the city and the thorn bushes and briers of the wilderness, and he trampled^[f] the men of Succoth with them. ¹⁷ He broke down the tower of Penuel, and he killed the men of the city.