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Gideon then went to the Jordan and crossed over with the three hundred men who were with him. They were exhausted but kept pursuing the enemy.

Gideon said to the men of Succoth, “Please give loaves of bread to the troops who are following right behind me, because they are exhausted, and I am pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.”

But the leaders of Succoth said, “Are the cut-off hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hands? Why then would we give bread to your army?”

Gideon replied, “Just for that, when the Lord gives Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, I will tear your flesh with thorns from the wilderness and with briars.”

Then Gideon went up from there to Penuel[a] and made the same request, and the men of Penuel gave him the same answer that the men of Succoth had. So Gideon said to the men of Penuel, “When I return in peace, I will tear down this tower.”

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 8:8 Also called Peniel