⁴ Then Gideon and the three hundred men who were with him came ^(A)to the Jordan and crossed over, exhausted yet still pursuing. ⁵ And he said to the men of ^(B)Succoth, “Please give loaves of bread to the people who are ^[a]following me, for they are exhausted, and I am pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.” ⁶ But the leaders of Succoth said, “^[b](C)Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?” ⁷ So Gideon said, “For this answer, ^(D)when the Lord has handed over to me Zebah and Zalmunna, I will ^[c]thrash your ^[d]bodies with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.” ⁸ Then he went up from there to ^[e](E)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 ^[f]Penuel, “When I return safely, ^(F)I will tear down this tower.”