7. “Just wait!” Gideon said. “After the Lord helps me defeat them, I'm coming back here. I'll make a whip out of thorns and rip the flesh from your bones.”
8. After leaving Succoth, Gideon went to Penuel and asked the leaders there for some food. But he got the same answer as he had got at Succoth.
9. “I'll come back safe and sound,” Gideon said, “but when I do, I'm going to tear down your tower!”
10. Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with an army of fifteen thousand troops. They were all that was left of the army of the eastern nations, because one hundred and twenty thousand of their warriors had been killed in the battle.
11. Gideon reached the enemy camp by going east along Nomad Road past Nobah and Jogbehah. He made a surprise attack,
12. and the enemy panicked. Zebah and Zalmunna tried to escape, but Gideon chased and captured them.
13. After the battle, Gideon set out for home. As he was going through Heres Pass,