11. Gideon traveled on the caravan route east of Nobah and Jogbehah and attacked their army while the army was unsuspecting.
12. Zebah and Zalmunna fled, and he pursued them. He captured these two kings of Midian and routed the entire army.
13. Gideon son of Joash returned from the battle by the Ascent of Heres.
14. He captured a youth from the men of Succoth and interrogated him. The youth wrote down for him the names of the 77 princes and elders of Succoth.
15. Then he went to the men of Succoth and said, “Here are Zebah and Zalmunna. You taunted me about them, saying, ‘Are Zebah and Zalmunna now in your power that we should give bread to your exhausted men? ’ ”
16. So he took the elders of the city, and he took some thorns and briers from the wilderness, and he disciplined the men of Succoth with them.
17. He also tore down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.