4. Gideon and the 300 men came to the Jordan and crossed it. They were exhausted but still in pursuit.
5. He said to the men of Succoth, “Please give some loaves of bread to the people who are following me, because they are exhausted, for I am pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
6. But the princes of Succoth asked, “Are Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hands that we should give bread to your army? ”
7. Gideon replied, “Very well, when the Lord has handed Zebah and Zalmunna over to me, I will trample your flesh on thorns and briers from the wilderness! ”
8. He went from there to Penuel and asked the same thing from them. The men of Penuel answered just as the men of Succoth had answered.