9. He also threatened the men of Penuel, warning, “When I return victoriously, I will tear down this tower.”
10. Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their armies. There were about fifteen thousand survivors from the army of the eastern peoples; a hundred and twenty thousand sword-wielding soldiers had been killed.
11. Gideon went up the road of the nomads east of Nobah and Jogbehah and ambushed the surprised army.
12. When Zebah and Zalmunna ran away, Gideon chased them and captured the two Midianite kings, Zebah and Zalmunna. He had surprised their entire army.
13. Gideon son of Joash returned from the battle by the pass of Heres.
14. He captured a young man from Succoth and interrogated him. The young man wrote down for him the names of Succoth’s officials and city leaders – seventy-seven men in all.
15. He approached the men of Succoth and said, “Look what I have! Zebah and Zalmunna! You insulted me, saying, ‘You have not yet overpowered Zebah and Zalmunna. So why should we give bread to your exhausted men?’”
16. He seized the leaders of the city, along with some desert thorns and briers; he then “threshed” the men of Succoth with them.