New King James Version

Judges 8:12-17 New King James Version (NKJV)

12. When Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued them; and he took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and routed the whole army.

13. Then Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle, from the Ascent of Heres.

14. And he caught a young man of the men of Succoth and interrogated him; and he wrote down for him the leaders of Succoth and its elders, seventy-seven men.

15. Then he came to the men of Succoth and said, “Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you ridiculed me, saying, ‘Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your weary men?’ ”

16. And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.

17. Then he tore down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.