3. It was into your hands that God gave the Midianite commanders, Oreb and Zeeb. What was I able to do compared to you?” When Gideon said this, their anger against him cooled down.
4. Then Gideon came to the Jordan and crossed over, he and the three hundred men who were with him, exhausted but still pursuing.
5. He said to the men of Sukkoth, “Please give some loaves of bread to the people who are following me, for they are exhausted, and I am pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.”
6. The officials of Sukkoth said, “Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hands that we should give bread to your army?”
7. So Gideon said, “Because of this, when the Lord gives Zebah and Zalmunna into my hands, I will tear your bodies with desert thorns and briers.”
8. He went up from there to Peniel and spoke to them in the same way. The men of Peniel answered him just as the men of Sukkoth had.
9. So he also said to the men of Peniel, “When I return safely, I will tear down this tower.”