Judg 8:5-9 | ESV | STEP | So he said to the men of Succoth , Please give loaves of bread to the people who follow me, for they are exhausted , and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna , the kings of Midian .

Judges 8:5-9

5 So he said to the men of ^aSuccoth, “Please give loaves of bread to the people who follow me, for they are exhausted, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.” 6 And the officials of Succoth said, ^b“Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hand, ^cthat we should give bread to your army?” 7 So Gideon said, “Well then, when the Lord has given Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, ^dI will flail your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.” 8 And from there he went up to ^ePenuel, and spoke to them in the same way, and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered. 9 And he said to the men of Penuel, ^f“When I come again in peace, ^gI will break down this tower.”