The Pursuit and Refusal of Aid

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Then Gideon and his three hundred men came to the Jordan and crossed it, exhausted yet still in pursuit.

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So Gideon said to the men of Succoth, “Please give my troops some bread, for they are exhausted, and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”

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But the leaders of Succoth asked, “Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your possession, that we should give bread to your army?”

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“Very well,” Gideon replied, “when the LORD has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, I will tear your flesh with the thorns and briers of the wilderness!”

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From there he went up to Penuel and asked the same from them, but the men of Penuel gave the same response as the men of Succoth.

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So Gideon told the men of Penuel, “When I return in triumph, I will tear down this tower!”

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Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their army of about fifteen thousand men—all that were left of the armies of the people of the east. A hundred and twenty thousand swordsmen had already fallen.

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And Gideon went up by way of the caravan route east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and he attacked their army, taking them by surprise.

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When Zebah and Zalmunna fled, Gideon pursued and captured these two kings of Midian, routing their entire army.

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