Judges 8:15-17

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Gideon Punishes Succoth

¹⁵ When Gideon came to Succoth, he said to the people of that city, “·Here are [^LLook!; ^TBehold!] Zebah and Zalmunna. You ·made fun of [taunted; insulted] me by saying, ‘Why should we give bread to your tired men? ·You have not caught Zebah and Zalmunna yet [^LAre the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna in your hand?].’” ¹⁶ So Gideon took the elders of the city and ·punished them [taught them a lesson] with thorns and briers from the ·desert [wilderness]. ¹⁷ He also pulled down the tower of Peniel and killed the people in that city.