15. He came to the men of Succoth, and he said, “Here is Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me, saying, ‘Is the palm of Zebah and Zalmunna in your hand now, that we should give food to your weary men?’ ”
16. He took the elders of the city and the thorn bushes and briers of the wilderness, and he trampled the men of Succoth with them.
17. He broke down the tower of Penuel, and he killed the men of the city.
18. And he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, “What type were the men whom you killed at Tabor?” And they said, “They were like you; each one of them had the appearance of the sons of the king.”
19. He said, “They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. As Yahweh lives, if you had kept them alive I would not kill you.”
20. And he said to Jether, his firstborn, “Get up, kill them.” But the boy did not draw his sword, for he was afraid because he was still a boy.
21. Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Get up yourself, and strike us, for as is the man, so is his power.” So Gideon got up and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent ornaments that were on the necks of their camels.
22. The men of Israel said to Gideon, “Rule over us, both you and your sons, and your sons’ son, for you have delivered us from the hand of Midian.