Judges 8:1-21

Gideon soothed the hurt feelings of Ephraim by telling them that, though they were called late to the battle, their grape gathering had been more fruitful than all the vintage of Abiezer. Gideon and his exhausted troops crossed over Jordan still in pursuit of the enemy. They asked for bread from Succoth and Penuel, neither of which would provide it for fear of Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian. Gideon made a surprise attack on the kings with their 15,000 remaining troops and took both of them captive. He then went back and whipped the leaders of Succoth with thorns from the wilderness, destroyed the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city. He killed the kings because they had killed his brothers at Tabor (Ruth 8:1-21).