¹³ Then Gideon son of Joash returned from the battle by the ·Pass [or Ascent] of Heres. ¹⁴ Gideon captured a young man from Succoth and ·asked him some questions [interrogated him]. So the young man wrote down for Gideon the names of seventy-seven ·officers [princes; leaders] and elders of Succoth.

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?].’”