^{4 Ref} Then Gideon came to Jordan and went over it with his three hundred, overcome with weariness and in need of food.

^{5 Ref} And he said to the men of Succoth, Give bread cakes to my people, for they are overcome with weariness, and I am going on after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.

^{6 Ref} But the chiefs of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna even now in your hand that we are to give bread to your army?