³ God gave Oreb and Zeeb,^(A) the Midianite leaders, into your hands. What was I able to do compared to you?” At this, their resentment against him subsided.

⁴ Gideon and his three hundred men, exhausted yet keeping up the pursuit, came to the Jordan^(B) and crossed it. ⁵ He said to the men of Sukkoth,^(C) “Give my troops some bread; they are worn out,^(D) and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna,^(E) the kings of Midian.”