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

⁶ But the officials of Sukkoth^(E) said, “Do you already have the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna in your possession? Why should we give bread^(F) to your troops?”^(G)