Judges 8:16-20
Judges 8:16
Then he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and he disciplined the men of Succoth with them.
Judges 8:17
And he tore down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.
Judges 8:18
Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, “Where were the men whom you killed at Tabor?” But they said, “You and they were alike, each one resembling the son of a king.”
Judges 8:19
And he said, “They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. As the Lord lives, if only you had let them live, I would not kill you.”
Judges 8:20
So he said to Jether his firstborn, “Rise, kill them.” But the youth did not draw his sword, for he was afraid, because he was still a youth.