The princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?
"In these words [denying Gideon bread, Judges 8:6] there is not only an expression of cowardice, or fear of the vengeance which the Midianites might take when they returned upon those who had supported Gideon and his host, but contempt of the small force which Gideon had, as if it were impossible for him to accomplish anything at all against the foe; and in this contempt they manifested their utter want of confidence in God." [Note: Keil and Delitzsch, p. 352.] 