5 Later he said to the men of Sucʹcoth:+ “Please give round loaves of bread to the people that are following my steps,+ for they are tired and I am chasing after Zeʹbah+ and Zal·munʹna,+ the kings of Midʹi·an.”

12 As for the carver of iron with the billhook, he has been busy [at it] with the coals; and with the hammers he proceeds to form it, and he keeps busy at it with his powerful arm.+ Also, he has become hungry, and so without power. He has not drunk water; so he gets tired.