Travellers of Distinction: Frequently Extorted Provisions by the Way

So Gideon said to the men of Succoth, “Please give my troops some bread, for they are exhausted, and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”

From there he went up to Penuel and asked the same from them, but the men of Penuel gave the same response as the men of Succoth.

While David was in the wilderness, he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep. …