1 Chronicles 4:24-43

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Simeon’s line

²⁴Simeon’s family: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul, ²⁵his son Shallum, his son Mibsam, and his son Mishma. ²⁶Mishma’s family: his son Hammuel, his son Zaccur, and his son Shimei. ²⁷Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers didn’t have many children, and none of their clans became as numerous as the Judeans.

²⁸They lived in Beer-sheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual, ²⁹Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad, ³⁰Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag, ³¹Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susim, Beth-biri, and Shaaraim. These were their towns until David became king. ³²Their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan—five towns— ³³as well as all their villages around these towns as far as Baal. These were their settlements, and they kept their own family records:

³⁴Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah son of Amaziah, ³⁵Joel, Jehu son of Joshibiah son of Seraiah son of Asiel, ³⁶Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah, ³⁷and Ziza son of Shiphi son of Allon son of Jedaiah son of Shimri son of Shemaiah. ³⁸These mentioned by name were leaders in their clans, and their households increased greatly.

³⁹They went to the entrance of Gedor, as far as the east side of the valley, to find pasture for their flocks. ⁴⁰They found fertile pasture, and the land was spacious, quiet, and peaceful; the people of Ham used to live there. ⁴¹These whose names were recorded, however, came in the days of Judah’s King Hezekiah, attacked their tents and the Meunim^[a] found there, and completely destroyed them, as can be seen today. They settled in their place, because there was pasture there for their flocks. ⁴²Some of them, five hundred Simeonites, went to Mount Seir, led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, Ishi’s sons. ⁴³They struck down those who were left of the Amalekites and have lived there ever since.

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