1 Chronicles 4:24-43

New American Standard Bible 1995

Descendants of Simeon

²⁴ The sons of Simeon were ^[a]Nemuel and Jamin, ^[b]Jarib, ^[c]Zerah, Shaul; ²⁵ Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son. ²⁶ The sons of Mishma were Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his son. ²⁷ Now Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers did not have many sons, nor did all their family multiply like the sons of Judah. ²⁸ They lived at Beersheba, Moladah and Hazar-shual, ²⁹ at Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad, ³⁰ Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag, ³¹ Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susim, Beth-biri and Shaaraim. These were their cities until the reign of David. ³² Their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen and Ashan, five cities; ³³ and all their villages that were around the same cities as far as ^[d]Baal. These were their settlements, and they have their genealogy.

³⁴ Meshobab and Jamlech and Joshah the son of Amaziah, ³⁵ and Joel and Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel, ³⁶ and Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah, ³⁷ Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah; ³⁸ these mentioned by name were leaders in their families; and their fathers’ houses increased greatly. ³⁹ They went to the entrance of Gedor, even to the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks. ⁴⁰ They found rich and good pasture, and ^(A)the land was broad and quiet and peaceful; for those who lived there formerly were Hamites. ^41 (B)These, recorded by name, came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and ^[e]attacked their tents and the Meunites who were found there, and destroyed them utterly to this day, and lived in their place, because there was pasture there for their flocks. ⁴² From them, from the sons of Simeon, five hundred men went to ^(C)Mount Seir, with Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, as their leaders. ^43 (D)They ^[f]destroyed the remnant of the Amalekites who escaped, and have lived there to this day.