1 Chronicles 4:24–39

The Descendants of Simeon

²⁴Simeon had five sons: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul. ²⁵Shaul’s son was Shallum, his grandson was Mibsam, and his great-grandson was Mishma. ²⁶Then from Mishma the line descended through Hammuel, Zaccur, and Shimei. ²⁷Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his relatives had fewer children, and the tribe of Simeon did not grow as much as the tribe of Judah did.

^28*Down to the time of King David the descendants of Simeon lived in the following towns: Beersheba, Moladah, Hazarshual, ^29*Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad, ^30*Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag, ^31*Beth Marcaboth, Hazarsusim, Bethbiri, and Shaaraim. ^32*They also lived in five other places: Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan, ^33*and the surrounding villages, as far south-west as the town of Baalath. These are the records which they kept of their families and of the places where they lived.

^34–38The following men were the heads of their clans:

Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah son of Amaziah, Joel,

Jehu (the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel),

Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah,

Ziza (the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, a descendant of Jedaiah, Shimri, and Shemaiah).

Because their families continued to grow, ³⁹they spread out westwards almost to Gerar^m and pastured their sheep on the eastern side of the valley in which that city is located.