1 Chronicles 4:24–39

Simeon

4:28–33pp—Jos 19:2–10

²⁴The descendants of Simeon:^g

Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib,^h Zerah and Shaul;

²⁵Shallum was Shaul’s son, Mibsam his son and Mishma his son.

²⁶The descendants of Mishma:

Hammuel his son, Zakkur his son and Shimei his son.

²⁷Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children; so their entire clan did not become as numerous as the people of Judah. ²⁸They lived in Beersheba,ⁱ Moladah,^j Hazar Shual, ²⁹Bilhah, Ezem,^k Tolad, ³⁰Bethuel, Hormah,^l Ziklag,^{m 31}Beth Markaboth, Hazar Susim, Beth Biri and Shaaraim.ⁿ These were their towns until the reign of David. ³²Their surrounding villages were Etam, Ain,^o Rimmon, Token and Ashan^p—five towns—³³and all the villages around these towns as far as Baalath.^g These were their settlements. And they kept a genealogical record.

³⁴Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah son of Amaziah, ³⁵Joel, Jehu son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel, ³⁶also Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah, ³⁷and Ziza son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah.

³⁸The men listed above by name were leaders of their clans. Their families increased greatly, ³⁹and they went to the outskirts of Gedor^q to the east of the valley in search of pasture for their flocks.