(Gen. 35:22). So, instead, 1 Chronicles deals with Simeon’s genealogy after Judah’s. The land belonging to Simeon was completely enclosed by that of Judah, thus making it part of the southern kingdom. It was therefore the natural tribe to deal with next. The main point being made here is that this tribe had successfully enlarged its borders (vv. 39–43)—an endeavour close to the writer’s heart and, as we see below, also to the heart of a man called Jabez. Of course genealogies are,