⁴⁰ They found rich, good pasture, and the land was broad, peaceful, and quiet,^(A) for some Hamites had lived there previously.

⁴¹ These^(B) who were recorded by name came in the days of King Hezekiah of Judah, attacked the Hamites’ tents and the Meunites who were found there, and set them apart for destruction,^(C) as they are today. Then they settled in their place because there was pasture for their flocks. ⁴² Now five hundred men from these sons of Simeon went with Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the descendants of Ishi, as their leaders to Mount Seir.^(D)