Genealogy of Simeon^(A)

²⁴ Simeon’s descendants were Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul, ²⁵ his son Shallum, his son Mibsam, and his son Mishma.

²⁶ Mishma’s descendants were his son Hammuel, his son Zaccur, and his son Shimei.

²⁷ Shimei had 16 sons and six daughters, but his relatives did not have many children, nor did their entire family multiply like the Judeans did. ²⁸ They lived in Beer-sheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual, ²⁹ Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad, ³⁰ Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag, ³¹ Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susim, Beth-biri, and Shaaraim. These were their cities until David began to reign.

³² Their cities were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan, for a total of^[a] five cities, ³³ along with all their settlements that surrounded these cities as far as Baal—this is their settlement history.^[b]

They kept this genealogical record for themselves: ³⁴ Meshobab, Jamlech, Amaziah’s son Joshah, ³⁵ Joel, Joshibiah’s son Jehu (who was the grandson of Seraiah and great-grandson of Asiel), ³⁶ Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah, ³⁷ Shiphi’s son Ziza (who was the grandson of Shiphi, who was fathered by Allon, who was fathered by Jedaiah, who was fathered by Shimri, who was fathered by Shemaiah)— ³⁸ these people,^[c] enumerated by name, were leaders in their respective families, and their clans grew to be very abundant.

³⁹ They journeyed as far as the entrance of Gedor on the east side of the valley in order to find pasture for their flocks. ⁴⁰ They discovered abundant and excellent grazing lands there, where the land was very broad, secure, and tranquil, because the former inhabitants there were descendants of Ham. ⁴¹ Later on, during the reign^[d] of King Hezekiah of Judah, these people,^[e] enumerated by name, came and attacked both their homes^[f] and the Meunim who had settled there and who remain exterminated to this day. They settled down there, taking their place, because there was pasture there for their flocks. ⁴² Some of them—that is, 500 Simeonite men—went to Mount Seir.^[g] Under the leadership of Ishi’s sons Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, ⁴³ they destroyed the survivors of the Amalekites who had escaped, and they have lived there to this day.