1 Chronicles 4:24-43

24The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul;

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

26The sons of Mishma: Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his son.

27Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers did not have many sons, neither did all their family multiply like the sons of Judah.

28They lived at Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual,

29Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,

30Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag,

31Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susim, Beth-biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities until the reign of David.

32These were their villages: Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan—five cities—

33and all their villages that were around these towns as far as Baal. These were their settlements, and they have their genealogical record.

34Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah the son of Amaziah,

35Joel, Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,

36also Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah,

37Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah;

38these mentioned by name were leaders in their families; and their fathers’ houses increased greatly [so they needed more land].

39So they journeyed to the entrance of Gedor, to the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.

40They found rich, good pasture, and the [cleared] land was wide, quiet, and peaceful; for those who had lived there previously came from Ham [and had left it a better place for those who came after them].

41These, registered by name, came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and they attacked their tents and the Meunites (foreigners) who were found there, and utterly destroyed them to this day; and they settled in their place, because there was pasture there for their flocks.

42From them, from the sons of Simeon, five hundred men went to Mount Seir, with Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, as their leaders.

43They destroyed the remnant of the Amalekites who escaped, and they have lived there to this day (the date of this writing).