1 Chronicles 4:24-43 ▼

24 The sons of Simeon were Mibsam his son, Mishma his son,

25 Shemati his son, Hamuel his son.

26 Zaccai his son, Shimei his son.

27 And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers had not many children, neither did all their family multiply until the children of Judah came to dwell with them.

28 And they dwelt with them in the towns of Beersheba, in Moladah, and in Darath-Shuah.

29 And in Bilhah, Ezem, and Tolad,

30 Bansel, Hirmah, Hazar-gadah, Heshmon, Hethpelet, and Zinglag,

31 And in Marmeranah and Samsalah. These were their cities until the reign of David.

32 And their villages were Akim, Ekin, Rimmon, Athchen, and Ashan, five cities;

33 And all the villages that were round about the same cities of Arkites.

34 These were the cities of their habitations, and they became very famous

35 And were situated in beautiful locations, and peace and tranquillity reigned round about them.

36 These were the names of the princes who were there in their families and in the house of their fathers.

37 And they came to the entrance of Geder, as far as the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.

38 And they found good and rich pasture, and the land was wide and good, and tranquillity and peace there reigned;

39 For they who dwelt in it were the first settlers.

40 And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and destroyed their tents utterly

41 And polluted all the springs of water which were there to this day and dwelt in their places, because there was good pasture for their flocks.

42 And some of them and some of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Gebel. These are the names of the men who went as their leaders: Pelatiah, Metitha, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the four sons of Ishi.

43 And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that escaped, and have dwelt in their place to this day.