20. Shimon was the father of Amnon, Rinnah, Benhanan, and Tilon.Ishi was the father of Zoheth and Benzoheth.
21-22. Judah also had a son named Shelah, whose descendants included Jokim and the people of the town of Cozeba, as well as Er who settled the town of Lecah and Laadah who settled the town of Mareshah. The people who lived in Beth-Ashbea were also descendants of Shelah, and they were experts in weaving cloth. Shelah was the ancestor of Joash and Saraph, two men who married Moabite women and then settled near Bethlehem—but these family records are very old.
23. The members of these clans were the potters who lived in the towns of Netaim and Gederah and worked for the king.
24. Simeon had five sons: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul.
25. The descendants of Shaul included his son Shallum, his grandson Mibsam, and his great-grandson Mishma.
26. The descendants of Mishma included his son Hammuel, his grandson Zaccur, and his great-grandson Shimei.
27. Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters. But his brothers did not have as many children, so the Simeon tribe was smaller than the Judah tribe.
28-31. Before David became king, the people of the Simeon tribe lived in the following towns: Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar-Shual, Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad, Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag, Beth-Marcaboth, Hazarsusim, Bethbiri, and Shaaraim.
32. They also lived in the five villages of Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan,