26. Then from Mishma the line descended through Hammuel, Zaccur, and Shimei.
27. Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his relatives had fewer children, and the tribe of Simeon did not grow as much as the tribe of Judah did.
28. Down to the time of King David the descendants of Simeon lived in the following towns: Beersheba, Moladah, Hazarshual,
29. Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,
30. Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag,
31. Beth Marcaboth, Hazarsusim, Bethbiri, and Shaaraim.
32. They also lived in five other places: Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan,