23. They were potters and inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah, where they lived in the king’s service.
24. The sons of Simeon were Nemuel, Jamin, Jachin, Zerah, and Shaul,
25. whose son was Shallum, whose son was Mibsam, whose son was Mishma.
26. The sons of Mishma were his son Hammuel, whose son was Zaccur, whose son was Shimei.
27. Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters. His brothers, however, did not have many sons, and as a result all their clans did not equal the number of the Judahites.
28. They dwelt in Beer-sheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual,
29. Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,
30. Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag,
31. Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susim, Bethbiri, and Shaaraim. Until the reign of David, these were their cities
32. and their villages. Etam, also, and Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan—five cities,
33. together with all their outlying villages as far as Baal. Here is where they dwelt, and so it was inscribed of them in their family records.
34. Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah, son of Amaziah,
35. Joel, Jehu, son of Joshibiah, son of Seraiah, son of Asiel,
36. Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah,
37. Ziza, son of Shiphi, son of Allon, son of Jedaiah, son of Shimri, son of Shemaiah—
38. these just named were princes in their clans, and their ancestral houses spread out to such an extent
39. that they went to the approaches of Gedor, east of the valley, seeking pasture for their flocks.
40. They found abundant and good pastures, and the land was spacious, quiet, and peaceful—for the Hamites dwelt there formerly.