--- title: "The Sons of Simeon" description: "The descendants of Simeon: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul. The sons of..." image: "" book: "1 Chronicles" bookId: "1CH" testament: "old" startChapter: 4 startVerse: 24 endChapter: 4 endVerse: 43 coversChapters: [4] aiTitle: "The Sons of Simeon" aiDescription: "The descendants of Simeon: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul. The sons of..." hasAiStory: true location: "Mount Seir" persons: ["Judah","Jabez","Simeon","Nemuel","Jamin","Jarib","Zerah","Shaul","Shallum","Mibsam","Mishma","Hammuel","Zaccur","Shimei","David","Meshobab","Jamlech","Joshah","Amaziah","Joel","Jehu","Joshibiah","Seraiah","Asiel","Elioenai","Jaakobah","Jeshohaiah","Asaiah","Adiel","Jesimiel","Benaiah","Ziza","Shiphi","Allon","Jedaiah","Shimri","Shemaiah","Hezekiah","Hamites","Meunites","Simeonites","Pelatiah","Neariah","Rephaiah","Uzziel","Ishi","Amalekites"] hashtags: ["genealogy","war","deliverance"] genre: "history" readingTime: 2 type: "adaptive" slug: "1CH/the-sons-of-simeon" canonicalId: "1CH.4.24-4.43" chronologicalOrder: 540 relatedSlugs: ["JOS/simeons-inheritance"] prevSlug: "1CH/other-descendants-of-judah" nextSlug: "1CH/the-descendants-of-the-trans-jordan-tribes" --- ### The Descendants of [Simeon](/persons/simeon) The descendants of Simeon:
[Nemuel](/persons/nemuel), [Jamin](/persons/jamin), [Jarib](/persons/jarib), [Zerah](/persons/zerah), and [Shaul](/persons/shaul). The sons of Shaul:
[Shallum](/persons/shallum), [Mibsam](/persons/mibsam), and [Mishma](/persons/mishma). The sons of Mishma:
[Hammuel](/persons/hammuel), [Zaccur](/persons/zaccur), and [Shimei](/persons/shimei). Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children, so their whole clan did not become as numerous as the sons of [Judah](/persons/judah). They lived in Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual, Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad, Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag, Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susim, Beth-biri, and Shaaraim. These were their cities until the reign of [David](/persons/david). And their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan—five towns— and all their surrounding villages as far as Baal. These were their settlements, and they kept a genealogical record: [Meshobab](/persons/meshobab), [Jamlech](/persons/jamlech), [Joshah](/persons/joshah) son of [Amaziah](/persons/amaziah), [Joel](/persons/joel), [Jehu](/persons/jehu) son of [Joshibiah](/persons/joshibiah) (son of [Seraiah](/persons/seraiah), son of [Asiel](/persons/asiel)), [Elioenai](/persons/elioenai), [Jaakobah](/persons/jaakobah), [Jeshohaiah](/persons/jeshohaiah), [Asaiah](/persons/asaiah), [Adiel](/persons/adiel), [Jesimiel](/persons/jesimiel), [Benaiah](/persons/benaiah), and [Ziza](/persons/ziza) son of [Shiphi](/persons/shiphi) (son of [Allon](/persons/allon), son of [Jedaiah](/persons/jedaiah), son of [Shimri](/persons/shimri), son of [Shemaiah](/persons/shemaiah)). These men listed by name were the leaders of their clans. Their families increased greatly, and they journeyed to the entrance of Gedor, to the east side of the valley, in search of pasture for their flocks. There they found rich, good pasture, and the land was spacious, peaceful, and quiet; for some [Hamites](/persons/hamites) had lived there formerly. These who were noted by name came in the days of [Hezekiah](/persons/hezekiah) king of Judah. They attacked the Hamites and [Meunites](/persons/meunites) there in their dwellings, devoting them to destruction even to this day. Then they settled in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks. And five hundred of these [Simeonites](/persons/simeonites) led by [Pelatiah](/persons/pelatiah), [Neariah](/persons/neariah), [Rephaiah](/persons/rephaiah), and [Uzziel](/persons/uzziel), the sons of [Ishi](/persons/ishi), went to Mount Seir and struck down the remnant of the [Amalekites](/persons/amalekites) who had escaped. And they have lived there to this day.

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