Descendants of Simeon

1 Chronicles 4

24 n The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul; 25 Shallum was his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son. 26 The sons of Mishma: Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his son. 27 Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers did not have many children, o nor did all their clan multiply p like the men of Judah. 28 q They lived in Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual, 29 r Bilhah, Ezem, s Tolad, 30 s Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag, 31 Beth-marcaboth, t Hazar-susim, t Beth-biri, and t Shaaraim. These were their cities until David reigned. 32 And their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan, five cities, 33 along with all their villages that were around these cities as far as u Baal. These were their settlements, and they kept a genealogical record.

34 Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah the son of Amaziah, 35 Joel, Jehu the son of Joshibiah, son of Seraiah, son of Asiel, 36 Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah, 37 Ziza the son of Shiphi, son of Allon, son of Jedaiah, son of Shimri, son of Shemaiah - 38 these mentioned by name were princes in their clans, v and their fathers' houses increased greatly. 39 They journeyed to the entrance of w Gedor, to the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks, 40 where they found rich, good pasture, and the land was very broad, x quiet, and peaceful, for the former inhabitants there belonged to Ham. 41 y These, registered by name, came in the days of Hezekiah, king of Judah, and destroyed their tents and the Meunites who were found there, and marked them for destruction to this day, z and settled in their place, because there was pasture there for their flocks. 42 And some of them, five hundred men of the Simeonites, went to a Mount Seir, having as their leaders Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi. 43 And they defeated b the remnant of the Amalekites who had escaped, and they have lived there to this day.

  1. Cross References
    Numbers 26:12
    The sons of Simeon according to their clans: of Nemuel, the clan of the Nemuelites; of Jamin, the clan of the Jaminites; of Jachin, the clan of the Jachinites.
  2. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 4:38
    These mentioned by name were princes in their clans, and their fathers' houses increased greatly.
  3. Cross References
    Numbers 2:4
    His company as listed being 74,600.
    Numbers 2:13
    His company as listed being 59,300.
    Numbers 26:14
    These are the clans of the Simeonites, 22,200.
    Numbers 26:22
    These are the clans of Judah as they were listed, 76,500.
  4. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 4:28 - 33
    They lived in Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual.
    Joshua 19:2 - 8
    And they had for their inheritance Beersheba, Sheba, Moladah.
  5. Cross References
    Joshua 19:3
    Hazar-shual, Balah, Ezem.
  6. Cross References
    Joshua 19:4
    Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah.
  7. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 4:29
    Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad.
  8. Cross References
    Joshua 19:5 - 6
    Ziklag, Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susah.
  9. Cross References
    Joshua 19:5 - 6
    Ziklag, Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susah.
  10. Cross References
    Joshua 19:5 - 6
    Ziklag, Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susah.
  11. Cross References
    Joshua 19:8
    Together with all the villages around these cities as far as Baalath-beer, Ramah of the Negeb. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Simeon according to their clans.
  12. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 4:27
    Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers did not have many children, nor did all their clan multiply like the men of Judah.
  13. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 4:4
    And Penuel fathered Gedor, and Ezer fathered Hushah. These were the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem.
    1 Chronicles 4:18
    And his Judahite wife bore Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.
  14. Cross References
    Judges 18:7
    Then the five men departed and came to Laish and saw the people who were there, how they lived in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and unsuspecting, lacking nothing that is in the earth and possessing wealth, and how they were far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone.
    Judges 18:27
    But the people of Dan took what Micah had made, and the priest who belonged to him, and they came to Laish, to a people quiet and unsuspecting, and struck them with the edge of the sword and burned the city with fire.
  15. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 4:34 - 38
    Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah the son of Amaziah.
  16. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 5:22
    For many fell, because the war was of God. And they lived in their place until the exile.
  17. Cross References
    Genesis 36:8
    So Esau settled in the hill country of Seir. ( Esau is Edom.)
  18. Cross References
    1 Samuel 15:8
    And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive and devoted to destruction all the people with the edge of the sword.
    1 Samuel 30:17
    And David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day, and not a man of them escaped, except four hundred young men, who mounted camels and fled.
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