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The sonnes of Simeon were: Nemuel, and Iamin, Iarib, Zerah, and Shaul:

Shallum his sonne: Mibsam his sonne: Mishma his sonne.

And the sonnes of Mishma: Hamuel his sonne, Zacchur his sonne, Shimei his sonne.

And Shimei had sixteene sonnes, and sixe daughters, but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply like to the children of Iudah.

And they dwelt at Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-shual,

And at Bilha, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,

And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,

And at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-Susim, and at Bethbirei, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities, vnto the reigne of Dauid.

And their villages were: Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, fiue cities.

And all their villages that were round about the same cities, vnto Baal. These were their habitations, and their genealogie:

And Meshobab, and Iamlech, and Ioshah the sonne of Amashiah,

And Ioel, and Iehu the sonne of Iosibia, the sonne of Seraia, the sonne of Asiel,

And Elioenai, and Iaakobah, and Iesohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Iesimiel, and Benaiah,

And Ziza the sonne of Shiphi, the sonne of Allon, the sonne of Iedaia, the sonne of Shimri, the sonne of Shemaiah.

These mentioned by their names, were Princes in their families, and the house of their fathers increased greatly.

And they went to the entrance of Gedor, euen vnto the East side of the valley, to seeke pasture for their flocks.

And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable: for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.

And these written by name, came in the dayes of Hezekiah king of Iudah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them vtterly vnto this day, and dwelt in their roomes: because there was pasture there for their flocks.

And some of them, euen of the sonnes of Simeon, fiue hundred men, went to mount Seir, hauing for their captaines Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sonnes of Ishi.

And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there vnto this day.