24. Simeon had five sons: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul.
25. The descendants of Shaul included his son Shallum, his grandson Mibsam, and his great-grandson Mishma.
26. The descendants of Mishma included his son Hammuel, his grandson Zaccur, and his great-grandson Shimei.
27. Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters. But his brothers did not have as many children, so the Simeon tribe was smaller than the Judah tribe.
28-31. Before David became king, the people of the Simeon tribe lived in the following towns: Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar-Shual, Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad, Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag, Beth-Marcaboth, Hazarsusim, Bethbiri, and Shaaraim.
32. They also lived in the five villages of Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan,
33. as well as in the nearby villages as far as the town of Baal. These are the places where Simeon's descendants had settled, according to their own family records.
34-38. As their families and clans became larger, the people of Simeon had the following leaders: Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah son of Amaziah, Joel, Jehu, Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah, and Ziza.
39. When the people needed more pasture land for their flocks and herds, they looked as far as the eastern side of the valley where the town of Gerar is,