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,
40. and they found a lot of good pasture land that was quiet and undisturbed. This had once belonged to the Hamites,
41. but when Hezekiah was king of Judah, the descendants of Simeon attacked and forced the Hamites and Meunites off the land, then settled there.