27. Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his relatives had fewer children, and the tribe of Simeon did not grow as much as the tribe of Judah did.
28. Down to the time of King David the descendants of Simeon lived in the following towns: Beersheba, Moladah, Hazarshual,
29. Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,
30. Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag,
31. Beth Marcaboth, Hazarsusim, Bethbiri, and Shaaraim.
32. They also lived in five other places: Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan,
33. and the surrounding villages, as far south-west as the town of Baalath. These are the records which they kept of their families and of the places where they lived.
34-38. The following men were the heads of their clans:Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah son of Amaziah, Joel,Jehu (the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel),Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah,Ziza (the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, a descendant of Jedaiah, Shimri, and Shemaiah).Because their families continued to grow,