18. He married a woman from Judah, who became the mother of Jered (the father of Gedor), Heber (the father of Soco), and Jekuthiel (the father of Zanoah). Mered also married Bithia, a daughter of Pharaoh, and she bore him children.
19. Hodiah’s wife was the sister of Naham. One of her sons was the father of Keilah the Garmite, and another was the father of Eshtemoa the Maacathite.
20. The sons of Shimon were Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon.The descendants of Ishi were Zoheth and Ben-zoheth.
21. Shelah was one of Judah’s sons. The descendants of Shelah were Er (the father of Lecah); Laadah (the father of Mareshah); the families of linen workers at Beth-ashbea;
22. Jokim; the men of Cozeba; and Joash and Saraph, who ruled over Moab and Jashubi-lehem. These names all come from ancient records.
23. They were the pottery makers who lived in Netaim and Gederah. They lived there and worked for the king.
24. The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zohar, and Shaul.
25. The descendants of Shaul were Shallum, Mibsam, and Mishma.
26. The descendants of Mishma were Hammuel, Zaccur, and Shimei.
27. Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but none of his brothers had large families. So Simeon’s tribe never grew as large as the tribe of Judah.
28. They lived in Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual,
29. Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,
30. Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag,