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,
31. Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susim, Beth-biri, and Shaaraim. These towns were under their control until the time of King David.