1 Chronicles 4:26-36

26 The descendants of Mishma: his son Hamu'el, his son Zakur, his son Shim'i.

27 Shim'i had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children, so their clans did not increase like those of Y'hudah.

28 They lived at Be'er-Sheva, Moladah, Hatzar-Shu'al,

29 Bilhah, 'Etzem, Tolad,

30 B'tu'el, Hormah, Ziklag,

31 Beit-Markavot, Hatzar-Susim, Beit-Bir'i and Sha'arayim. These were their cities until the reign of David.

32 Their villages were 'Eitam, 'Ayin, Rimmon, Tokhen and 'Ashan, five cities,

33 along with all the villages surrounding these cities, as far as Ba'al. These are the places where they lived, and they have their official genealogy.

34 Meshovav, Yamlekh, Yoshah the son of Amatzyah,

35 Yo'el, Yehu the son of Yoshivyah the son of S'rayah the son of 'Asi'el,

36 Elyo'einai, Ya'akovah, Y'shochayah,'Asayah, 'Adi'el, Y'simi'el, B'nayah,

1 Chronicles 4:26-36 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 4

In this chapter is a further account of the tribe of Judah, and of some principal families in it, 1Ch 4:1-23 and of the tribe of Simeon, their families, cities, and villages, 1Ch 4:24-38 and of the enlargement of their borders, and conquest of the Amalekites, 1Ch 4:39-43.