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The sons of Simeon: Nem'uel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Sha'ul;
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Shallum was his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.
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The sons of Mishma: Ham'mu-el his son, Zac'cur his son, Shim'e-i his son.
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Shim'e-i had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers had not many children, nor did all their family multiply like the men of Judah.
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They dwelt in Beer-sheba, Mola'dah, Ha'zar-shu'al,
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Bethu'el, Hormah, Ziklag,
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Beth-mar'caboth, Ha'zar-su'sim, Beth-biri, and Sha-ara'im. These were their cities until David reigned.
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And their villages were Etam, A'in, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan, five cities,
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along with all their villages which were round about these cities as far as Ba'al. These were their settlements, and they kept a genealogical record.
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Mesho'bab, Jamlech, Joshah the son of Amazi'ah,
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Jo'el, Jehu the son of Joshibi'ah, son of Serai'ah, son of As'i-el,
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Eli-o-e'nai, Ja-ako'bah, Jeshohai'ah, Asai'ah, Ad'i-el, Jesim'iel, Benai'ah,
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Ziza the son of Shiphi, son of Allon, son of Jedai'ah, son of Shimri, son of Shemai'ah--
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these mentioned by name were princes in their families, and their fathers' houses increased greatly.
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They journeyed to the entrance of Gedor, to the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks,
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where they found rich, good pasture, and the land was very broad, quiet, and peaceful; for the former inhabitants there belonged to Ham.
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These, registered by name, came in the days of Hezeki'ah, king of Judah, and destroyed their tents and the Me-u'nim who were found there, and exterminated them to this day, and settled in their place, because there was pasture there for their flocks.
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And some of them, five hundred men of the Simeonites, went to Mount Se'ir, having as their leaders Pelati'ah, Ne-ari'ah, Rephai'ah, and Uz'ziel, the sons of Ishi;
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and they destroyed the remnant of the Amal'ekites that had escaped, and they have dwelt there to this day.