1 Chronicles 4:24-43

1 Chronicles 4:24-43

[24] The sons  of Simeon  were, Nemuel,  and Jamin,  Jarib,  Zerah,  and Shaul:  [25] Shallum  his son,  Mibsam  his son,  Mishma  his son.  [26] And the sons  of Mishma;  Hamuel  his son,  Zacchur  his son,  Shimei  his son.  [27] And Shimei  had sixteen  sons  and six  daughters;  but his brethren  had not many  children,  neither did all their family  multiply,  like to the children  of Judah.  [28] And they dwelt  at Beersheba,  and Moladah,  and Hazarshual,  [29] And at Bilhah,  and at Ezem,  and at Tolad,  [30] And at Bethuel,  and at Hormah,  and at Ziklag,  [31] And at Bethmarcaboth,  and Hazarsusim,  and at Bethbirei,  and at Shaaraim.  These were their cities  unto the reign  of David.  [32] And their villages  were, Etam,  and Ain,  Rimmon,  and Tochen,  and Ashan,  five  cities:  [33] And all their villages  that were round about  the same cities,  unto Baal.  These were their habitations,  and their genealogy.  [34] And Meshobab,  and Jamlech,  and Joshah  the son  of Amaziah,  [35] And Joel,  and Jehu  the son  of Josibiah,  the son  of Seraiah,  the son  of Asiel,  [36] And Elioenai,  and Jaakobah,  and Jeshohaiah,  and Asaiah,  and Adiel,  and Jesimiel,  and Benaiah,  [37] And Ziza  the son  of Shiphi,  the son  of Allon,  the son  of Jedaiah,  the son  of Shimri,  the son  of Shemaiah;  [38] These mentioned  by their names  were princes  in their families:  and the house  of their fathers  increased  greatly.  [39] to the entrance  of Gedor,  even unto the east side  of the valley,  to seek  pasture  for their flocks.  [40] And they found  fat  pasture  and good,  and the land  was wide,  and quiet,  and peaceable;  for they of Ham  had dwelt  there of old.  [41] And these written  by name  came  in the days  king  of Judah,  and smote  their tents,  that were found  there, and destroyed  them utterly unto this day,  and dwelt  in their rooms: because there was pasture  there for their flocks.  [42] And some of them, even of the sons  of Simeon,  five  hundred  went  to mount  Seir,  having for their captains  Pelatiah,  and Neariah,  and Rephaiah,  and Uzziel,  the sons  of Ishi.  [43] And they smote  the rest  of the Amalekites  that were escaped,  and dwelt  there unto this day. 

What does 1 Chronicles 4:24-43 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

The writer may have listed Simeon"s descendants next because the Simeonites shared the tribal territory God gave to Judah. The Judahites absorbed many of them through intermarriage shortly after settlement in the land.