1 Chronicles 4:38-40

Contemporary English Version

^34-38 As their families and clans became larger, the people of Simeon had the following leaders: Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah son of Amaziah, Joel, Jehu,^[a] Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah, and Ziza.^{[b] 39} When the people needed more pastureland for their flocks and herds, they looked as far as the eastern side of the valley where the town of Gerar^[c] is located, ⁴⁰ and they found a lot of good pastureland that was quiet and undisturbed. This had once belonged to the Hamites,