歷代志上4:24-43

4:24 西緬的兒子是尼母利、雅憫、雅立、謝拉、掃羅。
4:25 掃羅的兒子是沙龍；沙龍的兒子是米比衫；米比衫的兒子是米施瑪；
4:26 米施瑪的兒子是哈母利；哈母利的兒子是撒刻；撒刻的兒子是示每。
4:27 示每有十六個兒子，六個女兒，他弟兄的兒女不多，他們各家不如猶大族的人丁增多。
4:28 西緬人住在別是巴、摩拉大、哈薩‧書亞、
4:29 辟拉、以森、陀臘、
4:30 彼土利、何珥瑪、洗革拉、
4:31 伯‧瑪嘉博、哈薩‧蘇撒、伯‧比利、沙拉音，這些城邑直到大衛作王的時候都是屬西緬人的。
4:32 他們的五個城邑是以坦、亞因、臨門、陀健、亞珊；
4:33 還有屬城的鄉村，直到巴力。這是他們的住處，他們都有家譜。
4:34 還有米所巴、雅米勒、亞瑪謝的兒子約沙、
4:35 約珥、約示比的兒子耶戶；約示比是西萊雅的兒子；西萊雅是亞薛的兒子。
4:36 還有以利約乃、雅哥巴、約朔海、亞帥雅、亞底業、耶西篾、比拿雅、
4:37 示非的兒子細撒。示非是亞龍的兒子；亞龍是耶大雅的兒子；耶大雅是申利的兒子；申利是示瑪雅的兒子。
4:38 以上所記的人名都是作族長的，他們宗族的人數增多。
4:39 他們往平原東邊基多口去，尋找牧放羊群的草場，
4:40 尋得肥美的草場地，又寬闊又平靜。從前住那裡的是含族的人。
4:41 以上錄名的人，在猶大王希西家年間，來攻擊含族人的帳棚和那裡所有的米烏尼人，將他們滅盡，就住在他們的地方，直到今日，因為那裡有草場可以牧放羊群。
4:42 這西緬人中，有五百人上西珥山，率領他們的是以示的兒子毘拉提、尼利雅、利法雅，和烏薛，
4:43 殺了逃脫剩下的亞瑪力人，就住在那裡直到今日。

 

²⁴ The descendants of Simeon:

Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah and Shaul;

²⁵ Shallum was Shaul’s son, Mibsam his son and Mishma his son.

²⁶ The descendants of Mishma:

Hammuel his son, Zakkur his son and Shimei his son.

²⁷ Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children; so their entire clan did not become as numerous as the people of Judah. ²⁸ They lived in Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar Shual, ²⁹ Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad, ³⁰ Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag, ³¹ Beth Markaboth, Hazar Susim, Beth Biri and Shaaraim. These were their towns until the reign of David. ³² Their surrounding villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Token and Ashan—five towns— ³³ and all the villages around these towns as far as Baalath.^[g] These were their settlements. And they kept a genealogical record.

³⁴ Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah son of Amaziah, ³⁵ Joel, Jehu son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel, ³⁶ also Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah, ³⁷ and Ziza son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah.

³⁸ The men listed above by name were leaders of their clans. Their families increased greatly, ³⁹ and they went to the outskirts of Gedor to the east of the valley in search of pasture for their flocks. ⁴⁰ They found rich, good pasture, and the land was spacious, peaceful and quiet. Some Hamites had lived there formerly.

⁴¹ The men whose names were listed came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah. They attacked the Hamites in their dwellings and also the Meunites who were there and completely destroyed^[h] them, as is evident to this day. Then they settled in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks. ⁴² And five hundred of these Simeonites, led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, invaded the hill country of Seir. ⁴³ They killed the remaining Amalekites who had escaped, and they have lived there to this day.

 

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    西緬支派的家譜，他們得的土地在猶大之南，最後併入猶大成為南國，所以較不顯著於以色列的歷史中。