27And 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.
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And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.
These are the families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred.
These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred.
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 24-43)We have here some of the genealogies of the tribe of Simeon (though it was not a tribe of great note), especially the princes of that tribe, 1 Chron. 4:38. Of this tribe it is said that they increased greatly , but not like the children of Judah , 1 Chron. 4:27. Those whom God increases ought to be thankful, though they see others that are more increased. Here observe, 1. The cities allotted them…
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