1 Chronicles 4:24 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Bible Comments

The sons of Simeon were Nemuel, &c. These are here joined with Judah, because their possession was taken out of Judah's portion, Joshua 19:1. This account seems to differ from that in Genesis 46:10, both in the number and names of the persons; which is not strange, considering how customary it was among the Hebrews for one person to have two or three names given to him upon different occasions. And for Ohad, he may be omitted here, because he left no posterity after him as the rest did.

1 Chronicles 4:24

24 The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel,j and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul: