39. And they went to the entrance of Gedor, unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.

40. And they found fat pasture and good, and the land wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for of Ham had dwelt there of old.

41. And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because pasture there for their flocks.

42. And of them, of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, 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.