Jerahmeelites

The Jerahmeelites descended from Jerahmeel, “the firstborn of Hezron” (1 Chronicles 2:25), whose line runs back through Perez to Judah (1 Chronicles 2:4–5; 1 Chronicles 2:9); their families are listed in 1 Chronicles 2:25–33. In David's day they lived in the south of Judah. While David was at Ziklag, Achish asked whom he had raided, and he answered, “Against the South of Judah, against the South of the Jerahmeelites, and against the South of the Kenites” (1 Samuel 27:10), though in fact he had raided the Geshurites, the Girzites and the Amalekites (1 Samuel 27:8). After recovering the plunder from the Amalekites he sent gifts to the elders of Judah, among them “those who were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites” (1 Samuel 30:26; 1 Samuel 30:29).