The descendants of Salma were his son Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Athrothbeth-joab, half the Manahathites, and the Zorites; they also included the families of the writers living at Jabez—the Tirathites, Shime-athite,s and Sucathites. All these are Kenites who descended from hammath, the founder of the family of Rechab.