Joshua 19:1
And the second lot came out for Simeon, even for the tribe of the sons of Simeon according to their families. And their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Judah.
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In Context
2And they had for their inheritance Beersheba, or Sheba, and Moladah,
Cross References
Genesis 49:5Simeon and Levi are brothers, weapons of violence are their swords.
Joshua 15:21And the outermost cities of the tribe of the sons of Judah toward the border of Edom in the South were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,
Joshua 19:9The inheritance of the sons of Simeon was out of the part of the sons of Judah, for the portion of the sons of Judah was too much for them. Therefore the sons of Simeon had inheritance in the midst of their inheritance.
Ezekiel 48:24And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side to the west side, Simeon, one [portion].
Matthew Henry on Joshua 19:1
In the description of the lots of Judah and Benjamin we have an account both of the borders that surrounded them and of the cities contained in them. In that of Ephraim and Manasseh we have the borders, but not the cities; in this chapter Simeon and Dan are described by their cities only, and not their borders, because they lay very much within Judah, especially the former; the rest have both their borders described and their cities names, especially frontiers. Here is, I. The lot of Simeon, ver. 1-9 . II. Of… Read the whole commentary →