Joshua 19:8

And all the villages round about these cities to Baalath Beer Ramath to the south quarter. This is the inheritance of the children of Simeon according to their kindreds,

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalath-beer, Ramath of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.

In Context

7Ain and Remmon and Athor and Asan: four cities, and their villages.

9In the possession and lot of the children of Juda: because it was too great, and therefore the children of Simeon had their possession in the midst of their inheritance.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 30:27To them that were in Bethel, and that were in Ramoth to the south, and to them that were in Jether,

Matthew Henry on Joshua 19:2-10

The Lot of Simeon. ( b. c. 1444.) 1 And the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah. 2 And they had in their inheritance Beer-sheba, or Sheba, and Moladah, 3 And Hazar-shual, and Balah, and Azem, 4 And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah, 5 And Ziklag, and Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susah, 6 And Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages: 7 Ain, Remmon, and… Read the whole commentary →

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