Joshua 19:1
And the second lot came out for the children of Simeon; and their inheritance was in the midst of the lots of the children of Judah.
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2And their lot was Beersheba, and Sheba, and Moladah,
Cross References
Genesis 49:5Simeon and Levi, brethren, 1 Accomplished the injustice of their cutting off. 1
Joshua 15:21And their cities were cities belonging to the tribe of the children of Judah on the borders of Edom by the wilderness, and Kabzeel, and Ara, and Asor,
Joshua 19:9The inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon was a part of the lot of Judah, for the portion of the children of Judah was greater than theirs; and the children of Simeon inherited in the midst of their lot.
Ezekiel 48:24And from the borders of Benjamin, from the eastern parts to the western, Simeon, one.
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 →