Joshua 19:1

Joshua 19:1-9. The Territory of the Tribe of Simeon

1. And the second lot drawn at Shiloh, fell to the tribe of Simeon, which, during the journey through the wilderness, marched on the south side of the Sacred Tent, with Reuben and Gad for its associates.

for the tribe of the children of Simeon Two groups of cities are here enumerated, (a) First a groupof thirteenor fourteencities in the south, (b) a second groupof four cities, of which two were situated in the south, two in the Shephêlahor "Lowlands" of Judah on the west.

within the inheritance of the children of Judah Judah discovered that the tract allotted to him was too large (see Joshua 19:9), and too much exposed to marauders on the west and south even for his great powers. To Simeon accordingly was allotted a district out of the territory of his kinsman, whose ancestor like his had been the child of Leah (Genesis 35:23).