The Allotment of Simeon

19 The second allotment fell^[a] for Simeon, for the tribe of the descendants^[b] of Simeon, according to their families. And their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the descendants^[c] of Judah. ² And they had as their inheritance Beersheba, Sheba, Moladah, ³ Hazar Shual, Balah, Ezem, ⁴ Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah, ⁵ Ziklag, Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susah, ⁶ Beth Lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages. ⁷ Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages, ⁸ and all the villages that were around these towns up to Baalat-Beor, Ramath of the Negev.^[d] This was the inheritance of the tribe of the descendants^[e] of Simeon according to their families. ⁹ Part of the portion allotted to the descendants^[f] of Judah became the inheritance of the descendants^[g] of Simeon because the portion for the descendants^[h] of Judah was too large for them,^[i] so the descendants^[j] of Simeon inherited from their inheritance.