The Territory of Simeon

19 The second lot came out for Simeon, for the tribe of Simeon, according to its families; and its inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the tribe of Judah. ² And it had for its inheritance Beer-sheba, Sheba, Mola′dah, ³ Hazar-shu′al, Balah, Ezem, ⁴ Elto′lad, Bethul, Hormah, ⁵ Ziklag, Beth-mar′caboth, Ha′zar-su′sah, ⁶ Beth-leba′oth, and Sharu′hen—thirteen cities with their villages; ⁷ En-rimmon, Ether, and Ashan—four cities with their villages; ⁸ together with all the villages round about these cities as far as Ba′alath-beer, Ramah of the Negeb. This was the inheritance of the tribe of Simeon according to its families. ⁹ The inheritance of the tribe of Simeon formed part of the territory of Judah; because the portion of the tribe of Judah was too large for them, the tribe of Simeon obtained an inheritance in the midst of their inheritance.