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Simeon’s Land

19 The second lot was drawn for the families of the tribe of Simeon. Their inheritance was within Judah. In their inheritance they received 13 cities and their villages: Beersheba (Sheba), Moladah, Hazar Shual, Balah, Ezem, Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah, Ziklag, Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susah, Beth Lebaoth, and Sharuhen. There were four other cities with their villages: Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan. All the villages around these cities as far as Baalath Beer and Ramath Negev were also included. This is the inheritance of the tribe of Simeon for its families. Simeon’s inheritance was a part of Judah’s because Judah had more land than it needed. So Simeon received its inheritance inside Judah’s borders.

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