It included:

Beersheba(A) (or Sheba),[a] Moladah,(B) Hazar Shual,(C) Balah, Ezem,(D) Eltolad,(E) Bethul, Hormah,(F) Ziklag,(G) Beth Markaboth, Hazar Susah, Beth Lebaoth and Sharuhen—thirteen towns and their villages;

Ain, Rimmon,(H) Ether and Ashan(I)—four towns and their villages— and all the villages around these towns as far as Baalath Beer (Ramah in the Negev).(J)

This was the inheritance of the tribe of the Simeonites, according to its clans.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 19:2 Or Beersheba, Sheba; 1 Chron. 4:28 does not have Sheba.

28 They lived in Beersheba,(A) Moladah,(B) Hazar Shual, 29 Bilhah, Ezem,(C) Tolad, 30 Bethuel, Hormah,(D) Ziklag,(E) 31 Beth Markaboth, Hazar Susim, Beth Biri and Shaaraim.(F) These were their towns until the reign of David. 32 Their surrounding villages were Etam, Ain,(G) Rimmon, Token and Ashan(H)—five towns— 33 and all the villages around these towns as far as Baalath.[a] These were their settlements. And they kept a genealogical record.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 4:33 Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also Joshua 19:8); Hebrew Baal

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