8And all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalathbeer, Ramath of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.
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And all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and their genealogy.
To them which were in Bethel, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir,
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-9)Simeon’s lot was drawn after Judah’s, Joseph’s, and Benjamin’s, because Jacob had put that tribe under disgrace; yet it is put before the two younger sons of Leah and the three sons of the handmaids. Not one person of note, neither judge nor prophet, was of this tribe, that we know of. I. The situation of their lot was within that of Judah (Josh. 19:1) and was taken from it, Josh. 19:9. It seems,…
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