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Joshua 19:1 KJV
Joshua · chapter 19 · verse 1
And the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah.Joshua 19:1 · King James Version
Joshua 19:1 in context
1And the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah.
2And they had in their inheritance Beersheba, and Sheba, and Moladah,
3And Hazarshual, and Balah, and Azem,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- inheritancenachălâhproperly, something inheritedH5159 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- familiesmishpâchâha familyH4940 →
- secondshênîyproperly, doubleH8145 →
- SimeonShimʻôwnShimon, one of Jacob's sons, also the tribe descended from himH8095 →
- withintâveka bisectionH8432 →
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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.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-9