^{1 Ref} And the second lot came out for Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Judah.

^{2 Ref} And they had for their inheritance Beer-sheba, or Sheba, and Moladah,

^{3 Ref} and Hazar-shual, and Balah, and Ezem,

^{4 Ref} and Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah,

^{5 Ref} and Ziklag, and Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susah,

^{6 Ref} and Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities with their villages:

^{7 Ref} Ain, Rimmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities with their villages:

^{8 Ref} and all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalath-beer, Ramah of the South. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.

^{9 Ref} Out of the part of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon; for the portion of the children of Judah was too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had inheritance in the midst of their inheritance.