^{1 Ref} 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} They had for their inheritance Beersheba, 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.