Bible Verses About The Tribe Of Simeon

The second lot came out for Shim'on, for the tribe of the descendants of Shim'on according to their families. Their inheritance was inside the inheritance of the descendants of Y'hudah.

For their inheritance they had Be'er-Sheva, Sheva, Moladah,

Hatzar-Shu'al, Balah, 'Etzem,

El-Tolad, B'tul, Hormah,

Ziklag, Beit-Markavot, Hatzar-Susah,

Beit-L'va'ot and Sharuchen - thirteen cities, together with their villages;

'Ayin, Rimmon, 'Eter and 'Ashan - four cities, together with their villages;

and all the villages surrounding these cities, as far as Ba'alat-Be'er, Ramah of the Negev. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the descendants of Shim'on according to their families.

Y'hudah said to his brother Shim'on, "Come up with me into my assigned territory, so that we can fight against the Kena'ani; and I likewise will go with you into your territory." So Shim'on went with him.

Y'hudah went with Shim'on his brother; they overpowered the Kena'ani who inhabited Tz'fat, and completely destroyed it. The name of the city was called Hormah.

They lived at Be'er-Sheva, Moladah, Hatzar-Shu'al,

Bilhah, 'Etzem, Tolad,

B'tu'el, Hormah, Ziklag,

Beit-Markavot, Hatzar-Susim, Beit-Bir'i and Sha'arayim. These were their cities until the reign of David.

Their villages were 'Eitam, 'Ayin, Rimmon, Tokhen and 'Ashan, five cities,

along with all the villages surrounding these cities, as far as Ba'al. These are the places where they lived, and they have their official genealogy.

Seeking pasture for their flocks they went to the entrance of Geder, as far as the east side of the valley.

They found rich, good pastures; and the land was spacious, quiet and peaceful. Those who had lived there previously belonged to Ham.

Those whose names are written above came during the time of Hizkiyahu king of Y'hudah; they attacked their tents and the Me'unim who were found there, destroyed them completely, and have lived there in place of them to this day; because there was pasture there for their flocks.

Some 500 of them who were descendants of Shim'on went to Mount Se'ir under the leadership of P'latyah, Ne'aryah, Refayah and Uzi'el the sons of Yish'i.

They attacked the remnant of 'Amalek who had escaped and have lived there to this day.

Of the descendants of Shim'on, strong, brave men for war, there were 7,100.

Over the the tribes of Isra'el: leader of the Re'uveni: Eli'ezer the son of Zikhri; of the Shim'oni: Sh'fatyah the son of Ma'akhah;

Then he gathered all Y'hudah and Binyamin, along with those from Efrayim, M'nasheh and Shim'on who were staying with him (for they had defected to him in large numbers upon seeing that ADONAI his God was with him).

He did likewise in the cities of M'nasheh, Efrayim, Shim'on and even as far as Naftali, in their surrounding ruins.