<t /><p class="bodytext">The second lot belonged to the tribe of Simeon by its clans.<n id="1" />

as well as all the towns around these cities as far as Baalath Beer (Ramah of the Negev). This was the land assigned to the tribe of Simeon by its clans.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">They assigned from the tribes of Judah and Simeon the cities listed below.

The men of Judah said to their relatives, the men of Simeon,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Invade our allotted land with us and help us attack the Canaanites.<n id="2" /> Then we<n id="3" /> will go with you into your allotted land.&#8221; So the men of Simeon went with them.p>

<p class="bodytext">The men of Judah went with their brothers the men of Simeon<n id="1" /> and defeated the Canaanites living in Zephath. They wiped out Zephath.<n id="2" /> So people now call the city Hormah.<n id="3" />

Five hundred men of Simeon, led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, went to the hill country of Seir

On the south side, one and one-half miles by measure, there will be three gates: one gate for Simeon, one gate for Issachar, and one gate for Zebulun.

<p class="bodytext">She became pregnant again and had another son. She said, &#8220;Because the <sc>Lordsc> heard that I was unloved,<n id="1" /> he gave me this one too.&#8221; So she named him Simeon.<n id="2" />p>

In three days, when they were still in pain, two of Jacob&#8217;s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah&#8217;s brothers, each took his sword<n id="1" /> and went to the unsuspecting city<n id="2" /> and slaughtered every male.

<p class="bodytext">Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, &#8220;You have brought ruin<n id="1" /> on me by making me a foul odor<n id="2" /> among the inhabitants of the land &#8211; among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. I<n id="3" /> am few in number; they will join forces against me and attack me, and both I and my family will be destroyed!&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Everything is fine,&#8221;<n id="1" /> the man in charge of Joseph&#8217;s household told them. &#8220;Don&#8217;t be afraid. Your God and the God of your father has given you treasure in your sacks.<n id="2" /> I had your money.&#8221;<n id="3" /> Then he brought Simeon out to them.p>

<p class="bodytext">From the descendants of Simeon: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males numbered of them<n id="1" /> twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name individually.

They allotted these previously named cities from the territory of the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.<n id="1" />p>