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Gill's Exposition
And they had in their inheritance Beersheba and Sheba,.... Or, Beersheba, that is, Sheba; for so the particle "vau" is sometimes used (z), and must be so used here; or otherwise, instead of thirteen,…
The inheritance of Simeon was taken out of the portion of Judah, which proved on experience to be larger than the numbers of that tribe required. The Simeonite territory is described by its towns, of…
Adam Clarke
Beer-sheba - The well of the oath. See the note on Gen 21:31.
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.…
Cambridge Bible
And they had in their inheritance First Group. 1. Beersheba, see note ch. Jos 15:28; or Shema, so ch. Jos 15:26: comp. 1Ch 4:28 with Gen 26:33; Genesis 2. Moladah = el-Milh, see ch. Jos 15:26, about…
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