Joshua 19:3

And Hazarshual,.... See Gill on Jos 15:28,

and Balah, and Azem; of these places see Gill on Jos 15:29; for Balah is the same with Baalah there, and with Bilhah Ch1 4:29; and Azem with Ezem there.

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…

Hazar-shual - For this and several of the following places, see the notes on Jos 15:32.

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.…

Hazar-shual Between Beer-sheba and Hazar-gaddah; see 1Ch 4:28; 4. Balah, see ch. Jos 15:29; in 1Ch 4:29 it is called Bilhah; 5. Azem, elsewhere called Ezem, 1Ch 4:29;