And all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalathbeer, Ramath of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.
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Gill's Exposition
Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon,.... Which is the reason why no description is given of the border of their inheritance, because that is…
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
Baalath-beer - The well of the mistresses. Probably so called from some superstitious or impure worship set up there.
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 all the villages that were round about i.e. Simeon, not merely certain cities in the territory of Judah, but the whole country round the cities named, together with all the villages that were…