1. And the second lot came forth to Simeon, for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families; and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah.
2. And they had in their inheritance Beer-sheba, and Sheba, and Moladah,
3. and Hazar-Shual, and Balah, and Ezem,
4. and Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah,
5. and Ziklag, and Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susah,
6. and Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen: thirteen cities and their hamlets;
7. Ain, Rimmon, and Ether, and Ashan: four cities and their hamlets;
8. and all the hamlets that are round these cities to Baalath-beer, that is Ramah of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.
9. Out of the lot of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon; for the portion of the children of Judah was too great for them, and the children of Simeon inherited within their inheritance.