1. The second lot came out for Simeon, for the tribe of his descendants by their clans, but their inheritance was within the portion of Judah’s descendants.
2. Their inheritance included:Beer-sheba (or Sheba ), Moladah,
3. Hazar-shual, Balah, Ezem,
4. Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah,
5. Ziklag, Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susah,
6. Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen — 13 cities, with their villages;
7. Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan — four cities, with their villages;
8. and all the villages surrounding these cities as far as Baalath-beer (Ramah of the south ).This was the inheritance of the tribe of Simeon’s descendants by their clans.
9. The inheritance of Simeon’s descendants was within the territory of Judah’s descendants, because the share for Judah’s descendants was too large for them. So Simeon’s descendants received an inheritance within Judah’s portion.
10. The third lot came up for Zebulun’s descendants by their clans.The territory of their inheritance stretched as far as Sarid;
11. their border went up westward to Maralah, reached Dabbesheth, and met the brook east of Jokneam.
12. From Sarid, it turned east toward the sunrise along the border of Chisloth-tabor, went to Daberath, and went up to Japhia.