Simon and Levi brethren; their swords instruments of violence. My soul shall not come into their consultation; in their assembly, my honor shall not be united, for in their anger they killed a man and in their will, houghed a bullock. read more. Cursed their anger, for it was hard; and their wrath, for it was hardened: I will divide them in Jacob, and I will disperse them in Israel

They being reviewed for the tribe of Simeon, nine and fifty thousand and three hundred.

These the families of the Simeonites, two and twenty thousand and two hundred.

And the second lot came forth to Simeon, to the tribe of the sons of Simeon, according to their families: and their inheritance will be in the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Judah. And there will be to them in their inheritance the Well of the Oath, and the oath, and Moladah, read more. And Hazor-Shual, and Balah, and Azem, And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah, And Ziklag, and the House of Chariots, and Hazor-Susah, And Beth-Lehaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their enclosures: The Fountain, the Pomegranate, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their enclosures: And all the enclosures which surrounded these cities, even to Baalath-Beor, Ramath of the south. This the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Simeon according to their families. Out of the portion of the sons of Judah was the inheritance of the sons of Simeon: for the portion of the sons of Judah was great above theirs: and the sons of Simeon will inherit in the midst of their inheritance.

The sons of Simeon, Nemuel and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Saul: Shallum his son, Mibsam his sun, Mishma his son. read more. And the sons of Mishma: Hamuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his son. And to Shimei, sixteen sons and six daughters: and to his brethren not many sons, and all their families did not multiply even to the sons of Judah. And they dwelt at the well of the oath, and the birth and enclosure of the fox. And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad, And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag, And at the house of Chariots, and at the enclosure of horses, and at the house of my creation, and at the gates. These their cities even to king David. And their villages Etam and Ain, Rimmon and Tochen, and Ashan; five cities. And all their villages which were round about these cities even to Baal These their habitations and their enrolling for them. Meshobab and Jamlech, and Joshah, the son of Amaziah, And Joel, and Jehu son of Josibiah, son of Seraiah, son of Asiel, And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jehoshaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah, And Ziza son of Shiphi, son of Alon, son of Jedaiah, son of Shimri, son of Shemaiah. These coming by names, princes in their families: and the house of their fathers broke forth to a multitude. And they will come to the entrance of Gedor, even to the sunrising of the valley to seek pasture for their sheep. And they will find fat pasture and good, and the land wide of hands and resting and quiet; for from Ham dwelling there before. And these being written by names, will come in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and they will strike their tents and their dwellings those being found there, and they will exterminate them even to this day, and they will dwell instead of them, for pasture there for their sheep. And from them from the sons of Simeon, went to mount Seir, five hundred men, and Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, sons of Ishi, for their heads. And they will strike the rest of the escaping to Amalek, and they will dwell there even to this day.