1. Then the second lot came out for Simeon, for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their clans. Now their portion was in the midst of the portion of the children of Judah.
2. They had for their inheritance: Beersheba (or Sheba), Moladah,
3. Hazar-shual, Balah, Ezem,
4. El-tolad, Bethul, Hormah,
5. Ziklag, Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susah,
6. Beth-lebaoth and Sharuhen—13 towns with their villages;
7. also Ain, Rimmon, Ether and Ashan—4 towns with their villages;
8. all the villages that were around these towns as far as Baalath-beer, Ramah of the Negev. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their clans.
9. The inheritance of the children of Simeon was taken out of the allotment of the children of Judah, for the portion of the children of Judah was too much for them; so the children of Simeon had inheritance within Judah’s inheritance.
10. Now the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their clans. The territory of their inheritance was as far as Sarid.
11. Their border went up westward to Maralah, then reached Dabbesheth, and on to the wadi alongside Jokneam.
12. It turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrise to the border of Chisloth-tabor, then went on to Dobrath and up to Japhia.
13. From there it went east to Gath-hepher, to Ethkazin, and went on to Rimmon, where it curved to Neah.