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The second lot came out for Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Judah.
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They had for their inheritance Beersheba, or Sheba, and Moladah,
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and Hazar-shual, and Balah, and Ezem,
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and Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah,
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and Ziklag, and Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susah,
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and Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities with their villages:
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Ain, Rimmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities with their villages:
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and all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalath-beer, Ramah of the South. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.
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Out of the part of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon; for the portion of the children of Judah was too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had inheritance in the midst of their inheritance.