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In another region, Simeon had the following four towns with their surrounding villages:

Enrimmon,[a] Tachan,[b] Ether, and Ashan.

Simeon's land also included all the other towns and villages as far south as Baalath-Beer, which is also called Ramah of the South.

Simeon's tribal land was actually inside Judah's territory. Judah had received too much land for the number of people in its tribe, so part of Judah's land was given to Simeon.

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Footnotes

  1. 19.7 Enrimmon: Some Hebrew manuscripts and one ancient translation; most Hebrew manuscripts “Ain, Rimmon.”
  2. 19.7 Tachan: Some manuscripts of one ancient translation; the Hebrew text does not have this word.

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