Joshua 19:2-8
Contemporary English Version
2-6 (A) In one region of Simeon's tribal land there were the following 13 towns with their surrounding villages:
Beersheba, Shema,[a] Moladah, Hazar-Shual, Balah, Ezem, Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah, Ziklag, Beth-Marcaboth, Hazar-Susah, Beth-Lebaoth, and Sharuhen.
7 In another region, Simeon had the following four towns with their surrounding villages:
Enrimmon,[b] Tachan,[c] Ether, and Ashan.
8 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.
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- 19.2-6 Shema: One ancient translation and some manuscripts of another ancient translation (see also the list at 15.21-32); Hebrew and some manuscripts of one ancient translation “Sheba.” The list in 1 Chronicles 4.28 does not have either “Shema” or “Sheba.”
- 19.7 Enrimmon: Some Hebrew manuscripts and one ancient translation; most Hebrew manuscripts “Ain, Rimmon.”
- 19.7 Tachan: Some manuscripts of one ancient translation; the Hebrew text does not have this word.
Joshua 19:2-8
New International Version
2 It included:
Beersheba(A) (or Sheba),[a] Moladah,(B) 3 Hazar Shual,(C) Balah, Ezem,(D) 4 Eltolad,(E) Bethul, Hormah,(F) 5 Ziklag,(G) Beth Markaboth, Hazar Susah, 6 Beth Lebaoth and Sharuhen—thirteen towns and their villages;
7 Ain, Rimmon,(H) Ether and Ashan(I)—four towns and their villages— 8 and all the villages around these towns as far as Baalath Beer (Ramah in the Negev).(J)
This was the inheritance of the tribe of the Simeonites, according to its clans.
Footnotes
- Joshua 19:2 Or Beersheba, Sheba; 1 Chron. 4:28 does not have Sheba.
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