191 Then the second lot fell to Simeon , to the tribe of the sons of Simeon according to their families , and their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Judah . 2 So they had as their inheritance Beersheba or Sheba and Moladah , 3 and Hazar-shual and Balah and Ezem , 4 and Eltolad and Bethul and Hormah , 5 and Ziklag and Beth-marcaboth and Hazar-susah , 6 and Beth-lebaoth and Sharuhen ; thirteen e cities with their villages ; 7 Ain , Rimmon and Ether and Ashan ; four cities with their villages ; 8 and all the villages which were around these cities as far as Baalath-beer , Ramah of the Negev . This was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Simeon according to their families . 9 The inheritance of the sons of Simeon was taken from the portion of the sons of Judah , for the share of the sons of Judah was too large for them; so the sons of Simeon received an inheritance in the midst of Judah's inheritance .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Joshua 19:1-9
Commentary on Joshua 19:1-9
(Read Joshua 19:1-9)
The men of Judah did not oppose taking away the cities within their border, when convinced that they had more than was right. If a true believer has obtained an unintended and improper advantage in any thing, he will give it up without murmuring. Love seeketh not her own, and doth not behave unseemly; it will induce those in whom it richly dwells, to part with their own to supply what is lacking to their brethren.