19 The second draw went to Shim’on’s (Simeon’s) descendants and the land for their clans was in the middle of Yehudah’s territory. 2 Shim’on’s inheritance included: Beer-Sheba,[fn] Moladah,[ref] 3 Hazarshual, Balah, Ezem, 4 Eltolad, Betul, Hormah, 5 Ziklag, Beyt-Markabot. Hatsarsusah, 6 Beyt-Lebaot, and Sharuhen—thirteen cities as well as their surrounding villages.

7 Also Ain, Rimmon, Eter, and Asha—four cities as well as their surrounding villages, 8 and all the further villages around those cities as far as Baalat-Beer (also called Ramah of the Negev). That was Shim’on’s descendants’ inheritance according to their clans. 9 This took away some of Yehudah’s inheritance and gave it to Shim’ons descendants because Yehudah’s initial area was more than they needed.