The inheritance of Simeon was taken out of the portion of Judah, which proved to be larger than the population of that tribe required. The Simeonit…

Their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah. —The southern part of the inheritance of Judah was given up…

Next followed the lot of the tribe of Simeon, not as a mark of honor, but rather as a mark of disgrace. Jacob had declared with regard to Simeon an…

Out of the portion of the children of Judah [was] the
inheritance of the children of Simeon