Charles Ellicott Commentary 1 Chronicles 8:32

"And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And they also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against their brethren." — 1 Chronicles 8:32 (ASV)

Shimeah is essentially the same word as Shimeam (1 Chronicles 9:38). The latter is a mimmated form (that is, a more ancient form of the noun, with the original ending m).

And these also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against them. —Literally, And they also, before their brethren, dwelt in Jerusalem with their brethren. The verse seems to tell us that of all the stock of Gibeon only the branch of Mikloth-Shimeah settled in Jerusalem. When, we are not informed. Some think the reference is to the repeopling of Jerusalem after the Restoration (Nehemiah 11:1).

“Before their brethren”— Before in Hebrew means east, as behind means west. The clans in question lived in Jerusalem, to the east of their fellow-tribesmen in Gibeon.

With their brethren —that is, with the other Benjamite clans settled in Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 8:16–28).