1Ch 4:24-43 | JFB | STEP | 24. The sons of Simeon-- They are classed along with those of Judah, as their possession was partly taken out of the extensive territory of the latter ( ). The difference in several particulars of the genealogy given here from that given in other passages is occasioned by some of the persons mentioned having more than one name [compare ; ; Nu 26:12].

‏ 1 Chronicles 4:24-43

24. The sons of Simeon--They are classed along with those of Judah, as their possession was partly taken out of the extensive territory of the latter (Jos 19:1). The difference in several particulars of the genealogy given here from that given in other passages is occasioned by some of the persons mentioned having more than one name [compare Ge 46:10; Ex 6:15; Nu 26:12].

27. his brethren had not many children--(see Nu 1:22; 26:14).

31-43. These were their cities unto the reign of David--In consequence of the sloth or cowardice of the Simeonites, some of the cities within their allotted territory were only nominally theirs. They were never taken from the Philistines until David's time, when, the Simeonites having forfeited all claim to them, he assigned them to his own tribe of Judah (1Sa 27:6).