The Simeonite Settlement Pattern from Beersheba Through Etam Ain Rimmon Tochen and Ashan to the Reign of David

1 Chronicles 4:28-33 catalogs the Simeonite settlement pattern within Judah's southern territory: "And they dwelt at Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-shual, And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad, And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag, And at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susim, and at Beth-birei, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David. And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities." The catalog spells out the Simeonite-Judahite settlement overlap that lasted from the conquest era through the early monarchy when Simeon merged entirely into Judah.

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