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Map of the twelve tribes of Israel; Simeon is shaded gold, in the south Map of Simeon's territory (east is on the top of the map). According to the Hebrew Bible, the tribe consisted of descendants of Simeon, the second son of Jacob and of Leah, from whom it took its name. [4]
English: Map of the territories allotted to the twelve tribes of Israel according to the Book of Joshua, chapters 13–19, before Dan moved northward. Some tribes had trouble conquering their allotted territories; the map does not show successful conquests.
The Tribe of Simeon: An apocryphal midrash claims that the tribe was deported by the Babylonians to the Kingdom of Aksum (in what is now Ethiopia), to a place behind the dark mountains. [ 22 ] The Tribe of Ephraim: As part of the Kingdom of Israel , the territory of Ephraim was conquered by the Assyrians , and the tribe exiled; the manner of ...
Allammelech – within the Tribe of Asher land, described in the Book of Joshua. [1] Allon Bachuth; Alqosh, in the Nineveh Plains, mentiomed in the Book of Nahum; Ammon – Canaanite state; Attalia – In Asia Minor; Antioch – In Asia Minor; Arabia – (in biblical times and until the 7th century AD Arabia was confined to the Arabian Peninsula)
Simeon (Hebrew: שִׁמְעוֹן, Modern: Šīmʾōn, Tiberian: Šīmʾōn) [1] was the second of the six sons of Jacob and Leah, and the founder of the Israelite tribe, The Tribe of Simeon, according to the Book of Genesis of the Hebrew Bible. Biblical scholars regard the tribe as having been part of the original Israelite confederation. The ...
Articles relating to the Tribe of Simeon, its members and descendants. Pages in category "Tribe of Simeon" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
The city of Dan (not to be confused with the Tribe of Dan) is in the northern part of Naphtali's territory. Beersheba is in Simeon's territory. From Dan to Beersheba is a biblical phrase used nine times [1] in the Hebrew Bible to refer to the settled areas of the Tribes of Israel between Dan in the North and Beersheba in the South.
Moladah has several mentions in the bible: Joshua 15:26, Joshua 19:2, 1 Chronicles 4:28 and Nehemiah 11:26. In Joshua, it is just allotting land for the Tribes of Israel. In 1 Chronicles, it is in a list of places of the descendants of Simeon. In Nehemiah, it is shown as being occupied by the returning Judahite exiles.