1 Chronicles 4:28

“And they dwelt at Beersheba, etc.] posterity of Simeon; and this and the other places of their habitation are mentioned in the same order, and with very little variation of names to the end of (<130431>1 Chronicles 4:31), as in (<061902>Joshua 19:2-6) and here, at (<130431>1 Chronicles 4:31) it is added, these were their cities unto the reign of David; when, according to Kimchi, and other Jewish writers, he expelled them from thence, and restored them to the tribe of Judah.”

“Beersheba: Beer-sheba was situated twenty miles south of Hebron, according to Eusebius and Jerome, in whose time it was occupied by a Roman garrison. Jos 15:28, Jos 15:29, Jos 19:2, Jos 19:3, Jos 19:9 Moladah: Probably the same as Malatha, so often mentioned by Eusebius; from whom it appears it was situated about twenty miles from Hebron. 1 Chronicles 4:29”

“The ancient dwelling-places of the Simeonites, which they received within the tribal domain of Judah at the division of the land by Joshua; cf. Jos 19:1. \- There are in all eighteen cities, divided into two groups, numbering thirteen and five respectively, as in Jos 19:2-6, where these same cities are enumerated in the same order. The only difference is, that in Joshua thirteen cities are reckoned in the first group and four in the second, although the first group contains fourteen names. Between Beersheba and Moladah there stands there a שׁבע which is not found in our list, and which might be considered to be a repetition of the second part of בּאר־שׁבע, if it were not that in the list of…”