Joshua 19:2

“And they had in their inheritance Beersheba and Sheba, etc.] Or, Beersheba, that is, Sheba; for so the particle “vau” is sometimes used f425, and must be so used here; or otherwise, instead of thirteen, it will appear that there are fourteen cities, contrary to the account of them, (<061906>Joshua 19:6); so Kimchi and Ben Melech make them one city. And it may be observed, that in the enumeration of the cities of Simeon, (<130428>1 Chronicles 4:28); Sheba is left out, and only Beersheba is mentioned; which, was a well known place in, the farthest border of the land of Israel southward, and the reason of its name is manifest, (<012131>Genesis 21:31); (see Gill on “<061528>Joshua 15:28”); and…”

“The inheritance of Simeon was taken out of the portion of Judah, which proved on experience to be larger than the numbers of that tribe required. The Simeonite territory is described by its towns, of which fourteen were in the Negeb, and four others Joshua 19:7 partly in the Negeb and partly in “the valley.” On the narrow confines here assigned to Simeon, and its insignificant position altogether among the Twelve tribes, see Deuteronomy 33:6 note. Joshua 19:6 Thirteen - Fourteen names have been given. The error is probably due to the use of letters for numbers, which has led to many similar mistakes in other places (see Joshua 15:32). return to 'Top of Page'”

“19:2-9 Some of the towns given to the tribe of Simeon were also part of Judah’s allocation because Judah’s territory was too large for them (cp. 17:14-18). Judah apparently absorbed most of Simeon’s territory into its own before the end of the Old Testament period.”

“Beersheba: Sheba and Moladah: Jos 15:28; Gen 21:31; Ch1 4:28-30, Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad, Bethuel, Neh 11:26-30 Joshua 19:3”