Topic
Simeon, The tribe of
30 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
These works date from 1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 49:5–7Easton · Torrey Predictions respecting
¶ Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations. O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a…
- Numbers 1:23Easton · Torrey Strength of, on leaving Egypt
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.
- Numbers 26:14Easton · Torrey Strength of, on entering Canaan
These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred.
- Genesis 29:33Torrey Descended from Jacob's second son by Leah
And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the LORD hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon.
- Numbers 1:6Torrey PERSONS SELECTED FROM — To number the people
Of Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
- Numbers 1:22Torrey Strength of, on leaving Egypt
¶ Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, those that were numbered of them, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able…
- Numbers 2:12Torrey Encamped under the standard of Reuben south of the tabernacle
And those which pitch by him shall be the tribe of Simeon: and the captain of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
- Numbers 2:13Torrey Strength of, on leaving Egypt
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.
- Numbers 7:36–41Torrey Offering of, at the dedication
¶ On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, prince of the children of Simeon, did offer: His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the…
- Numbers 10:18Torrey Formed part of the second division of Israel in their journeys
¶ And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur.
- Numbers 10:19Torrey Formed part of the second division of Israel in their journeys
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
- Numbers 13:5Torrey PERSONS SELECTED FROM — To spy out the land
Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.
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- Numbers 25:9 Torrey Plagued for following the idolatry, of Midian, which accounts for their decrease
- Numbers 25:14 Torrey Plagued for following the idolatry, of Midian, which accounts for their decrease
- Numbers 26:12–13 Torrey Families of
- Numbers 34:20 Torrey PERSONS SELECTED FROM — To divide the land
- Deuteronomy 27:12 Torrey On Mount Gerizim said amen to the blessings
- Deuteronomy 33:1–29 Easton
- Joshua 19:1–9 Easton
- Joshua 19:1–8 Torrey Inheritance of, within Judah
- Joshua 19:2–8 Torrey Bounds of their inheritance with cities and villages
- Judges 1:3 Torrey United with Judah in expelling the Canaanites from their inheritance
- Judges 1:17 Torrey United with Judah in expelling the Canaanites from their inheritance
- 1 Chronicles 4:24–43 Easton
- 1 Chronicles 4:28–33 Torrey Bounds of their inheritance with cities and villages
- 1 Chronicles 4:39–43 Torrey Part of, destroyed the remnant of the Amalekites, and dwelt in their land
- 1 Chronicles 12:25 Torrey Many of, at the coronation of David
- 1 Chronicles 27:16 Torrey Officer appointed over, by David
- 2 Chronicles 15:9 Torrey Part of, united with Judah under Asa
- 2 Chronicles 34:6 Torrey Josiah purged their land of idols
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 6 references
Was “divided and scattered” according to the prediction in Gen. 49:5-7. They gradually dwindled in number, and sank into a position of insignificance among the other tribes. They decreased in the wilderness by about two-thirds (comp. Num. 1:23; 26:14). Moses pronounces no blessing on this tribe. It is passed by in silence (Deut. 33).
This tribe received as their portion a part of the territory already allotted to Judah (Josh. 19:1-9). It lay in the south-west of the land, with Judah on the east and Dan on the north; but whether it was a compact territory or not cannot be determined. The subsequent notices of this tribe are but few (1 Chr. 4:24-43). Like Reuben on the east of Jordan, this tribe had little influence on the history of Israel.
In the topical indexes
Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897) · 29 references, grouped by sub-topic
- Descended from Jacob's second son by Leah Ge 29:33
- Predictions respecting Ge 49:5-7
- PERSONS SELECTED FROM
- Formed part of the second division of Israel in their journeys Nu 10:18,19
- Encamped under the standard of Reuben south of the tabernacle Nu 2:12
- Strength of, on leaving Egypt Nu 1:22,23; 2:13
- Offering of, at the dedication Nu 7:36-41
- Families of Nu 26:12-13
- Strength of, on entering Canaan Nu 26:14
- Plagued for following the idolatry, of Midian, which accounts for their decrease Nu 25:9,14; 26:14; 1:23
- On Mount Gerizim said amen to the blessings De 27:12
- Inheritance of, within Judah Jos 19:1-8
- Bounds of their inheritance with cities and villages Jos 19:2-8; 1Ch 4:28-33
- United with Judah in expelling the Canaanites from their inheritance Jud 1:3,17
- Many of, at the coronation of David 1Ch 12:25
- Officer appointed over, by David 1Ch 27:16
- Part of, united with Judah under Asa 2Ch 15:9
- Josiah purged their land of idols 2Ch 34:6
- Part of, destroyed the remnant of the Amalekites, and dwelt in their land 1Ch 4:39-43
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.