“And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,”
King James Version (KJV)
4:27 Of Judah - The tribe of Simeon did not increaseproportionably to the tribe of Judah in which they dwelt; asappears by those two catalogues, #Numb 1:22 26:14|, which isto be ascribed to God's curse upon them, delivered by the mouth ofholy Jacob, #Gen 49:5 |- 7, and signified byMoses's neglect of them when he blessed all the other tribes.
4:31 Their cities - Several of these cities though given to Simeonby Joshua, yet through the sloth or cowardice of that tribe, were nottaken from the Philistines, until David's time, who took some ofthem; and, the Simeonites having justly forfeited their right to themby their neglect, gave them to his own tribe. For it is evident concerningZiklag, one of them, that it was in the Philistines hands inDavid's time, and by them given to him, and by him annexed to the tribeof Judah, #1Sam 27:6|.