“And at Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusim, and at Bethbirei, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David.”
King James Version (KJV)
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|.