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The opening as it read in 2005

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Easton, Matthew George (1897). Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). Nelson and Sons. : Missing or empty |title= ( help ) The Tribe of Simeon or Bnei Shim'on ( Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן "Hearkening; listening", Standard Hebrew Šimʿon , Tiberian Hebrew Šimʿôn ) is one of the Hebrew tribes , founded by Simeon son of Jacob . It was "divided and scattered" according to the prediction in Genesis 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 (compare Numbers 1:23; 26:14). Moses pronounces no blessing on this tribe; it is passed over in silence in Deuteronomy (chapter 33). Contemporary scholars believe that the tribe had been absorbed by Judah by the time that Moses' blessings were written. This tribe received as their portion a part of the territory already allotted to Judah ( Joshua 19:1-9). It lay in the south-west of the land, with Judah on the east and the Tribe of Dan on the north; but it is unlikely that it was a compact territory. In Jacob's blessings, Simeon is compared to his brother Levi , and the two were cursed for their massacre of the inhabitants of Shechem . Rather than being allotted a separate territory, Levi was given scattered cities in the territories of other tribes. It is therefore assumed that Simeon was also given scattered cities in the southern half of the Tribe of Judah . Subsequent notices of this tribe are but few ( 1 Chronicles 4:24-43). Like the Tribe of Reuben on the east of Jordan, this tribe had little influence on the history of Israel , and seem to have become assimilated into Judah quite early. Some Christian Identity followers believe themselves to be descendants of the Tribe of Simeon.¹

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According to the Hebrew Bible , the Tribe of Simeon ( Hebrew : שִׁמְעוֹן , Modern : Shim'on , Tiberian : Šimʻôn , also [pronounced /ˈsɪmiən/] "Hearkening; listening") was one of the Tribes of Israel . Following the completion of the conquest of Canaan by the Israelite tribes after about 1200 BCE , Joshua allocated the land among the twelve tribes. At its height, the territory occupied by the Tribe of Simeon was in the southwest of Canaan , bordered on the east and south by the tribe of Judah ; the boundaries with the tribe of Judah are vague, and it seems that Simeon may have been an enclave within the west of the territory of the tribe of Judah. ( Joshua 19:1–9 ) Simeon was one of the less significant tribes in the Kingdom of Judah . (2003), "On the Reliability of the Old Testament" (Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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According to the Hebrew Bible , the Tribe of Simeon ( / ˈ s ɪ m i ən / ; Hebrew : שִׁמְעוֹן , Modern : Shim'on , Tiberian : Šimʻôn , "Hearkening; listening") was one of the Tribes of Israel . Following the completion of the conquest of Canaan by the Israelite tribes after about 1200 BC , Joshua allocated the land among the twelve tribes. At its height, the territory occupied by the Tribe of Simeon was in the southwest of Canaan , bordered on the east and south by the tribe of Judah ; the boundaries with the tribe of Judah are vague, and it seems that Simeon may have been an enclave within the west of the territory of the tribe of Judah. ( Joshua 19:1–9 ) Simeon was one of the less significant tribes in the Kingdom of Judah . (2003), "On the Reliability of the Old Testament" (Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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According to the Hebrew Bible , the Tribe of Simeon ( / ˈ s ɪ m i ən / ; Hebrew : שִׁמְעוֹן , Modern : Shim'on , Tiberian : Šimʻôn , "Hearkening; listening; understanding; empathizing") was one of the twelve tribes of Israel . The Book of Judges locates its territory inside the boundaries of the Tribe of Judah . It is one of the ten lost tribes . The biblical narrative has it coming into the land of Israel following the Exodus , while scholarly reconstructions have offered a variety of opinions as to its origins and early history. From the Book of Genesis until the Babylonian captivity , the Bible provides various details about its history, after which point it disappears from the record. A variety of extrabiblical traditional Jewish sources also provide additional material on the tribe.

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One of the twelve Tribes of Israel According to the Hebrew Bible , the Tribe of Simeon ( / ˈ s ɪ m i ən / ; Šīm‘ōn , "hearkening/listening/understanding/empathizing") was one of the twelve tribes of Israel . The Book of Joshua locates its territory inside the boundaries of the Tribe of Judah (Joshua 19:9). It is usually counted as one of the ten lost tribes , but as its territory was south of Judah and gradually being absorbed by Judah, it cannot be considered one of the tribes of the Kingdom of Israel and would certainly not have been affected by the Assyrian sack of the kingdom. The biblical narrative has it coming into the Land of Israel following the Exodus , while scholarly reconstructions have offered a variety of opinions as to its origins and early history. From the Book of Genesis until the Babylonian captivity , the Bible provides various details about its history, after which point it disappears from the record. A variety of extrabiblical traditional Jewish sources also provide additional material on the tribe.

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One of the twelve Tribes of Israel According to the Hebrew Bible , the Tribe of Simeon ( / ˈ s ɪ m i ən / ; Hebrew : שִׁמְעוֹן Šīm‘ōn , "hearkening/listening/understanding/empathizing") was one of the twelve tribes of Israel . The Book of Joshua locates its territory inside the boundaries of the Tribe of Judah (Joshua 19:9). It has been usually counted as one of the ten lost tribes , although its territory was surrounded by and gradually being absorbed by Judah from the start. The biblical narrative has it coming into the Land of Israel following the Exodus , while scholarly reconstructions have offered a variety of opinions as to its origins and early history. From the Book of Genesis until the Babylonian captivity , the Bible provides various details about its history, after which point it disappears from the record. A variety of extrabiblical traditional Jewish sources also provide additional material on the tribe.

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