Joshua 19:9

9 The inheritance of the tribe of the children of Symeon of the lot of Juda, for the portion of the children of Juda was greater than theirs; and the children of Symeon inherited in the midst of their lot.

Joshua 19:9 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 19:9

Out of the portion of the children of Judah [was] the
inheritance of the children of Simeon
Which is the reason why no description is given of the border of their inheritance, because that is before given in the account of the lot of Judah:

for the part of the children of Judah was too much for them:
they had more cities than they could fill with people, and more land than they could cultivate; they had an hundred fourteen cities with their villages:

therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance within the
inheritance of them;
the one being a small tribe, and the other large, and for the reasons given; (See Gill on Joshua 19:1).

Joshua 19:9 In-Context

7 Eremmon, and Thalcha, and Jether, and Asan; four cities and their villages,

8 round about their cities as far as Balec as go to Bameth southward: this the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Symeon according to their families.

9 The inheritance of the tribe of the children of Symeon of the lot of Juda, for the portion of the children of Juda was greater than theirs; and the children of Symeon inherited in the midst of their lot.

10 And the third lot came out to Zabulon according to their families: the bounds of their inheritance shall be—Esedekgola shall be their border,

11 the sea and Magelda, and it shall reach to Baetharaba in the valley, which is opposite Jekman.