The second lot came out for Simeon, for the tribe of Simeon, according to its families; and its inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the tribe of Judah.
Zela, Ha-eleph, Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), Gibe-ah and Kiriath-jearim —fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the tribe of Benjamin according to its families.
The inheritance of the tribe of Simeon formed part of the territory of Judah; because the portion of the tribe of Judah was too large for them, the tribe of Simeon obtained an inheritance in the midst of their inheritance.