Hb. by a The Tribe of Simeon did not increaſe proportionably to the Tribe of Judah in which they dwelt as appears by thoſe two Ca- talogues, Numb 1. 22. & 26. 14. Which is ro be aſcribed to Gods thi Curie upon them delivered by the mouth of holy Jacob, Gen. 49. Na. and ſignifyed by Myes his negle& of them when he bleſſed all the other 'Tribes. | Lis 28 And they dwelt at * Beerſheba r, and Moladah, I” ' and Hazar-ſhual, A y This, and the following Cities are mentioned, Je. 19. 2. &c. Has with no great Alterations. ms | 29 And at || Bilhah, and at.Fzem, and at || Tolad, al ; 0; Balah . —_ > J;.; 30 And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag gat, Jib19:37 5 3 3 (0,54. 31 And ar Beti-marcaborh,and || Hazar-ſufim,and at I job: Berch-birei,and ar Shaaraim,, Thele ere their cities unto em. Þ+,,,_the reign of David c. 01, c Either 1. of Davids Poſterity ; 5. e. as long as the Kingdom of uſah y O . ha» . þ is ” Judah laſted, or until the Captivity of Babylon But this ſeems not sf JB?" to be true 5 for Simeon was gone into Captivity with the reſt of thi ley, Ten Tribes long before that time Or rather 2+ of David himlelf. | And this may ſeem to be added,becauſe ſome of theſe Cities though. tis } oiven to Simeon by Joſhua, yet through the Sloth or Cowardiſe o; voy, thar Tribe, were not taken from the Philiſtines, until Davias time, who took ſome of them ; and, the S-meonites, having juſtly forfeited . their Right to them by their negleQ, gave them to his own Tribe, For it is evident concerning Z:klag,one of them, that it was in the Ph:litines hands in Davids time,and by them given to h:m,and by him annexed to the Tribe of Judah, 1 Sam. 27. 6 _ : | It.zher, 32 And their vi.liges were,|| Etam,and Ain,Rimmon Iik:19:7: and Tochen, and Alban, five cities. 33 And all their villages that vere round about the *e Jo, Bu- ſame cities unto || Baal. Theſe were their habitation: * Rite, and || their geneaiogy. | Jik:9:3. 34 And Meſbobah,and Jamlech 4,and Joſhah,the ſor: J'% ey of Amaziah. ; we ad Theſe and the reſt here following are particularly mentioned # wes for their Valiant and Succeſsful Atchievements related wy, 39 &c. | —_ 35 And ſoel, and Jchu the fon of Joſibiah,the fon © I, © Serajah, the fon of Afjel, | 26 And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jebohajah,and 2 Aſajah, and Adiel, and Jefimiel, and Benajah, Je 1 37 And Ziza the ſon of Shiphi, the ſon of Allon, the n, ſon of Jedajah, the ſon of Si:imri, the ſon of Shemajah. md ; - 2) © in 28 Theſe e F mentioned by their names, were princes Jay, in their families: and the houte of their fathers Þ increaf- Fit. ed greatly f. Ji e Namedv. 34.35,36,37- f Which forced them to ſeek for new —_ and larger Habitations. Jiu: 39 And they went to the entrance of Gedor g, even = unto the eaſt ſide of the valley hb, to ſeek Paſture for — their flocks, £ To thar Countrey that belongs to Gear, or borders upon it , either that Jedor, Jo/.15.58. or that called Gederah, Joſ. 15.36. kh Of which ſee on 1 Sam: 17: 1, 52, 40 And they found fat paſture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaccable: for they of Ham z had dwelt there of old &. a | £ 7. e The Poſterity of that curſed Ham, either the 4rabians : or ) '
Mit, 42 And ſome of them,even of che 1ons of Simeon, five ago Dundred Men, went to mount Seir o, having Þ for their ®Dey- captains Pelatiah,and Neariah,audRephajah,and Uzziel| * .__ the ſons of Ilhi,
the Canaanites, or Philiſtines, who deiccnded from Ham, Gen. 10. 6. And accordingly thete words contain a Reaſon, either 1- to prove that the land was good ; becauſe the A4rabians, who being wholly given to paiturage, uſed to find out the Choiceſt Grounds, had formerly pitched their Tents there. Or, 2. Why they went and poſſeſſed rhis place, becauſe it was not 1n the Hands of their Bre- thren of Jadah,but in the Poſſciſion of that People which they had Authority and Command to expel. & :. e. Had poſſeſſed ir of old , and hitherto. Or, dwelt there before, i. e. before they came and ; Caſt them out of their poſſeſſions. 41 And theſe written by name,came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah 7, and ſmote their tents »», and the habitations that were four.d there, and deſtroyed them utterly unto this day z,and dwelt in their rooms ; becauſe here was paſture there for their flocks I But a little before their Captivity,which was :n the ſixth year of Hezekiah,2 King 17. So their Joy in their new,and pleaſant,and fruit- ful Poſſeſſions laſted bur for a very little while. 2 :2.e-The People dwelling in Tents : for ſo it ſeems theſe ſtill did tor the conveni- \encyofPaſturage.n i.e.ſoas they could never after recover themſelves.
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o Probably about the ſame time. Te WM 1: 43 And they ſmote *the reſt of the Amalekites p that * See WW
were eſcaped, and dwelt there unto this diy q 1 Sam: 154i
p Nor deſtroyed by Saul, or David, or his Succefſors. q Either x. 3: 8 30- || lj | until the Captivity of theTen Tribes. Bur that happening ſo ſpeedi- 17-2 SamJ'{ Wt ly after this time,this Expreſſion may teem to be very improper & 8: 12. l/; inſignificant here. Or rather 2. until the Babylonijb Captivity,or the - time next after ir, when theſe books were written. For although the main Body of that Tribe dwelling in Canaan were carried into Captivity, yet this ſma'l Remnant of them having removed their dwellings,and being planted in Mount Ser, which lay Southward from J«aah, might poſſibly be continued and preſerved in thoſe Parts, when their Brethren were gone into Captivity,
CHAP | The Line of Reuben unto the Captivity : Their War again## the Hagarites,
I—— 10. The Chief Men and Habitations of Gad, 11 - 17. the * Number of the Reubemtes, Gadites, and half the Tribe of Manaſſeh, that warch:d againſt the Hagaritss and overcame them, 18——=24, they are - all carried Captive into Aſſyria, 25, 26. OW the ſons of Reuben the firſt-born of Iſrael, ( for he was the firſt-born a,bur foraſmuch as he
* defiled his fathers bed, his birth-right þ was given unto * Gen: the ſons of Joſeph c the ſons of Iſrael 4: and the genea- 22: ani