Text: 1 Chronicles 4:24
OT Text Referred to: Joshua 19:1
Subject: Simeonite inheritance within Judah
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Joshua 19:1 specifies that Simeon's inheritance lay "within the territory of Judah" (בְּתוֹךְ נַחֲלַת בְּנֵי יְהוּדָה) because Judah's allotment was too large. The Chronicler in 1 Chronicles 4:24 revisits Simeon's tribal genealogy and settlement data, drawing on Joshua's territorial records to trace Simeonite clans into the monarchic period. By echoing the Joshua settlement lists, the Chronicler establishes genealogical and geographical continuity, showing that the tribal allotments made under Joshua remained foundational to Israel's self-understanding of land distribution even centuries later.