Text: 1 Chronicles 4:24-31
OT Text Referred to: Joshua 19:1-5
Subject: Simeonite city lists
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: First Chronicles 4:24-31 reproduces the Simeonite city list from Joshua 19:1-5 with only minor spelling variations (e.g., Bethul/Bethuel, Ether/Tochen), confirming that the Chronicler drew directly from Joshua's territorial records. Both lists name Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual, and other Negev settlements as Simeonite holdings within the larger allotment of Judah. The Chronicler adds the note "these were their cities until David's reign" (1 Chr 4:31), providing a chronological endpoint that Joshua's original list lacked. This direct quotation demonstrates how later historiographers treated the conquest-era land distributions as authoritative records for establishing tribal identity and territorial claims.