Simeon
Born c. 1756 BC (traditional dating)
Belongs to: Tribe of Simeon
Father: Israel
Mother: Leah
Children: Jamin, Zerah, Ohad, Jemuel, Jachin, Shaul
Siblings: Issachar, Dinah, Judah, Levi, Reuben, Zebulun
Several people in the Bible have this name. The verses below may mix them up.
Mentioned in 40 verses. Here are the first ones. The list is based on an open dataset and is not complete: not every place a person or place is mentioned is included.
Where Simeon is mentioned
1 Chronicles 2:1–2
1 These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
2 Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
Read in context1 Chronicles 4:24
The descendants of Simeon: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul.
Read in context1 Chronicles 4:42
And five hundred of these Simeonites led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, went to Mount Seir
Read in context1 Chronicles 6:65
They assigned by lot the cities named above from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
Read in context1 Chronicles 12:25
From Simeon: 7,100 mighty men of valor, ready for battle.
Read in context2 Chronicles 15:9
And he assembled all Judah and Benjamin, along with those from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had settled among them, for great numbers had come over to him from Israel when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.
Read in context2 Chronicles 34:6
Josiah did the same in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, as far as Naphtali, and in the ruins around them.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 27:12
“When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.
Read in contextExodus 1:2–3
Exodus 6:15
The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman. These were the clans of Simeon.
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