John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 9. Out of the portion of the children of Judah [was] the inheritance of the children of Simeon , etc.] Which is the reason why no description is given of the border of their inheritance, because that is before given in the account of the lot of Judah: for the part of the children of Judah was too much for them : they had more cities than they could fill with people, and more land than they could cultivate; they had an hundred fourteen cities with their villages: therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance within the inheritance of them ; the one being a small tribe, and the other large, and for the reasons given; (see Gill on “ Joshua 19:1”).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-9 - The men of Judah did not oppose taking away the cities within their border, when convinced that they had more than was right. If a tru believer has obtained an unintended and improper advantage in an thing, he will give it up without murmuring. Love seeketh not her own and doth not behave unseemly; it will induce those in whom it richl dwells, to part with their own to supply what is lacking to their brethren.
Original Hebrew מחבל2256 בני1121 יהודה3063 נחלת5159 בני1121 שׁמעון8095 כי3588 היה1961 חלק2506 בני1121 יהודה3063 רב7227 מהם1992 וינחלו5159 בני1121 שׁמעון8095 בתוך8432 נחלתם׃5159
