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It may be noted, however. in conneciion with Simeon'a
being n brother of i,cvi, that the nvllles brought into
oroininence in the list-Shaul. Shimei. ZiwVilaced
back five generntions3)-are known otherwise as
Leriticil nzrner (cp GENEALOGIES i., 8 ~[v.]).
a. Ihe theory of the statistical writers evidently war
that Simeon ivai araduallv . merged - in Tudnh: the
Simeoniter firrt settled amongst the
paph iesl
(ieolists,
Judahzter (Josh. 1919) and then, in the
time of David ir Ch. 4i.6-it is a
marginal gloss to the whole list :' see above, 5 5 ii.),
were lost in Judah. It would appear that there was
a time when the Judah lirt in Josh.l5zx-~z lacked
exactly those cities which in Josh. 19 are assigned to
Simeon, for when they are omitted the total, twentynine(inrtead
of thirty-six), is correct. The fact remains.
however, that all the Simeonite cities are somewhere
or other assigned to Judah. It has been noted that
whrrcvr we hear of the Negeb of Judab (I S. 27.0). of
Caleb (301~). of the Kenite (27m). of the Kcrethi
(3014). of Jerahmeei (2ilo), we nowhere hear of the
Negeb of Sirneon (Graf. Stnmm Sim., 14). Whilst
naturally no attempt is made to sketch a boundary line.
it ir rlear that Sirneon was supposed by the writer of
Josh. 19r-9 to be found in the S\I' of-Judah.
The rlighrin of Simeona in the partition of W. Palestine has
been sonnecteb(weinaein cm. dm ~grrda 299) with the story
of Zimri in Nu. 25 14 ; sd also (Cen. rod. bg ; Num. md. z6 ;
Rrshi and otherr) the free titar Simeon is the only tribe that
fallr il: the second census (Nu. ?b 14) envrmovrl (fmm 5 oo to
zz.2~) below its rile in the fir-r (NU. 122~j.311t is 22icu1r,
however, to extract My more history out of the firrt ,tory than
out of the recond.
6. The lirt of Simeonite cities appears in four forma,
which are here show side bv ride.
lim
Azem
Eltolad
Cheril
normah
Ziklag
I Madman"&
Sanlanniih
Lebaoth
Shilhim
,,.
11. Etrm
Ain Rinimon Ain ~ i ~ Ain ~ and ~ Rim. ~ -En-rimmon
l
"LO"
1- ii.
E,h.r
Ether
Tnrhen . . . .
Arhrn Ashan A-han
me names have been given in the foms under which
the" are dircnssed in the reonrate articles, where account
is taken of the variants in 6. It will suffice here to
note that in list (I) 6" inserts Boh~e after Rimmon ;
I" list (3) W* omits Heshmon and @* identifies
Asiinn (u, +z) with AseNAH (u. 4iJ. In lirt (4) GL
foiluws &IT: but S"NA omits all erceot . , ieshua and
~
Breishebu.
i. The main list (i.) appears to consist of thirteen
towns aereeine " - xith the thirteen 11 ~ Ch. 41a-171 --. *, , nnnles
~~
(some with genealogies attached) of their inhabitmtn
who akerrardr migrated to Grrar (I Ch. 439).
ii. The main lirt of towns is followed by a supplementary
list (ii.) of four (Ain Rimmon being a single
place, and Tochen prt~erved only in 1 Ch. 432), agreeing
aith the four 'captains' who migrated to Mt. Seir.
iii. Of the list of nine Judahite or Simeonite towns
assigned to the priests (x Ch. 617-59 [4~-4+]=Josh. 2113-
16) only ASHAN (g.u.; in Joshuarnirrvritten AIN) is ever
called Sirneonire. H. W. H.
SIMEON ( ~ Y I ~ W CYMEWN ; [BAL]; see S~MEON
i.. 8 8, i.. end). I. EV accurately SHIMEON, in the
list of those with foreign wives (EZRA i., 5 5, end).
Ezra los1 (6°K' Zrwewv).
2. Grandfather of MATTATHIAS (I Mac". 21); See
MACCABEES i., 8 2.
3. A devout "la" of Jemsalem, melltioned in Lk'9
Gospel of the Infancy (Lk. 2.2-3): , He was gifted
with the 'holy spirit'-i.e, the rplrlt of prophecyand
had learned by revelation that be should not die
without having seen the Messiah. Having been supernaturaily
guided to the temple courts. he raw the child
Jesus brought in by his parents, according to custom.
on the campietion of the period of the mother's purification.
He then burit into an inspired song (w. 29-
y), known to us as the ~VuncDimittir (cp HYMNS. 5 3).
He could now depart, like a rulieved sentinel. and could
transmit to others the happy tidings of the dawn of the
hlesrimic day (see GUSI,EI.S, 8 39). fir Mary he added
a special word of prophecy, pointing to the different
results of the preaching of the Crorr of Jesus, a,hich
would lead some to a new life, and others to anguish
at his crucifixion (w. 34J). See further, J. Lightfoot
on Lk. 225.
It is possible to regard Simeon nr a poetic perronificstion of
that inner circle of lewlrh bcliarer~ which formed the true
SERVANT OF 7°F LOX" (?.?I.). Long had it waited for the f"1.
filment of the prophecies of sa!varion, and nov(ir., when *is
Gospel of the Lnfancy'wnr wntren) its members were pnrr~ng
one by one into the company of believers in erui. Nor need
wc be startled to find sn imperfect pallel to of Simmn
in one ofrhe legends which clurcrround the binhof the Buddha
(see Carpenter, The Synvpiic Gorgrlrili, x5J.
4. RV. SYMEON (Lk. 330). See GENEALOGIES OF
. 5. KV.S~MEON. *that was called Niger' (C~MEWN
6 xaho6pruo~ Nilrp [Ti. WH]), is mentioned along
with Barnaban. Luciur. Manaen. and Saul. anlone
the prophets and teacherr in the
churci;
at Antioch (Acts13zt). See M~Nrrmu, 5 37. Niger
was orohablv his Gentile name. whether chosen with
any reference to his complexion we cannot tell; the
. . - was not uncommon (see Dict. Gr. and Rom.
Biogr. ."d 1yvfhoL).
The lirt of the firrt preachen of the Gor I given by
Epiphanlus (Epiph. opal=, 1337 ed. ~i"dO,f,Cf22 with the
nnmc BapviOau, rat 'AlrrhAriv. '$owu, Niyrpardrrohcb~rvhs
6" (#"".."" ?.,-"",-""".
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