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Simeonites

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Descendants of Simeon, the son of Jacob (Num. 25:14¹⁴Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a chief house among the Simeonites. (Numbers 25:14); Num. 26:14¹⁴These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred. (Numbers 26:14); 1 Chron. 27:16¹⁶Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maachah: (1 Chronicles 27:16)).

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

patronymic of Simeon