Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages:
The four cities named with their surrounding villages — Ain, Remmon, Ether, and Ashan — belong to the inheritance assigned to Simeon. That inheritance was only a small portion, and it lay within the territory of Judah rather than as a separate district of its own. In later times some families of Simeon went beyond the borders of the Holy Land and formed colonies elsewhere.
The four cities named with their surrounding villages — Ain, Remmon, Ether, and Ashan — belong to the inheritance assigned to Simeon. That inheritance was only a small portion, and it lay within the territory of Judah rather than as a separate district of its own. In later times some families of Simeon went beyond the borders of the Holy Land and formed colonies elsewhere.