And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because [there was] pasture there for their flocks.
Ver. 41. Came in the days of Hezekiah.] In the beginning of his reign; for in the sixth year of his reign the ten tribes were carried captive by Shalmaneser. 2Ki 18:10-11 So that it seems these Simeonites did not long enjoy their new conquests God often punisheth the wicked by others as wicked.