Simeon] The territory of this tribe lay in the South (1 Chronicles iv. 28–43; Joshua xix. 1–9), and it is natural to think that at the disruption Simeon followed Judah in allegiance to the house of David. Here, however, and in xxxiv. 6 it is reckoned as one of the ten tribes forming the Northern Kingdom, for what reason it is hard to say. The traditions relating to the tribe are far from clear (see Encyclopedia Britannica s.v. Simeon).
¹⁰So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
10. in the third month] In this month the Feast of Weeks (i.e. of wheat harvest) was held; Deuteronomy xvi. 9.
¹¹And they sacrificed unto the Lord in that day, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.
11. the spoil] Compare xiv. 13–15.
¹²And they entered into the covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;
12. they entered into the covenant] Compare xxix. 10; 2 Kings xxiii. 3.
¹³and that whosoever would not seek the Lord, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
13. should be put to death] According to the Law; Deuteronomy xvii. 2–7.
¹⁴And they sware unto the Lord with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.