the strangers] Such of the ten tribes as were in Judah, were accounted strangers after their revolt: for they forsook the true religion, and served idols, and had other kings, and other laws, chap. 30. 25. out of Simeon] That part of Simeon which bordered on Israel, revolted with the rest: but that which was within Judah, held with the house of David. See on chap. 11. 6.