Shimron
Shimron names a son of Issachar in the migration to Egypt and the wilderness census, and the family that descended from him. A separate place in the north — a Canaanite royal city in the hill country later allotted to Zebulun — is sometimes filed under the same headword, though the UPDV surface form for that town reads as Shimeon (and Shimeon-meron) rather than Shimron.
Son of Issachar
Shimron appears in the Issacharite roster of Jacob's household entering Egypt: "And the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puvah, and Jashub, and Shimron" (Gen 46:13). He stands fourth, after Tola, Puvah, and Jashub.
The chronicler's genealogy preserves the same four-name list: "And of the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four" (1Chr 7:1). The numeral "four" closes the line and binds the four sons together as the Issacharite stem.
The Shimronite Clan
A generation later in the wilderness census, Shimron's descendants register as a named clan under Issachar: "of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites" (Num 26:24). The personal name carries forward into a household name; Shimron is no longer only an individual but a kinship line numbered alongside the other Issacharite families.
A Northern Royal City
A Canaanite city in what becomes Zebulun's territory is also sometimes filed under Shimron. In UPDV the surface form differs. When Jabin of Hazor mobilizes the northern coalition against Joshua, his summons goes "to Jobab king of Maron, and to the king of Shimeon, and to the king of Achshaph" (Josh 11:1). The roll of struck kings later names "the king of Shimeon-meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one" (Josh 12:20) — the longer form is identified with the same site. When the Zebulun allotment is drawn, the town list reads "and Kattath, and Nahalal, and Shimeon, and Jiralah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages" (Josh 19:15).
An umbrella treatment may link these northern occurrences to the Issacharite name, but the UPDV form for the town is Shimeon (long form Shimeon-meron), not Shimron. Readers tracking the headword into the UPDV text will find the city under that adjacent spelling.