The Israelite killed by Phinehas at Numbers 25:8, named only at v14 — six verses after his death — and identified there as a chief of a father's house among the Simeonites. ⚠ The delayed naming changes the scene retroactively: not an anonymous offender but a member of a tribal leadership, which is what makes the episode a matter between houses rather than a private one. ⭐ Numbers 26 (not yet on these pages) then counts Simeon as by far the most reduced tribe in the second census, and the text does not connect the two facts, though every commentator since has. Not to be confused with the later king of Israel of the same name, who reigned seven days.