Zechariah 12:13

the male descendants [MTY] of Levi by themselves, and their wives by themselves, the male descendants of Levi’s grandson Shimei by themselves, and their wives by themselves,

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart;

In Context

12Many people in Judah will cry, each family by themselves: the male descendants of David by themselves, and their wives by themselves, the male descendants of David’s son Nathan by themselves, and their wives by themselves,

14and all the other members of the kings’ clans and the priests’ clans by themselves, and their wives by themselves.”

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Cross References

Numbers 3:1These are some of the things that happened to Aaron and Moses/me when Yahweh spoke to Moses/me on Sinai Mountain.

Numbers 3:19Kohath had four sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. The clans that were descended from them had the same names as those four sons.

Numbers 3:21The two clans descended from Gershon are those that were descended from his sons Libni and Shimei.

1 Kings 1:8But Zadok, who was also a priest, Benaiah who had supervised David’s bodyguards, Nathan the prophet, Shimei and Rei, and David’s most capable soldiers refused to help/support Adonijah.

1 Chronicles 4:27Shimei had 16 sons and six daughters, but none of his brothers had many children. So the descendants of Simeon never were as many as the descendants of his younger brother Judah.

1 Chronicles 23:10There were four men who were other sons of Shimei:

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 12:10-14

Promises to Judah; Evangelical Predictions. ( b. c. 500.) 9 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. 10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn. 11 In that day shall… Read the whole commentary →

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