Zechariah 12:13

“The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart, etc.] Because of the contempt of the priestly office of Christ, which theirs prefigured, and was abolished by him; because of their trampling upon his blood, righteousness, and sacrifice: the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart; not of Shimea the son of David, (<130305>1 Chronicles 3:5) as Jarchi thinks, for his family is comprehended in the family of David; nor of Shimei the son of Merari, and grandson of Levi, (<130616>1 Chronicles 6:16,17), for the same reason: some think that, by way of prophecy, the family of Semei, mentioned among the progenitors of Christ, (<420326>Luke 3:26), is intended; and others have thought…”

“Levi . . . Shimei--the highest and lowest of the priestly order (Num 3:18, Num 3:21). Their example and that of the royal order would of course influence the rest.”

“This sorrow should be universal but also individual, the whole land, and that, family by family; the royal family in the direct line of its kings, and in a branch from Nathan, a son of David and whole brother of Solomon 1 Chronicles 3:5, which was continued on in private life yet was still to be an ancestral line of Jesus Luke 3:31 : in like way the main priestly family from Levi, and a subordinate line from a grandson of Levi, “the family of Shimei” Numbers 3:23; and all the remaining families, each with their separate sorrow, each according to Joel’s call, “let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber and the bride out of her closet” Joel 2:16, each denying himself the tenderest solaces of…”

“The house of Levi - The sacerdotal tribe were the most bitter persecutors of Christ, they hired the traitor, they sought witness; the high priest, (head of that family) condemned him to die, for all which they shall one day reckon with God, and therefore above other tribes they are particularly named as chief mourners for their cruelty to Christ. Next: Zechariah Chapter 13”

“Levi: Exo 6:16-26; Num. 3:1-4:49; Mal 2:4-9 Shimei: or, Simeon, as LXX, Sa2 16:5; Kg1 1:8; Ch1 3:19, Ch1 4:27, Ch1 23:7, Ch1 23:10; Ch2 29:14 Zechariah 12:14”