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Zechariah 12:14

Old Testament Minor Prophet ASV (1901)

What does Zechariah 12:14 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “all the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

all the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.
Zechariah 12:14 — American Standard Version

Context — Zechariah 12

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
11In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.
12And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart;
13the family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of the Shimeites apart, and their wives apart;
14all the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“All the families that remain, etc.] That will be in being in those times; every family apart, and their wives apart; for the whole nation shall be born at once, and converted, and all Israel shall be saved, (<236608>Isaiah 66:8 <451126> Romans 11:26).”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“All . . . that remain--after the fiery ordeal, in which two-thirds fall (Zac 13:8-9). Next: Zechariah Chapter 13”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“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…”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“and: Pro 9:12 Next: Zechariah Chapter 13”
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