13The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart;
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei.
These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai. …
And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts. …
And of the sons of Heman; Jehiel, and Shimei: and of the sons of Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel.
But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9-14)The day here spoken of is the day of Jerusalem’s defence and deliverance, that glorious day when God will appear for the salvation of his people, which, if it do refer to the successes which the Jews had against their enemies in the time of the Maccabees, yet certainly looks further, to the gospel-day , to Christ’s victories over the powers of darkness and the great salvation he has wrought for hi…
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