Zec 12:12-14 | JFB | STEP | 12-14. A universal and an individual mourning at once. David . . . Nathan —representing the highest and lowest of the royal order. Nathan, not the prophet, but a younger son of David ( ). apart —Retirement and seclusion are needful for deep personal religion. wives apart —Jewish females worship separately from the males ( ).

Zechariah 12:12-14

12-14. A universal and an individual mourning at once.

David . . . Nathan—representing the highest and lowest of the royal order. Nathan, not the prophet, but a younger son of David (2Sa 5:14; Lu 3:31).

apart—Retirement and seclusion are needful for deep personal religion.

wives apart—Jewish females worship separately from the males (Ex 15:1, 20).

13. Levi . . . Shimei—the highest and lowest of the priestly order (Nu 3:18, 21). Their example and that of the royal order would of course influence the rest.

14. All . . . that remain—after the fiery ordeal, in which two-thirds fall (Zec 13:8, 9).