Shimei apart] It seemeth that it was some familie of the Levites, 1 Chron. 6. 17. &23. 10. And the Prophet doth in this manner specifie these families, whereof some had held Temporall, some Ecclesiasticall offices: to shew, that as the Church and State were united, and joyned in persecuting of Christ, and in putting him to death; so they should joyntly repent for it.