Read 2 Samuel 19.16-23
Shimei and those with him were from the tribe of Benjamin, Saul's tribe.
Shimei had ridiculed David when he fled Jerusalem (16.5-13).
Now that David is victorious, he asks forgiveness.
He and the Benjaminites are the first Israelites or the house of Joseph (v. 20) to welcome David back.
Abishai still wants to kill Shimei (16.9) but David refuses.
It may have been customary for the new king to pardon criminals on the day of his coronation (see 1 Sam 11.13).
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