2 Samuel 19:20 meaning and explanation

For your servant knows that I have sinned, so here I am today as the first of all the house of Joseph to come down to meet my lord the king.”

2 Samuel 19:20, Berean Standard Bible

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Shimei, a Benjamite from Saul's clan, had cursed David and pelted him with stones as the king fled Jerusalem (2 Samuel 16). Now Absalom is dead and David is returning, so Shimei hurries to the Jordan with a thousand Benjaminites to confess.

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