For your servant knows that I have sinned — therefore, behold, I have come this day, the first of all the house of Joseph to come down to meet my lord the king — Shimei confesses his sin and claims to be the first of Joseph's house (the northern tribes) to come to David's aid. His self-positioning as a leader in reconciliation suggests that his submission carries political weight.

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