And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which [was] of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.
Ver. 16. And Shimei … hasted and came down.] As hoping that he also should get pardon among the many; who were faulty too, but not so deeply as himself. It is good thrusting in where pardon is to be had. "Let the redeemed of the Lord say so" - viz., "that his mercy endureth for ever."