1)

Why did he command him to build a house in Yerushalayim?

1.

Radak: Shim'i's house was in Bachurim.

2)

What is considered "going to and fro, and leaving"?

1.

Malbim: It is uprooting his primary residence from Yerushalayim. However, the next verse forbids more than this.

3)

Why did he forbid him to leave?

1.

Rashi: He should be available for Shlomo to find a sin for which he is Chayav Misah.

2.

He knew that Shim'i would transgress, and be Chayav Misah. An Isur without any hope to permit it, is too hard for a person. 1 This is why everything that the Torah forbade, in some case it permitted it (Chulin 109b). 2 All know that one who disobeys the king is Chayav Misah. Shlomo added "Mos Tamus?" to further increase the pressure on Shim'i to transgress! (Heard from Rav A. Lopiansky.)


1

If there was no Kohen Gadol at the time that a Shogeg murderer was sentenced, he may never leave the Ir Miklat (Makos 2:7)! Perhaps there is easier, for even without the Isur, the murderer fears to leave, lest Go'el ha'Dam kill him. (PF)

2

Chulin 109b: E.g. liver is a Heter for blood, Dam Tahor is a Heter for Dam Nidah, Chelev Chayah is a Heter for Chelev, Yibum is a Heter for Eshes Ach, Eshes Yefas To'ar is a Heter for a Nochris, udder is a Heter for meat and milk. Rav Elyashiv (109b) - this is like the Heter of Eshes Yefas To'ar; the Torah permits due to the Yetzer ha'Ra, lest it be able to say that the Torah forbids more than a person can fulfill.

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