2 Samuel 5:16

Study note

Setting — The biblical narrator continues a genealogical list of the sons born to David in Jerusalem, following the previous names and preceding the report of a Philistine invasion.

The words — The text records the proper names 'e.li.sha.Ma (Elishama) and 'e.li.Fa.let (Eliphelet), which function as straightforward identifiers within a royal lineage.

The thread — These same three names appear in the parallel genealogical record of 1 Chronicles 3:8 and in the military context of 1 Chronicles 14:7.

Why it lands — The verse requires the reader to track the continuity of David’s family line across parallel biblical accounts and to recognize that royal succession is established before the narrative shifts to external threats.

Drafted by a language model from the text, its original words and its cross-references, then checked against them. It can still be wrong: open the verse in the app to report it.