Misinterpretations often dismiss this verse as irrelevant filler text, overlooking its role in validating Israel's tribal structure and connections to key figures like Saul; others impose numerological or allegorical meanings on the names, such as fabricating spiritual symbolism for Abitub or Elpaal without textual basis, or claim contradictions with parallel genealogies in other books by expecting exhaustive lists rather than selective summaries tailored to Chronicles' theological emphases.
I Chronicles 8:11
King James Version (1769)
11 And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal.
This verse records a segment of the Benjaminite genealogy, listing the sons of Hushim—Abitub and Elpaal—within the broader lineage tracing back to Benjamin, Jacob's son; such lists in Chronicles affirm the historical and tribal identities of Israel, establishing rightful inheritance, land allotments, and royal lineages like that of King Saul, underscoring God's faithfulness in preserving His covenant people through documented ancestry.