II Samuel 5:15

Misinterpretations of II Samuel 5:15 often include viewing the naming of David's sons as blanket approval of polygamy, overlooking the Bible's consistent ideal of monogamy (Genesis 2:24) and the familial discord it caused David (e.g., 2 Samuel 13-18); others erroneously seek numerological or prophetic symbolism in the names absent from the text, or treat the partial list as exhaustive when parallel accounts like 1 Chronicles 3:5-8 provide fuller details, thus missing its role as straightforward historical record of David's Jerusalem-based progeny.

II Samuel 5:15 lists four sons born to King David in Jerusalem—Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, and Japhia—amid a genealogy of his children after he established his capital there, underscoring God's blessing on David's reign through the growth of his royal household and the continuation of his dynasty, which foreshadows the Davidic line leading to the Messiah.