Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;
And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
And from Heshbon to Ramathmizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim to the border of Debir;
I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which you have showed to your servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look on you. What will you see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies.