David had reached the town of Mahanaim by the time Absalom and the Israelites had crossed the Jordan. (
I am not worth all the kindness and faithfulness that you have shown me, your servant. I crossed the Jordan with nothing but a walking stick, and now I have come back with these two groups.
When he saw them, he said, “This is God's camp”; so he named the place Mahanaim.
The commander of Saul's army, Abner son of Ner, had fled with Saul's son Ishbosheth across the Jordan to Mahanaim.
Dance, dance, girl of Shulam. Let us watch you as you dance. Why do you want to watch me as I dance between the rows of onlookers?
their land extended from Heshbon to Ramath Mizpeh and Betonim, from Mahanaim to the border of Lodebar.