Then David came to Mahana´im. And Ab´salom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast showed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahana´im.
But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, took Ish–bo´sheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahana´im;
Return, return, O Shu´lamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shu´lamite? As it were the company of two armies.
and from Heshbon unto Ra´math–miz´peh, and Beto´nim; and from Mahana´im unto the border of Debir;