David came to Mahanaim as Absalom crossed the Jordan, he and every Israelite with him.
I am not worthy of all the lovingkindness and of all the faithfulness which You have shown to Your servant. For with my staff I crossed over this Jordan, and now I have become two encampments.
When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is God’s camp.” So he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
However, Abner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Saul, had taken Ish-bosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim.
Return, return, O Shulammite! Return, return, that we might look upon you. Why should you look upon the Shulammite, as upon a dance of Mahanaim?
from Heshbon to Ramath Mizpah, Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the territory of Debir.