David had reached Mahanaim by the time Absalom crossed the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
Then Jacob said, “O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, Adonai, who said to me, ‘Return to your land and to your relatives and I will do good with you.’
While Jacob left on his way, the angels of God met him.
Now Abner son of Ner, Saul’s army commander, had taken Saul’s son Ish-bosheth, and brought him over to Mahanaim.
from Heshbon to Ramath-mizpeh and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the border of Lidbir.