David had arrived at Mahanaim by the time Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.
Genesis 32:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised When he saw them, Jacob said, ‘This is God’s camp.’ So he called that place Mahanaim. , Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's army! So he named that place Mahanaim [two armies]. [Gen. 32:7, 10.] American Standard Version (1901) And Jacob said when he saw them, This is God’s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim. Common English Bible When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is God’s camp,” and he named that sacred place Mahanaim. Catholic Public Domain Version When he had seen them, he said, "These are the Encampments of God." And he called the name of that place Mahanaim, that is, 'Encampments.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when he saw them, he said: These are the camps of God. And he called the name of that place Mahanaim, that is, Camps. |
David had arrived at Mahanaim by the time Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.
Abner son of Ner and soldiers of Ish-bosheth son of Saul marched out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
Abner son of Ner, commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth , and moved him to Mahanaim.
‘Keep an eye on Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim who is with you. He uttered malicious curses against me the day I went to Mahanaim. But he came down to meet me at the River Jordan, and I swore to him by the Lord, “I will never kill you with the sword.”
Then Elisha prayed, ‘Lord, please open his eyes and let him see.’ So the Lord opened the servant’s eyes, and he saw that the mountain was covered with horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
At that time, men came day after day to help David until there was a great army, like an army of God. ,
Come back, come back, Shulammite! Come back, come back, that we may look at you! How you gaze at the Shulammite, as you look at the dance of the two camps! ,
He said, ‘Do you know why I’ve come to you? I must return at once to fight against the prince of Persia, and when I leave, the prince of Greece will come.
Suddenly there was a multitude of the heavenly host with the angel, praising God and saying:
From the tribe of Gad they gave: Ramoth in Gilead, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands, Mahanaim with its pasturelands,
‘Neither,’ he replied. ‘I have now come as commander of the Lord’s army.’ Then Joshua bowed with his face to the ground in homage and asked him, ‘What does my lord want to say to his servant? ’