And when Jacob saw them he said, “This is God’s camp!” So he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
2 Samuel 2:12 - English Standard Version 2016 Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon. American Standard Version (1901) And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon. Common English Bible Abner, Ner’s son, along with the soldiers of Ishbosheth, Saul’s son, left Mahanaim to go to Gibeon. Catholic Public Domain Version And Abner, the son of Ner, and the youths of Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, went out from the camp to Gibeon. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Isboseth the son of Saul, went out from the camp to Gabaon. |
And when Jacob saw them he said, “This is God’s camp!” So he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” For the Lord had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that the Lord might bring harm upon Absalom.
But Abner the son of Ner, commander of Saul’s army, took Ish-bosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim,
At that time Joshua spoke to the Lord in the day when the Lord gave the Amorites over to the sons of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, “Sun, stand still at Gibeon, and moon, in the Valley of Aijalon.”
he feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all its men were warriors.
“Come up to me and help me, and let us strike Gibeon. For it has made peace with Joshua and with the people of Israel.”
But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai,
If he is able to fight with me and kill me, then we will be your servants. But if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall be our servants and serve us.”