Place · Gilead
Mahanaim
Mahanaim is a city in Gilead, east of the Jordan River, noted as a place where Jacob encountered angels and later as a refuge for David during Absalom's rebellion.
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Where Mahanaim appears
3 passages across 2 books.
Passages set in Mahanaim
- 2Sam 2:8 — But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s host, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;
- 2Sam 17:24 — Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
- Gen 32:2 — And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God’s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.