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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Mahanaim
"Two camps." Jacob met the angels of God here near the Jabbok River on his way home, and split his household in two before facing Esau. After Saul died, Ishbosheth ruled the northern tribes from Mahanaim while David held Hebron, and years later David fled there himself from Absalom and heard there that his son was dead.
"Two camps." Jacob met the angels of God here near the Jabbok River on his way home, and split his household in two before facing Esau. After Saul died, Ishbosheth ruled the northern tribes from Mahanaim while David held Hebron, and years later David fled there himself from Absalom and heard there that his son was dead.
Mahanaim, meaning "two camps," was the place near the Jabbok River where Jacob was met by angels of God on his return from Paddan-aram and divided his household into two companies before facing Esau. The town later became a Levitical city and, after Saul's death, served as the capital where Ishbosheth reigned over the northern tribes while David ruled from Hebron. Decades later David himself took refuge at Mahanaim during Absalom's rebellion, and it was there he received news of Absalom's death.
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- Genesis 32:2
- Joshua 13:26
- Joshua 13:30
- Joshua 21:38
- 2 Samuel 2:8
- 2 Samuel 2:12
- 2 Samuel 2:29
- 2 Samuel 19:32
- 1 Kings 2:8
- 1 Chronicles 6:80
