Genesis 32:2; 2 Samuel 2:8; 2 Samuel 2:12; 2 Samuel 17:24

And when Jacob saw them he said, This is God’s tcamp! So he called the name of that place uMahanaim.1


Ish-bosheth Made King of Israel

But lAbner the son of Ner, commander of Saul’s army, took Ish-bosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to mMahanaim,


The Battle of Gibeon

12 Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.


24 Then David came to jMahanaim. And Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.