Toponym Mahanaim in the world's Bibles
Meaning of the name: tents; two fields; two armies. Related names are: Abner, Jordan, Ramoth . The translations of Mahanaim in 20 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
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Wear it!And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim. (GEN 32:2)
And from Heshbon unto Ramath-mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir; (JOS 13:26)
And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore cities: (JOS 13:30)
And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs, (JOS 21:38)
But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, took Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim; (2SA 2:8)
And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon. (2SA 2:12)
And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, and passed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and they came to Mahanaim. (2SA 2:29)
Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him. (2SA 17:24)
And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim, (2SA 17:27)
Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man. (2SA 19:32)
And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword. (1KI 2:8)
Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim: (1KI 4:14)
And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and Mahanaim with her suburbs, (1CH 6:80)