Mahanaim

⁸⁰ And from the tribe of Gad they were given Ramoth in Gilead, Mahanaim,

⁸¹ Heshbon, and Jazer, together with their pasturelands.

Keep an eye on Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim who is with you. He called down bitter curses against me on the day I went to Mahanaim, but when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD: ‘I will never put you to the sword.’

¹⁴ Ahinadab son of Iddo in Mahanaim;

¹⁵ Ahimaaz in Naphtali (he had married Basemath, a daughter of Solomon);

⁸ Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth, moved him to Mahanaim,

⁹ and made him king over Gilead, Asher, Jezreel, Ephraim, and Benjamin—over all Israel.

One day Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul marched out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

And all that night Abner and his men marched through the Arabah. They crossed the Jordan, marched all morning, and arrived at Mahanaim.

Then David went to Mahanaim, and Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.

When David came to Mahanaim, he was met by Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, Machir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim.

Barzillai was quite old, eighty years of age, and since he was a very wealthy man, he had provided for the king while he stayed in Mahanaim.

When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God.” So he named that place Mahanaim.