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Mahanaim

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: M By: James P. Boyd

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(two camps). Place where Jacob met the angels (Gen. 32:2²And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim. (Genesis 32:2)). Afterward a Levitical town in Gad (Josh. 21:38³⁸And 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, (Joshua 21:38); 2 Sam. 2:8-12⁸But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, took Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim; ⁹And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel. ¹⁰Ish-bosheth Saul's son was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David. ¹¹And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months. ¹²And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon. (2 Samuel 2:8‑12)).

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