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

and from Heshbon to Ramath Mizpah and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the territory of Debir;

The territory extending from Mahanaim and including all of Bashan, the entire realm of Og king of Bashan—all the settlements of Jair in Bashan, sixty towns,

from the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead (a city of refuge for one accused of murder), Mahanaim,

War Between the Houses of David and Saul

Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, had taken Ish-Bosheth son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim.

Abner son of Ner, together with the men of Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, left Mahanaim and went to Gibeon.

All that night Abner and his men marched through the Arabah. They crossed the Jordan, continued through the morning hours and came to Mahanaim.

Absalom’s Death

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

When David came to Mahanaim, Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, and Makir son of Ammiel from Lo Debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim

Now Barzillai was very old, eighty years of age. He had provided for the king during his stay in Mahanaim, for he was a very wealthy man.

“And remember, you have with you Shimei son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim, who called down bitter curses on me the day I went to Mahanaim. When he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the Lord: ‘I will not put you to death by the sword.’

Ahinadab son of Iddo—in Mahanaim;

and from the tribe of Gad they received Ramoth in Gilead, Mahanaim,

Friends

Come back, come back, O Shulammite; come back, come back, that we may gaze on you!

He

Why would you gaze on the Shulammite as on the dance of Mahanaim?