38 From the tribe of Gad they gave:

Ramoth in Gilead, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands, Mahanaim with its pasturelands,

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Abner son of Ner, commander of Saul’s army,(A) took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth[a][b] and moved him to Mahanaim.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 2:8 Some LXX mss read Ishbaal; 1Ch 8:33; 9:39
  2. 2 Samuel 2:8 = Man of Shame

24 David had arrived at Mahanaim by the time Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.

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27 When David came to Mahanaim, Shobi son of Nahash(A) from Rabbah(B) of the Ammonites, Machir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar,(C) and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim(D)

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“Keep an eye on Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim who is with you. He uttered malicious curses against me the day I went to Mahanaim.(A) But he came down to meet me at the Jordan River, and I swore to him by the Lord: ‘I will never kill you with the sword.’(B)

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