Gen 32:2, Jos 13:26, 2Sa 2:8 | ESV | STEP | And when Jacob saw them he said , This is God’s camp ! So he called the name of that place Mahanaim .

a[Josh. 5:14; Luke 2:13]

b Josh. 21:38; 2 Sam. 2:8; 17:24, 27; 1 Kgs. 2:8

d Gen. 32:2; 2 Sam. 2:8, 12; 17:24

gSee Josh. 13:26

Genesis 32:2

2 And when Jacob saw them he said, “This is God’s ^acamp!” So he called the name of that place ^bMahanaim. ^{▼▼ Mahanaim means two camps}

Joshua 13:26

26 and from Heshbon to Ramath-mizpeh and Betonim, and from ^dMahanaim to the territory of Debir, ^{▼▼Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew Lidebir}

2 Samuel 2:8

Ish-bosheth Made King of Israel

8 But ^fAbner the son of Ner, commander of Saul’s army, took Ish-bosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to ^gMahanaim,

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