Places in the Bible › Mahanaim
Mahanaim
Town or city mentioned in 16 verses of the Bible, most often in 2 Samuel.
Where it appears
2 Samuel (8), Joshua (3), 1 Kings (2), Genesis (1), 1 Chronicles (1), Song of Solomon (1)
Key verses
- Genesis 32:2 first mention — And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God’s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
- Joshua 13:26 — And from Heshbon unto Ramath-mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir;
- Joshua 13:30 — And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore cities:
- Joshua 21:38 — And 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,
- 2 Samuel 2:8 — But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s host, took Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;
- 2 Samuel 2:12 — And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
- 2 Samuel 17:24 — Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
- 2 Samuel 17:27 — And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
- 2 Samuel 19:32 — Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.
- 1 Kings 2:8 — And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.
- 1 Chronicles 6:80 — And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
- Song of Solomon 6:13 — Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies.
Nearby places
- Gilead 1 km
- Penuel 1 km
- Succoth 6 km
- Valley of Succoth 6 km
- Mizpah 11 km
- Zaretan 14 km
- Zaphon 14 km
- Jabbok 16 km
Bible Geocoding Data by OpenBible.info (https://www.openbible.info/geo/), CC BY 4.0. Map: Natural Earth (public domain). Verse text: King James Version.