מַחֲנַיִם
ma.cha.na.yim
“Mahanaim”
Definition
Machanajim, a place in Palestine
dual of H4264 (מַחֲנֶה); double camp;
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun
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N:N--L
Occurrences
מַחֲנַיִם appears 10 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Keep an eye on Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim who is with you. He called down bitter curses against me on the day I went to Mahanaim, but when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD: ‘I will never put you to the sword.’
Then David went to Mahanaim, and Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.
Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth, moved him to Mahanaim,
And all that night Abner and his men marched through the Arabah. They crossed the Jordan, marched all morning, and arrived at Mahanaim.
The territory from Mahanaim through all Bashan—all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, including all the towns of Jair that are in Bashan, sixty cities;
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