Mahanaim in Biblical History

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What is Mahanaim?
MAHANA'IM
(two camps), a town east of the Jordan; named by Jacob. Gen 32:1-2. It was assigned to the Levites, Josh 13:26, 1 Kgs 20:30; Josh 21:38;1 Chr 6:80, and lay within the territory of Gad, north of the torrent Jabbok. Mahanaim became in the time of the monarchy a place of mark. 2 Sam 2:9, 2 Sam 2:12; 2 Sam 4:6. Abner fixed Ishbosheth's residence there, and David took refuge in it when driven out of the western part of his kingdom by Absalom. 2 Sam 17:24; 1 Kgs 2:8. Mahanaim was the seat of one of Solomon's commissariat officers, 1 Kgs 4:14, and it is alluded to in his Song, Song 6:13. Dr. Merrill locates Mahanaim in the Jordan valley, 6 miles north of the Jabbok, at a ruin called Saleikhat. Here water is abundant; the ruins are extensive and about 300 feet above the plain and near the dividing line between Gad and Manasseh. It answers the biblical requirement better than other suggested sites, like Mahneh and Gerasa.

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