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    Mahanaim

    מַחֲנַיִם

    Mahanaim, a place east of the Jordan River where Jacob met angels and David found refuge during Absalom's rebellion (Genesis 32:2; 2Sa.17.24, 27).

    Where the story of Mahanaim happensWhere the gazetteer locates Mahanaim, framed to them: Mahanaim. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Mahanaim
    Where the gazetteer locates Mahanaim
    verses
    13
    first named
    Genesis 32:2
    last named
    1 Chronicles 6:80
    feature
    settlement
    coordinates
    32.19°N · 35.69°E
    settlement32.19°N · 35.69°E

    Tell edh Dhahab el Gharbi (OpenBible)

    Scholarship offers 6 identifications for this place. The leading one is shown; the others are recorded in the gazetteer.

    Description

    Mahanaim in the text

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Mahanaim was a city located east of the Jordan River, in the territory allocated to the tribe of Gad (Joshua 13:26, 30). It was designated as a Levitical city for the Merarites (Joshua 21:38; 1Ch.6.80). Mahanaim is first mentioned in Genesis 32:2, where Israel (or 'Jacob') encountered angels on his way back to Canaan, and he named the place Mahanaim, meaning "two camps." During the reign of King David, Mahanaim served as a refuge for David when he fled from his son Absalom's rebellion (2Sa.17.24, 27). Ishbosheth, Saul's son, was also based in Mahanaim when he ruled over Israel (2Sa.2.8, 12, 29). Later, during Solomon's reign, Mahanaim was the center of one of the twelve districts governed by Solomon's officers (1Ki.4.14).

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

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    and 13 more, ordered by how many events they share.

    Read it

    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 13, across 5 books.

    1. Genesis1 verse

      32:2

    2. Joshua3 verses

      13:2613:3021:38

    3. 2 Samuel6 verses

      2:82:122:2917:2417:2719:32

    4. 1 Kings2 verses

      2:84:14

    5. 1 Chronicles1 verse

      6:80

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Allotment of Merarite Pasturelands and Receiving of Merarite CitiesBezerLevitical city of refuge in Reubenvia Allotment of Merarite Pasturelands and Receiving of Merarite CitiesDimnahA Levitical city in the territory of Zebulun.via Allotment of Merarite Pasturelands and Receiving of Merarite CitiesJahazA town in Moab, site of Israelite victoriesvia Allotment of Merarite Pasturelands and Receiving of Merarite CitiesMerariThe third son of Levi and founder of the Merarites.via Allotment of Merarite Pasturelands and Receiving of Merarite CitiesRamothCity of refuge east of the Jordanvia Allotment of Merarite Pasturelands and Receiving of Merarite CitiesReubenFirstborn son of Jacob and Leahvia Israel’s stayingIsraelPatriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribesvia Israel’s stayingStayingStaying is a concept gathering 59 labelled instances in the text.via Allotment of Merarite PasturelandsAllotmentAllotment is a concept gathering 13 labelled instances in the text.

    Where they appear

    What happened here

    Atlas's reading of each chapter this place appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

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