마하나임(Mahanaim) 은 두 진영(Camp) 라는 뜻이다.
야곱 이
Esau 를 피해 도망갔다가 가족을 데리고 돌아올 때 이곳에서 하나님의 군대를 만났다.
1 Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
2 When he saw them, Jacob said, “This is God’s army.” He called the name of that place Mahanaim .
모세는 이곳을 므낫세 반 지파에게 할당하였다.
26 and from Heshbon to Ramath Mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim to the border of Debir;
27 and in the valley, Beth Haram, Beth Nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon , the Jordan ’s bank, to the uttermost part of the sea of Chinnereth beyond the Jordan eastward.
28 This is the inheritance of the children of Gad according to their families, the cities and its villages.
29 Moses gave an inheritance to the half-tribe of Manasseh. It was for the half-tribe of the children of Manasseh according to their families.
30 Their border was from Mahanaim , all Bashan , all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the villages of Jair, which are in Bashan, sixty cities.
사울(왕) 이 죽은 뒤
David 에게로 완전히 넘어가기 전, 사울의 아들
Ish-bosheth 이 왕으로 있던 시기 임시 수도 역할을 하였다.
Now Abner the son of Ner , captain of Saul’s army, had taken Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim ;
후에,
David 이
Absalom 의 반란을 피해 피신한 곳이기도 하다.
24 25 Absalom set Amasa over the army instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man whose name was Ithra the Israelite, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah , Joab’s mother.
26 27 When David had come to Mahanaim , Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar , and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim ,
28 brought beds, basins, earthen vessels, wheat, barley, meal, parched grain, beans, lentils, roasted grain,
29 honey, butter, sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David , and for the people who were with him, to eat; for they said, “The people are hungry, weary, and thirsty in the wilderness.”
Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even eighty years old. He had provided the king with sustenance while he stayed at Mahanaim ; for he was a very great man.