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Gen 32:2 — And when Jacob saw them, he said, This [is] God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

God's		Jos 5:14; 2Ki 6:17; Psa 34:7; Psa 103:21; Psa 148:2; Dan 10:20; Luk 2:13
the name		Jos 21:38; 2Sa 2:8,12; 2Sa 17:24,26,27; 1Ki 2:8; 1Ki 4:14
Mahanaim		i.e., two hosts, or camps. Sgs 6:13; Mahanaim was situated between Gilead and the river Jabbok, near the present Djezan.

Correlating Passages

God's

	Jos 5:14	And he said, Nay; but [as] captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?
	2Ki 6:17	And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain [was] full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
	Psa 34:7	The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
	Psa 103:21	Bless ye the LORD, all [ye] his hosts; [ye] ministers of his, that do his pleasure.
	Psa 148:2	Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.
	Dan 10:20	Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come.
	Luk 2:13	And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,

the name

	Jos 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,
	2Sa 2:8	But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;
	2Sa 2:12	And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
	2Sa 17:24	Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
	2Sa 17:26	So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.
	2Sa 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 Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
	1Ki 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.
	1Ki 4:14	Ahinadab the son of Iddo [had] Mahanaim:

Mahanaim

Sgs 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.

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Scott, Thomas. "Genesis 32:2," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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