Genesis 32:2 KJV

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

Scofield Notes

  • Mahanaimi.e. two hosts, or bands -- the visible band, Jacob and his servants; the invisible band, God's angels. Cf. 2 Kgs 6:13–17.

Matthew Henry

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Cross References

  • 2 Samuel 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;
  • Joshua 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,
  • Joshua 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?
  • 2 Samuel 17:24 Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
  • 1 Kings 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.

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Topics

  • Angel (a spirit) Hosts
  • Jacob Meets angels of God on the journey, and calls the place “Mahanaim,”
  • Mahanaim The place where Jacob had the vision of angels

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Places

Bible Dictionary

  • JacobOne who follows on another’s heels; supplanter, (Gen 25:26; Gen 27:36; Hos 12:2–4), the second born of the twin sons of Isaac by Rebekah....
  • God(A.S. and Dutch God; Dan. Gud; Ger. Gott), the name of the Divine Being. It is the rendering (1) of the Hebrew ’El, from a word meaning...
  • MahanaimTwo camps, a place near the Jabbok, beyond Jordan, where Jacob was met by the “angels of God,” and where he divided his retinue into “two...

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • And when Jacob יַעֲקֹב yaʿăqōb יַעֲקֹב Proper name כַּאֲשֶׁר kaʾăšer Relative · with preposition
  • saw them רָאָם rāʾām רָאָה Verb · qal perfect, third person masculine singular · with suffix: third person masculine plural
  • he said וַיֹּאמֶר wayyōʾmer אָמַר Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
  • This is God's אֱלֹהִים ʾĕlōhîm אֱלֹהִים Noun · masculine plural
  • host מַחֲנֵה maḥănê מַחֲנֶה Noun · masculine or feminine singular construct
  • and he called זֶה zê Pronoun וַיִּקְרָא wayyiqrāʾ קָרָא Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
  • the name שֵׁם šēm שֵׁם Noun · masculine singular construct
  • of that place הַמָּקוֹם hammāqôm מָקוֹם Noun · masculine singular · with the הַהוּא hahûʾ Pronoun · third person masculine singular · with the
  • Mahanaim מַחֲנָיִם maḥănāyim מַחֲנַיִם Proper name

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