Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
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Gill's Exposition
And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab,.... Who was along with David:
which Amasa was a man's son whose name was Ithra, an Israelite; he is called Jether the Ishmaelite, Ch1…
Barnes' Notes
Mahanaim - See 2Sa 2:8. The same reasons which induced Abner to choose it for Ishbosheth probablv made it a good rallying point for David. It was a strong city, in a well-provisioned country, with a…
Here is, I. The transporting of David and his forces over Jordan, pursuant to the advice he had received from his friends at Jerusalem, Sa2 17:22. He, and all that were with him, went over in the…
Progress of the Rebellion
24. to Mahanaim See note on ch. 2Sa 2:8. It was chosen for David's head-quarters as the most important and strongest city in the trans-Jordanic country, which was evidently…