And when he saw them, Jacob said, “This is God’s [a]camp.” So he named that place [b](A)Mahanaim.

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  1. Genesis 32:2 Or company
  2. Genesis 32:2 I.e., Two Camps, or Two Companies

10 [a]I am unworthy (A)of all the [b]favor and of all the [c]faithfulness, which You have shown to Your servant; for with only my staff I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two companies.

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  1. Genesis 32:10 Lit I am less than all
  2. Genesis 32:10 I.e., generosity
  3. Genesis 32:10 Or truth

Ish-bosheth Made King over Israel

But (A)Abner the son of Ner, commander of Saul’s army, had taken [a]Ish-bosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to (B)Mahanaim.

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  1. 2 Samuel 2:8 I.e., man of shame; cf. 1 Chr 8:33, Eshbaal

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