Machanajim
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[= dva tábory, dvě ležení nebo dvě řady diváků, jde-li zvl. o tanec nevěsty, k němuž přihlíželi diváci], těžko identifikovatelné město na východní straně Jordánu [Gn 32,2 n], pojmenované tak od Jakoba, vracejícího se z Pádan Syrské. Setkal se tu s anděly. V [Joz 13,26 ; Joz 13,30 ] je M. uvedeno jako pohraniční město v pokolení Gad, přidělené levitům, synům Merari [Joz 21,38 ; 1Pa 6,80 ]. Jako důležité posvátné a vojenské místo bylo zvoleno později za sídlo Izbozetovo [2S 2,8 ]. V době vzpoury Absolonovy uchýlil se David do M. [2S 17,24 ; 1Kr 2,8 ]. Za Šalomouna bylo sídlem královského místodržitele [1Kr 4,14 ]. Jde-li o dnešní zbořeniště Chirbet Mahne, není možno říci s bezpečností. Někteří se domnívají, že jde o pozdější Gerasu. Dalman odkazuje na Tulul edh-Dhabab na s. břehu řeky Jabboku, kam jiní umisťují Fanuel.
Zdroj: Biblický slovník (Adolf Novotný - 1956)
Mahanaim
two 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 hosts" on his return from Padan-aram (Gen 32:2 ). This name was afterwards given to the town which was built at that place. It was the southern boundary of Bashan (Josh 13:26; 13:30), and became a city of the Levites (Josh 21:38). Here Saul's son Ishbosheth reigned (2Sam 2:8 ; 2:12), while David reigned at Hebron. Here also, after a troubled reign, Ishbosheth was murdered by two of his own bodyguard (2Sam 4:5 -7), who brought his head to David at Hebron, but were, instead of being rewarded, put to death by him for their cold-blooded murder. Many years after this, when he fled from Jerusalem on the rebellion of his son Absalom, David made Mahanaim, where Barzillai entertained him, his headquarters, and here he mustered his forces which were led against the army that had gathered around Absalom. It was while sitting at the gate of this town that tidings of the great and decisive battle between the two hosts and of the death of his son Absalom reached him, when he gave way to the most violent grief (2Sam 17:24 -27).
The only other reference to Mahanaim is as a station of one of Solomon's purveyors (1Kings 4:14). It has been identified with the modern Mukhumah, a ruin found in a depressed plain called el-Bukie'a, "the little vale," near Penuel, south of the Jabbok, and north-east of es-Salt.
EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary