1 Kings 4:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The seventh division, still on the other side of Jordan, is the region of Mahanaim, in the territory of Gad. Mahanaim (“the camps”), the scene of Jacob’s angelic vision on his return to Canaan (Genesis 36:3), assigned to Dan after the Conquest (see Joshua 13:26; Joshua 13:30; Joshua 21:38), must have been afterwards an important place; for it was the seat of Ishbosheth’s government (2 Samuel 2:8; 2 Samuel 2:12; 2 Samuel 2:29), and the place where David established himself on fleeing from Absalom (2 Samuel 17:24; 2 Samuel 17:27), and where he received large supplies from Barzillai and other chiefs.