2 Samuel 17:24 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

Mahanaim; a place in the country of Gilead, bordering upon the land of the Ammonites, 2 Samuel 17:27. See Genesis 32:2 2 Samuel 2:8. Absalom passed over Jordan; not speedily, but when all the men of Israel were gathered together according to Hushai's counsel, who are said to be with him here, as it follows.

2 Samuel 17:24

24 Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.