King James Version
What Does 2 Samuel 17:24 Mean?
“Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.”
Context
22
Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jordan.
23
And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father. followed: Heb. done put his: Heb. gave charge concerning his house
24
Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
25
And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother.
26
So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(24) **Mahanaim.**—See Note on 2Samuel 2:8. The same reasons which made it a favourable place for the capital of Ish-bosheth, recommended it also as a place of refuge to David and a rallying point for his adherents.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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