Genesis 32:2 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

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2 Samuel 2:8
But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;
Joshua 21:38
And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
Joshua 5:14
And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?
Psalms 148:2
Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.
Luke 2:13
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-2)

1. Here is Jacob’s convoy in his journey (Gen. 32:1): The angels of God met him, in a visible appearance, whether in a vision by day or in a dream by night, as when he saw them upon the ladder (Gen. 28:12), is uncertain. Note, Those that keep in a good way have always a good guard; angels themselves are ministering spirits for their safety, Heb. 1:14. Where Jacob pitched his tents, they pitched th…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 2)

2. Mahanaim--“two hosts,” or “camps.” The place was situated between mount Gilead and the Jabbok, near the banks of that brook.