Genesis 32:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

2 Sam 2:8 : 8 Now Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, had taken Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;
Josh 21:38 : 38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Mahanaim with its suburbs,
Josh 5:14 : 14 And he said, Nay; but [as] prince of the host of Jehovah 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?
2 Sam 17:24 : 24 Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
1 Kgs 2:8 : 8 And, behold, there is with thee Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I sware to him by Jehovah, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.
Ps 34:7 : 7 The angel of Jehovah encampeth round about them that fear him, And delivereth them.
Ps 148:2 : 2 Praise ye him, all his angels: Praise ye him, all his host.
Luke 2:13 : 13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
Song 6:13 : 13 Return, return, O Shulammite; Return, return, that we may look upon thee. Why will ye look upon the Shulammite, As upon the dance of Mahanaim?
Dan 10:20 : 20 Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I am come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I go forth, lo, the prince of Greece shall come.
Ps 103:21 : 21 Bless Jehovah, all ye his hosts, Ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.
1 Kgs 4:14 : 14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;
2 Kgs 6:17 : 17 And Elisha prayed, and said, Jehovah, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And Jehovah opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
2 Sam 17:26-27 : 26 And Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead. 27 And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
2 Sam 2:12 : 12 And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

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