Mahanaim

settlement

Where it is

6 locations have been proposed, 48 km apart at the extremes. This atlas draws the first; the others are recorded here because the disagreement is real and is not ours to settle.

Tell edh Dhahab el Gharbi32.1857, 35.6867
Tell Hejaj32.1495, 35.6924
Tell edh Dhahab esh Sherqiyeh32.1870, 35.6921
Tell er Reheil32.1296, 36.0539
Sleikhat32.3231, 35.5933
Khirbet Mehna32.3639, 35.7488

Where Scripture names it

16 verses in 6 books.

Genesis

32:2

Joshua

13:26
13:30
21:38

2 Samuel

2:8
2:10
2:12
2:29
17:24
17:27
18:23
19:32

1 Kings

2:8
4:14

1 Chronicles

6:80

Song of Songs

6:13

Where this atlas draws it

1 pin across 1 chapter — this atlas’s own editorial choice, not a claim about the text.

Mahanaim regionmatched by the verses it appears in