2 Samuel 17:24

24 Then David came to Machanayim. Avshalom passed over the Yarden, he and all the men of Yisra'el with him.

2 Samuel 17:24 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 17:24

Then David came to Mahanaim
A city on the other side Jordan in the tribe of Gad, ( Joshua 13:26 Joshua 13:30 ) , famous for its being the place where the angels of God met Jacob, ( Genesis 32:1 Genesis 32:2 ) ; and was for some time the seat of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, ( 2 Samuel 2:8 ) ;

and Absalom passed over Jordan, he, and all the men of Israel with
him;
not directly after David, but some time after, when, according to the counsel of Hushai, he had gathered all the warlike men of Israel to him that he could, and with this army pursued his father; not content to drive him to the other side Jordan, sought to seize his person, and take away his life, and so secure the crown and kingdom to him, of which he made no doubt, having such a numerous army, on which he relied.

2 Samuel 17:24 In-Context

22 Then David arose, and all the people who were with him, and they passed over the Yarden: by the morning light there lacked not one of them who had not gone over the Yarden.

23 When Achitofel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, and arose, and got him home, to his city, and set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the tomb of his father.

24 Then David came to Machanayim. Avshalom passed over the Yarden, he and all the men of Yisra'el with him.

25 Avshalom set `Amasa over the host instead of Yo'av. Now `Amasa was the son of a man, whose name was Yitra the Yisra'elite, who went in to Avigayil the daughter of Nachash, sister to Tzeru'yah, Yo'av's mother.

26 Yisra'el and Avshalom encamped in the land of Gil`ad.