2 Samuel 17:24

24 Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel 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 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.

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.