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Selected Verse: Genesis 32:2 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Ge 32:2 |
Strong Concordance |
And when Jacob [03290] saw them [07200], he said [0559], This is God's [0430] host [04264]: and he called [07121] the name [08034] of that place [04725] Mahanaim [04266]. |
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King James |
And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Mahanaim--"two hosts," or "camps." The place was situated between mount Gilead and the Jabbok, near the banks of that brook. |
The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
Mahanaim
That is, two hosts, or bands -- the visible band, Jacob and his servants; the invisible band, God's angels.
Compare (Kg2 6:13-17). |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
This is God's house - A good man may, with an eye of faith, see the same that Jacob saw with his bodily eyes. What need we dispute whether he has a guardian angel, when we are sure he has a guard of angels about him? To preserve the remembrance of this favour, Jacob gave a name to the place from it, Mahanaim, two hosts, or two camps probably they appeared to him in two hosts, one on either side, or one in the front, and the other in the rear, to protect him from Laban behind, and Esau before, that they might be a compleat guard. Here was Jacob's family that made one army, representing the church militant and itinerant on earth; and the angels another army, representing the church triumphant, and at rest in heaven. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Mahanaim - The two hosts, if read by the points, the angels forming one, and Jacob and his company forming another; or simply hosts or camps in the plural. There was a city built afterwards here, and inhabited by the priests of God, Jos 21:38. For what purpose the angels of God met Jacob, does not appear from the text; probably it was intended to show him that he and his company were under the care of an especial providence, and consequently to confirm his trust and confidence in God.
The doctrine of the ministration of angels has been much abused, not only among the heathens, but also among Jews and Christians, and perhaps most among the latter. Angels with feigned names, titles, and influences, have been and still are invoked and worshipped by a certain class of men; because they have found that God has been pleased to employ them to minister to mankind; and hence they have made supplications to them to extend their protection, to shield, defend, instruct, etc. This is perfectly absurd.
1. They are God's instruments, not self-determining agents.
2. They can only do what they are appointed to perform, for there is no evidence that they have any discretionary power.
3. God helps man by ten thousand means and instruments; some intellectual, as angels; some rational, as men; some irrational, as brutes; and some merely material, as the sun, wind, rain, food, raiment, and the various productions of the earth. He therefore helps by whom he will help, and to him alone belongs all the glory; for should he be determined to destroy, all these instruments collectively could not save. Instead therefore of worshipping them, we should take their own advice: See thou do it not - Worship God. |
13 And he said [0559], Go [03212] and spy [07200] where [0351] he is, that I may send [07971] and fetch [03947] him. And it was told [05046] him, saying [0559], Behold, he is in Dothan [01886].
14 Therefore sent [07971] he thither horses [05483], and chariots [07393], and a great [03515] host [02428]: and they came [0935] by night [03915], and compassed [05362] the city [05892] about [05362].
15 And when the servant [08334] of the man [0376] of God [0430] was risen [06965] early [07925], and gone forth [03318], behold, an host [02428] compassed [05437] the city [05892] both with horses [05483] and chariots [07393]. And his servant [05288] said [0559] unto him, Alas [0162], my master [0113]! how shall we do [06213]?
16 And he answered [0559], Fear [03372] not: for they that be with us are more [07227] than they that be with them.
17 And Elisha [0477] prayed [06419], and said [0559], LORD [03068], I pray thee, open [06491] his eyes [05869], that he may see [07200]. And the LORD [03068] opened [06491] the eyes [05869] of the young man [05288]; and he saw [07200]: and, behold, the mountain [02022] was full [04390] of horses [05483] and chariots [07393] of fire [0784] round about [05439] Elisha [0477].
38 And out of the tribe [04294] of Gad [01410], Ramoth [07433] in Gilead [01568] with her suburbs [04054], to be a city [05892] of refuge [04733] for the slayer [07523]; and Mahanaim [04266] with her suburbs [04054],