2 Samuel 2:8

Then Jacob said when he saw them, “This is God’s camp.” So he named that place Mahanaim.

From the tribe of Gad, they gave Ramoth in Gilead, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasture lands and Mahanaim with its pasture lands,

And the name of Saul’s wife was Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz. And the name of the commander of his army was Abner the son of Ner, Saul’s uncle.

But Abner and his men then went through the Arabah all that night; so they crossed the Jordan, walked all morning, and came to Mahanaim.

Now it happened, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David that Abner was making himself strong in the house of Saul.

So the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went forth and came to the house of Ish-bosheth in the heat of the day while he was taking his midday rest.

Now David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom crossed the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.

Of the sons of Benjamin, Saul’s relatives, 3,000; for until now the greatest part of them had kept their allegiance to the house of Saul.

Ish-bosheth Made King over Israel