Machir [N] [H] [S]

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• Manasseh's oldest son ( Joshua 17:1 ), or probably his only son (see  1 Chronicles 7:14  1 Chronicles 7:15 ; Compare Numbers 26:29-33 ;  Joshua 13:31 ). His descendants are referred to under the name of Machirites, being the offspring of Gilead ( Numbers 26:29 ). They settled in land taken from the Amorites ( Numbers 32:39  Numbers 32:40 ; Deuteronomy 3:15 ) by a special enactment ( Numbers 36:1-3 ;  Joshua 17:3  Joshua 17:4 ). He is once mentioned as the representative of the tribe of Manasseh east of Jordan ( Judges 5:14 ). 

   

• A descendant of the preceding, residing at Lo-debar, where he maintained Jonathan's son Mephibosheth till he was taken under the care of David ( 2 Samuel 9:4 ), and where he afterwards gave shelter to David himself when he was a fugitive ( 17:27 ). 

   

  These dictionary topics are from
  M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
  published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.