Machir: Sold.1. Manasseh's oldest son
(Joshua 17:1) or probably his only son (see)
(1 Chronicles 7:14,15) comp.
(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 32:39,40; Deuteronomy 3:15) by a special enactment
(Numbers 36:1-3; Joshua 17:3,4) He is once mentioned as the
representative of the tribe of Manasseh east of Jordan
(Judges 5:14)
2. 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
(2 Samuel 17:27)
