Dict: easton - Machir

Machir @ sold.

(1.) Manasseh's oldest son kjv@Joshua:17:1), or probably his only son (see kjv@1Chronicles:7:14-15; comp. kjv@Numbers:26:29-33; kjv@Joshua:13:31). His descendants are referred to under the name of Machirites, being the offspring of Gilead kjv@Numbers:26:29). They settled in land taken from the Amorites kjv@Numbers:32:39-40; kjv@Deuteronomy:3:15) by a special enactment kjv@Numbers:36:1-3; kjv@Joshua:17:3-4). He is once mentioned as the representative of the tribe of Manasseh east of Jordan kjv@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 ( kjv@2Samuel:9:4), and where he afterwards gave shelter to David himself when he was a fugitive (17:27).