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<li> 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 (&nbsp;2 Samuel 9:4 ), and where he afterwards gave shelter to David himself when he was a fugitive (17:27). <div> <p> '''Copyright Statement''' These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by [[Thomas]] Nelson, 1897. Public Domain. </p> <p> '''Bibliography Information''' Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Machir'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/m/machir.html. 1897. </p> </div> </li>

<p> (Heb. hakir', מָכַיר, ''Sold;'' Sept. Μαχείρ and Μαχίρ ), the name of two men. </p> <p> '''1.''' The oldest son of Manasseh (&nbsp;Joshua 17:1), who even had children born to him during the lifetime of Joseph (Genesis 1, 23). B.C. 1802. His descendants were called MACHIRITES (מָכַירי, Sept. Μαχειρί, &nbsp;Numbers 26:29), being the offspring of Gilead (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 7:17), whose posterity settled in the land taken from the [[Amorites]] (&nbsp;Numbers 32:39-40; &nbsp;Deuteronomy 3:15; &nbsp;Joshua 13:31; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 2:23), but required a special enactment as to their inheritance, owing to the fact that the grandson [[Zelophehad]] had only daughters (&nbsp;Numbers 27:1; &nbsp;Numbers 36:1; &nbsp;Joshua 17:3). Once the name of Machir is put poetically as a representative of the tribe of Manasseh east (&nbsp;Judges 5:14). His daughter became the mother of [[Segub]] by [[Hezron]] in his old age (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 2:21). The mother of Machir was an Aramitess, and his wife was Maachah, the granddaughter of Benjamin, by whom he had several sons (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 7:14-16). "The family of Machir come forward prominently in the history of the conquest of the trans-Jordanic portion of the [[Promised]] Land. In the joint expedition of [[Israel]] and Ammon, their warlike prowess expelled the Amoritish inhabitants from the rugged and difficult range of Gilead, and their bravery was rewarded by Moses by the assignment to them of a large portion of the district, ‘ half Gilead' (&nbsp;Joshua 13:31), with its rich mountain pastures, and the towns of [[Ashtaroth]] and Edrei, the capitals of Og's kingdom (&nbsp;Numbers 32:39-40; &nbsp;Deuteronomy 3:15; &nbsp;Joshua 13:31; &nbsp;Joshua 17:1). The warlike renown of the family of Machir is given as the reason for this grant (&nbsp;Joshua 17:1), and we can see the sound policy of assigning a frontier land of so much importance to the safety of the whole country, exposed at the same time to the first brunt of the Syrian and [[Assyrian]] invasions, and to the never-ceasing predatory inroads of the wild desert tribes, to a clan whose prowess and skill in battle had been full proved in the subjugation of so difficult a tract (Stanley, ''S.'' and Pal. p. 327)." "The connection with [[Benjamin]] may perhaps have led to the selection by [[Abner]] of Maahanaim, which lay on the boundary between [[Gad]] and Mansasseh, as the residence of [[Ishbosheth]] (&nbsp;2 Samuel 2:8); and that with Judah may have also influenced David to go so far north when driven out of his kingdom." </p> <p> '''2.''' A descendant of the preceding, son of Ammiel, residing at Lo-debar, who maintained the lame son of Jonathan until provision was made for him by David's care (&nbsp;2 Samuel 9:4-5), and afterwards extended his hospitality to the fugitive monarch himself (&nbsp;2 Samuel 17:27). B.C. 1037-1023. [[Josephus]] calls him the chief of the country of Gilead (Ant. 7:9, 8). (See [[David]]). </p>