Lodebar
People's Dictionary of the Bible [1]
Lodebar (Lô-Dç'Bar or Lô'De-Bär ), Without Pasture. A place in the tribe of Gad, not far from Mahanaim, north of the Jabbok, east of the Jordan. 2 Samuel 9:4; 2 Samuel 17:27. Here dwelt Machir the Ammonite, who assisted David in his flight from Absalom, and there lived Mephibosheth, Jonathan's lame son. Some suppose it to be the same as Debir, Joshua 13:26, but by modern travellers it has not yet been identified.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary [2]
E. of Jordan ( 2 Samuel 17:27). Here at the house of Machir, son of Ammiel, Mephibosheth found a home after Saul's death ( 2 Samuel 9:4-5) Perhaps the Debir of Joshua 13:26, where Lidebir is the Hebrew (the "l" is part of the word, not as KJV "of"). Machir remembered David's kindness to Mephibosheth in the distress of the latter, therefore sent provisions to David in his distress at Mahanaim (W. of Lodebar). The name means the driving out of flocks (Gesenius), else without pasture.
Smith's Bible Dictionary [3]
Lo-de'bar. (Without Pasture). A place named, with Mahanaim, Rogelim and other TransJordanic towns, 2 Samuel 17:27, and therefore, no doubt on the east side of the Jordan. It was the native place of Machir-Ben-Ammiel . 2 Samuel 9:4-5.
Morrish Bible Dictionary [4]
Town on the east of Jordan, to which Mephibosheth retired after the death of his father. 2 Samuel 9:4,5; 2 Samuel 17:27 . Not identified.
