Topic
Machir
19 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Numbers 32:39Easton · Smith · Nave 1. One of the sons of Manasseh — The land of Gilead allotted to
And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.
- Deuteronomy 3:15Easton · Smith · Nave 1. One of the sons of Manasseh — The land of Gilead allotted to
And I gave Gilead unto Machir.
- Joshua 17:1Easton · Smith · Nave 1. One of the sons of Manasseh — Certain cities of Bashan given to
There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.
- 2 Samuel 9:4Easton · Smith · Nave 2. A man of Lo-debar who took care of Jonathan's lame son, Mephibosheth
And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar.
- Numbers 26:29Easton · Nave 1. One of the sons of Manasseh — Father of the Machirites
Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites.
- Numbers 32:40Easton · Nave 1. One of the sons of Manasseh — The land of Gilead allotted to
And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.
- Joshua 13:31Easton · Nave 1. One of the sons of Manasseh — The land of Gilead allotted to
And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were pertaining unto the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even to the one half of the children of Machir by their families.
- 2 Samuel 9:5Smith · Nave 2. A man of Lo-debar who took care of Jonathan's lame son, Mephibosheth
¶ Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar.
- 1 Chronicles 7:14Easton · Smith
¶ The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:
- Genesis 50:23Nave 1. One of the sons of Manasseh
And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph’s knees.
- Numbers 26:29–33Easton
Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites. These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites: And of…
- Numbers 36:1–3Easton
And the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel: And they…
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- Numbers 36:1 Nave 1. One of the sons of Manasseh — Father of the Machirites
- Joshua 17:3 Easton
- Joshua 17:4 Easton
- Judges 5:14 Easton
- 2 Samuel 17:27–29 Smith
- 2 Samuel 17:27 Nave 2. A man of Lo-debar who took care of Jonathan's lame son, Mephibosheth
- 1 Chronicles 7:15 Easton
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 15 references
Sold. (1.) Manasseh’s oldest son (Josh. 17:1), or probably his only son (see 1 Chr. 7:14, 15; comp. Num. 26:29-33; Josh. 13:31). His descendants are referred to under the name of Machirites, being the offspring of Gilead (Num. 26:29). They settled in land taken from the Amorites (Num. 32:39, 40; Deut. 3:15) by a special enactment (Num. 36:1-3; Josh. 17:3, 4). He is once mentioned as the representative of the tribe of Manasseh east of Jordan (Judg. 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 Sam. 9:4), and where he afterwards gave shelter to David himself when he was a fugitive (17:27).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 7 references
- The eldest son, (Joshua 17:1) of the patriarch Manasseh by an Aramite or Syrian concubine. (1 Chronicles 7:14) At the time of the conquest the family of Machir had become very powerful, and a large part of the country on the east of Jordan was subdued by them. (Numbers 32:39; 3:15)
- The son of Ammiel, a powerful sheikh of one of the transjordanic tribes, who rendered essential service to the cause of Saul and of David successively. (2 Samuel 9:4,5; 17:27-29)
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 12 references, grouped by sub-topic
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.