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Machir

Gender: Male

Years: -1689 - -1443

Dictionary Text: Manasseh’s oldest son, or probably his only son,; comp.;. His descendants are referred to under the name of Machirites, being the offspring of Gilead. They settled in land taken from the Amorites,; by a special enactment;,. He is once mentioned as the representative of the tribe of Manasseh east of Jordan.

Disambiguation Notes: Machir (son of Manasseh)

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  • Joshua 17:1: 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.
  • Joshua 17:3: But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
  • Numbers 26:29: Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites.
  • Deuteronomy 3:15: And I gave Gilead unto Machir.
  • Numbers 32:40: And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.
  • 1 Chronicles 2:21: And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub.
  • Numbers 36:1: 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:
  • Genesis 50:23: 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.
  • 1 Chronicles 7:17: And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.
  • Numbers 32:39: And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.
  • Numbers 27:1: Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.
  • Joshua 13:31: 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.
  • 1 Chronicles 7:15: And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister’s name was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.
  • 1 Chronicles 2:23: And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
  • 1 Chronicles 7:14: The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:
  • Judges 5:14: Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.
  • 1 Chronicles 7:16: And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
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