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Machir
(sold).
1. The eldest son, (Jos 17:1) of the patriarch Manasseh by an Aramite or Syrian concubine. (1Ch 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. (Nu 32:39; De 3:15)
2. 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. (2Sa 9:4,5; 17:27-29)