Machir

Machir or Makir (Hebrew: מָכִיר Māḵîr, "bartered") was the name of two figures in the Hebrew Bible:

• Machir was the son of
  Gilead.^[1] Joseph lived to see and to play a part in the up-bringing of Machir and his children.^[2] In the Torah's account of the journey of the Israelites after the Exodus, Machir (the individual) is portrayed as conquering the territories known as Gilead and Bashan, which had previously been occupied by Amorites.^[3][4] Half of the tribe of Manasseh, those descended from Machir, are described as having settled in Gilead and Bashan,^[5]
  and consequently they were important in Gilead's history.
• According to the
  Meribaal, the son of Jonathan, until David took over his care,^[6] and also looked after David himself, when David found himself a fugitive.^[7]

• Tribe of Manasseh
• Machir (Biblical region)

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