Editing Machir (section)

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'''Machir''' or '''Makir''' ({{Langx|he|מָכִיר}} ''Māḵîr'', "bartered") was the name of two figures in the [[Hebrew Bible]]:

*Machir was the son of [[Manasseh (tribal patriarch)|Manasseh]], grandson of [[Joseph (son of Jacob)|Joseph]], and father of [[Gilead (Biblical figure)|Gilead]].<ref>[[Book of Numbers|Numbers]] 26:29</ref> Joseph lived to see and to play a part in the up-bringing of Machir and his children.<ref>Genesis 50:23</ref> 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]].<ref>Numbers 32:39-40</ref><ref>[[Deuteronomy]] 3:15</ref> Half of the [[tribe of Manasseh]], those descended from Machir, are described as having settled in Gilead and Bashan,<ref>Numbers 36:1-3</ref> and consequently they were important in Gilead's history.
*According to the [[Books of Samuel]], Machir son of [[Ammiel]] was the name of a descendant of the Machir mentioned above, who resided at [[Lo-debar|Lo-Debar]]. The text states that here he looked after [[Meribaal]], the son of [[Jonathan (1 Samuel)|Jonathan]], until [[David]] took over his care,<ref>2 Samuel 9:4</ref> and also looked after David himself, when David found himself a fugitive.<ref>2 Samuel 17:27</ref>