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Machir

Also called Machirites

Mentioned 1688–1442 BC traditional (Jones)

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).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Father
Manasseh
Mother
Concubine the Aramitess
Partner
Maachah
Children
Daughter of Machir, Gilead, Hammoleketh, Peresh, Sheresh
Sibling
Ashriel
Tagged in
17 verses

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

Two generations up and the children; a button shows the grandchildren. Gold lines join partners; grey lines run from parent to child; a dotted line marks a parent named in the text but not by descent.

Places

Places named in the same verses as Machir, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification. A dashed ring on the map marks a region, river, or mountain rather than a town.

  1. location not graded: Gilead5
  2. location not graded: East Manasseh (Half-Tribe)4
  3. location not graded: Bashan2
  4. location not graded: West Manasseh2
  5. location not graded: Aram1
  6. likely location: Ashtaroth1
  7. likely location: Edrei1
  8. location not graded: Geshur1
  9. location not graded: Havvoth-jair1
  10. likely location: Kenath1

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 1750–1380 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 6 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

17 tagged verses in 6 books. Select a book to read its verses.

  1. Genesis1
  2. Numbers5
  3. Deuteronomy1
  4. Joshua3
  5. Judges1
  6. 1 Chronicles6

The name in each translation

TextOccurrences of each name
BSBMachir 22Machirites 0
KJVMachir 22Machirites 1
ASVMachir 22Machirites 1

Whole-word, case-sensitive count of the name string (regex \bName\b, so possessives like "Abraham's" count) across the whole Bible text of each translation; this counts the string, not the person, so other people who share the name are included and pronoun references are not. How Begat counts

Every verse

All 17 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

Genesis1 verse
  1. 50:23

    He saw Ephraim’s sons to the third generation, and indeed the sons of Machir son of Manasseh were brought up on Joseph’s knees.

Numbers5 verses
  1. 26:29

    These were the descendants of Manasseh: The Machirite clan from Machir, the father of Gilead, and the Gileadite clan from Gilead.

  2. 27:1

    Now the daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, belonged to the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph. These were the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. They approached

  3. 32:39

    The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it, and drove out the Amorites who were there.

  4. 32:40

    So Moses gave Gilead to the clan of Machir son of Manasseh, and they settled there.

  5. 36:1

    Now the family heads of the clan of Gilead son of Machir son of Manasseh, one of the clans of Joseph, approached Moses and the leaders who were the heads of the Israelite families and addressed them,

Deuteronomy1 verse
  1. 3:15

    To Machir I gave Gilead,

Joshua3 verses
  1. 13:31

    half of Gilead; and Ashtaroth and Edrei, the royal cities of Og in Bashan. All this was for the clans of the descendants of Machir son of Manasseh, that is, half of the descendants of Machir.

  2. 17:1

    Now this was the allotment for the tribe of Manasseh as Joseph’s firstborn son, namely for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh and father of the Gileadites, who had received Gilead and Bashan because Machir was a man of war.

  3. 17:3

    But Zelophehad son of Hepher (the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh) had no sons but only daughters. These are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

Judges1 verse
  1. 5:14

    Some came from Ephraim, with their roots in Amalek; Benjamin came with your people after you. The commanders came down from Machir, the bearers of the marshal’s staff from Zebulun.

1 Chronicles6 verses
  1. 2:21

    Later, Hezron slept with the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead. He had married her when he was sixty years old, and she bore to him Segub.

  2. 2:23

    But Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth-jair, along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding villages. All these were descendants of Machir the father of Gilead.

  3. 7:14

    The descendants of Manasseh: Asriel through his Aramean concubine. She also gave birth to Machir the father of Gilead.

  4. 7:15

    Machir took a wife from among the Huppites and Shuppites. The name of his sister was Maacah. Another descendant was named Zelophehad, who had only daughters.

  5. 7:16

    Machir’s wife Maacah gave birth to a son, and she named him Peresh. His brother was named Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem.

  6. 7:17

    The son of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.

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).