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People of the Bible

Machir

Family

Father: Ammiel

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

A descendant of the preceding, residing at Lo-debar, where he maintained Jonathan’s son Mephibosheth till he was taken under the care of David (2 Sam. 9:4), and where he afterwards gave shelter to David himself when he was a fugitive (17:27).

From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.

Named in 3 verses

2 Samuel: 9:4, 9:5, 17:27

The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.