Bible Person
Meaning: selling; knowing · Male · 3 cross references
This Machir entry refers to the man of Lo-debar who shelters Mephibosheth and later assists David during Absalom's rebellion, not to the earlier tribal ancestor of Manasseh. He is a generous supporter who appears at moments of royal vulnerability. First appears in 2 Sam 9:4.1
AI summary: Machir matters because the cross references present him as a quiet but significant benefactor in the David story. He first preserves Saul's disabled grandson outside the center of power and later provides material support for David when the king is displaced and exhausted. Taken together, the material presents this Machir as a figure of loyal hospitality whose actions sustain fragile lives at decisive moments in the kingdom narrative.1
Central Figure
Machir
Meaning: selling; knowing
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.
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). 3
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.