name · 2 people

Machir

2 people in the registry answer to the name Machir.

Machir is named far more often than the others together, so a search for the bare name lands there rather than here.

01 — Candidates

Which Machir

Ordered by how often the text names each one, the entities called Machir before those that answer to it. Where two read the same, the registry says no more than that — the first reference is what separates them.

  1. Machirpersonholds /people/machir/

    First named in Genesis 50:23 · 17 verses

    Machir, the son of Manasseh, was the father (ie re-founder) of Gilead and a prominent figure in the tribe of Manasseh.STEPBible TIPNR

  2. Machirperson

    First named in 2 Samuel 9:4 · 3 verses

    Machir, the son of Ammiel, hosted Mephibosheth, Jonathan's son, in Lo-debar and later provided supplies to David during Absalom's rebellion.STEPBible TIPNR

02 — Elsewhere

Every one of them, and the rest

A name page answers one question and ends here, so the routes out are the indexes the candidates came from.