The children of Machir; whom before he called the children of Manasseh, he now calls the children of machir, because Machir was the most eminent, and, as it may seem, the only surviving son of Manasseh, Numbers 26:29 1 Chronicles 7:14. For the other half of Machir's or Manasseh's children, see Joshua 17:1, &c.

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