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Abiezer (International Standard Bible Encyclopedia) :: Bible Tools |
 | | The Machir that possessed Gilead and Bashan because he was "a man of war" was the Manassite family of Machir, with Jair as its great general (Joshua 17:1; Joshua 13:30-31; Numbers 32:39-41; Deuteronomy 3:12-15). |
 | | To Abiezer and other sons of Gilead territory was assigned West of the Jordan. |
 | | In later generations the name survived as that of the family to which Gideon belonged, and perhaps also of the region which they occupied (Judges 6:34; Judges 8:2). |
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