And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which {was} in it.

Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead {come} the family of the Gileadites.

And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third {generation}: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph's knees. {brought...: Heb. born}

There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he {was} the firstborn of Joseph; {to wit}, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.

Now to the {one} half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given {possession} in Bashan: but unto the {other} half thereof gave Joshua among their brethren on this side Jordan westward. And when Joshua sent them away also unto their tents, then he blessed them,

Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead {come} the family of the Gileadites.

And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which {is} in the land of Canaan, to go unto the country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.

In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.

And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he {was} threescore years old; and she bare him Segub. {married: Heb. took}