lo-debar Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
lo-debar in Easton's Bible Dictionary
no pasture, (2 Sam. 17:27), a town in Gilead not far from Mahanaim, north of the Jabbok (9:4, 5). It is probably identical with Debir (Josh. 13:26).
lo-debar in Smith's Bible Dictionary
(without pasture), a place named with Mahanaim, Rogelim and other transjordanic towns, #2Sa 17:27| and therefore no doubt on the east side of the Jordan. It was the native place of Machir-ben-Ammiel. #2Sa 9:4,5|
lo-debar in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
LO-DE'BAR , a place in the tribe of Gad, not far from Mahanaim, north of the Jabbok, east of the Jordan. 2 Sam 9:4; 2 Sam 17:27. Here dwelt Machir the Ammonite, who assisted David when he retired from Absalom's usurpation, and in whose house lived Mephibosheth, Jonathan's lame son, who sat at David's table and received from him all that pertained to Saul and his house. Some suppose it to be the same as Debir, Josh 13:26, but by modern travellers it has not yet been identified.