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Ammiel
People of God. (1.) One of the twelve spies sent by Moses to search the land of Canaan (Num 13:12). He was one of the ten who perished by the plague for their unfavourable report (Num 14:37).
(2.) The father of Machir of Lo-debar, in whose house Mephibosheth resided (2 Sam 9:4, 2 Sam 9:5; 2 Sam 17:27).
(3.) The father of Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah, and afterwards of David (1 Chr 3:5). He is called Eliam in 2 Sam 11:3.
(4.) One of the sons of Obed-edom the Levite (1 Chr 26:5).
Named in the Bible
6 verses
- Numbers 13:12 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.
- 2 Samuel 9:4 And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lodebar.
- 2 Samuel 9:5 Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lodebar.
- 2 Samuel 17:27 And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
- 1 Chronicles 3:5 And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel:
- 1 Chronicles 26:5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: for God blessed him.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
