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Ammiel

From: Concise Bible Dictionary: A

By: George A. Morrish

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1. Chief man of the tribe of Dan sent to search the land (Num. 13:12¹²Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli. (Numbers 13:12)).

2. Father of Machir of Lo-debar (2 Sam. 9:4-5⁴And 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 Lo-debar. ⁵Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar. (2 Samuel 9:4‑5); 2 Sam. 17:27²⁷And 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 Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim, (2 Samuel 17:27)).

3. Father of Bath-shua (or Bathsheba) David’s wife (1 Chron. 3:5⁵And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel: (1 Chronicles 3:5)). Called ELIAM in 2 Samuel 11:3³And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite? (2 Samuel 11:3).

4. Levite, son of Obed-edom, a porter of the tabernacle (1 Chron. 26:5⁵Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: for God blessed him. (1 Chronicles 26:5)).

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