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Ammiel

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: A By: James P. Boyd

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(people of God). (1) The spy of Dan who perished for his evil report (Num. 13:12¹²Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli. (Numbers 13:12)). (2) Father of Machir (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)). (3) Father of Bathsheba (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 (2 Sam. 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) A doorkeeper of the Temple (1 Chron. 26:5⁵Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: for God blessed him. (1 Chronicles 26:5)).

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