| Easton's Bible Dictionary People of God. (1.) One of the twelve spies sent by Moses to search the land of Canaan (Numbers 13:12). He was one of the ten who perished by the plague for their unfavourable report (Numbers 14:37). (2.) The father of Machir of Lo-debar, in whose house Mephibosheth resided (2 Samuel 9:4, 5; 17:27). (3.) The father of Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah, and afterwards of David (1 Chronicles 3:5). He is called Eliam in 2 Samuel 11:3. (4.) One of the sons of Obed-edom the Levite (1 Chronicles 26:5). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia AMMIEL am'-i-el (`ammi'el, "my kinsman is God"; (Ameiel)): A name borne by four men in the Old Testament.
(1) One of the twelve spies sent into Canaan by Moses; son of Gemalli, of the tribe of Dan (Numbers 13:12).
(2) A Benjamite, the father of Machir, a friend of David, living at Lodebar in Gilead (2 Samuel 9:4, 5; 2 Samuel 17:27).
(3) Father of Bathshua (or Bathsheba), one of David's wives, who was mother of Solomon (1 Chronicles 3:5). In the parallel passage, 2 Samuel 11:3, by transposition of the two parts of the name, he is called Eliam, meaning "my God is a kinsman."
(4) The sixth son of Obed-edom, a Levite, one of the doorkeepers of the tabernacle of God in David's life-time (1 Chronicles 26:5).
Edward Mack |  | Multi-Version Concordance Ammiel (6 Occurrences) Numbers 13:12 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 2 Samuel 9:4 The king said to him, "Where is he?" Ziba said to the king, "Behold, he is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, in Lo Debar." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 2 Samuel 9:5 Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo Debar. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 2 Samuel 17:27 It happened, 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, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Chronicles 3:5 and these were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel; (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Chronicles 26:5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peullethai the eighth; for God blessed him. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) |