<strong>AMMIEL</strong> (ăm'ĭ-ĕl, Heb. <em>‘ammî’ēl, my kinsman is God</em>)<br /><br />

The son of Gemalli and spy of the tribe of Dan sent out by Moses (<bibleref ref="Num.13.12">Num.13.12</bibleref>).The father of Machir of Lo Debar (<bibleref ref="2Sam.9.4-2Sam.9.5">2Sam.9.4-2Sam.9.5</bibleref>; <bibleref ref="2Sam.17.27">2Sam.17.27</bibleref>).The father of Bathsheba, one of David’s wives (<bibleref ref="1Chr.3.5">1Chr.3.5</bibleref>).The sixth son of Obed-Edom who, with his family, was associated with the temple gatekeepers (<bibleref ref="1Chr.26.5">1Chr.26.5</bibleref>).<br /><br />

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<strong>AMMIEL</strong> <strong>ăm’ ĭ əl</strong> (<span class="hebrew">עַמִּיאֵ֖ל</span>, <em>my kinsman is God</em>). 1. Son of Gemalli, of the tribe of Dan; one of the twelve spies sent by Moses into Canaan (<bibleref ref="Num.13.12">Num 13:12</bibleref>).<br /><br />

2. The father of Machir, in whose house Mephibosheth was hidden from David (<bibleref ref="2Sam.9.4">2 Sam 9:4</bibleref>, <bibleref ref="2Sam.9.5">5</bibleref>). Machir later befriended David (<bibleref ref="2Sam.17.27">2 Sam 17:27</bibleref>).

3. The father of Bathshua (or Bathsheba), a wife of David and the mother of Solomon (<bibleref ref="1Chr.3.5">1 Chron 3:5</bibleref>). In the parallel passage, <bibleref ref="2Sam.11.3">2 Samuel 11:3</bibleref>, he is called ELIAM.

4. The sixth son of Obed-edom, whose family took care of the S gate of the Temple and the storehouse in the time of David (<bibleref ref="1Chr.26.5">1 Chron 26:5</bibleref>, <bibleref ref="1Chr.26.15">15</bibleref>).<br /><br />

<h2>International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)</h2>

(`ammi’el, "my kinsman is God"; (Ameiel)): A name borne by four men in the <span class="auto-link">[[Old Testament]]</span>.

(1) One of the twelve spies sent into Canaan by Moses; son of Gemalli, of the tribe of Da (<bibleref ref="Num.13.12">Nu 13:12</bibleref>).<br /><br />

(2) A Benjamite, the father of Machir, a friend of David, living at Lodebar in Gilead (<bibleref ref="2Sam.9.4">2Sa 9:4</bibleref>,<bibleref ref="2Sam.9.5">5</bibleref>; <bibleref ref="2Sam.17.27">17:27</bibleref>).

(3) Father of Bathshua (or Bathsheba), one of David’s wives, who was mother of Solomon (<bibleref ref="1Chr.3.5">1Ch 3:5</bibleref>). In the parallel passage, <bibleref ref="2Sam.11.3">2Sa 11:3</bibleref>, 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 (<bibleref ref="1Chr.26.5">1Ch 26:5</bibleref>).

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