The name Ammiel ( ‘Ammî’êl) may refer to several people in the Hebrew Bible. Etymologically, it means "people of God", and is used for the following individuals: Ammiel, son of Gemalli, 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). The father of Machir of Lo-debar, in whose house Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan resided (2 Samuel 9:4, 5; 17:27). 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. One of the sons of Obed-edom the Levite (1 Chronicles 26:5).
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