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(Hebrew Ammiel', òַîַּéàֵì , people [i.e. friend] of God: Sept. Áìéήë ), the name of four men:
1. The son of Gemalli, of the tribe of Dan, one of the twelve spies sent by Moses to explore the land of Canaan (Num_13:12), B.C. 1657. He was, of course, among the ten who perished by the plague for their unfavorable report (Num_14:37).
2. The father of Machir of Lo-debar, which latter was one of David's friends (2Sa_9:4-5; 2Sa_17:27). B.C. ante 1023.
3. The father of Bathsheba, wife of Uriah, and afterward of David (1Ch_3:5). In 2Sa_11:3, he is called (by transposition) ELIAM (q. V.).
4. The sixth son of Obed-edom, the Levite (1Ch_26:5), B.C. 1014.