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• עַמִּיאֵל

(Hebrew Ammiel', עַמַּיאֵל , people [i.e. friend] of God: Sept. Αμιήλ ), 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 (Numbers 13:12), B.C. 1657. He was, of course, among the ten who perished by the plague for their unfavorable report (Numbers 14:37).

2. The father of Machir of Lo-debar, which latter was one of David's friends (2 Samuel 9:4-5; 2 Samuel 17:27). B.C. ante 1023.

3. The father of Bathsheba, wife of Uriah, and afterward of David (1 Chronicles 3:5). In 2 Samuel 11:3, he is called (by transposition) ELIAM (q. V.).

4. The sixth son of Obed-edom, the Levite (1 Chronicles 26:5), B.C. 1014.