The name Ammiel belongs to more than one man, and the verses give only small facts about each. In Second Samuel, Mephibosheth is found hiding in Lodebar “in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel,” and King David sends to bring him out. In First Chronicles, another Ammiel appears in a list of gatekeepers, the sixth son of Obededom, with the short remark that “God blessed him.” Neither man gets a story of his own, yet each is named, which suggests how much Scripture values being remembered by name.
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And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lodebar.
Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lodebar.
Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: for God blessed him.
Matthew George Easton, 1897
People of God. (1.) One of the twelve spies sent by Moses to search the land of Canaan (Num. 13:12). He was one of the ten who perished by the plague for their unfavourable report (Num. 14:37).
(2.) The father of Machir of Lo-debar, in whose house Mephibosheth resided (2 Sam. 9:4, 5; 17:27).
(3.) The father of Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah, and afterwards of David (1 Chr. 3:5). He is called Eliam in 2 Sam. 11:3.
(4.) One of the sons of Obed-edom the Levite (1 Chr. 26:5).
William Smith, 1884
(people of God).
(1.) The spy from the tribe of Dan. (Numbers 13:12) (B.C. 1490.) He perished by the plague for his evil report.
(2.) Father of Machir of Lo-debar. (2 Samuel 9:4; 17:27)
(3.) Father of Bath-sheba, (1 Chronicles 3:5) called ELIAM in (2 Samuel 11:3)
(4.) The sixth son of Obed-edom, (1 Chronicles 26:5) and one of the doorkeepers of the temple. (B.C. 1014.)