Ammiel
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Ammiel means "people of God."
- One of the twelve spies sent by MosesMosesMoses was, according to the Hebrew Bible and Qur'an, a religious leader, lawgiver and prophet, to whom the authorship of the Torah is traditionally attributed...
to search the land of CanaanCanaanCanaan is a historical region roughly corresponding to modern-day Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, and the western parts of Jordan...
(Num. 13:12). He was one of the ten who perished by the plague for their unfavourable report (Num. 14:37). - The father of MachirMachirMachir/Makir - meaning bartered - was the name of two figures in the Bible.1. Machir, the son of Manasseh, and father of Gilead....
of Lo-debar, in whose house MephiboshethMephiboshethMephibosheth was the name of two men of the family of Saul, who is stated in the books of Samuel of the Hebrew Bible to have been the first king of ancient Israel:...
resided (2 Sam. 9:4, 5; 17:27). - The father of Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah, and afterwards of DavidDavidDavid was the second king of the united Kingdom of Israel according to the Hebrew Bible and, according to the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, an ancestor of Jesus Christ through both Saint Joseph and Mary...
(1 Chr. 3:5). He is called Eliam in 2 Sam. 11:3. - One of the sons of Obed-edom the LeviteLeviteIn Jewish tradition, a Levite is a member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi. When Joshua led the Israelites into the land of Canaan, the Levites were the only Israelite tribe that received cities but were not allowed to be landowners "because the Lord the God of Israel himself is their inheritance"...
(1 Chr. 26:5).