AMMIEL ăm’ ĭ əl (עַמִּיאֵ֖ל, my kinsman is God). 1. Son of Gemalli, of the tribe of Dan; one of the twelve spies sent by Moses into Canaan (Num 13:12).

2. The father of Machir, in whose house Mephibosheth was hidden from David (2 Sam 9:4, 5). Machir later befriended David (2 Sam 17:27).

3. The father of Bathshua (or Bathsheba), a wife of David and the mother of Solomon (1 Chron 3:5). In the parallel passage, 2 Samuel 11:3, he is called ELIAM.

4. The sixth son of Obed-edom, whose family took care of the S gate of the Temple and the storehouse in the time of David (1 Chron 26:5, 15).