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Ammiel

Mentioned 1039–1022 BC traditional (Jones)

The father of Machir of Lo-debar, in whose house Mephibosheth resided (2 Sam. 9:4, 5; 17:27).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Child
Machir
Tagged in
3 verses

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

Two generations up and the children. Gold lines join partners; grey lines run from parent to child; a dotted line marks a parent named in the text but not by descent.

Places

Places named in the same verses as Ammiel, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification.

  1. uncertain location: Lo-debar3
  2. possible location: Mahanaim1
  3. likely location: Rabbah1
  4. possible location: Rogelim1

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 1064–997 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 4 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

3 tagged verses in 1 book. Select a book to read its verses.

  1. 2 Samuel3

The name in each translation

TextOccurrences of each name
BSBAmmiel 6
KJVAmmiel 6
ASVAmmiel 6

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Every verse

All 3 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

2 Samuel3 verses
  1. 9:4

    “Where is he?” replied the king. And Ziba said, “Indeed, he is in Lo-debar at the house of Machir son of Ammiel.”

  2. 9:5

    So King David had him brought from the house of Machir son of Ammiel in Lo-debar.

  3. 17:27

    When David came to Mahanaim, he was met by Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, Machir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.

The father of Machir of Lo-debar, in whose house Mephibosheth resided (2 Sam. 9:4, 5; 17:27).